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Kirkland, Paul Weiss, MoFo guide latest blockbuster pharma merger

Kirkland advises Vertex in $10bn acquisition of Paul Weiss- and Morrison & Foerster-repped Crinetics

7 Jul 2026

Orrick adds four partners across US, UK as it continues structured finance buildout

Hires from Morrison Foerster, Mayer Brown and McDermott follow last year’s raid on Cadwalader for 37 CLO and asset backed lending lawyers

16 Jun 2026

Kirkland hires from three firms for Tokyo launch

M&A and debt finance trio join from MoFo, White & Case and Ropes for Chicago giant’s first Asian office outside Greater China

1 Jun 2026

Latham & Watkins adds MoFo London chief in M&A team hire

Andrew Boyd joins with two more partners in hire that boosts Latham’s tech M&A credentials in the City

28 May 2026

MoFo builds in London with tech transactions trio from Morgan Lewis, Baker McKenzie

Hires mean MoFo has added 10 lawyers to its partnership in London over the past year

8 May 2026

Morrison Foerster opens in Seattle with 15-partner Perkins Coie litigation team

Move coincides with McGuireWoods’ Seattle launch with team from Perkins Coie ahead of latter's merger with Ashurst

6 Feb 2026

Pogust Goodhead recruits MoFo partner to lead Mariana litigation after landmark victory

Morrison Foerster’s former London head of litigation Jonathan Wheeler to oversee development of mammoth case into damages phase

20 Nov 2025

MoFo helps NeoGenomics secure cancer test kit patent infringement win against rival Natera

Ruling paves the way for NeoGenomics, advised by Quinn Emanuel, to commercialise its RaDaR test

2 Sep 2025

MoFo advises SoftBank on mega $40bn funding round in OpenAI

Largest venture-backed investment on record values ChatGPT-creator at $300bn

2 Apr 2025

MoFo hires second competition specialist from Cooley in Brussels

Jan Lang, who joins as a partner, is reunited with Alexander Israel, MoFo’s new EU competition head

21 Mar 2025