In the 2025 edition of IFLR1000’s annual rankings, Morrison Foerster received 53 practice area rankings across China, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The guide uses in-depth market analysis and interviews with practitioners and clients to recognize the leading corporate law firms and lawyers impacting the business of law around the world.
The firm secured two new practice area rankings in the most recent edition:
- Hong Kong SAR: Hedge Funds
- Hong Kong SAR: Retail Funds
MoFo lawyers achieved 65 individual recognitions, with five new individuals added this year.
- Bryan Lam – Hong Kong SAR: Investment Funds (Rising Star)
- Sylvia Cheng – Hong Kong SAR: Investment Funds (Rising Star)
- Yilong Luo – Hong Kong SAR: M&A (Rising Star)
- David William Ranzini – Japan: Capital Markets: Debt; Capital Markets: Equity (Rising Star)
- Masahiro Shiga – Japan: Project Development; Project Finance (Highly Regarded)
Thirty-four MoFo lawyers were named as “Highly Regarded” individuals, including:
- Paul McKenzie – China, Singapore: M&A
- Chuan Sun – China: Private Equity
- Serena Tan – Hong Kong SAR: Private Equity Funds
- Christoph Wagner – Germany: M&A
- Marcia Ellis – Hong Kong SAR: M&A; Private Equity
- Thomas Chou – Hong Kong SAR: M&A; Private Equity
- Keiko Yamazaki – Japan: Banking
- Yuhki Asano – Japan: Banking
- Dale Caldwell – Japan: Banking; M&A; Project Finance
- Michael Graffagna – Japan: Banking; Project Development; Project Finance
- Reiko Omachi – Japan: Capital Markets
- Mitsutoshi Uchida – Japan: Capital Markets: Debt
- Gary Smith – Japan: M&A
- Hisateru Goda – Japan: M&A
- Jeremy White – Japan: M&A
- Nozomi Oda – Japan: M&A
- Randy Laxer – Japan: M&A; Private Equity
- Masahiro Shiga – Japan: Project Development; Project Finance
- Yemi Tépé – Singapore: Banking & Finance
- Tabitha Saw – Singapore: M&A
- Eric Piesner – Singapore: M&A; Private equity; Real Estate Acquisitions
- Jeremy Hunt – UK: M&A
- Scott Ashton – UK, USA: Capital Markets: Debt; Capital Markets: Equity; M&A
- Jill Feldman – USA: Banking
- Justin Salon – USA: Capital Markets: Debt
- Scott Lesmes – USA: Capital Markets: Debt; Capital Markets: Equity
- David Kaufman – USA: Capital markets: Derivatives; Capital Markets: Equity
- Barbara Mendelson – USA: Financial Services Regulatory
- Brandon Parris – USA: M&A
- Spencer Klein – USA: M&A
- Aly El Hamamsy – USA: M&A; Private Equity
- Susan Mac Cormac – USA: M&A; Private Equity; Private Equity Funds
- Jennifer Marines – USA: Restructuring and Insolvency
- Lorenzo Marinuzzi – USA: Restructuring and Insolvency
Fourteen MoFo lawyers were named as “Notable Practitioners,” including:
- Yukitoshi Uwatoko – Japan: Investment Funds
- Masato Hayakawa –Japan: M&A
- Rika Saeki – Japan: M&A
- Edwin Borrini – UK: Banking; Real Estate Finance
- Andrew Boyd – UK: M&A; Private Equity
- Gary Brown – UK: M&A; Private Equity
- John Owen – USA, Singapore: Capital Markets: Debt; Capital Markets: Equity
- Chrys Carey – USA: Capital Markets: Derivatives; Capital Markets: Equity
- Alfredo Silva – USA: Capital Markets: Equity
- Andrew Campbell – USA: Capital Markets: Equity
- Lauren Bellerjeau – USA: M&A
- Mitchell Presser – USA: M&A
- Omar Pringle – USA: Private Equity
- Philip Levine – USA: Real Estate
Two MoFo lawyers were named as “Rising Star Partners,” including:
- Jesse Gillespie – Japan: Capital Markets
- Per Lindberg – Singapore: Project Development
Seven MoFo lawyers were named as “Rising Stars,” including:
- Ferdinand Loo – Hong Kong SAR: M&A
- Elaine Zhou – Singapore: Banking & Finance
- Emily Beers – USA: Capital Markets: Debt
- Bryan Lam – Hong Kong SAR: Investment Funds
- Sylvia Cheng – Hong Kong SAR: Investment Funds
- Yilong Luo – Hong Kong SAR: M&A
- David William Ranzini – Japan: Capital Markets: Debt; Capital Markets: Equity
IFLR1000 has been producing legal market intelligence since 1990. The guide’s law firm rankings are based on three criteria: transactional evidence, peer feedback, and client feedback.
View the complete list of this year’s rankings.