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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.

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 2026 Japan Law Awards.

Underscoring Morrison Foerster’s wide range of talent, Best Lawyers highlighted 150 MoFo attorneys with 224 individual recognitions in its 2025 edition, with five lawyers being recognized for the first time this year and three lawyers receiving Lawyer of the Year designations. 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.

Client recommendations earned Morrison Foerster recognition by BTI Consulting Group, which ranked MoFo in the top three percent of all law firms in its BTI Client Service A-Team 2026: Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance report.

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 2026, the firm received 250+ practice area rankings and over 500 individual recognitions.

Additionally, MoFo has received the following recognition:

• Named Japan International Law Advisers of the Year by Chambers Asia-Pacific 12 times since the award was created in 2011.

Morrison Foerster was named Firm of the Year in three practice area rankings in 2026, including Data protection & privacy, ESG, and Taxation.

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 25 Most Innovative Law Firms – Asia-Pacific 2026
• Top 25 Most Innovative Law Firms – North America 2025
• Winner of the Science and Technology Practice of Law Award in 2025

Morrison Foerster was ranked #1 overall in the Global Elite rankings published by Lexology in its Lexology 100: Data 2026 report, formerly Global Data Review’s GDR 100.

Morrison Foerster was named on GIR’s list of top 30 Investigations practices in 2025, for the seventh 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 2026 Corporate Equality Index, marking its 22nd year of inclusion as one of the best places to work for LGBTQ+ equality.

In its latest edition, IFLR1000 recognized Morrison Foerster in 53 practice areas globally, 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.

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

Morrison Foerster was named Law Firm of the Year in Asia Pacific: Transactions by Private Equity International (PEI) in 2024 and 2025.

Named to Seramount’s 2026 100 Best Companies list.

The Legal 500 consistently recognized Morrison Foerster as a Leading Law Firm globally, with the firm receiving 150+ practice area rankings and over 450 individual recognitions in its various regional guides in 2026. Also, 20 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 is consistently named as one of the Top 30 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, Southern California, and Washington, D.C.

For 2027, MoFo ranked among the Top 10 firms for Emerging Companies + Venture Capital, Intellectual Property, and Data, Cyber + Privacy.