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Morrison Foerster Wins Two Awards at Law.com International’s 2025 Asia Legal Awards

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Morrison Foerster received two awards at the 2025 Asia Legal Awards, presented by Law.com International. The Asia Legal Awards celebrate the most complex and outstanding legal work in the region.MoFo was named TMT Firm of the Year for the second year in a row for our involvement in market-shaping technology, media, and telecommunications deals and our work assisting leading TMT clients in their complex, cutting-edge regulatory challenges. MoFo has played a pivotal role in <a href="/resources/news/250331-mofo-advises-softbank-investment-openai" target="_self">advising SoftBank on a series of significant investments in OpenAI</a>, the world’s leading artificial intelligence research and development company, starting in October 2024.MoFo also received the Private Equity Deal of the Year Award for <a href="/resources/news/250207-mofo-advises-bain-capital" target="_self">advising Bain Capital on its $3.3 Billion acquisition of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation</a>. This complex carve-out transaction spanned 13 jurisdictions, and it’s the most significant life science transaction in Japan in recent history.MoFo was a finalist for five other awards:<ul><li>M&A Deal of the Year: SoftBank Vision Fund II Offer and Investments in OpenAI</li><li>M&A Firm of the Year</li><li>Private Equity Firm of the Year</li><li>International Arbitration Lawyer of the Year: Yi-Jun Kang</li><li>Projects Lawyer of the Year: Per Lindberg</li></ul>Winners were celebrated on September 10, 2025, at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore.View the <a href="https://www.event.law.com/asialegalawards/2025-winners" target="_blank">complete list</a> of 2025 winners.

Morrison Foerster Wins Two Awards at Law.com International’s 2025 Asia Legal Awards

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Ken Siegel is the managing partner of Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo oﬃce and the head of the oﬃce’s 50-attorney M&A team. Ken’s practice focuses on the representation of high-technology companies in acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.Ken has been consistently ranked as one of the leading U.S. attorneys in Japan. Among other things, he is the only attorney rated as a “Star Individual” for M&A in Japan (the level above Band 1) by Chambers Global, having been ranked at this level for more than a dozen years (2011–2024 editions). According to Chambers Asia-Paciﬁc, Ken is “commercial and pragmatic, an incredible M&A attorney” who “deserves tremendous credit for his M&A practice” and has “outstanding acumen, experience and leadership.”Ken received the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Award in 2022, recognizing him as one of the most innovative practitioner in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2025, he and his team were recognized again by the Financial Times as Innovative Lawyers in Science and Technology for their groundbreaking AI work on Stargate, a joint venture developing advanced AI infrastructure in the United States. He has also been recognized multiple times as in the American Lawyer – including as “Dealmaker of the Week” for his work on Hitachi’s $5 billion sale of its hard disk-drive business to Western Digital as well as for representing SoftBank in its $21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint, a transaction that was named the Global M&A Deal of the Year by The American Lawyer.Ken received his B.A. magna cum laude from Amherst College. He studied Japanese language at Stanford University’s Inter-University Center for Japanese Language in Tokyo and at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), receiving a graduate degree in International Aﬀairs. He received his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School.<h4>Select Rankings</h4>Ken’s recent notable awards include:<ul><li>Most Innovative Legal Practitioner in Asia-Pacific (Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Award 2022)</li></ul><ul dir="ltr"><li>Star Individual for Japan: Corporate/M&A (Chambers Global 2024)</li><li dir="ltr">Star Individual for Japan: Corporate/M&A (Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024)</li><li>Hall of Fame for Japan: Corporate and M&A (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025)</li><li>Market Leader for Japan: M&A (IFLR1000 2024)</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

Randy Laxer is the Global Co-Chair of the Private Equity Practice. His experience includes over 20 years in Japan representing clients on numerous Japan private equity buyouts and investments, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international joint ventures, and minority investments in various industries, including high technology, life sciences, and media.Randy has been selected as one of “Asia’s Top 15 M&A Lawyers” by Asian Legal Business and also is recommended for his M&A and corporate law expertise by Chambers Global (2025), Chambers Asia-Pacific (2025), IFLR1000 (2024), and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2025). Client comments about Randy include the following:“Randy Laxer is the lawyer I personally trust most in cross-border M&A.” (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific)“When conducting cross-border M&A transactions with a high degree of difficulty, consider using [Randy].” (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific)“Randy has always shown commitment [to this client]” and “is on-top not just of the theme but also of details of any deliverables, oral presentation, negotiation or side-chat seamlessly” (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific).Randy received his J.D cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School and attended Konan University in Kobe, Japan and Stanford University’s Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies. He is fluent in Japanese and is also a registered Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi and a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.

Randy Laxer

Global Co-Chair of Private Equity Practice

Jeremy is the Global Co-Chair of our M&A practice. As a corporate partner of our Tokyo office, Jeremy focuses his practice on cross-border mergers, acquisitions, disposals, spin-outs, and joint ventures. His practice covers alliances between multinationals to greenfield corporate and venture investments.Jeremy is rated as one of “Asia’s Top 15 M&A Lawyers” (by Asia Legal Business 2023).Jeremy is recommended as a leading lawyer in Japan by independent guides to the legal profession, including Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, and IFLR1000. Clients comment that he is “quite simply the best M&A lawyer I have worked with. His knowledge, dedication to client and project, experience and constructive problem-solving approach is unmatched in the market” (The Legal 500 2023), “exceptional for cross-border transactions…and an absolute pleasure to work with” (Chambers 2020), “the single best lawyer I have worked with in 30 years of M&A experience…courteous, ruthless on behalf of the client in negotiations, very smart, a creative solution finder, and has pragmatic common sense” (Chambers 2019), and “The best cross border transaction lawyer in Tokyo and all of my clients I introduced love him…” (IFLR1000 2018).

Jeremy White

Global Co-Chair of M&A Practice

Seth Graham is a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Technology Transactions Group and advises clients on a wide range of transactional matters involving technology and intellectual property, including licensing arrangements, technology transfers, outsourcing transactions, development agreements, and other commercial and services arrangements.Seth has over 15 years of experience in the U.S. and Asia advising clients on cross-border IP matters, with a focus on the IT, pharmaceutical, semiconductor and telecommunication industries. Seth regularly counsels clients with respect to software and content licensing arrangements, trademark licenses and branding strategies, outsourcing and cloud computing transactions, and joint development arrangements, as well as on issues regarding open source software, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain applications. Seth also assists clients with complex patent licensing arrangements and on intellectual property issues relevant to emerging company investments and project finance and development activities. He has represented client such as SoftBank, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Otsuka and Yahoo! Japan, amongst others.Seth also has extensive experience advising on adversarial litigation negotiations and settlements, in- and out-bound licensing arrangements across Asia, and mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. Seth provides pro bono legal services to Médecins Sans Frontières and other not-for-profit organizations in connection with establishing and enforcing their intellectual property rights.Seth has been consistently recognized for his work in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) space by Chambers Asia-Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and was named as an “Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyer” by Asian Legal Business. Clients comment that Seth has “great negotiation skills” and is their “go to lawyer for IP and cross-border matters” (Legal 500 2024) and that his “service and understanding of our business remains one of main reasons we use Morrison Foerster” (Chambers 2023).  Seth is admitted to practice in New York and California, and is a Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi in Japan.

Seth M. Graham

Masato Hayakawa is a partner in the Technology Transactions Group of Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo Office. Prior to joining the firm’s Tokyo Office, he practiced in the San Francisco Office for several years. His practice is concentrated on transactions and counseling involving intellectual property, including structuring and negotiating license agreements, technology transfers, adversarial patent litigation settlements, outsourcing arrangements, joint development agreements and other intellectual property matters relevant to technology companies.Masato is also very experienced in the intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. He advises clients, both emerging and established companies, from a range of industries. For example, Masato has counseled companies in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, semiconductor technology companies, financial institutions, and multinational technology conglomerates. He has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, having worked on major transactions in the United States, Asia, and Europe, and he is fluent in Japanese.The 2021 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific noted that “In addition to deep experience and unsurpassed knowledge as an IP practitioner, he brings a deal lawyer's approach to the negotiating table.”Masato has provided legal services on a pro bono basis to a number of non-profit organizations such as The Yale Law Journal, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) of Japan, Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, and HAND (Helping After Neonatal Death). Masato also serves on the Alumni Advisory Board of The Yale Law Journal.Masato received his A.B. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with highest honors. He earned his J.D. degree from the Yale Law School, where he served as an articles editor of the Yale Journal of International Law and later as managing editor of The Yale Law Journal. Masato is admitted to practice in California and as Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi in Japan.

Masato Hayakawa

Steve DeCosse is a Corporate/PE partner in the Tokyo office. His practice focuses on public and private cross-border M&A and strategic investments for trading houses, private equity firms, and corporations across a range of tech, food and agriculture, and other industries.﻿Steve is recommended as a leading corporate lawyer in Japan by all the independent guides to the legal profession, including Chambers, The Legal 500, Best Lawyers in Japan, and Asia Business Law Journal. Asia Business Law Journal named him on the A-List of Japan’s Top 100 Lawyers. Client comments include the following: “Stephen DeCosse has a high level of global experience and a proven track record and is capable of handling legal cases around the world” (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2025) and “Steve is a great lawyer with commercial sense and quick responsiveness. He knows clients’ business and has ample experience of handling cross-border transactions” (Chambers Global and Asia-Pacific, 2024).He is listed in the Hall of Fame for Japan: Corporate and M&A in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, which lists “lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.” Steve has also been selected as a Stand-out Lawyer by Thomson Reuters.

Stephen DeCosse

Marcia Ellis is a Senior Counsel in our New York office and a Partner in our Hong Kong office. Marcia’s practice focuses on private equity transactions and complex mergers and acquisitions involving companies and other assets located in Asia. Having practiced in Asia for more than a quarter of a century, Marcia is one of the most experienced M&A lawyers active in the Asian market. In the past three years, she has advised clients on deals with a total aggregate value well in excess of US$249.8 billion.​Marcia regularly advises leading investors on M&A transactions, including SoftBank Vision Fund, Alibaba, GLP, Bain Capital, BlackRock, Farallon Capital, Ascendent Capital Partners, Silver Crest Acquisition Corp., PAG, Hillhouse, Hony Capital and Celadon Partners. In addition, she is experienced in representing U.S., UK and Asia based institutional investors in the acquisition, financing and disposition of real estate in China, Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia, including numerous logistics and internet data center projects, and investment in and acquisition of real estate developers.From 2008 through 2011, she was the Chief Legal Officer for Asia of D. E. Shaw, where she assisted various group entities in making, restructuring, and exiting investments in various countries in Asia, including a number of significant and highly structured investments in China and India.Clients consider Marcia as a "super skilled technical lawyer" who offers "incredible problem-solving skills on all aspects of matters, both legal and commercial". A client said that "Finding a lawyer whose judgement you trust and who knows how far they can push the boundaries is not easy, and Marcia is the best lawyer I've worked with."Marcia is a member of our global board of directors and a member of our global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Steering Committee. She served as a Global Co-Chair of the firm's Private Equity Practice. In 2022, she spearheaded the launch of MoFo’s annual survey of the ESG and DEI policies and practices of Asia-headquartered PE firms. She has also been named to Law360’s 2022 and 2023 Private Equity Editorial Board and elected as the Co-Chair of AmCham Hong Kong’s Women of Influence Committee. Marcia has been recognized as one of the Women of Influence in Private Markets: Private Equity by Private Equity International in 2024.

Marcia Ellis（艾琳）律师的执业重点是涉及亚洲境内公司和其它资产的私募股权交易和复杂并购。Ellis律师在亚洲执业超过二十五年，是活跃在亚洲市场经验最丰富的并购律师之一。在过去三年间，她为客户完成的交易的合计价值超过2498亿美元。Ellis律师经常为大型投资者提供并购交易法律咨询，这些投资者包括软银愿景基金、阿里巴巴、普洛斯、Bain Capital、贝莱德、Farallon Capital、上达资本、Silver Crest特殊目的收购公司、PAG、高瓴资本、弘毅投资以及Celadon Partners。此外，在代表美国、英国、亚洲机构投资人方面她也富有经验；她代表客户处理收购、融资、处置中国、香港及亚洲其它地区的房地产，其中包括许多物流和互联网数据中心项目，也处理对房地产开发商的投资与收购。从2008至2011年，Ellis律师是德劭集团亚洲区的首席法务官。在德劭集团，她协助各集团实体处理在亚洲多个国家进行的投资、投资重组及投资退出事宜，包括在中国和印度进行的多个重要及高度结构化的投资。客户评价Ellis律师是一位"技巧高超的律师"，她拥有 "极其出色的解决问题的能力，包括法律问题和商业问题 "。一位客户称："找到一位拥有令人信任的判断力，并能尽力突破极限的律师并不容易，而她是我合作过的最好的律师"。Ellis律师是美富律师事务所的全球董事会成员，兼本所全球环境、社会与治理(ESG)指导委员会委员之一。她曾任本所的全球私募股权业务联席主席。在2022年，她率先发起了美富对总部位于亚洲的私募股权公司的环境、社会与治理以及可持续性的政策与实践的年度调查。她还当选《法律360》(Law 360)2022年度和2023年度私募股权业务编辑委员会成员，以及香港美国商会最具影响力女性(WOI)指导委员会联席主席。Ellis律师还荣获Private Equity International评为2024年“私募股权领域：私募市场最具影响力女性”之一。

Marcia Ellis

Senior Counsel (New York) | Partner (Hong Kong)

Scott Jalowayski has over 20 years of experience advising private equity funds, their portfolio companies, and other global and regional investment managers on complex investments and M&A transactions in Southeast Asia, China, and Japan.His experience spans across a range of transaction types, including leveraged and unleveraged control acquisitions, minority investments, joint ventures, divestitures, and restructurings. His sector expertise covers life sciences and healthcare, interactive and digital media, technology, consumer products, and real asset and infrastructure enterprises.Scott has significant digital infrastructure experience having advised multiple sponsors on data center acquisition, investment, and development projects in Australia, Korea, Japan, Singapore, and the Philippines.Scott is highly regarded as a leading lawyer for private equity and M&A work, including buyouts and venture capital investments by Chambers, Legal 500, and the IFLR1000. Clients commend him for being “a trusted partner, with not only excellent professional knowledge but also strong commercial sense. He always thinks from a client’s perspective and provides timely and thorough advice” and “has strong technical and commercial skills.” Another client recognizes his ability to “provide proper guidance in a complicated deal situation.”<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>TPG Rise Fund in its investment in BillEase, a leading consumer lending platform in the Philippines.</li><li>TPG in multiple proposed acquisitions across Southeast Asia, including in Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.</li><li>KKR in its investment in Privy, a digital trust provider based in Indonesia.</li><li>STACK Infrastructure in its joint venture with Hickory, a leading Australian commercial real estate developer, to develop and operate 124MW of data center capacity in Melbourne, Perth, and Canberra.</li><li>STACK Infrastructure in its joint venture with ESR Group Limited, to develop and operate 72MW of data center capacity in Osaka, Japan.</li><li>STACK Infrastructure in its joint venture with Oaktree, to develop and operate a data center in Tokyo, Japan.</li><li>STACK Infrastructure in its joint venture with ESR Group Limited, to develop and operate a 48MW data center in Incheon, Korea.</li><li>Zensho Holdings in its US$621 million acquisition of The Snowfox Group, a multi-channel and international Japanese food business.</li><li>Goldman Sachs/West Street Capital Partners in its US$750 million acquisition, together with Pagoda and QIC, of Icon Cancer Care, a leading oncology services provider in Australia, and in its later sale of Icon to EQT.</li><li>C2 Capital Partners in its investment in Stella & Chewy’s, a leading North American pet food manufacturer</li><li>C2 Capital Partners in its investment in Petcurean, a leading North American pet food manufacturer.</li><li>C2 Capital Partners in its investment, together with Cornell Capital, in KDC/One, a leading Beauty, Personal Care and Home Care solutions ODM.</li></ul>

Scott Jalowayski

Per specializes in the development, financing, acquisition, and divestment of complex energy and infrastructure projects. He has broad experience across energy and infrastructure sectors, with deep expertise in power, LNG regasification, and decarbonization projects. Per advises project developers, investors, and lenders on complex transactions and strategic opportunities. Per is highlighted as a Green Ambassador and Leading Lawyer for sustainable energy projects by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Green Guide and named as a “Rising Star Partner” by IFLR1000, “Rising Star” by Asian Legal Business, “Up and Coming” by Chambers Asia-Pacific, and “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for his work in projects and energy. Clients say that: “Per Lindberg is an exceptional lawyer that provides high value judgment to novel and complex projects.”; “Per Lindberg is a stand-out partner, who is able to break down complex problems into easy-to-understand issues and recommendations. Per gives excellent legal advice and is a very effective negotiator and lawyer.”; and “[Per is] very client-focused and delivers outstanding client service. Definitely on our list of go-tos for complex high value work.”Per’s experience includes deals in relation to:<ul><li>Renewable and conventional power</li><li>Carbon credits and renewable energy certificates</li><li>FSRU-based regasification terminals and gas pipelines</li><li>Renewable natural gas, e-methane, and hydrogen</li><li>Petrochemicals</li><li>Mining</li><li>Sub-sea communication cable systems</li><li>Port and rail</li><li>Military defense</li><li>Electric vehicle charging stations</li></ul>

Per Lindberg

Xiaoxi Lin has over 15 years’ experience advising private equity and investment fund clients on their most complex and strategic transactions, including control and leveraged buyouts, growth capital investments and public takeovers.Xiaoxi is one of the most experienced practitioners in Asia in U.S. public transactions, including take privates, PIPE (private investment in public equity) and SPAC/de-SPAC transactions.He has significant experience advising both financial sponsors and corporations on M&A transactions, with a particular focus on the technology, consumer, healthcare and energy sectors, as well as inbound and outbound investments related to China and the U.S.Xiaoxi has advised a wide range of financial sponsors across the U.S. and Asia, including Advantage Partners, Bain, Baring Private Equity Asia (now EQT Private Capital Asia), Boyu Capital, Carlyle, Centurium Capital, China Everbright, CITIC Capital/Trustar Capital, C Capital, CPE, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), DCP, Evenstar Capital, Genesis Capital, GF Capital, GP Investments, Hammer Capital, Hillhouse, KKR, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala, Ocean Link, Orchid Asia, PAG, Snow Lake, Thomas H. Lee Partners, TPG and Warburg Pincus.Xiaoxi studied automation at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and actuarial science at the University of Hong Kong. He holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. He has also passed all three levels of the chartered financial analyst (CFA) exam. From 2017 to 2021, Xiaoxi was the principal author of the China chapter in The Private Equity Review, an annual publication by Lexology In-Depth (formerly The Law Reviews).Xiaoxi is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>The Carlyle Group, China International Trust Investment Corporation (CITIC) Limited and CITIC Capital Holdings in the US$2.08 billion acquisition of McDonald’s operations in mainland China and Hong Kong SAR and negotiation of a 20-year master franchise agreement, the largest McDonald’s franchise in the world.</li><li>An investor consortium, comprising Warburg Pincus Asia, General Atlantic Singapore Fund Pte., Ocean Link Partners, and Jinbo Yao, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of 58.com, in the take-private of 58.com Inc., China’s largest online classifieds marketplace, at a valuation of approximately US$8.7 billion. This is the second-largest U.S. take-private in Asia to date.</li><li>The Special Committee of Qihoo 360 (NYSE: QIHU) in its US$9.3 billion going private transaction. This is the largest U.S. take-private in Asia to date.</li><li>The Special Committee of Nord Anglia (NYSE: NORD) in its US$4.3 billion going private transaction.</li><li>Plus, a provider of self-driving truck technology, in its proposed US$2.5 billion de-SPAC transaction and the related US$180 million PIPE financing from U.S. and Asian institutional investors.</li><li>BaiJiaYun in its reverse merger with NASDAQ-listed Fuwei Films (NASDAQ: FFHL).</li><li>Hillhouse, in various public and private investments in Asia and globally.</li><li>PAG in its US$200 million investment in Flash, a leading Southeast Asia logistics platform.</li><li>Sea Limited, a leading global consumer internet company, in the acquisition by its digital entertainment arm, Garena, of Phoenix Labs, an acclaimed independent games development company founded in Vancouver.</li><li>Consortium of Bain Capital and GIC in their acquisition of a minority interest in QuEST, a global engineering solutions provider.</li></ul>

林晓希律师在代表私募股权和投资基金客户处理其最复杂、最具战略性的交易方面拥有超过15年的丰富经验，其中包括控制权和杠杆收购、成长资本投资和上市公司并购。林律师是亚洲地区处理美国上市公司交易方面经验最丰富的律师之一，尤其擅长处理私有化交易、PIPE（私人投资公开股权）和SPAC/de-SPAC交易。林律师在代表金融投资者和企业处理并购交易方面拥有丰富的经验，尤其侧重于科技、消费、医疗保健和能源行业，以及与中国和美国相关的境内外投资。林律师曾代表美国和亚洲的多家金融投资者，包括Advantage Partners、贝恩资本、霸菱亚洲投资基金（现为殷拓亚洲私人资本）、博裕资本、凯雷、大钲资本、中国光大、中信资本/信宸资本、C资本、CPE源峰、加拿大养老金计划投资委员会（CPPIB）、德弘资本、Evenstar Capital、元生资本、广发资本、GP Investments、黑马资本、高瓴投资、KKR、马来西亚主权财富基金、穆巴达拉、鸥翎投资、兰馨亚洲、太盟投资集团、雪湖资本、THL基金、TPG和华平投资。林律师曾就读于北京清华大学自动化专业，毕业于香港大学精算专业，并拥有美国乔治城大学法学院的法律博士学位。他还通过了特许金融分析师（CFA）所有三个级别的考试。从2017年至2021年，林律师是《私募股权评论》中国章节的主要作者，该书是由Lexology In-Depth（原The Law Reviews）出版的年度刊物。林律师的英语、普通话、粤语和上海话均十分流利。<h4>具有代表性的交易</h4><ul><li>代表凯雷集团、中国国际信托投资公司和中信资本控股有限公司处理以20.8亿美元收购麦当劳在中国大陆和香港特别行政区的运营事宜，并就有关麦当劳全球最大特许经营权的20年期限《主特许经营协议》进行谈判。</li><li>代表由华平亚洲、General Atlantic Singapore Fund Pte.、鸥翎投资和58同城董事长兼首席执行官姚劲波组成的投资者财团处理以约87亿美元的估值对58同城进行私有化事宜。58同城是中国最大的在线分类信息网站。此次交易是迄今为止亚洲第二大美国私有化交易。</li><li>代表奇虎360（纽约证券交易所股票代码：QIHU）的特别委员会处理其93亿美元的私有化交易。此次交易是迄今为止亚洲最大的美国私有化交易。</li><li>代表诺德安达（纽约证券交易所股票代码：NORD）的特别委员会处理其43亿美元的私有化交易。</li><li>代表Plus处理其拟议进行的25亿美元de-SPAC交易，以及从美国和亚洲机构投资者获得1.8亿美元PIPE融资的事宜。Plus是一家自动驾驶卡车技术提供商。</li><li>代表百家云处理其与在纳斯达克证券交易所上市的富维薄膜公司（纳斯达克证券交易所股票代码：FFHL）进行的反向合并事宜。</li><li>代表高瓴投资处理其在亚洲和全球进行的各种公开和私人投资事宜。</li><li>代表太盟投资集团向Flash进行2亿美元投资的事宜。Flash是一家领先的东南亚物流平台。</li><li>代表冬海集团处理其数字娱乐公司Garena收购Phoenix Labs的事宜。冬海集团是一家领先的全球消费互联网公司。Phoenix Labs是一家总部位于温哥华的知名独立游戏开发公司。</li><li>代表贝恩资本和新加坡政府投资公司组成的财团处理收购全球工程解决方案提供商QuEST少数股权的事宜。</li></ul>

Xiaoxi Lin

Paul has more than 30 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 data privacy and security, industry permitting, and anti-corruption compliance. Paul is a member of the firm’s market-leading global data, cyber and privacy group and a recognized expert on China’s emerging data regulatory regime. 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 serves on the board of directors of The Morrison & Foerster Foundation, the firm’s charitable foundation.

麦保罗（Paul McKenzie）律师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30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（例如数据隐私与网络安全，行业许可和反腐败合规）提供咨询。麦保罗律师还是本所市场领先的全球隐私和数据安全业务组的成员之一，也是中国新兴数据监管制度领域公认的业内专家。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。麦保罗律师是本所的慈善基金 “美富基金会”的董事会成员。

Paul McKenzie

Gordon focuses his practice on advising clients about intellectual property, licensing, outsourcing, and technology transactions.He has advised clients in the IT, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, and energy and life sciences industries on a wide spectrum of technology-related matters. His practice ranges from major projects, such as the establishment of the entire technology infrastructure for a new national PRC bank, to the creation of a new Singapore-based outsourced design, manufacturing, and logistics system for a global footwear company.Gordon has particular experience in cross-border commercial technology transactions in Asia and has worked with clients on a variety of projects, from traditional technology transfer arrangements to complex collaborative development relationships. He also has substantial experience in providing intellectual property, regulatory, and operational technology law advice to clients in mainland China, Hong Kong, and the Asia-Pacific region.He is a frequent writer and speaker on technology transfer rights, encryption, intellectual property rights, and data privacy, and has delivered lectures to regional governments and industry bodies in Asia. Gordon also has extensive experience with open source software and is an active participant in public debates involving government and major players in the tech industry.Gordon advises a broad range of clients—from global technology companies and banks to Fintech start-ups—on online services, e-commerce, payment systems, blockchain, digital currencies, IP, data, and cloud transactions. With over 25 years of experience, he helps clients navigate financial regulations and design practical operational frameworks. His recent blockchain experience includes:<ul><li>Major Hong Kong Financial Infrastructure Provider. Advise the client on its partnership with the Hong Kong government to build and operate a new inter-central bank blockchain platform to facilitate central bank backed cross-border payments.</li><li>Major Global Bitcoin Miner and Digital Infrastructure Platform. Advise this platform in connection with a cross-border joint venture with a China-based technology group.</li><li>U.S. Multinational Consumer Technology Company. Advised the client with respect to its international payment network including advising on regulatory requirements in Hong Kong and Macau, and issues pertaining to stored value card, use of NFT wallets in metro transport systems. </li></ul>Gordon served as vice chair of the Technology Law Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. He has lived in Hong Kong since 2001 and previously practiced in London.

Gordon Milner律师专注于为客户提供知识产权、许可、外包和技术交易领域的法律咨询服务。Milner律师曾为信息技术、电信、金融、制造、能源和生命科学行业的客户提供过广泛的技术相关事宜的法律服务。他的业务范围包含为中国一家新成立的全国性银行建立全套技术基础设施等重大项目，到为一家全球鞋业公司在新加坡建立一个新的外包设计、制造和物流系统。Milner律师在处理亚洲地区的跨境商业技术交易方面尤为经验丰富，他曾为客户提供从传统的技术转让安排到复杂合作开发关系等一系列项目的咨询服务。他在为中国大陆、香港和其他亚太地区的客户提供关于知识产权、监管和运营技术的法律咨询方面，也拥有丰富的经验。Milner律师经常就技术转让限制、加密、知识产权和数据隐私撰文和发表演讲，并曾为亚洲地区的政府部门和行业团体举办讲座。他在处理开放源代码软件事宜方面同样经验丰富，同时也积极参与涉及政府部门和技术行业主要参与者的公开辩论。Milner律师曾担任泛太平洋律师协会（Inter-Pacific Bar Association）技术法律委员会的副主席。他自2001年迁居香港，此前在伦敦执业。

Gordon Milner

Takahiro Nonaka is a partner of Morrison Foerster Law Offices. He focuses his practice on government and internal investigations, including anti-corruption, antitrust, employee misconduct, and data privacy issues. He also works on both cross-border dispute resolution and domestic general commercial litigation.He has represented multinational companies in their negotiations with government officials, mass media, and other associated investigative agencies. His work also includes conducting internal investigations and training, researching relevant regulations and guidelines, and drafting internal codes and policies.He has worked with many multinational companies on U.S. antitrust law and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters, data privacy issues in the EU and other jurisdictions, and cross-border disputes, particularly related to tort claims and product liability in Japan and the United States, collaborating with counsel in each jurisdiction. His practice also focuses on domestic general commercial litigation, including system development contracts, real estate lease agreements, and various types of labor disputes. In addition, he regularly advises clients on employment, trade and export control compliance issues, and business criminal defense matters.Taka began his career as a judge, serving in district courts in Japan for almost 10 years. He was seconded to a multinational auto company, where he handled labor matters and trained factory workers. He also held a two-year diplomatic secondment role at the Japan Embassy in Washington, D.C., where he served as an advisor on issues relating to export controls, competition laws, and FCPA enforcement affecting Japanese companies.Taka was recommended by Who’s Who Legal Japan for Business Crime Defense & Investigations, by Best Lawyers in Japan for Privacy and Data Security Law since 2021, and by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Japan: Antitrust and Competition in 2023.He has often been invited to speak at seminars held by outside organizations and internally with MoFo partners from other offices. Recently, he participated in a presentation on topics relating to anti-corruption and overseas bribery at a seminar sponsored by the Global Compact Network Japan Anti-Corruption Subcommittee in November 2022. He also provided presentations on information security issues at the Association of Niigata Information Security and at an Asian Investigation Seminar held with KL Discovery.Taka has been an adjunct professor of International Dispute Resolution at the Graduate School of Law at the Hitotsubashi University since September 2018. He is a bengoshi registered with the Daini Tokyo Bar Association. He is a native speaker of Japanese and is fluent in English.

Takahiro Nonaka

Nozomi Oda is the Head of the Asia Private Equity Practice. Her work focuses on cross-border public and private M&A, joint ventures, strategic investments, capital markets, and life sciences.She regularly advises clients on a wide range of Japanese regulations including securities, financial and fund, merger review, and healthcare and life sciences. In addition to her work in private practice, Nozomi spent two years with Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) as a deputy director of the corporate disclosure department, where she participated in the drafting of the FSA’s disclosure regulations regarding private placement offerings and director compensation.Nozomi is recommended in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Japan: Corporate and M&A and has also been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan for Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law.Nozomi is a bengoshi admitted to practice in Japan and New York and a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association.Nozomi’s experience includes representing:<ul><li>Daiichi Sankyo in its $6.9 billion global drug development and commercialization agreement with AstraZeneca.</li><li>C.R. Bard in its acquisition of Medicon, a Japan-based distributor of medical equipment.</li><li>Nissan Motor in its $2.3 billion acquisition of a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors.</li><li>Starbucks Coffee in its buyout of the remaining 60.5% share of Starbucks Coffee Japan.</li></ul>

Nozomi Oda

Tabitha Saw is a partner at Morrison Foerster and co-Managing Partner of the Singapore office. She represents investment managers, institutional investors, development companies, funds, and owner operators in complex high-value private equity real estate (PERE) and data center transactions. She has significant experience in the establishment of capital raising platforms for real estate investments across APAC, including logistics and data center developments, contractual co‑investment platforms, joint ventures, funds, and downstream portfolio acquisitions and disposals. Her areas of expertise include advising on hyperscale leasing and co-location arrangements, greenfield and brownfield acquisitions, and asset management and operational arrangements.Tabitha is highly regarded by clients for her excellent commercial understanding, strong technical skills, and quality of advice. She is described by clients as “exceptionally sharp”, “clear and concise,” and is commended for her “ability to dissect complex issues” and “superior negotiation skills”.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>FLOW Digital Infrastructure on the establishment of its joint venture platform with AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp, to develop carrier-neutral data centers across the Philippines and the platform’s acquisition of land for the Laguna data center facility.</li><li>ESR on the development of a US$2.15 billion multi-phase data centre campus in Osaka City, within 10km of the Osaka CBD.</li><li>Yondr on its 200MW hyperscale campus development across 72.8 acres of land acquired from TPM Technopark Sdn Bhd, in Johor, Malaysia.</li><li>GDS on its site acquisition for development of the hyperscale data center located at the Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Indonesia with targeted capacity of 28MW.</li><li>ESR on the formation of a perpetual core fund and joint venture among ESR, AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets (AXA IM), and a major sovereign wealth fund in connection with the acquisition of six logistics properties in Japan for over US$1 billion.</li><li>GDS on its land acquisition for the data center campus development at the Nusajaya Tech Park in Iskandar Puteri, Johor which is intended for a 54MW hyperscale development.</li><li>ESR on the establishment of a US$300 million programmatic co-investment platform with Ping An Real Estate, and related shareholder arrangements, for investments in logistics and distribution assets.</li><li>One of the largest global private equity funds on its development and lease of four hyperscale data centers in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan.</li><li>An Asia-focused private real estate fund on its development and lease of two build-to-suit data centers in Greater Tokyo.</li></ul>

Tabitha Saw

Managing Partner, Singapore

Greg Salathé is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Group. Greg has over 30 years of international experience in private equity and cross border M&A, having practiced in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York.Greg has represented private funds in downstream investments, regulatory compliance and fund raising across Asia. His funds practice includes private equity acquisitions and buy-outs, real estate and infrastructure, and credit lending. In addition, Greg has been a trusted adviser to corporate clients on complex and high-value international transactions across numerous sectors, including financial services, hospitality and life sciences experience in Japan includes multibillion dollar M&A transactions in both public and private transactions.Before joining Morrison Foerster, Greg served as a Partner and the Group General Counsel of PAG, one of the largest independent alternative fund managers in Asia. PAG manages more than US$55 billion in capital across its private equity, real assets and credit & markets businesses.Greg has has been recognized as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.Greg received his J.D. from the University of Virginia, and his B.A. with honors from Haverford College. He is admitted to practice law in New York and is qualified as a Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi in Japan.

Gregory Salathé

Chuan Sun is Managing Partner of the Shanghai office and Co-Managing Partner of the Hong Kong office.Chuan focuses his practice on cross-border M&A transactions; sophisticated technology, media, and telecom (TMT) transactions; and complex IP/commercial matters across Greater China.With more than 20 years of experience in both Asia and the U.S., Chuan regularly advises multinational corporations, state-owned enterprises, private companies, and PE/VC firms in complex cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and business separation transactions.Chuan has extensive experience in complex corporate-commercial and technology transactions across the Fintech, e-commerce, and broader TMT sectors. His work covers payment technology, eKYC, credit technology, blockchain, e-platform arrangements, R&D, co-development, technology collaborations, and IP licensing. He also advises on strategic outsourcing, manufacturing, distribution, supply, and franchising arrangements across various industries.Chuan regularly counsels clients on cutting-edge technology and IP regulatory matters, including Fintech, data privacy, cybersecurity, data localization, cross-border data transfers, cloud computing, telecommunications, telematics, and third-party payment services.Prior to joining MoFo, he worked in the Hong Kong office of a Magic Circle firm and the Chicago office of another leading international firm.Chuan co-authored the Hong Kong & mainland China chapters of Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media, 2014, 2015 & 2016; the Hong Kong & mainland China chapters of Getting the Deal Through: Market Intelligence – Telecoms and Media, 2015; and the Hong Kong chapter of Sourcing World 2nd Edition 2015.Chuan is fluent in Mandarin and English.“Chuan Sun has a wealth of knowledge on his clients’ existing products and services offerings and a good understanding of what terms they are or are not willing to accept. This helps tremendously with contract negotiations.”“Chuan Sun has extensive experience in the technology space. Many other competitor firms in the technology space are not really pure IT lawyers, as they are more focus on privacy and trade marks or other related fields, as opposed to technology contracts such as SAP or Microsoft software license agreements. A normal general commercial lawyer would not be able to identify the same issues or raise the right questions, as they are not equipped with the technology know-how of the products and services, their benefits, and general industry standard terms and trending patterns in the market.” Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020Chuan’s recent blockchain experience includes:<ul><li>Leading Global, China-Headquartered Fintech Company. Advise the company in connection with its first provision of blockchain and Real World Asset solutions in the fintech industry to a leading Chinese securities company for the latter’s first launch of structured product tokens, enabling secure, transparent, tamper-proof transactions for fixed-income and principal-protected tokenized products linked to US equity ETFs.</li><li>Leading Global, China-Headquartered Fintech Company. Advise the company in connection with the international expansion of its various business operations that are based on cutting-edge technologies, including blockchain and crypto, into multiple jurisdictions. </li></ul>

孙川律师的执业领域集中在大中华区的跨境并购交易，复杂的技术、媒体和电信(TMT)交易以及复杂的知识产权/商务事宜。孙律师在亚洲和美国有20多年工作经验，他经常代理跨国公司、国有企业、私人企业和私募股权/风险投资机构处理复杂的跨境并购交易、合资、战略联盟和业务拆分等交易。孙律师在战略性的公司商务和技术交易方面也拥有极为丰富的经验，包括外包、制造、分销、供应与特许经营安排，以及跨行业知识产权许可安排等。他在TMT和知识产权监管方面的经验包括电信、电子商务、互联网、网络安全、数据隐私、云计算以及车联网。在加入美富前，孙律师在一家 “魔法圈”律所(Magic Circle)的香港办事处和另一家领先的国际律所的芝加哥办事处工作。孙律师与他人合著了2014，2015和2016版《让交易推进下去––电信与媒体》(Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media)中的香港和中国大陆章节，2015年版《让交易推进下去：市场情报––电信与媒体》(Getting the Deal Through: Market Intelligence – Telecoms and Media)中的香港和中国大陆章节，以及2015年《采购世界》第二版(Sourcing World 2nd Edition)的香港章节。2018年《亚太法律500强》指出“孙川律师十分高效、负责和实际。他非常擅长处理IT协议，包括软件许可和IT采购合同的相关事宜。他也十分善于处理跨境TMT交易。”孙律师精通普通话和英语。

Chuan Sun

Managing Partner, Shanghai and Hong Kong

Serena represents global and regional fund managers and institutional investors in the formation of private equity, private credit and real estate funds. Her practice focuses on both offshore funds (including the Cayman Islands, BVI, Delaware, Luxembourg, Singapore, and Hong Kong) and RMB funds (including QFLP and QDLP funds). She is the Deputy Chair of the firm’s Global Private Funds Group and Chair of Greater China Private Funds practice.Serena advises fund managers on the formation of an array of private equity funds (including buyout, growth capital, venture capital, and co-investment funds) and private credit funds across a wide range of sectors, including consumer, financial services, healthcare, technologies, TMT, and travel/leisure. Serena’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.Serena advises on real estate fund managers on the formation of real estate funds and joint ventures with experience across many asset classes, including offices, logistics, industrial parks, residential, hospitality, and retail. Serena’s representative real estate fund manager clients include BHG, GLP, Hony Capital, and Sino-Ocean Capital. Serena’s diverse practice also encompasses advising on fund secondaries transactions such as GP-led restructuring, continuation funds, stapled secondaries, and secondary purchases of limited partner interests. In addition, Serena frequently advises fund managers on arrangements among principals, carried interest plans, and employee co-investments, regulatory and compliance matters, and internal governance matters. She also has deep experience of fund of funds, funds-of-one, separate accounts, and family offices.In addition, Serena regularly represents institutional investors in investments in private investment funds, including insurance companies, family offices, banks, and asset management firms.  Serena’s representative institutional investor clients include China Ping An, China Life, CMB, FWD, ICBCI, Great Wall, The Wharf Holdings, and Wheelock.Year after year, Serena is widely acknowledged by legal directories as one of the leading private funds partners in Asia. Recent recognition includes being ranked as a leading partner by Chambers Global (2019-2025), Chambers Asia-Pacific (2019-2021), Chambers Greater China (2022-2025), and Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2020-2025). She was featured in ALB’s “Asia’s 40 Under 40” list of the most accomplished young lawyers in 2018. Under Serena’s leadership, the Private Funds Team in Asia has advised Asia-based GPs on more than 30 fund formation transactions (raising in excess of US$25 billion), and was shortlisted for the 2021 PEI Awards for Asia Law Firm of the Year in the Fund Formation category.Serena has been recognized by clients as a “highly diligent and talented” practitioner with “excellent professional knowledge and a strong commercial sense” and their “go-to lawyer for fund formation work that has a Chinese component.” Clients highlighted her as “an ideal partner” who “understands the differences between offshore funds and RMB funds and the differences between international investors and Chinese investors” and “has the outstanding ability to design optimal structures, bridge gaps, and find solutions.”Serena is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong. She has over 16 years of experience practicing law in New York and China.

谭律师代表国际及亚洲基金管理人和机构投资者处理私募股权基金、私募债权基金和房地产基金设立事宜。她的业务重点同时涵盖境外基金（包括开曼群岛、英属维尔京群岛、特拉华州、卢森堡、新加坡和香港基金）和人民币基金（包括合格境外有限合伙人基金（QFLP）和合格境内有限合伙人（QDLP）基金）。她是本所全球私募基金业务组副主席及大中华区私募基金业务部主席。谭律师代表基金管理人设立多支私募股权基金（包括收购基金、成长型资本基金、风险投资基金和共同投资基金）和私募债权基金，涵盖了消费市场、金融服务、医疗健康、技术、科技、媒体和电信（TMT）以及旅游休闲等众多行业。谭律师具代表性的私募股权债权基金管理人客户包括亚赋资本、上达资本、汇桥资本集团、康桥资本、复星、普洛斯、弘毅资本、佳辰资本、达胜资本、Kowloon Nights、摩根士丹利亚洲私募股权、Makers、欧力士亚洲资本、平安海外控股、赛领资本、软银亚洲风投和台杉投资。谭律师代表地产基金管理人设立地产基金及合资企业，项目经验包括写字楼、物流、工业园区、住宅、酒店和商业地产等众多资产类别。谭律师具代表性的地产基金管理人客户包括华联长山兴、普洛斯、弘毅资本和远洋资本。谭律师在延续基金、由普通合伙人牵头的重组、捆绑式二级市场交易以及在二级市场购买有限合伙人权益等基金二级市场交易中有丰富的经验。另外，谭律师经常就基金管理人关键人安排、收益分成计划、员工共同投资、监管与合规事宜以及内部治理事宜向基金管理人提供咨询。她在设立母基金、专项基金、基金专户和家族办公室相关事宜方面也有丰富经验。此外，谭律师还经常代表保险公司、家族办公室、银行和资产管理机构等机构投资者处理其私募投资基金投资事宜。谭律师具代表性的机构投资者客户包括中国平安、中国人寿、中国招商银行、富卫、工银国际、中国长城、九龙仓和会德丰。谭律师连年被法律名录广泛认可为亚洲顶级私募基金合伙人之一。她最近分别被《钱伯斯全球法律指南》（2019-2025年）、《钱伯斯亚太法律指南》（2019-2021年）、《钱伯斯大中华区法律指南》（2022-2025年）和《亚太法律500强》（2020-2025年）评为领先合伙人。她还于2018年入选《亚洲法律杂志》的亚洲律师明日之星“40 位40 岁以下杰出律师”名单。在谭律师带领下，本所亚洲私募基金团队曾就30多项基金设立交易向亚洲普通合伙人提供咨询（筹集金额超过250亿美元），并入围了2021年PEI奖项中的基金设立领域亚洲年度律所奖。客户称谭律师是位“极其勤勉且才华出众”的执业者，“具备丰富的专业知识和强烈的商业意识”，是“处理涉华基金设立工作的最佳律师”。客户强调她是“理想的合作伙伴”，“深谙境外基金和人民币基金之间的差异以及国际投资者和中国投资者之间的差异”，“在设计最优结构、消除差异以及找到解决方案方面拥有非凡的能力。”谭律师是香港律师会注册外国律师。她在纽约和中国有超过16年的法律执业经验。

Serena Tan

Deputy Chair of Global Private Funds Group

Yuki is a partner of Morrison Foerster Law Offices. He has more than 25 years of experience in litigation and dispute resolution, including disputes relating to commercial transactions, product liability, real estate, and computer system development, as well as intellectual property, including patents, trademarks and copyrights.Yuki primarily focuses on representing international clients in Japanese litigation and technology transactions. He also handles IP licensing work and regulatory matters involving complex compliance issues, including security and personal information breaches, pharma and medical device regulation, and violations of product safety standards issued by the Japanese government.Yuki frequently lectures on intellectual property rights, e-commerce, privacy (protection of personal information), and entertainment law at the Daini Tokyo Bar Association, Keio Law School, and specialized training colleges. He serves as a deputy chairman of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association’s Study Group of Intellectual Properties.In 2018, Yuki drafted the “Data Contract Guidelines for Agricultural Sectors” for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan, which was published in December 2018. In July 2019, he was appointed as a committee member to establish “Contract Guidelines in Using Artificial Intelligence for Agricultural Sectors” for the MAFF. Yuki was also appointed a special member (mediator) of the “Dispute Resolution Board for Telecommunication Business Entities” at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (MIAC) of Japan.Yuki is ranked in Japan: TMT and Japan: Intellectual Property in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024, and has also been recognized for Intellectual Property Law and International Business Transactions in The Best Lawyers in Japan since the 2013 edition.

Yukihiro Terazawa

Rongjing has over 17 years’ experience advising private equity firms, institutional investors and major corporations on complex cross-border transactions, including control deals and leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, growth capital investments, spin-offs, and distressed M&A transactions. She primarily represents private equity funds in their investments and acquisitions in Asia and strategic clients in their outbound investments and acquisitions outside China. She also has extensive experience advising clients on take privates of U.S.-listed companies and other U.S. public and private company M&A transactions. Rongjing has advised a wide range of global and regional financial sponsors, including Ascendant Capital, Advantage Partners, Bain, Blackstone, Carlyle, Centurium Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), CITIC Capital/Trustar, China International Capital Corporation, Clearlake, Hillhouse, KKR, PAG, L Catterton, Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus. She has also advised major technology companies and multiple listed companies (including those listed on the NYSE, Nasdaq, Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shenzhen/Shanghai Stock Exchange) on their most strategic acquisitions and investments.Rongjing was named “Lawyer of the Year (PE Foreign Firm)” by The Legal 500 China Awards in 2024 and a “Top 15 Female Lawyer” by Asian Legal Business China in 2024. She is “Highly Recommended for China Private Equity and China Corporate and M&A” by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific in 2024–2025. Clients praised Rongjing as “a lawyer with strategic insights and pragmatic commercial sense and an impressive ability to manage complex cross-border transactions.”Prior to joining MoFo, Rongjing was a partner in a leading international law firm’s Hong Kong and Shanghai offices for several years. She is a native Mandarin speaker and fluent in English. <h4>Representative Matters</h4><h5>Private Equity Investments and Controlling/Buyout Transactions </h5><ul><li>Ascendent Capital Partners in its US$1.66 billion privatization of Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI), a leading international automation control system solutions provider. </li><li>The Carlyle Group <ul><li>in its leveraged buyout of HCP Packaging, a global designer and manufacturer of packaging containers for the beauty industry, from Baring Private Equity Asia. This transaction was included in “Deals of the Year 2022” by China Business Law Journal;</li><li>in its US$1.05 billion leveraged buyout of VXI Global Solutions, a U.S.-based multinational service provider with major operations in the United States, Southeast Asia, Europe, and China; </li><li>and Anchor Equity Partners in their respective investments in Airoha Technology Corp., a global leading communications solutions fabless integrated circuit design house based in Taiwan, majority-owned and controlled by MediaTek Inc. (TWSE: 2454);  </li><li>with CITIC Limited and CITIC Capital Holdings in the US$2.08 billion acquisition of the McDonald’s operations in China and Hong Kong and negotiation of a 20-year master franchise agreement―the largest McDonald’s franchise in the world; </li><li>in its US$150 million investment in OneSmart Education Group (NASDAQ: ONE); </li><li>in its pre-IPO investment in Neiwai Inc., a Shanghai-based lingerie retail group; and</li><li>in its RMB530 million investment in Beijing Ubox Technology & Trade Co., Ltd, a leading vending machine operator in China. </li></ul></li><li>Centurium Capital in its US$150 million pre-IPO investment in NTX Group, a global textile technology company.</li><li>China International Capital Corporation in its pre-IPO convertible bond investment of an auto finance company and the subsequent restructuring and litigation. </li><li>Clearlake Capital Group and its portfolio company Alkegen, one of the largest specialty materials platforms in the world, on its US$470 million partial tender offer in Luyang Energy-Saving Materials Co. Ltd., a Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed company (SZSE: 002088). </li><li>Coatue Management in its investment in Niutron Technologies, AI Rudder Technologies, Rox (Cay) Holdings Ltd; and the US$700 million pre-IPO investment in Dingdong Maicai (NYSE: DDL).  </li><li>KKR in its US$645 million sale of MMI Holdings to a Chinese consortium and the subsequent restructuring to regain control. </li></ul><h5>Cross-Border/Public M&A Transactions  </h5><ul><li>OcuMension Therapeutics (HKSE: 01477), a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed ophthalmic pharmaceutical platform in China </li><ul><li>in its acquisition of substantial assets valued at HK$1.28 billion (approximately US$165 million) from Alcon Inc., a global leader in eye care. The transaction involves asset purchase, global license, transition services and manufacture and supply arrangement and constitutes a very substantial transaction of OcuMension.</li><li>in its PIPE investment in Alimera Sciences, Inc., a U.S. pharmaceutical company (NASDAQ: ALIM). </li></ul><li>Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) in its acquisition of Phoenix Labs, an acclaimed independent games development company based in Vancouver.</li><li>Vimicro International Corp (NASDAQ: VIMC) in its going-private transaction.</li><li>Webull Corporation in three rounds of equity financings and pre-IPO financing, which raised over US$460 million in total. </li></ul>

赵律师执业超过十七年，她为私募股权基金、机构投资者和大型企业提供法律建议，对处理复杂的跨境交易（包括控股交易和杠杆收购、并购、成长型资本投资、分拆和困境企业并购交易）拥有丰富经验。赵律师主要代表私募股权基金处理其在中国和亚洲其他地区的投资和收购交易，以及战略客户在中国境外的投资、出海和并购交易，她还领导了众多美国上市公司的私有化交易和其他美国上市及私有公司涉及的复杂交易事务。赵律师曾为众多全球及地区性金融投资机构提供法律服务，其中包括上达资本、Advantage Partners、贝恩资本、黑石、凯雷投资、辰德资本、加拿大养老基金投资委员会、中信资本/信宸资本、中国国际金融股份有限公司、Clearlake 清湖资本、高瓴资本、KKR、太盟投资集团（PAG）、L Catterton、银湖资本以及华平投资等。她还曾协助多家领先的科技公司及多家上市公司（包括在纽约证券交易所、纳斯达克、香港联交所及深圳/上海证券交易所上市的公司）完成其最具战略意义的并购和投资交易。赵律师在2024年荣获《法律500强》中国大奖“年度最佳律师（私募股权-外资律所）”称号，并被《亚洲法律杂志》（Asian Legal Business China）评选为“2024年中国15佳女律师”。她还在《亚太法律500强指南（2024-2025）》中被评为“中国私募股权及中国公司并购领域的高度推荐律师”。客户评价她“具备战略洞察力和务实的商业思维，并在管理复杂跨境交易方面展现出卓越的能力。”在加入美富之前，赵律师曾在一家领先的国际律师事务所的香港和上海办事处担任合伙人数年。赵律师的母语为普通话，精通英语。<h4>具有代表性的交易</h4><h5>私募股权投资和控股/收购交易 </h5><ul><li>代表上达资本处理和利时自动化技术有限公司（纳斯达克股票代码：HOLI）16.6 亿美元的私有化事宜。</li><li>代表凯雷投资集团 <ul><li>处理其向霸菱亚洲投资基金对HCP Packaging公司进行的杠杆收购。HCP Packaging是一家美容行业包装容器的全球设计与制造商，该交易被《商法》杂志评为“2022年度交易”；</li><li>处理其以10.5亿美元对VXI Global Solutions进行的杠杆收购，该公司是一家美国跨国服务提供商，在美国、东南亚、欧洲和中国有大量业务；</li><li>处理其和Anchor Equity Partners分别投资达发科技股份有限公司的事宜。达发科技是一家全球领先的通信解决方案无晶圆厂集成电路设计公司，其总部位于台湾，由联发科技股份有限公司（台交所代码：2454）持有多数股权并控制；</li><li>处理其与中信股份有限公司和中信资本控股组成的联合投资团以20.8亿美元收购麦当劳中国内地和香港业务的事宜，以及关于有效期20年的特许经营主协议的谈判（是麦当劳在全球规模最大的特许经营权）；</li><li>处理其针对精锐教育集团（纳斯达克代码：ONE）的1.5亿美元投资；</li><li>处理其对中国内衣零售集团内外集团的上市前投资；以及</li><li>处理其针对中国领先的售货机经营商北京友宝科斯科贸有限公司的人民币5.3亿元投资。</li></ul></li><li>代表大钲资本处理其针对全球纺织技术公司NTX Group的1.5亿美元上市前投资。</li><li>代表中国国际金融股份有限公司处理其对一家汽车金融公司的上市前可转换债券投资以及此后的重组和诉讼事宜。</li><li>代表清湖资本集团及其投资组合公司奇耐亚太处理其以4.7亿美元对深圳证券交易所上市公司山东鲁阳节能材料股份有限公司（深交所代码：002088）的部分要约收购。奇耐亚太是全球最大的特种材料平台之一。</li><li>代表Coatue Management处理其对Niutron Technologies、AI Rudder Technologies、Rox (Cay) Holdings Ltd的投资，及其对叮咚买菜（纽交所代码：DDL）的7亿美元上市前投资。</li><li>代表KKR公司处理其以6.45亿美元将MMI Holdings公司出售给一个中国财团，以及其后为重获控股权进行的重组事宜。</li></ul><h5>跨国并购/上市公司并购交易 </h5><ul><li>代表香港上市的中国眼科制药平台欧康维视生物医药(港交所代码：01477) <ul><li>处理其收购全球眼科护理领域的领导者爱尔康公司价值 12.8 亿港元（约 1.65 亿美元）重大资产的事宜。交易涉及资产收购，以及全球许可、过渡期服务、生产和供应安排等，是欧康维视的一项非常重大交易。</li><li>处理其对美国制药公司Alimera Sciences, Inc.（纳斯达克: ALIM）进行PIPE投资的事宜。</li></ul></li><li>代表欧康维视生物（港交所代码：1477）处理其对美国制药公司Alimera Sciences, Inc.（纳斯达克: ALIM）进行PIPE投资的事宜。</li><li>代表冬海集团（纽交所代码：SE）处理其收购总部位于温哥华的知名独立游戏开发公司Phoenix Labs。</li><li>代表中星微电子有限公司（纳斯达克代码：VIMC）处理其私有化交易。</li><li>代表微步集团 (Webull Corporation)处理其三轮股权融资和上市前融资事宜，共筹集超过4.6亿美元。</li></ul>

Rongjing Zhao

Yi-Jun is an experienced advocate specializing in complex, cross-border commercial litigation and international arbitration. She has acted for clients in high-stakes disputes across multiple jurisdictions and industry sectors, including renewables, technology, construction, intellectual property, shareholder, and private equity matters.In relation to her work on international arbitration, Yi-Jun has represented conglomerates, multinational corporations, private equity firms, and global corporate clients in arbitrations conducted under the SIAC, HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL rules, seated in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and London. She is recognized for her clear advocacy and tactical insight in complex cross-border proceedings.Yi-Jun has been recognized among the region’s leading young arbitration practitioners, named a Rising Star by Asian Legal Business in 2024 and 2025, and shortlisted as International Arbitration Lawyer of the Year at Law.com International’s Asian Legal Awards 2025. Clients describe Yi-Jun as a “trusted resource for [their] organization” whose “clarity of thought shines through in her written work", and as having a “comprehensive understanding and superb control over [matters] all the way through.”Yi-Jun is qualified in Singapore and England and Wales, and she is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese. Yi-Jun is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.Beyond her practice, Yi-Jun plays an active and visible role in shaping the regional arbitration landscape. She serves on the YSIAC Council and as Assistant Editor for Southeast Asia of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog. She also served on the Law Society of Singapore’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee from 2023 - 2024. <h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>A renewable energy solutions provider in an ICC arbitration involving tens of millions of dollars, regarding disputes over additional costs and delays under an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction contract for a solar facility in Japan.</li><li>A renewable energy solutions provider in an ICC arbitration against an EPC contractor in relation to the design and performance of a solar power plant in Japan.</li><li>A U.S. biotechnology start up in an SIAC arbitration against an established multinational contract development and manufacturing organization involving a dispute arising out of a development and manufacturing services agreement.</li><li>A U.S. media company in a HKIAC arbitration arising from a California-law governed patent license agreement with a large Chinese electronics company involving claims of breach of contract, patent validity and infringement, and FRAND licensing.</li><li>An asset management company in a HKIAC arbitration against a NASDAQ-listed Chinese gaming company and its current and former subsidiaries involving disputes under a series of loan agreements and related settlement agreements.</li><li>Several private equity funds against an Indian airport infrastructure group in a consolidated SIAC arbitration involving a dispute arising out of investments in an infrastructure company in India. The issues involved compliance with the India Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regime and the construction of contractual exit mechanisms. The amount in dispute was in excess of US$500 million.</li><li>A major aeronautics company in two ICC arbitration involving claims of breach of contract arising out of consultant agreements.</li><li>The private equity arm of a major international bank in a US$125 million SIAC arbitration involving disputes under a shareholders’ agreement relating to its investment in an SGX-ST listed company.</li><li>A leading Swiss bank in Singapore litigation proceedings commenced by a Georgian multi-billionaire and former prime minister concerning the bank’s management of his accounts and assets.</li><li>A private equity fund in Singapore litigation proceedings against a contractual counterparty for a breach of a put option agreement.</li><li>A global financial institution (as respondent) against an Australian individual with his associated companies in an AU$700 million SIAC arbitration involving allegations of misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duties, and/or breach of contract, and in related Singapore court proceedings for an anti-suit injunction to restrain the counterparties’ breaches of the arbitration agreement.</li><li>A leading oil and gas company in an AU$1.4 billion ICC arbitration involving disputes arising out of the construction of a loading jetty and another marine structure in Western Australia for the extraction and export of liquefied natural gas.</li><li>Several private equity funds in a US$100 million UNCITRAL arbitration administered by the HKIAC in a dispute arising out of their investment in a group of companies, and successfully obtaining freezing injunctions against counterparty in numerous jurisdictions, including Hong Kong and Singapore. </li><li>A global financial institution in a cross-border internal investigation involving financial misconduct and potential regulatory breaches. </li><li>A Brazilian mining conglomerate in a US$2.5 billion LCIA arbitration and associated High Court litigation clams concerning alleged bribery, corruption, and fraud against its former joint venture partner in Guinea. </li></ul>