News About Morrison & Foerster
Kirkland, Paul Weiss, MoFo guide latest blockbuster pharma merger
Kirkland advises Vertex in $10bn acquisition of Paul Weiss- and Morrison & Foerster-repped Crinetics
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
MoFo advises SoftBank on mega $40bn funding round in OpenAI
Largest venture-backed investment on record values ChatGPT-creator at $300bn
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
MoFo recruits senior private equity M&A partner in Singapore from Gibson Dunn
Scott Jalowayski replenishes MoFo’s Asia corporate bench following defections to CMS and Baker McKenzie
Morrison Foerster debuts in Amsterdam
US firm's fourth European office to offer privacy and data security services to tech and life sciences clients
Morrison & Foerster hits Goodwin for ECVC team in New York
Goodwin partner Peter Fusco joins as co-chair of MoFo's ECVC group alongside at least six more lawyers
Boies Schiller Flexner makes twin partner hire in New York and Washington
Peter Skinner returns from MoFo to co-lead investigations practice, while Andrew Smith joins from Holland & Knight
Morrison Foerster loses four Asia partners to Baker McKenzie, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Movers include MoFo’s Singapore managing partner Shirin Tang
ESG increasingly shaping strategic decisions at US organisations, GC study finds
ESG strategy responsibilities also moving from legal team to broader C-suite, according to MoFo survey
Morrison Foerster latest to shutter China office
Top 50 US firm says it can best serve China clients from Hong Kong and Shanghai as it shutters four-partner Beijing office
McDermott swoops for MoFo leveraged finance duo in London
Partners Chris Kandel and John Burge join as US firm continues London hiring spree
Allen & Overy, Morrison Foerster guide WillScot’s $3.8bn McGrath acquisition
A&O reps WillScot as modular office lease company moves to expand presence across North America
Morrison Foerster secures ECVC partner duo in Denver from Holland & Hart
Chuck Cotter and Finity Jernigan join West Coast firm having co-chaired Holland & Hart’s food, beverage and consumer products industry group