Morrison Foerster has made a particular impact in mid-cap and large domestic and global equity offerings; it represented Arm Holdings in its headline $5.22bn IPO on Nasdaq, one of the largest equity offerings of 2023. The firm has made a further impression in follow-on offerings, PIPE offerings and de-SPAC transactions. It focuses on issuer-side representations with a particular affiliation for the technology sector, along with REITs, energy, financial services and life sciences. Justin Salon is chair of the global capital markets practice and leads many of the firm’s headline deals, including the Arm Holdings IPO. Andrew Campbell is noted for REIT offerings and Austin based John Hensley is another key member of the team. Named individuals are based in Washington DC unless stated otherwise.
Key clients
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
- Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.
- B. Riley Securities, Inc.
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Barclays Capital Inc.
- Boyd Gaming Corporation
- Citibank
- Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
- Equity Residential
- Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
- Exantas Capital Corporation
- Hines Global Income Trust, Inc.
- Krystal Biotech, Inc.
- McKesson Corporation
- KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
- ON Semiconductor Corp.
- Piper Sandler & Co.
- Pivotal Investment Corporation II
- RE/MAX
- RH
- Shell International Finance B.V.
- Southwest Gas Corporation
- Silver Crest Acquisition Corporation (Tim Hortons China)
- The Chemours Company
- UDR, Inc.
- Upland Software, Inc.
- Unity Software Inc.
- Veeco Instruments Inc.
- Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Vontier Corp.
- Washington Gas Holdings
Work highlights
- Advised Silver Crest Acquisition Corporation on its de-SPAC merger with TH International Limited.
- Represented Arm Holdings in its $5.22bn IPO on Nasdaq.
- Represented Krystal Biotech in its $160m PIPE offering of common stock and in its $150m at-the-market offering.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Justin Salon