Asia-wide executive search firm Bó Lè Associates has been acquired by RGF Hong Kong, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese staffing giant Recruit Holdings Co.

Recruit acquired the company in order to strengthen its presence across mainland Asia, it says in a statement.

Bó Lè’s 550 staff are distributed across nine cities in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and seven elsewhere in South-East Asia. Recruit now has nearly 23,000 employees.