International firm
Morrison & Foerster was founded in San Francisco in 1883. Over 135 years later, the firm has expanded to 17 offices across the US,
Europe and Asia. In the United States, the firm has offices in Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Northern Virginia, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington D.C. The firm has shown great strides in diversity. In addition to being Mansfield Plus certified, Morrison & Foerster has won numerous awards for their diversity initiatives.
Morrison Foerster
demonstrated its cross-border transactional strength in 2024 through landmark deals across real estate, finance, and hospitality. The firm advised
Mori Trust on its nearly
$1 billion investment in 245 Park Avenue—one of the largest midtown Manhattan office recapitalizations in recent years.
MoFo also represented
Standard Chartered in a novel note-on-note financing structured to meet UK securitization standards, with HSBC
acquiring a 50% interest post-closing. For
HSBC Bank USA, the firm structured a $295 million mortgage and mezzanine loan package secured by assets across Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle.
MoFo also
advised
Mizuho Bank on the upsizing of a revolving credit facility for Meritage Homes. In hospitality, the firm guided RIDA Development through multiple billion-dollar acquisitions, financings, and recapitalizations, signaling a robust post-pandemic rebound in the sector.
Key clients for the firm include
Breedon Group PLC, Builder Homesite, CIBC, Goldman Sachs, Hines Interests, and Pontiac Land, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Lime Energy, M&T Bank, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital, Mori Trust, Reuben Brothers, RIDA Development Corporation, Santander Bank, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered, U.S. Silica Holdings and Wells Fargo Bank.
