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Morrison Foerster Highly Ranked in ALB’s Asia Top 50 Largest Law Firms 2022

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Morrison Foerster is delighted to be listed, once again, as one of the top 10 international law firms in Asia by Asian Legal Business (ALB). MoFo’s Tokyo office has again been ranked within the top two international law firms in that jurisdiction.

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Morrison Foerster is delighted to be listed, once again, as one of the top 10 international law firms in Asia by Asian Legal Business (ALB). MoFo’s Tokyo office has again been ranked within the top two international law firms in that jurisdiction.ALB’s list ranks the top largest international law firms in Asia by headcount.Over the past year, the firm has continued to grow our well-established Corporate, Finance, Litigation, Compliance, and Technology practices. This recognition comes following MoFo’s Japan office being named Japan International Law Adviser of the Year at the Chambers Asia-Pacific 9 times out of the 11 times the award has been given out. We have more Tier 1 practice rankings than any other international firm in Japan. Also in China, we have received 20 practice area rankings and 64 individual recognitions in Chambers Greater China Region 2022 and Legal 500 China 2023. The ALB ranking also comes at the same time MoFo’s Singapore office has been named Law Firm of the Year, Singapore, by Legal 500 consecutively in 2020 and 2021.With 40 years in greater China, 35 years in Japan, and 10 years in Singapore, MoFo has built an exceptionally strong Asia platform and has an expansive reach of 180+ lawyers in five offices in key Asian business centers, including Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore.<a href="https://www.legalbusinessonline.com/features/alb-asia-top-50-2022" target="_blank">Read more</a> about ALB’s Asia Top 50 Largest Law Firms 2022.

Morrison Foerster Highly Ranked in ALB’s Asia Top 50 Largest Law Firms 2022

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Ken is managing partner of the Tokyo office and head of the office’s 50 lawyer M&A team. His practice focuses on the representation of high-technology companies in acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.Ken is consistently ranked as one of the leading U.S. lawyers in Japan. Among other notable accomplishments, he is the only lawyer to be ranked as a “Star Individual” for M&A in Japan (the level above Band 1) by Chambers Global for thirteen consecutive years (2011 - 2023 editions); he was also ranked in the Band 1 category for the prior decade.Ken has spent his entire career with MoFo and has practiced in Japan for over 25 years, serving as our Tokyo managing partner for the last 20 years.Ken has appeared on CNBC and PBS’s Nightly Business Report in their coverage of Japanese legal developments, as well as on the cover of The American Lawyer in its survey of global law firms. He was also recognized by The American Lawyer as “Dealmaker of the Week” for his work on SoftBank’s $21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint, a transaction that was named the Global M&A Deal of the Year by The American Lawyer and also for his work on Hitachi’s $5 billion sale of its hard disk drive business to Western Digital.Ken was recently named by The Financial Times as the Most Innovative Legal Practitioner in the Asia-Pacific region as part of its Innovative Lawyers 2022 Awards. The award recognizes the region’s leading legal innovator including those with a major influence on their firm, the legal industry, business, and wider society.<h4>Select Rankings</h4>Ken’s recent notable awards include:<ul><li>Star Individual for Japan: Corporate/M&A (Chambers Global 2023)</li><li>Star Individual for Japan: Corporate/M&A (Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023)</li><li>Hall of Fame for Japan: Corporate and M&A (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023)</li><li>Market Leader for Japan: M&A (IFLR1000 2020)</li><li>Corporate, M&A Law, Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law [The Best Lawyers in Japan (Recognized since 2009)]</li><li>Foreign Lawyer of the Year (Asian Legal Business (ALB) Japan Law Awards 2018)</li><li>Tokyo Managing Partner of the Year (Asian Legal Business (ALB) Japan Law Awards 2017)</li></ul>

Kenneth A. Siegel

Partner

Tim is managing partner of Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong office. He is also head of the firm’s Hong Kong Litigation Department. Tim’s practice focuses on government and internal investigations and complex commercial litigation and international arbitration matters.Tim represents companies and individuals in, among other matters:<ul><li>Government investigations</li><li>Regulatory enforcement proceedings</li><li>Internal investigations</li><li>International arbitrations</li><li>Securities class action lawsuits</li><li>Complex dispute-related matters</li><li>Regulatory compliance issues</li></ul>Tim has represented multinational and Chinese clients in various industries, including telecommunications, biotechnology, publishing, pharmaceuticals, and financial services.Tim also is a member of both the firm’s FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption and Global Ethics + Compliance teams. He conducts internal investigations throughout Asia of potential violations of anti-corruption laws, leads pre-acquisition anti-corruption-related due diligence and post-closing remediation, and regularly provides advice, counseling, and training to clients about FCPA and anti-corruption related issues.Tim has deep experience representing companies and individuals in high-stakes contentious matters involving U.S. and Hong Kong law. Before relocating to Hong Kong in 2011, he spent 10 years practicing in New York and California, handling fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, securities litigation, investment disputes, commercial arbitration, and enforcement-related matters, from inception through trial. His practice continues to have a strong U.S. nexus, and he regularly advises clients facing disputes and enforcement actions originating in the U.S. and involving U.S. law.As a Hong Kong solicitor, Tim has been instructed by clients in key contentious proceedings and arbitration-related matters before Hong Kong courts, as well in proceedings with Hong Kong regulators and statutory tribunals. He has advised clients in investigations by, inter alia, the Securities & Futures Commission, and in proceedings before the Telecommunications (Competition Provisions) Appeal Board. He regularly acts for clients in Hong Kong-seated, international arbitration proceedings.Chambers Asia-Pacific quotes clients saying that Tim “is incredibly intelligent and always well prepared. He is an excellent interviewer and his depth of knowledge of the subject matter is outstanding” and that he “knows Western practices but also appreciates and understands the peculiarity of Chinese laws and practice.”

Timothy Blakely律师是美富律师事务所香港办事处的管理合伙人，同时也是本所香港诉讼部门的主管。Blakely律师的主要业务为政府和内部调查，以及复杂的商业诉讼和国际仲裁事宜。Blakely律师经常代表公司和个人处理的事宜包括：<ul><li>政府调查</li><li>监管程序</li><li>内部调查</li><li>国际仲裁</li><li>证券集体诉讼</li><li>复杂的争议相关事宜</li></ul>他也就监管合规问题向客户提供法律服务。Blakely律师曾代表电信、生物技术、出版、医药及金融服务等多个行业的跨国及中国客户处理有关事宜。Blakely律师也是本所全球反腐败及合规工作组的成员。他在全亚洲就可能违反各国反腐败法的行为开展内部调查，领导进行收购前关于反腐败的尽职调查工作和交割后的纠正事宜，并经常向客户提供关于美国《反海外腐败法》及反腐败问题的法律服务及培训。Blakely律师在代表公司和个人处理涉及美国和香港法律的高案值争讼事宜方面拥有丰富经验。在2011年移居香港之前，Blakely律师曾在纽约和加州执业十年，处理欺诈、不实陈述、合同违约、证券诉讼、投资争议、商业仲裁及执行的相关事宜，其工作贯穿从初始到案件审判的全过程。目前，Blakely律师的业务仍与美国密切相关，他经常协助客户处理源于美国或涉及美国法律的争议和执法行动。作为一名拥有香港事务资格的律师，Blakely律师曾受客户委托在香港法院处理重要的争讼程序和仲裁相关事宜，以及在香港监管机构和法定特别法庭处理各种程序。他曾就由香港证券及期货事务监察委员会等进行的调查以及在香港电讯（竞争条文）上诉委员会进行的程序向客户提供咨询。他还经常代表客户处理在香港进行的国际仲裁程序。

Timothy Blakely

Managing Partner, Hong Kong

Paul is managing partner of MoFo’s Beijing and Shanghai offices and has more than 25 years’ experience advising leading international companies on complex transactional and other business law matters in China and elsewhere in Asia.He advises Fortune 100 and other global companies pursuing M&A, joint venture, and other corporate transactions, bringing to his work a deep understanding of the regulatory environment in China and a sensitivity to cultural issues in Asia. Paul also helps clients navigate China’s complex and changing regulatory environment, advising on a broad range of issues such as industry permitting, technology licenses, data privacy and cyber security, and anti-corruption compliance. He works across a broad range of industries, including information technology, real estate, chemicals and energy, and natural resources.Paul is a fluent Mandarin speaker and has written widely on issues related to Chinese law.He currently serves on the board of directors of The Morrison & Foerster Foundation, the firm’s charitable foundation.

麦保罗（Paul McKenzie）律师是美富律师事务所北京和上海代表处的管理合伙人，他在代表领先的国际公司处理中国和其他亚洲地区的复杂交易和其他商业法律事宜方面拥有超过25年的经验。麦保罗律师代表财富100强企业和其他全球公司处理并购、合资和其他公司交易事宜，同时将他对中国监管环境的深入了解，以及对亚洲文化问题的敏锐运用于其中。他还帮助客户应对中国复杂且不断变化的监管环境，并就各类问题（例如行业许可，技术许可，数据隐私，网络安全和反腐败合规）提供咨询。麦保罗律师的业务涉及广泛的行业，包括信息技术，房地产，化学品，能源和自然资源。他精通汉语，并针对中国法律的相关问题广泛撰文。麦保罗律师目前是本所的慈善基金 “美富基金会”的董事会成员。

Paul McKenzie

Managing Partner, Beijing and Shanghai

Shirin Tang has over 21 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions across Asia and the U.S. She handles complex and innovative transactions, including capital raising platforms, joint ventures and club deals, portfolio restructuring, and exits. Her practice spans the institutional real estate (including data centers), technology/e-commerce, life sciences, and consumer sectors. Over the past several years, Shirin has led multiple US$1 billion+ private equity real estate transactions worth over US$25 billion in aggregate.  Shirin is highly praised by clients as “a stand out attorney”, ”a highly skilled and accomplished M&A specialist” and “our go-to lawyer for high value, high impact transactions.” She is described as “proactive, experienced and efficient”, “very connected to the market”, and someone who “is able to balance legal analysis against the commercial realities of our transactions and shows incredible judgment in determining the appropriate balance.” Clients have commented that she “has a well-deserved reputation for her deft handling of complex and innovative transactions.”Shirin is ranked as “The Elite” for Corporate/M&A by Chambers Asia–Pacific, a Leading Individual for Corporate/M&A in Singapore by Chambers Global, The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers, a Notable Practitioner for Private Equity/M&A by the IFLR 1000 and a Global Leader and a National Leader (Southeast Asia) in M&A by Who’s Who Legal. Asian Legal Business named her one of Asia’s Top 15 Female Lawyers in 2022, Woman Lawyer of the Year for Southeast Asia in 2018 and one of the “Top 40 under 40” outstanding private practice lawyers and in-house counsel in Asia in 2017. In addition, she has been included in the Asia Business Law Journal’s “A-List” of Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers since 2018. Best Lawyers named Shirin their 2024 Lawyer of the Year (Singapore) for Mergers & Acquisitions.In addition to her practice, Shirin is the Managing Partner of Morrison Foerster’s Singapore office. She also sits on the firm’s Executive Committee, Women’s Strategy Committee, and Mental Health Steering Committee, through which she makes a significant contribution to developing the firm’s overall business and strategy, as well as its market-leading diversity and well-being initiatives.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>IndoSpace on the formation of IndoSpace Logistics Parks IV, a US$600 million India-focused logistics club deal.</li><li>GLP China Logistics Fund I and its affiliates in the US$5 billion recapitalization and exit of the portfolio developed within the fund, which was GLP’s flagship USD-denominated develop-to-core fund formed in 2013 to invest in prime, institutional-grade modern logistics assets in China.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in the establishment of GLP Japan Development Partners IV (JDP IV), which will have US$9.1 billion in assets under management when fully deployed, one of the largest-ever Japan-focused private real estate funds. </li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd., acting as lead counsel in the formation of its BRL5.2 billion (US$1 billion) GLP Brazil Development Partners II, a logistics-focused fund that will develop nine Class-A logistics parks in prime São Paulo submarkets.</li><li>A leading Asian institutional investor in its ongoing investments in Grab Inc., a popular ride-hailing “Super App” in Southeast Asia valued at over US$14 billion, and Grab’s US$39.6 billion SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp.</li><li>Everstone Group, one of Asia’s premier investment firms, on its US$1 billion strategic partnership with the Yondr Group to develop and operate data centers in India.</li><li>A leading global real estate business on the formation of a China-focused data center fund.</li><li>A leading global real estate business on the formation of a fund to develop logistics facilities in Brazil.</li><li>A global strategic investor in its significant Series F investment in Gojek, a major Southeast Asia ride-hailing player valued in excess of US$10 billion.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in its US$11.64 billion privatization, then the largest-ever private equity buyout of an Asian company by enterprise value. The transaction won multiple awards, including Asian Legal Business’s SE Asia Law Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year (Premium); The Asian Lawyer’s Asia Legal Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year: Southeast Asia; 2017 Global PERE Awards: Deal of the Year, Asia; and FinanceAsia’s 2017 Deal of the Year and Best Leveraged Finance Deal.</li><li>Japan Tobacco International on its acquisition of the assets related to the tobacco business of Mighty Corporation for a total of US$936 million. This was one of the largest M&A deals by value in the Philippines in 2017.</li><li>IndoSpace on the formation of IndoSpace Core, its US$1.2 billion joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which will focus on acquiring and developing modern logistics facilities in India.</li></ul>