Directory Rankings

See also Awards & Recognition and League Table Rankings
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Best Lawyers in America
For 2008, 98 Partners from 10 domestic offices named to this prestigious list by peer recommendation. Of that group, 12 have been on the list for over 10 years, while another 9 have been named for over 20 years

Chambers & Partners
Runner-up in both the USA Law Firm of the Year and the Global IP Law Firm of the Year categories for the 2007 Chambers & Partners Global Awards; also runner-up in the US IP category for Global Law Firm Awards (2004); short-listed in the US Telecommunications/Technology category for Global Law Firm Awards (2005); and nominated for Asian Law Firm of the Year (2006)

Chambers Asia
Ranked among the leading practices in 23 areas. In addition, 19 attorneys were individually recognized. To see all of the firm’s Chambers Asia 2008 rankings, please click here

Chambers UK
Ranked among the leading practices in 9 areas. In addition, 7 attorneys were individually recognized. To see all of the firm’s Chambers UK 2008 rankings, please click here

Chambers USA
Ranked among the leading practices nationally and regionally in 33 areas, including the firm’s core practice areas: Intellectual Property, Corporate M&A, Capital Markets, Litigation, and Financial Services. In addition, 63 attorneys were individually recognized. For a detailed list of the firm's Chambers USA 2008 practice rankings and rankings for individual attorneys, please click here

Chambers Global
Ranked among the leading global practices in 39 areas. In addition, 29 attorneys were individually recognized. To see all of the firm’s Chambers Global 2008 rankings, please click here

Corporate Board Member
In the 2007 annual survey of more than 800 directors at public companies, firm was named one of the “Top 3 Corporate Law Firms” in San Francisco, and among the “Top 5” in San Diego

Global Finance
Global Finance magazine selected Morrison & Foerster as the “Best Legal Adviser in Asia” as part of its “World’s Best Investment Banks” awards. The firm has won this award two years in a row, in 2008 and 2007.

International Financial Law Review-1000 2008
Ranked Tier 1 Mergers and Acquisitions (Japan)
Ranked Tier 2 Capital Markets—Debt and Equity (Japan)
Ranked Tier 3 Banking (Japan)
Ranked Tier 3 Financial Services and Regulatory (USA)
Ranked Tier 3 Project Finance (Japan)
Ranked Tier 4 Capital Markets—Equity (Hong Kong)
Ranked Tier 4 Mergers and Acquisitions (China)
Ranked Tier 5 Capital Markets—Debt and Equity (USA)
Ranked Tier 5 Mergers and Acquisitions (Hong Kong)
Ranked Tier 5 Project Finance (USA)

IP Law & Business
Ranked # 2 Most Active Patent Litigation Practice for Total U.S. District Court Cases, and # 3 Most Active Patent Litigation Practice for both Defendants and Plaintiffs, in their bi-annual Patent Litigation Survey (2008)

Legal 500
Ranked among the leading practices in both Japan and China in 18 areas; in England, ranked in 9 areas. Ranked among the top US Law Firms in London (2007)

Legal 500 USA
Ranked among the leading national and regional practices in 38 areas, including the firm's core practice areas: Intellectual Property, Corporate M&A, Capital Markets, Litigation, and Financial Services. For a detailed list of all the Firm’s Legal 500 USA rankings for 2008, please click here

Managing IP
Ranked Tier 1 for Foreign Firms in Japan; ranked Tier 2 for the United States in both Bio Lifesciences and Patent Prosecution work, in annual survey (2008)

PLC Cross-border Quarterly Competition Super League 2008
Ranked among the Top 25 Global Competition Law Firms, with attorneys in the U.S., Japan, and Europe receiving recommendations

PLC Cross-border Quarterly Environmental Super League 2006
Ranked eighth among Top 10 Global Environmental Law Firms, with two attorneys, and their teams, receiving recommendations

PLC Cross-border Quarterly IP Super League 2006
Ranked seventh among Top 20 Global IP Law Firms, with nine attorneys, across three continents, receiving recommendations

PLC Cross-border Quarterly Life Sciences Industry Super League 2007
Ranked tenth among Top 20 Global Life Sciences Law Firms, with eleven attorneys, across three continents, receiving recommendations

PLC Which Lawyer? UK 2006
Equity Capital Markets: AIM Listings

PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook “Global 50”
Ranked among top 50 firms worldwide with a “global outlook”

PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook
Recognized as one of the top law firms in the U.S. for 14 practice areas; in Japan, for 8 practice areas; in China, for 6 practice areas; in Hong Kong, for 3 practice areas; in England & Wales, for 5 practice areas; and in the European Union, distinguished for one practice area. From across the firm’s 17 offices, 66 attorneys received individual recognition. To review the firm’s rankings, please click here

Structured Products Magazine
Named 2007, and previously 2006, Law Firm of the Year: Americas by Structured Products magazine for our innovative capital markets, derivatives, and structured products work