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Jingtian expands HK team with MoFo partner duo

BY Charlie Wu 吴卓言 |

PRC law firm Jingtian & Gongcheng has strengthened its corporate & securities and capital markets practice in Hong Kong after hiring two partners from Morrison & Foerster, namely Vivian Yiu and Huang Ke.
PAG GC to join MoFo Tokyo as partner

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

Morrison & Foerster is set to boost its private equity and M&A practices in Asia with the hire of veteran corporate lawyer Gregory Salathé as a partner in Tokyo. Salathé will join the firm in September from investment manager PAG, where he is currently a partner and group general counsel.
Japan’s Isshiki bolsters IP litigation offering with ex-judge, MoFo hires

BY Mari Iwata |

Japanese boutique firm Isshiki & Partners has strengthened its intellectual property litigation capabilities with the addition of two new partners: Yukio Nagasawa, a former IP judge, and Akira Irie, a litigator from Morrison & Foerster.
Latham taps rival MoFo for M&A partner in Tokyo

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Global law firm Latham & Watkins has turned to U.S. rival Morrison & Foerster to bolster its M&A capabilities in Japan with the hire of deals and private equity partner Yohei Nakagawa in Tokyo.
MoFo, Davis Polk lead on Ascendent’s $1.66 bln take-private bid for Hollysys

BY Mari Iwata |

Morrison & Foerster and Zhong Lun Law Firm have advised Hong Kong-based private equity firm Ascendent Capital on its $1.66 billion bid to take Chinese automation control system provider Hollysys private. The latter is being represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell and Haiwen & Partners.
K&L Gates Straits Law continues growth with MoFo funds expert

BY Mari Iwata |

K&L Gates Straits Law, the Singapore office of U.S. law firm K&L Gates, has hired investment funds specialist Jason Nelms as a partner from Morrison Foerster.
MoFo, Paul Weiss acting on Japan homebuilder Sekisui’s $4.9 bln purchase of MDC

BY Mari Iwata |

Morrison Foerster is advising Japanese homebuilder Sekisui House on its $4.9 billion acquisition of Denver-based MDC Holdings, which was represented by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
Goodwin, MoFo, Slaughters guide $478 mln bio-pharma acquisition

BY Nimitt Dixit |

U.S. law firm Morrison Foerster has advised Japan’s Kyowa Kirin on its $477.6 million acquisition of British biopharmaceutical company Orchard Therapeutics, which was represented by Goodwin Procter. Slaughter & May was Orchard’s UK legal advisor.
MoFo welcomes back former M&A partner from Jones Day in Tokyo

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Morrison Foerster has expanded its Japanese inbound and outbound M&A capabilities with the addition of Stephen DeCosse as a partner in Tokyo from rival U.S. law firm Jones Day.
Sullivan, MoFo, Davis Polk act on Softbank unit Arm’s blockbuster U.S. IPO

BY Mari Iwata |

Sullivan & Cromwell is advising SoftBank Group on the planned NASDAQ IPO of its UK subsidiary, chip designer Arm Holdings, which is represented by Morrison & Foerster. Davis Polk & Wardwell is acting for underwriters.