Tag: Morrison Foerster

Firms assist on Digital Decarbonisation Solutions Platform’s USD283 million green financing for its hyperscale data centre campus in Johor, Malaysia

Kirkland & Ellis plans to open an office in Tokyo in the firm’s first expansion in Asia beyond China

Market and clients alike bear witness: which Chinese and international law firms have truly stood out?

GC and senior lawyers decode China's new IP trends

Morrison Foerster is advising investment management firm Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko Group on the restructuring and commercialisation of Japan’s men’s professional golf tour  

A look back at the blockbuster transactions of 2025 as we gallop into the Year of the Horse

MoFo helped clear Insta360 of patent infringement allegations in a Section 337 investigation initiated by GoPro in March 2024

MoFo and Paul Hastings advised Japanese forestry and housing company Sumitomo Forestry on its approximately USD4.5 billion

Withers has launched a dedicated projects and energy practice in Asia by hiring partners Ean MacPherson and Fumihiko Hori and special counsel Keisuke Misuda

Asia Business Law Journal names the country’s top law firms

Kirkland & Ellis, Haiwen & Partners, Morrison Foerster and JunHe are assisting on the sale of Burger King’s 83% stake in its China operations

MoFo advised SoftBank on its USD5.4bn acquisition of ABB’s robotics unit, with Freshfields advising ABB

EQT is launching a USD2.7 billion tender offer to take Japanese elevator maker Fujitec private

As India expands its global trade ties and modernises its legal framework, international law firms are racing to keep pace

Which Chinese and international law firms have earned client trust through exceptional expertise?          

Han Kun hires Joanna Wang, former Blackstone SVP of legal and compliance, to join its Hong Kong office

Top firms advised on CarUX’s USD1.1bn acquisition of Pioneer from EQT

Asia Business Law Journal uncovers the most celebrated lawyers in Japan’s legal industry, featuring the country’s top 100 lawyers plus 30 Legal Icons

Isshiki & Partners has strengthened its IP practice with the partner hire of Hiromi Furushima

Morrison Foerster adds partner Naoya Shiota in Tokyo, boosting its PE team amid Japan’s rise in majority-stake deals

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto strengthened its corporate M&A practice by adding partner Stan Yukevich from Morrison & Foerster

We reveal the most-recommended foreign lawyers for India-related matters

MoFo and Wilson Sonsini advise on SoftBank’s $6.5B Ampere acquisition

Clifford Chance hires M&A partner Jeff Schrepfer in Tokyo

CMS has merged its Hong Kong operations under the name CMS Hong Kong

Morrison Foerster, Ropes & Gray, and Mori Hamada & Matsumoto advised Bain on its JPY510B acquisition of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

Sun Ye joins Jia Yuan Law as senior partner, specializing in capital markets and cross-border M&A, splitting time between Beijing, Shang

Morrison Foerster names Xiaoxi Lin as a partner in Hong Kong, strengthening its private equity and M&A presence regionally

Morrison Foerster boosts private equity & M&A in SE Asia, HK, Japan with Scott Jalowayski joining as partner in Singapore

Han Kun Law Offices hires Melody He as a partner in HK, their second hire this week after Alex Tao, a cross-border specialist

Toppan is buying Sonoco's packaging business for USD1.8 billion

ACC Singapore hosted a "Sparkle and Cheer" year-end party on 5 December at PS Cafe

Asia Business Law Journal shines a spotlight on the exceptional performance of top law firms in Japan, highlighting their excellence and impact in the legal field

Reed Smith becomes the 8th international law firm this year to downsize or exit China, confirming its Beijing office closure

Vivian Yiu joined as a partner, and Huang Ke became a foreign registered lawyer at the same office

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow boosts M&A with Shirin Tang and Ang Lip Kian

O’Melveny, JunHe, MoFo, and Jingtian & Gongcheng aided TYK Medicines' USD74.3M debut on HKEX, the largest IPO under HK's Chapter 18A

Han Kun Law Offices has brought on Wang Yu, a seasoned capital markets expert, as a partner at its New York office

China Business Law Journal reveals its top performing law firms of 2023  

We reveal our choices of the nation's top lawyers and, for the first time, we also introduce our selection of Legal Icons for Japan's legal sector

The foreign firms that have overcome adversity and emerged as go-to choices for India legal matters

Dechert has confirmed to China Business Law Journal that it will join the American law firm exodus

Morrison Foerster bolsters Japan's corporate practice with Greg Salathé, a private equity and M&A expert from PAG

Tokyo's Isshiki & Partners bolsters litigation team with US IP partner Akira Irie from Morrison Foerster

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Singapore held its first family day on 28 April at AT Feast in Dempsey

Amid the cool capital markets climate, the recent surge in billion-dollar M&A deals involving overseas biomedical companies

A slowing China, the rise in AI and global geopolitics all make for an interesting 2024 for Asia’s legal markets

With China slowing, India and the Middle East factor heavily in legal experts’ predictions of key trends that will shape 2024

Six firms advise on Ascendent Capital Partners' USD1.66bn acquisition of China's Hollysys Automation Technologies, a control system solutions provider

From artificial intelligence and de-risking from China to energy transitions and global taxation, law firms and in-house counsel had plenty to keep them busy in 2023

Morrison & Foerster, Paul Weiss, and Brownstein Hyatt assist Sekisui House's USD$4.9 billion acquisition of US homebuilder MDC Holdings

In 2023, law firms and in-house counsel navigated AI, China de-risking, energy transitions, and global taxation challenges

Asia Business Law Journal shines a spotlight on the exceptional performance of top law firms in Japan, highlighting their excellence and impact in the legal field

India Business Law Journal is pleased to present its selection of the top 15 foreign law firms for India-related work

The ACC Singapore celebrated its annual summer party at Bayswater Kitchen in Keppel Bay, with a full house of members and sponsors

Law firms across Asia are putting profits aside to focus on pro bono work, community engagement, sustainability and staff welfare

China Business Law Journal reveals its top performing law firms of 2022    

Amid prolonged economic geopolitical uncertainty, Indonesia remains attractive for foreign investment

Japanese law firm TMI Associates has advised a group led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners to acquire Toshiba for USD15.2 billion in a take-private deal

Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia are among Asean countries leading the charge to attract foreign investment

Morrison Foerster has expanded its private equity and M&A operation in China with the hiring of partner Zhao Rongjing from Kirkland & Ellis

Private equity specialist Tabitha Saw has joined Morrison Foerster in Singapore as a partner in the transactions department and global private equity real estate group

China Business Law Journal announces the most exciting China-related legal transactions and disputes of 2022

Two lawyers are cautiously optimistic for red-chip companies seeking a US listing following news that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) can inspect China-based accounting firms for the first time in history

Morrison Foerster has hired a corporate lawyer and private equity specialist Steven Tran as a partner in its private equity and M&A groups in Singapore

Cooley’s Shanghai office welcomed partner Li Ruomu to bolster the firm’s capabilities in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions

Asia Business Law Journal names the top firms in Japan

Tims China started to sell its shares on the Nasdaq after closing a merger with blank cheque company Silver Crest Acquisition Corp and at the same time received nearly USD200 million of additional financing

Amit Kataria joins King & Spalding as a partner in the firm’s corporate, finance and investments (CFI) practice at the London office, and will also spend time at the New York branch

Revealed: The top international law firms for India matters

Data protection laws are evolving rapidly as the world becomes more digitalised, and Japan is working hard to keep its sword sharp

China Business Law Journal reveals the law firms that have excelled in the past year    

Offshore financial centres worldwide have made relentless efforts to attract foreign business, and outward-looking Asian companies have responded to this demand by setting up overseas entities. However, finding the right legal team is daunting

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, the international legal community has condemned not just with words, but by boycotting Russian business and transactions

India Business Law Journal reveals the standout deals and disputes of 2021 and the law firms that worked hard to successfully conclude them