Morrison Foerster
Morrison Foerster is ‘creative, commercial and solutions-driven’ and provides ‘in-depth advice on complex issues’, and displays strength in advising on transatlantic transactional and regulatory matters. Derivatives and commodities partners Polly Ehrman and former senior adviser at the Bank of England Sam Riley also play key roles in the practice. Clients remark that ‘they have in-depth knowledge of a large variety of derivatives and margin loan structures and their advice combines top-quality legal analysis with market knowledge and commercial understanding’. Vladimir Maly left for McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP in July 2023.
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Testimonials
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‘What makes the practice unique is that it is my go-to place for advice on complex issues related to crypto in general, trading issues, multi-jurisdictional regulatory analysis, structuring of liquidity solutions. They are creative, commercial and solutions-driven. The starting point is in-depth advice on complex issues, and any related question or challenge can be solved across the available skills in the team.'
‘Expertise, expertise, expertise!’
‘Amazing team to work with - friendly and very helpful.’
'A very strong team of experts in any complex transaction in the strategic equity space. They have in-depth knowledge of a large variety of derivatives and margin loan structures and their advice combines top quality legal analysis and drafting with market knowledge and commercial understanding.'
'Polly Ehrman is an exceptional lawyer who will go all the way to advise and assist their clients in achieving sound and technically excellent results. Transactions are managed timely and efficiently. They are always available to assist and support their clients and very pleasant to work with.'
‘Polly Ehrman is always showing a high level of work ethics and standards, is available at short notice, has a great commercial understanding, and is able to move quickly in providing clear, concise and to the point advice.’
‘Extremely client focused and very user friendly. They understand our business and have great experience and access to specialists - both in other jurisdictions and in very technical areas such as sanctions and US securities.’
Key clients
- AXA Investment Managers
- Bank of Montreal and BMO Capital Markets
- CIBC
- ING
- Santander
- SoftBank Group
- Royal Bank of Canada and RBC Capital Markets
- Tiberius Asset Management
Work highlights
- Advising various middle-market banks on derivatives matters relating to financial regulatory reform, including the Dodd-Frank Act.
- Advising a number of investment banks on derivatives matters relating to financial regulatory reform, including MiFID 2/MiFIR and Basel III.