Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: Private Equity - Asia-Pacific Region
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What the Team is Known For

Morrison Foerster has a first-rate team in Tokyo, working in tandem with skilled corporate practitioners across the region. The Singapore and China offices continue to impress, maintaining a high-quality offering advising on M&A transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The firm regularly advises on cross-border work in a number of industry sectors, especially technology, manufacturing and logistics. It additionally represents major funds in the private equity space, acting for both regional and global investors, and is able to offer venture capital capability from the firm's offices in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Notable practitioners

Ken Siegel is the managing partner of the firm's Tokyo office and head of the firm's Japan M&A practice. Maureen Ho and Marcia Ellis are key contacts in Hong Kong, while Paul McKenzie and Sun Chuan are key contacts for the firm's Mainland China offices. Shirin Tang is the managing partner of the Singapore office and another key contact.

Work Highlights

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  • Morrison Foerster represented Yondr in its strategic partnership with Marubeni to develop a hyper-scale data centre utilising renewable energy.
  • Morrison Foerster advised Ascendent Capital on its agreement to privatisation of Hollysys Automation Technologies.

Strengths

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