Morrison Foerster Named Among the Top 30 Investigations Firms Worldwide

Global Investigations Review (GIR) has named Morrison Foerster one of the Top 30 investigations practices in the world for the seventh consecutive year. The GIR 30 assessment identifies leading firms from around the world that are best suited to handle sophisticated cross-border government-led and internal investigations.

MoFo’s investigations practice “has developed significantly and now demonstrates genuine scale across the US, Europe and Asia,” GIR’s report said. The publication also praised our practitioners, “who are fluent in local languages and regulatory cultures, and who handle mandates at the intersection of global enforcement.”

Our Investigations + White-Collar Defense team is the go-to outside counsel for steering public and private companies through highly complex and sensitive issues. We are best known for the substantive breadth of our practice and crisis management capabilities. We counsel clients on enforcement and internal investigations covering a wide variety of subjects, including allegations related to antitrust law, consumer protection, economic sanctions and export controls, environmental and clean air legislation, accounting fraud, health care fraud, insider trading and market manipulation, intellectual property theft, national security, privacy and cybersecurity, public corruption, and scientific misconduct, among other issues.

The strength of our group is the depth and diversity of our multidisciplinary experience. Our team includes former senior leaders from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust, Criminal, and National Security Divisions, former prosecutors from multiple U.S. Attorney’s Offices and state and local prosecutors’ offices, enforcement attorneys from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and other former regulators, career defense attorneys, privacy experts, and international trade specialists. Our robust government experience extends beyond the United States to key jurisdictions where our clients conduct business. Our team members, based in the UK, Europe, and Asia have served in enforcement and regulatory agencies such as Japan’s Financial Services Agency, the Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, and the Singapore Attorney-General’s Chambers. We are also active in Latin America and have lawyers at all levels who speak Spanish and Portuguese.

As stated by GIR, “Morrison Foerster’s steady recruitment of senior former prosecutors and enforcement officials, and their placement in key financial centres, has been coupled with a longstanding commitment to building out in regions often underserved by other international firms.”

We have handled matters in more than 140 countries on six continents, offering real-time and seamless advice to clients around the world, including in China, Japan, Singapore, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. 

Please visit the GIR website for more details.