Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Firm Chair: Jami McKeon

Almaty and Nur-Sultan Managing Partner: Aset Shyngyssov

Beijing Managing Partner: Ning Zhang

Hong Kong Managing Partners: Maurice Hoo

Shanghai Managing Partner: K. Lesli Ligorner

Singapore Managing Partner: Joo Khin Ng

Tokyo Managing Partner: Motonori Araki

Number of partners worldwide: 694

Number of other lawyers worldwide: 1,283

Languages: Arabic, Assamese, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Chinese (various dialects including Mandarin), Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Marathi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

Asia Pacific Offices: China (Beijing*, Hong Kong*, Shanghai*), Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), Kazakhstan (Almaty, Nur-Sultan)

International Offices: Abu Dhabi, Boston, Brussels, Century City, Chicago, Dallas, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hartford, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Princeton, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington D.C., and Wilmington.

*The Beijing and Shanghai offices operate as representative offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. In Hong Kong, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is a separate Hong Kong general partnership registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong. Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC is a Singapore law corporation affiliated with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Firm Overview:  

From *30 offices in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Morgan Lewis provides comprehensive transactional, litigation, labour and employment and intellectual property legal services to clients of all sizes across all major industries. The firm’s regulatory and industry focused practices help clients address legal, government, and public policy challenges. Founded in 1873, Morgan Lewis comprises more than 2,000 legal professionals: lawyers, patent agents, employee benefits advisers, regulatory scientists and other specialists.

Main Areas of Practice:  

Antitrust:  

Morgan Lewis lawyers practice before antitrust enforcement agencies and courts around the world and bring critical insight to the strategic handling of complex transactions and bet-the-company litigation. In China, lawyers handle antitrust merger reviews and investigations before various government agencies.

Corporate, Finance & Investment Management:

Morgan Lewis’s corporate finance lawyers focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, fund formation, finance, restructuring, securities, emerging business and technology, outsourcing, energy transactions, and tax matters. With market-leading teams across Asia, including recognised M&A and capital markets (debt and equity) practices in Singapore, one of Hong Kong’s leading corporate teams, an elite investment funds practice in Japan, and an outstanding corporate and finance team in Kazakhstan, Morgan Lewis is a force in the region.

Energy:  

Entities in the electric, nuclear, oil and natural gas, water and renewable energy sectors turn to Morgan Lewis for their corporate, finance, transactional, regulatory, and litigation needs.

Insurance:  

In Asia, the firm represents insurers and reinsurers. In particular, the Singapore team covers both contentious and non-contentious situations, and has acted on behalf of international insurance and reinsurance clients in Thailand, New Zealand, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Intellectual Property & Life Sciences:  

The firm represents companies in IP and life sciences matters including patent prosecution and litigation, trademark and copyright protection, counselling and opinions, and disputes. The leading life sciences practice counsels clients on regulatory and IP issues, transactional matters and litigation.

International Trade & Maritime:  

The international trade practice focuses on compliance and regulations. The maritime practice in Singapore runs the spectrum of both contentious and non-contentious matters, from international trade and commodities disputes, to shipping and admiralty marine insurance.

Labour, Employment & Benefits:  

The firm’s international employment team counsels companies on matters such as workforce expansions or reductions and on litigation involving hiring and dismissal practices, unions, and regulatory or compliance matters.

Litigation, Regulation & Investigations:  

Morgan Lewis litigators handle cases globally, serving as International trial and coordinating counsel in large, complex matters. They also offer intellectual property services, including patent prosecution, trademark and copyright protection. In Singapore, the dispute resolution team represents clients in commercial, corporate and financial disputes, in both Singapore litigation, as well as arbitrations seated in Singapore, England, Hong Kong and Switzerland.

Restructuring:  

Morgan Lewis’s global restructuring practice has longstanding experience and commercial perspective on US, as well as non-US and cross-border workouts and insolvencies. The team has offices in global financial centres, including in Beijing, Singapore and Tokyo. The Singapore practice combines its strong corporate experience with its proficiency in various court supervised insolvency proceedings.