Michael O'Bryan is a partner in the firm's Corporate Finance Group and a co-chair of the firmwide Mergers & Acquisitions Group. His practice focuses on U.S. and international mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic transactions, including the representation of companies and special committees in "going private" and other related party matters. Mr. O'Bryan has worked extensively with clients in the software, telecommunications, computers and peripherals, and healthcare/pharmaceutical sectors and with investment banks in their M&A activities.

Mr. O'Bryan joined Morrison & Foerster in 1988 and worked in the firm's Tokyo office from July 1990 through May 1994 before moving to the San Francisco office. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at a Japanese law firm for two years, concentrating on cross-border transactions, including financings and joint ventures.

Mr. O'Bryan is a member of the American Bar Association's Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions and Task Force on Public Company Acquisitions. He also is a member of the Business and Intellectual Property sections of the California Bar Association.