England - London • Corporate and commercial
Morrison Foerster
Hugely experienced and well-equipped in high value and cross-border technology M&A transactions, Morrison Foerster’s corporate team offers ‘hands on engagement, incisive advice and is commercial.’ Recent work has included mandates in the food and agricultural industries for clients including Tate & Lyle. London managing partner Andrew Boyd is a key lawyer in this team, regularly handling M&A, carve outs and minority equity investments, domestically and internationally. Offering deep expertise in the technology space, particularly in semiconductor and quantum computing industries is Gary Brown. Simon Arlington is active across all aspects of M&A and private equity, while Stuart Alford regularly advises European, Asian and US-based clients in general corporate advisory, investments and private equity. Partner Amit Kataria has joined King & Spalding LLP, while Dan Coppel joined Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath in September 2023.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team offers hands on engagement, incisive advice, and is commercial. We worked with Gary Brown.'
- 'They understand our business on a global scale and work hard to ensure staffing is appropriate. They are always available and very commercial.'
- 'Gary Brown is extremely hard working and commercial.'
- 'We have worked with MoFo on some of our most challenging cross border matters. MoFo, in particular Gary Brown, Andrew Boyd and Simon Arlington, grasp and have a near all-encompassing recall of even minor details, the team sees the big picture and knows how to use those details to the best effect in pursuing our goals. MoFo fully understand our business and are committed to realising the best result for our organisation - that's why we trust their advice.'
Key clients
- SoftBank Group Corp.
- SoftBank Vision Fund 2
- Arm Limited
- Tate & Lyle PLC
- Axalta Coating Systems
- Genius Sports Group Limited
- Yoast BV
- Cambridge Quantum (a subsidiary of Honeywell Group)
- Imerys SA
- Omya International AG
- LIVEKINDLY Collective
- Verdane
- Castlelake
- VNK Capital
- Virgo Investment Group
- CellPoint Digital
- Ally Bridge Group
- FLYR, Inc.
- eBay
- Visa
Work highlights
- Represented SoftBank Group Corp. and SoftBank Vision Fund in the proposed $65 billion sale of UK-headquartered multinational semiconductor and software design company Arm Limited to leading U.S. chip company NVIDIA.
- Advised eBay in connection with its acquisition of KnownOrigin, a non-fungible token marketplace founded in 2018 in Manchester.
- Advised SoftBank Group Corp. in connection with the combination of satellite companies Eutelsat and OneWeb, the low Earth orbit satellite communications company jointly owned by the UK Government and Bharti Global.