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Recognized as one of the top 15 firms on its 2025 A-List based on a combination of factors, both financial and cultural. MoFo was also ranked #5 on its 2024 Diversity Scorecard. This is the 14th consecutive year that the firm has earned a top 10 spot.

Asian Legal Business (ALB) consistently highlights Morrison Foerster as a leading firm in Asia, including naming MoFo International Deal Firm of the Year and TMT Firm of the Year at ALB’s 2025 Japan Law Awards.

Client recommendations earned MoFo recognition by BTI Consulting Group, which singled out MoFo as one of the “Best of the Best” in its 2025 report on the most-recommended law firms.

Year after year, Morrison Foerster receives significant recognition in Chambers & Partners’ various guides including Global, USA, Asia-Pacific, Europe, UK, Latin America, Crisis Management, and FinTech Legal. In 2025, the firm received nearly 190+ practice area rankings and over 300 individual recognitions.

Additionally, MoFo has received the following recognition:

• Named Japan International Law Advisers of the Year by Chambers Asia-Pacific 11 times since the award was created in 2011.

Morrison Foerster was named Firm of the Year in seven practice area rankings in 2024, including Legaltech pioneers, Data protection & privacy, Private equity & venture capital, Taxation, Fintech and blockchain, Real estate and REITs, and AI, technology and telecoms.

Morrison Foerster is consistently named as one of the Most Innovative Law Firms in the U.S. and Asia by the Financial Times in its annual FT law firm index. Recent results include:

• Top 15 Most Innovative Law Firms – Asia-Pacific 2024
  
• Top 15 in FT law firm index – North America 2023
  
• Top 20 in FT law firm index – Asia-Pacific 2023.

Morrison Foerster was ranked #1 overall in the GDR 100 2024 edition of Global Data Review’s (GDR) GDR 100. In addition to its recognition as one of GDR’s Elite Firms for data, Morrison Foerster was also ranked #1 in Litigation, with GDR highlighting Morrison Foerster’s “market-leading work on both sides of the Atlantic,” and highlighting our AI defense work as particularly noteworthy; the firm is ranked #3 in the Advisory category and #3 in the Investigations category.

Morrison Foerster was named on GIR’s list of top 30 Investigations practices in 2024, for the sixth consecutive year. The assessment identifies leading firms from around the world that are best situated to handle sophisticated cross-border, government-led, and internal investigations.

Morrison Foerster was honored with a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2025 Corporate Equality Index, marking the 21st year of inclusion as one of the best places to work for LGBTQ+ equality.

Ranked first overall among firms with 601+ lawyers in Law360's 2025 Diversity Snapshot for the fifth year in a row. MoFo also topped Law360’s list for representation of attorneys of color among associates.

Ranked #3 in the 2025 Seramount Best Law Firms for Talent Survey. Since the list’s inception in 2007, MoFo has been recognized 16 times, earning the firm a place in Seramount’s Hall of Fame.

IFLR1000 recognized Morrison Foerster in 55 practice areas globally in its latest edition, including Banking and Finance; Capital Markets; Corporate and M&A; Derivatives; Financial Services Regulatory; Investment Funds; M&A; Private Equity; Project Development; Project Finance; Real Estate; and Restructuring and Insolvency, among many others.

Law360 has long recognized Morrison Foerster as one of its Top 100 law firms based on prominence, power, and distinction on its Prestige Leaders list. In 2024, the publication raised our ranking to #17, up 10 spots. The annual Prestige Leaders list ranks law firms based on four markers: financial performance, desirability to attorneys and law students, editorial awards, and positive legal news coverage.

Morrison Foerster has also received prestigious awards including Practice Group of the Year for Compliance (2024 and 2022), Capital Markets (2023), FinTech (2023), and Life Sciences (2023); California Regional Powerhouse in 2024 and 2025; and numerous individual MVP and Rising Stars accolades.

The Legal 500 consistently recognized Morrison Foerster as a Leading Law Firm globally, with the firm receiving 110+ practice area rankings and over 450 individual recognitions in its various regional guides in 2025. As of this year, 15 lawyers were named to the publication’s Hall of Fame, honoring those who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence.

Morrison Foerster was named 2024 Law Firm of the Year in Asia Pacific: Transactions by Private Equity International (PEI).

Underscoring Morrison Foerster’s wide range of talent, Best Lawyers highlighted 181 MoFo attorneys with 276 individual recognitions in its 2024 edition, with 25 lawyers being recognized for the first time this year. Morrison Foerster was named Law Firm of the Year for Financial Services Regulation Law in 2024 and Information Technology in 2023, marking the fourth time and eighth time, respectively, that MoFo has received those honors in the last decade.

Additionally, the firm has been named Law Firm of the Year in various other categories during that period, including Technology Law (2021); Litigation – Banking & Finance (2019); Litigation – Securities (2016); Litigation – Tax (2016); and Banking & Finance Law (2013), among others.

Morrison Foerster is consistently named as one of the Top 25 law firms in Vault Law 100’s prestigious national rankings since 1997. Dominating regional rankings, MoFo is #3 in Northern California and remains a top contender in Boston, the Mountain States, New York, Southern California, and Washington, D.C.

MoFo shines in other practice areas too, securing Top 30 positions across nine fields, with standout Top 10 achievements in Emerging Companies + Venture Capital, Intellectual Property, and Data, Cyber + Privacy.

Additionally, MoFo is celebrated as one of the Best Law Firms for Inclusion and for having one of the Best Summer Associate Programs.