Morrison Foerster Recognized in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Green Guide

Morrison Foerster has been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Green Guide. The guide highlights firms that are driving the legal sector’s engagement in a green transition, leading the way on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability issues, and working towards a greener economy.

Additionally, MoFo’s Per Lindberg was highlighted individually as a leading lawyer for renewable energy projects. A true industry specialist, Per has developed a stellar market reputation for his cutting-edge work on energy transitions mandates, including carbon credit offset projects, carbon sequestration projects, renewable energy certification projects, hydrogen and hydrogen to power projects, renewable natural gas projects, and electric vehicle charging stations projects.

As a leader in sustainability and social change for over 20 years, MoFo’s global ESG Steering Committee, which includes more than 30 partners across the firm, is able to provide a holistic approach to ESG service delivery for our clients. Our global team includes corporate, finance, tax, regulatory, compliance, litigation, investigations, patent, and licensing lawyers who provide unrivaled experience counseling and advising on ESG and climate-specific matters in the public and private sectors.

In Asia, our lawyers are highly active and advising a broad range of clients, from funds and fund managers to founders of startups and investors, on their ESG policies and practices. Our energy and infrastructure practices in Singapore and Tokyo are market leaders in renewable energy project developments and financings, assisting developers and lenders in all aspects of energy and infrastructure deals, while our technology practice is helping clients maximize carbon reduction and green energy use, paving the way towards clean energy transitions. In addition, we advise clients on the generation of value from emission reductions in key areas including transportation, energy, and agriculture. We are one of only a few law firms with an integrated offering across practices to serve our clients through their full business life cycle and climate change mitigation strategies.

Our partners are at the forefront of the climate change and ESG investing, with several who are founding board members of Social Accountability Standards Board and on the boards of Ceres, Business for Social Responsibility, the United Nations’ Environment Programme Finance Initiative, and the Climate Registry, among others. Recently, our Asia group, for the second year, worked in conjunction with the AVCJ to publish the Asia Funds ESG Report 2023, following a survey of 100 Asia-headquartered fund general partners with US$1 billion+ AUM to gain their insights on how ESG and sustainability considerations are impacting their investments and the market.

To view MoFo’s profile in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Green Guide, please visit the publication’s website.