Morrison Foerster Highly Rated Across IFLR1000’s Annual Financial and Corporate Rankings

Morrison Foerster received 54 practice area rankings across China, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The guide uses in-depth market analysis and interviews with practitioners and clients to recognize the leading corporate law firms and lawyers impacting the business of law around the world.

The firm secured two new practice area rankings in the most recent edition, including:

• United Kingdom: M&A
• United Kingdom: Private equity

MoFo lawyers achieved 73 individual recognitions, with 14 new individual rankings added this year. Akihiro Wani was named an Expert consultant for Banking and capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation, while Kenneth Siegel and Christopher Kandel were named Market leaders for Japan: M&A and UK: Banking and financial restructuring.

33 MoFo lawyers were named as “Highly regarded” lawyers, including:

• Paul McKenzie – China: M&A
• Chuan Sun – China: Private equity
• Christoph Wagner – Germany: M&A
• Marcia Ellis – Hong Kong SAR: Private equity; M&A
• Serena Tan – Hong Kong SAR: Private equity funds
• Thomas Chou – Hong Kong SAR: Private equity; M&A
• Vivian Yiu – Hong Kong SAR: Capital markets: Equity; M&A
• Dale Caldwell – Japan: Banking; Project finance; M&A
• Fuyuo Mitomi – Japan: Capital markets: Debt
• Gary Smith – Japan: M&A
• Jeremy White – Japan: M&A
• Keiko Yamazaki – Japan: M&A; Real estate finance
• Michael Graffagna – Japan: Banking; Project finance; Project development
• Mitsutoshi Uchida – Japan:…