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Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific has recognized Morrison Foerster in twelve categories within the dispute resolution and litigation space in its 2025 edition. Our practice rankings spread across China and Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore, including:<ul><li>China: Commercial and transactions – International firms, Tier 4;</li><li>China: International arbitration – International firms, Notable Firm;</li><li>China: White-collar crime – International firms, Tier 3;</li><li>Hong Kong: Commercial and transactions – International firms, Tier 4;</li><li>Hong Kong: Intellectual Property, Tier 4;</li><li>Hong Kong: International arbitration – International firms, Notable Firm;</li><li>Hong Kong: White-collar crime – International firms, Tier 3;</li><li>Japan: Commercial and transactions – International firms, Tier 1;</li><li>Japan: Intellectual property – International firms, Tier 1;</li><li>Japan: International arbitration – International firms, Tier 1;</li><li>Singapore: International arbitration – International firms, Tier 2; and</li><li>Singapore: White-collar crime, Tier 2.</li></ul>In addition to the above practice area rankings, five of our partners received individual recognitions, including:<ul><li>Timothy Blakely, Litigation Star in Hong Kong: White-Collar Crime; Commercial and Transactions;</li><li>B. Chen Zhu, Future Star in Hong Kong: White-Collar Crime</li><li>Max Olson, Litigation Star in Japan: Intellectual Property;</li><li>Chie Yakura, Litigation Star in Japan: Intellectual Property; Commercial and Transactions;</li><li>Daniel Levison, Litigation Star in Singapore: White-collar crime.</li></ul>For more details on Morrison Foerster’s 2025 rankings, please <a href="https://benchmarklitigation.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Benchmark-Litigation-Asia-Pacific-2025-Rankings-are-now-live/Index/10645" target="_blank">visit Benchmark Litigation’s website</a>.Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers. It provides law firm and lawyer rankings based on extensive interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists, and their clients, as well as analysis of the market’s most important cases and firm developments.

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Tim is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Securities Litigation and Investigations + White Collar Defense groups. His practice focuses on government and internal investigations and complex commercial litigation and international arbitration matters. He is the former managing partner of the Hong Kong office.With more than 20 years of experience in the U.S. and Asia, Tim represents companies and individuals in complex dispute-related matters, including government and internal investigations, regulatory proceedings, securities class action lawsuits, international arbitrations, and other complex litigation mandates. He has represented multinational and Chinese clients in various industries, including telecommunications, biotechnology, publishing, pharmaceuticals, and financial services. Tim is a member of the firm’s FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption and Global Ethics + Compliance teams. Tim has practiced in New York, California, and Hong Kong, handling fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, securities litigation, investment disputes, commercial arbitration, and enforcement-related matters – from inception through trial. His practice has a strong U.S. and Asia nexus, and he regularly advises clients facing cross-border disputes and enforcement actions, often involving the laws of multiple jurisdictions.As a Hong Kong solicitor, Tim has been instructed by clients in key contentious proceedings and arbitration-related matters before Hong Kong courts (including the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal, and the Court of Final Appeal), as well in proceedings with Hong Kong regulators and statutory tribunals. He has advised clients in investigations by Hong Kong law enforcement regulators including the Securities & Futures Commission and the Customs & Excise Department, among others. He regularly acts for clients in Hong Kong-seated international arbitration proceedings.

Timothy Blakely律师是美富律师事务所证券诉讼与调查以及白领犯罪辩护业务组的合伙人。他的执业领域主要专注于政府调查和内部调查，以及复杂商业诉讼和国际仲裁事务。他曾担任香港办公室的管理合伙人。Blakely律师在美国及亚洲拥有超过20年的执业经验，代表公司及个人处理各类复杂争议相关事宜，包括政府及内部调查、监管程序、证券集体诉讼、国际仲裁及其他复杂诉讼事务。他曾为来自电信、生物技术、出版、医药及金融服务等多个行业的跨国公司及中国客户提供法律服务。Blakely律师亦是本所美国《反海外腐败法》（FCPA）及全球反腐败工作组，以及全球道德与合规工作组的成员。Blakely律师曾在纽约、加州及香港执业，处理欺诈、不实陈述、合同违约、证券诉讼、投资争议、商业仲裁及执行相关事宜，其工作贯穿案件从初始阶段至审判全过程。他的执业实践与美国及亚洲均有紧密联系，经常就涉及多个司法管辖区法律的跨境争议及执法行动向客户提供法律意见。作为一名拥有香港事务资格的律师，Blakely律师曾受客户委托，在香港各级法院（包括原讼法庭、上诉法庭及终审法院）处理重要争讼程序及仲裁相关事宜，并代表客户在香港监管机构及法定特别法庭处理相关程序。他曾就香港执法及监管机构（包括证券及期货事务监察委员会及香港海关等）所进行的调查向客户提供法律意见，并经常代表客户处理以香港为仲裁地的国际仲裁程序。

Timothy Blakely

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Chen is the head of Morrison Foerster’s Sanctions and Export Controls practice for Asia and leads the firm’s government and internal investigations in Greater China. Chen has extensive experience advising on U.S. economic sanctions, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, securities and accounting fraud, and related governance and corporate compliance issues.Chen frequently advises Chinese, U.S., and European financial institutions on U.S. economic sanctions and export controls in the context of contentious enforcement matters involving OFAC and other U.S. regulators. He also frequently assists banks and corporates with setting up practical, risk-based sanctions and export controls compliance programs.In addition, Chen has been lead counsel on  numerous anti-corruption enforcement actions by U.S. regulators against some of the largest major life sciences, technology, and financial services companies over the past eighteen years. He regularly counsels company boards and senior management on corporate investigations and compliance remediation.His clients include major state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations, and executives from financial services, life sciences, technology, consumer retail, and hospitality sectors, with a particular focus on Greater China, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.Chen has been ranked as a leading investigations lawyer in Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms) by Chambers Greater China 2024-2026, Lexology Index Investigations 2024 – 2025 and Who’s Who Legal Investigations 2019-2023. He is also recommended in China/Hong Kong for regulatory/compliance and dispute resolution: litigation by Legal 500 2022 – 2026 and for life sciences and healthcare by Legal 500 2024 – 2025.Chen is a frequent presenter at legal conferences and client workshops relating to anti-corruption, economic sanctions, and white-collar enforcement.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, he worked in the Hong Kong and New York offices of a leading U.S. law firm.Chen is a native speaker of English and Mandarin. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong.

朱晨昊律师是美富亚洲制裁与出口管制业务组的负责人，同时领导本所在大中华区的政府和内部调查工作。朱律师在处理美国经济制裁、反腐败、反洗钱、证券与会计欺诈，以及相关的企业治理和公司合规事宜方面经验十分丰富。朱律师经常在涉及外国资产控制办公室（OFAC）和其他美国监管机构的具争议性执法事务中，为中国、美国和欧洲金融机构就美国经济制裁和出口管制事宜提供法律意见。他还经常协助银行和公司制定切实可行、基于风险的制裁和出口管制合规计划。在过去18年里，朱律师曾担任主理律师处理过众多由美国监管机构发起的，针对一些最大型生命科学、技术和金融服务公司的美国反腐败执法行动。他经常就公司调查和合规补救问题为公司董事会和高级管理层提供法律咨询服务。朱律师的客户包括金融服务、生命科学、技术、消费品零售以及酒店业等多个行业的大型国有企业、跨国公司和高级管理层，其业务重点是大中华区、日本、韩国和东南亚地区。朱律师广获知名法律排名机构认可，曾被评为2024—2026年《钱伯斯大中华区法律指南》 企业调查/反腐败（国际所）、2024—2025年Lexology Index Investigations和2019—2023年《法律名人录之调查业务》领先律师、2022—2026年《法律500强》中国大陆/香港地区监管/合规和争议解决类诉讼业务推荐律师，以及2024—2025年《法律500强》中国大陆/香港地区生命科学和医疗保健业务推荐律师。朱律师经常在与反腐败、经济制裁和白领执法相关的法律会议和客户研讨会上发表演讲。在加入美富之前，朱律师在一家顶级美国律所的香港和纽约办事处任职。朱律师的母语是英文和普通话。他是香港律师会的注册外国律师。

B. Chen Zhu

Max Olson is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group and Litigation Department. Max’s practice includes all aspects of dispute resolution, with special emphasis on patent litigation, international arbitration, trade secret litigation, sports litigation, and adversarial patent license negotiations. Max served as the chair of the Tokyo office Litigation Department from 2006 to 2013 and managing partner of the Los Angeles office from 2004 through 2006.Max led the firm’s litigation team on behalf of Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. (“FSL”) in obtaining an order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California compelling arbitration of Cypress Semiconductor’s state court claims against FSL for alleged breach of contract, interference with contract, indemnity, and unfair competition in Tokyo, Japan, under the rules of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (FSL v. Cypress Semiconductor Corp., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97711 (N.D. Cal. June 5, 2023)).Max led the firm’s patent litigation teams on behalf of JOLED Inc. in the global enforcement of its OLED display patents against Samsung’s Galaxy phones through parallel litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Case No. 6:20-cv-559) and the Japan Customs Office. Max also led the firm’s patent litigation teams defending infringement actions brought by Samsung Display and/or its affiliate, Intellectual Keystone Technology, against JOLED and its customers, including ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and ASUS Computer Int’l, in ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-1257 (In re Certain Organic Light Emitting Diode Displays, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same) and in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Case Nos. 6:21-cv-00017 and 6:21‑cv‑00053).Max led the firm’s litigation and arbitration teams on behalf of FSL in a global dispute with Cypress Semiconductor over the intellectual property rights in and ownership of thousands of photomasks used in the manufacture of semiconductors. Max defeated Cypress’s motion for injunctive relief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in a significant victory for FSL (Cypress Semiconductor Corp. v. FSL, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32907 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 25, 2020)) and filed counterclaims against Cypress in an arbitration before the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association.Max led the firm’s litigation team on behalf of Mitsui Chemicals in trade secret litigation involving irrigation systems in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida and won a motion to dismiss the unfair trade practices, unfair competition, fraud, and conspiracy claims brought against Mitsui Chemicals (Developmental Techs. LLC v. Mitsui Chems., Inc., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64630 (M.D. Fla. Apr. 15, 2019)).Max represented U.S. Olympic gymnast Paul Hamm before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) in Switzerland, the world’s highest court for resolving sports disputes, in the highly publicized dispute over the gold medal in the men’s individual all-around event in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A panel of three CAS arbitrators rejected the appeal filed by the bronze medalist, Korean gymnast Yang Tae‑Young, and held unanimously that Mr. Hamm should keep his gold medal. Max also led the firm’s arbitration team on behalf of a mixed martial arts fighter and obtained an award from the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association releasing the fighter from an unfavorable contract with his promoter.Max has also represented Fujitsu, FSL, Socionext, Konica Minolta, TDK, Yamaha, Micron Memory Japan, Advantest, Sega, Buffalo, and other major corporations in various adversarial patent license negotiations against some of the world’s largest patent holders.Max is a longtime member of The Tokyo IP American Inn of Court and served as its President from 2021 through 2023. He is also a registered gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi and a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association, the Litigation Section and Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association, and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.Max is widely recognized as one of Japan’s leading lawyers by many of the world’s foremost independent legal directories, including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, The Best Lawyers in Japan, Managing Intellectual Property, Benchmark Litigation: Asia-Pacific, Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), and IAM Global Leaders. Clients describe Max as “a visionary legal practitioner and scholar who represents the best in his field in the Tokyo and Japan markets for dispute resolution and IP-related matters.”Max received his M.A. and B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan.

Max Olson

Chie Yakura is a partner in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster Law Offices. She represents both non-Japanese and Japanese corporations in a wide range of complex litigation matters with an emphasis on intellectual property, technology transactions and trade secrets, antitrust/competition law, as well as cross-border contractual and commercial disputes and product liability matters. Chie also focuses on anti-corruption and compliance matters and conducts internal investigations. She has handled cases in a variety of industries, including software, hardware, consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, transportation, real estate and manufacturing.Chie received her LL.B. from Kyoto University and graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (53rd Trainee). Chie also received an LL.M. from Columbia Law School and an LL.M. in international business law from the University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science.Chie is a bengoshi, admitted to practice in Japan. She is also a benrishi (patent attorney) in Japan and admitted in New York.Chie is a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association, the Japan Patent Attorneys Association and the American Bar Association.

Chie Yakura

Daniel Levison serves as the Head of Litigation in Morrison Foerster’s Singapore office and leads the firm’s global Ethics and Compliance practice in Asia.With over 25 years of experience working across the region, Daniel advises clients on a wide range of litigation matters, internal investigations, and compliance reviews throughout Asia-Pacific. His practice spans multiple jurisdictions, including Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, India, Nepal, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, and New Zealand. He provides strategic counsel to clients facing complex regulatory and compliance challenges.Daniel is recognized for his expertise in handling highly sensitive matters such as fraud and corruption, cartel and competition issues, anti-money laundering, export control, privacy and data security, and regulatory and product safety investigations. He regularly assists clients with pre-acquisition and third-party compliance due diligence, as well as the development, review, and implementation of compliance policies, procedures, and training programs.In addition to his compliance and investigations work, Daniel also has significant experience with complex commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular focus on multi-jurisdictional disputes. He has advised clients on in a variety of areas, including contract disputes, business torts, antitrust, product liability, intellectual property, and related issues.Daniel’s clients represent a diverse range of industries, including software and technology, consulting and professional services, consumer goods, e-commerce, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, entertainment, transportation, construction and real estate, hospitality, insurance, and banking and financial services.Before relocating to Singapore, Daniel spent more than twelve years in Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo office, where he developed substantial expertise in Japan-related matters, for which he has been recognized by Chambers Global every year since 2020.Daniel is consistently recognized as a leading practitioner in the investigations and white‑collar space. He has been ranked Band 1 for Corporate Investigations/Anti‑Corruption by Chambers Asia-Pacific every year since 2018 and recognized as a Leading Individual for White-Collar Crime by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific since 2021. He is also listed as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific every year since 2023, as a Leading Lawyer for Litigation in Singapore by Best Lawyers in 2026, and named to Asia Business Law Journal’s 2026 Singapore A-List of Top Lawyers.Clients describe Daniel as very thoughtful, thorough, and extremely focused on delivering high-quality advice across a broad range of issues. He is a sought-after speaker and a recognized thought leader on topics related to anti-corruption, investigations, and compliance.Daniel serves on a variety of global firm committees, including the Board of Directors.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>A multinational company in connection with an internal investigation into allegations of bribery in Indonesia.</li><li>A real estate investment trust in relation to a compliance risk assessment concerning a joint venture in India. </li><li>A U.S.-based company in an investigation into corruption and procurement–related irregularities in India. </li><li>A global technology company in relation to an investigation into allegations of conflicts of interest and accounting irregularities by local management in Southeast Asia.</li><li>Several Asia-based employees of financial institutions in internal and government corruption and money laundering investigations. </li><li>U.S.-based medical device manufacturer in investigation into allegations of bribery and fraud in Japan.</li><li>A multinational pharmaceutical company in investigations into allegations of irregularities in the conduct of clinical trials in Japan.</li><li>A U.S.-based company with respect to several Japan Fair Trade Commission investigations.</li><li>Providing a global financial institution with anti-corruption counselling with respect to its global private equity and venture capital investments.</li><li>Conducted pre-investment and pre-acquisition anti-corruption and compliance due diligence for U.S., Europe, and Asia-based multinational companies in numerous transactions across the Asia‑Pacific region and beyond. </li></ul>