Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

The firm: With 30 offices in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Morgan Lewis provides a range of services that fall into four broad categories: corporate, finance and investment management; intellectual property; labour, employment and benefits; and litigation, regulation and investigations. Founded in 1873 in Philadelphia, Morgan Lewis has grown to be a dominant global law firm comprising more than 2,000 professionals, including lawyers, patent agents, employee benefits advisers, regulatory scientists, and other specialists. In January 2017, Morgan Lewis established its *Hong Kong office led by one of Hong Kong’s most respected corporate lawyers. The office has quickly grown to 23 lawyers.

Firm accolades include: 300+ partners recognised, Chambers & Partners, all publications (2017); 250+ partners recognised, The Legal 500, all publications (2017); most recognised for client service, BTI Client Service A-Team (2002-2017), one of only three firms on the list for each of the last 15 years; most recognised by general counsel, BTI Client Brand Elite (2011-2016); most recognised for superior client relationship, Clientopia 24, BTI Power Rankings (2016); shortlisted, International Firm of the Year, The Lawyer (2017); Top 5, Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies, Corporate Counsel (2010-2016); Top 10, Acritas US Law Firm Brand Index (2013-2016), No. 6 (2016); Top 10, Am Law 100, The American Lawyer (2016), Ranked #12 (2015); Top 15, Global 200, The Lawyer (2016); No. 2, Global 100-Largest Revenue Increase, The American Lawyer (2016); Top Three, Largest Firms in the US, Law360 (2016); Most Lateral Growth among Am Law 200 Firms, ALM Lateral Reports (2016); and clients include three-quarters of the Fortune 100 companies, including seven of the Top 10, 15 of the Top 20, and 290 Fortune 500 clients.

Areas of practice: Morgan Lewis provides comprehensive litigation, corporate, finance, restructuring, employment and benefits, and intellectual property services in all major industries, helping clients address and anticipate challenges across vast and rapidly changing landscapes. It has more than 2,000 legal professionals who focus on both immediate and long-term goals with clients, harnessing its resources from strategic hubs of commerce, law and government across Asia, and in Europe, North America and the Middle East.

Specifically, the China practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities, regulatory issues, private equity and venture capital transactions, and IP counselling and litigation. In Tokyo, the firm advises Japanese clients on corporate securities, employment, pension, intellectual property and environmental matters. In Singapore, the combined Morgan Lewis Stamford created the first – and thus far the only – fully integrated law firm in Singapore.

With offices in London, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, Almaty, Astana, and an active Latin America practice, Morgan Lewis assists clients with both in-country and cross-border transactions and matters covering corporate, investment funds, tax, labour, intellectual property, antitrust, litigation and real estate issues with particular experience in the energy, financial services, life sciences and technology sectors.

*The Beijing and Shanghai offices operate as representative offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. In Hong Kong, Morgan Lewis operates through Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, which is a separate Hong Kong general partnership registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong as a registered foreign law firm operating in association with Luk & Partners.