Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

This statement is published in accordance with Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the “Act”) on behalf of Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP (“MoFo London”) for the financial year ending 2025.

Our organisation and structure

Morrison & Foerster is a global law firm with offices located throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States. With over 1,000 lawyers, we provide legal services to clients globally across a range of business sectors and practices, including technology, life sciences, healthcare, energy, financial services, and litigation. For further information about our firm, please see https://www.mofo.com/about/.

Morrison & Foerster operates in the United Kingdom as MoFo London, a limited liability partnership registered in Delaware, USA (with registered number 4569482 8100 080747141), which is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA number 288135).

MoFo London’s Risk Committee is responsible for compliance with the Act. It will review our approach and will make any necessary changes to MoFo London’s policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the Act.

Our supply chains

MoFo London’s supply chains relate to our business as a law firm. As an office-based business, our primary supply chain involves businesses that support our office operations. This includes leasing, cleaning services, catering services, security, business travel and procurement services. We have no reason to suspect the existence of exploitative practices in relation to modern slavery within these businesses, and we consider the overall risks associated with modern slavery for office operations to be low. We also engage other regulated professional services organisations, such as banks, accountancy practitioners, law firms, barristers, expert witnesses, and consider any risks associated with modern slavery for these organisations to be very low.

We review our supply chains regularly to understand risk areas and ensure transparency.

Our policies

We recognise our responsibility to understand, identify, and eradicate modern slavery in all forms within our business and our supply chains. We take this responsibility seriously and have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery. We expect our attorneys and staff to act with the highest standards of professionalism and integrity, and to promote a workplace free from discrimination or harassment of any kind.

We expect the same high standards and commitment of our suppliers. We are committed to ensuring that no one with whom we do business benefits from or contributes in any way to modern slavery, servitude, compulsory labour or human trafficking.

MoFo London maintains a framework of processes relating to modern slavery, including some relevant guidance and policies for our attorneys and staff on the firm’s Intranet. In producing our processes, we have referred to international standards. Processes are reviewed and updated to incorporate emerging regulations and best practices.

Assessing and managing risk

As a professional services law firm, MoFo London considers the inherent risk of modern slavery within its own legal services activities to be low. We assess modern slavery risk by reference to factors including the nature of the services provided, the use of subcontracting, geographic considerations and sector-specific risk indicators. This assessment informs the level of due diligence applied to suppliers and the prioritisation of risk mitigation measures. We have not identified any potential risks since our last statement.

Due diligence

MoFo will seek to ensure that any ongoing contracts or engagements with MoFo London contain contractual provisions ensuring that our business partners comply with all applicable law and regulations, including the Act.

MoFo London applies a risk-based approach to supplier due diligence. This includes seeking information from suppliers at on-boarding, incorporating modern slavery and compliance obligations into contractual arrangements, and applying enhanced scrutiny where higher-risk services are identified.

Where concerns are identified, the firm may engage with the supplier to seek clarification or remediation and, where appropriate, consider further action, including enhanced monitoring or termination of the relationship. Our approach is intended to be proportionate and consistent with applicable legal and professional obligations.

In the event of suspected or identified modern slavery issues, we will engage with suppliers and, where appropriate, support remediation measures guided by internationally recognised frameworks (e.g., ILO Labour Standards).

Training

Targeted training on modern slavery and human trafficking risks is provided to individuals involved in procurement, facilities management and risk and compliance functions, with broader awareness resources available to all staff. Training focuses on increasing awareness and knowledge to equip staff with the ability to respond effectively to exploitation risks.

Training materials are reviewed periodically by appropriately knowledgeable and qualified staff, and updated to reflect changes in law and guidance.

Monitoring and evaluation

MoFo encourages the reporting of any concerns relating to unethical conduct, including potential modern slavery or human trafficking issues. Concerns may be raised through internal reporting channels or the firm’s confidential reporting mechanisms.

Any reports are assessed promptly and, where appropriate, investigated and addressed in a manner intended to be responsible and proportionate, with due regard to the wellbeing of affected individuals.

Our priorities for the next financial year include:

• holding training on modern slavery for relevant attorneys and staff;
  
• seeking to ensure that contracts and engagements with new suppliers are on the basis of our pro-forma contracts or otherwise ensure that modern slavery issues are addressed in each such contract or engagement;
  
• increasing our due diligence efforts performed on both new and existing suppliers in relation to modern slavery; and
  
• increasing collaboration with other international law firms about responsible business practices.
  

MoFo will continue to review and refine its approach over time and to enhance the transparency of its modern slavery statement year-on-year, in line with evolving legal requirements, government guidance and recognised good practice.

We will continue to provide advice on how to eradicate modern slavery risks in operations and supply chains to our clients and other organisations with whom we have business relationships.

Approval

This statement was authorised and approved on 24 February 2026 by MoFo London.