Morrison Foerster Wins Two Awards at the 2022 China Law & Practice Awards

Morrison Foerster has been named by the China Law & Practice Awards as a Firm of the Year for International Investment Funds. Shanghai Partner Ruomu Li has also been awarded Rising Star Lawyer of the Year. 

Led by Serena Tan deputy co chair of the firm’s Private Funds Group and chair of Greater China Private Funds practice, MoFo’s Private Funds practice is widely recognized by fund sponsors and institutional investors as a leading group in Asia, including in Greater China. Focusing on both private equity and real estate fund formation, we are one of the largest private funds teams in the region and one of only a handful of law firms in Asia that offer one-stop shop services on all aspects of a fund’s life cycle (structural, regulatory, and tax issues, as well as economic terms and fund governance and operational matters). The bilingual team members can provide real-time, in-depth advice in both Mandarin and English. 

Morrison Foerster Private Funds practice’s representative private equity fund manager clients include Affirma Capital, Ascendent Capital Partners, Ally Bridge Group, CBC Group, Fosun, GLP, Hony Capital, Junson Capital, KHL Capital, Kowloon Nights, Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Makers, ORIX Asia Capital, Ping An Overseas Holdings, Sailing Capital, SoftBank Ventures Asia, and Taiwania Capital. Our representative real estate fund manager clients include BHG, GLP, Hony Capital, and Sino-Ocean Capital. Our representative institutional investor clients include China Ping An, China Life, CMB, FWD, ICBCI, Great Wall, The Wharf Holdings, and Wheelock.

The team has been also recognized by other prominent rankings and awards including:

• Chambers & Partners 2019- 2022: ranked as a leading law firm for Investment Funds: PE in China and the Asia Pacific region
• PEI Awards 2021: shortlisted for “Asia Law Firm of the Year” for Fund Formation
• Global PERE Awards 2018, 2020-2021: shortlisted for “Asia Law Firm of the Year” for both Fund Formation and Transactions
• Legal 500 Asia Pacific: ranked as a leading law firm for Investment Funds in China (2019-2022) and Hong Kong (2017-2022)
• IFLR 1000 2020-2022: ranked as a leading law firm for PE Funds in Hong Kong and China
• The Asian Lawyer 2019: named as “Private Equity Deal of the Year” 

Partner Ruomu Li has 17 years of experience in M&A and private equity/venture capital transactions. She has represented the United States, China, and international financial and strategic investors, and target companies, in connection with a broad range of M&A transactions and private equity/venture capital transactions. Having practiced in the Silicon Valley for close to a decade, Ruomu has extensive deal experience in the TMT and life sciences sectors. 

Ruomu has been also recognized by other prominent rankings and awards including:

• Chambers Greater China 2022: Recommended for Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)
• Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022: Leading Individual for China (Foreign Firms): Corporate and M&A; Next Generation Partner for China (Foreign Firms): Private Equity, Life Sciences and Healthcare; Recommended for Hong Kong Corporate (Including M&A), and Private Equity
• IFLR1000 Asia Pacific 2022: One of IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2022
• Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021: Next Generation Partner for China (Foreign Firms): Private Equity

The China Law & Practice Awards recognize exceptional legal achievements and honor the biggest and most important commercial legal matters that involved lawyers and parties in China.

To view full winner list, visit China Law & Practice Awards 2022.