NEW YORK and LONDON, January 26, 2007 -- Morrison & Foerster has elected two new partners who will join its London office, effective March 2007.  Peter Green and Jeremy Jennings-Mares, both from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, will join the Capital Markets Group.

Peter Green became a partner at Freshfields in May 2000.  Mr. Green has considerable experience with complex cross-border structured products and financings and advises on structured derivatives (including credit, equity, commodity and fund-linked securities).  Mr. Green also acts for CDO lead managers and portfolio managers and advises on CPPI transactions, ABCP programmes and general derivatives matters.  Leading UK legal directories Chambers, IFLR and Legal 500 acknowledge Mr. Green’s expertise, Chambers commenting particularly on his “vast experience of true sale and synthetic CDO and structured derivatives transactions.”

Jeremy Jennings-Mares became a partner at Freshfields in May 2001. Mr. Jennings-Mares, who has served in the Freshfields offices in London, Japan, Singapore and Thailand, has broad experience in derivatives, debt capital markets and structured finance transactions.  Mr. Jennings-Mares advises on structured note issues, derivatives transactions (credit, fund and equity derivatives), fund linked CPPI note issues, and fund-linked repackagings.  Mr. Jennings-Mares also advises in connection with tax-based structured products, as well as MTN programmes and other cross-border debt securities offerings.

James Tanenbaum, head of Morrison & Foerster’s Capital Markets Group commented, “The firm has selectively added capability in areas in which we are recognized market leaders.  Our financial institutions clients would like to use Morrison & Foerster on both sides of the Atlantic.  We are pleased to have Peter and Jeremy join us and help build a team of the same caliber as the group we’ve established in the U.S.”

Morrison & Foerster’s Chair Keith Wetmore commented that “Peter and Jeremy bring the expertise, market knowledge and qualities that our clients value.  This is a significant step in our plan to deepen our capital markets capabilities in London.”

London Managing Partner, Julian Thurston said, “This is a great start to the year for the firm in London.  We are thrilled that Peter and Jeremy decided to join us, and regard this as a very positive indication of the firm's growing influence in the UK market.”

Morrison & Foerster is a leading capital markets law firm, advising issuers, agents and underwriters in a broad range of private and public financings. The firm has over 200 capital markets lawyers worldwide and is consistently ranked as one of the most active securities firms in the United States and Asia, representing issuers and underwriters in hundreds of securities offerings raising over $30 billion each year.

In 2006, the firm won Structured Products magazine’s award for “Law firm of the year, North America,” in connection with which the magazine noted that “Perhaps more than any of its competitors, [the firm] displays real expertise in taking clients through the issuance process.”  Morrison & Foerster’s capital markets and derivatives expertise also have been recognized by The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners Global and Chambers USA.