Formed in 1883, Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) is a San Francisco-based international law firm with 1,000 lawyers and 17 offices across the US, Asia and Europe. In Greater China, the firm established its Hong Kong office in 1983 followed by Beijing in 1998 and Shanghai in 2003. 

Focusses / specialisms  

MoFo offers its clients US, English and Hong Kong law advice in China-related matters and excels in the debt and equity capital markets, M&A and private equity area. It is also very active in hedge funds, private equity funds and real estate funds. 

Key clients  

Key clients of the firm include Kindstar Global Beijing Technology, Flowing Cloud Technology, Haitong International Capital, CLSA, BOC International, Affirma Capital, China Ping An Insurance, Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Alibaba Group, GLP and Softbank.