MoFo Named Investment Funds International Firm of the Year at the 2022 China Law & Practice Awards

Morrison Foerster China Private Funds team has been named Investment Funds International Firm of the Year by the China Law & Practice Awards on September 8, 2022.

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. We also have on the ground tax support, providing funds clients with U.S. and international tax advice, which is a rare advantage in the region. All of our China team members are bilingual, and can provide real-time, in-depth advice in both Mandarin and English.

Our diverse practice also encompasses advising on fund secondaries transactions such as GP‑led secondaries, GP-led restructuring, continuation funds, stapled secondaries, and secondary purchases of limited partner interests.

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.

Some of our recent representative matters include advising:

• Sino-Ocean in connection with the formation of a US$1.4 billion real property fund focusing on prime office buildings in China; and formation of a US$600 million China real estate special situations fund, which is one of the first U.S.-dollar denominated special situations funds focusing on residential special situation investments in China.

• Sailing Capital in the formation of its flagship private equity fund, Sailing Capital Overseas Investments Fund II, LP. The fund focuses on investments in the technology, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and new consumption industries.

• A leading Asia-based venture capital firm in a GP-led secondary transaction with respect to a fund focused on the consumer internet, media, and AI sectors in Mainland China.

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

• Chambers & Partners 2019 - 2022: ranked as a leading law firm for Investment Funds: Private Equity 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 2017 - 2022: 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 Private Equity Funds in Hong Kong and China
• The Asian Lawyer 2019: named as “Private Equity Deal of the Year”

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