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Morrison Foerster has earned eight practice area rankings and 12 individual recognitions in Chambers Greater China Region 2025. This is in addition to the 29 practice area rankings and 30 individual recognitions across the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan and Singapore, in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 guide.The firm once again achieved a Band 1 ranking in both Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) and TMT: Data Protection & Privacy, reflecting MoFo’s market-leading position in Privacy and Data Security and its status as the foremost global law firm to the technology industry.MoFo also received a brand-new ranking for Tax: Hong Kong- based (International Firms).Furthermore, MoFo’s China practice was highlighted in the following practice areas:<ul><li>Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms)</li><li>Corporate/M&A: The Elite (International Firms)</li><li>Investment Funds: Private Equity (International Firms)</li><li>Life Sciences (International Firms)</li><li>Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)</li></ul>Underscoring MoFo’s depth of talent across China, the firm was awarded a total of 12 individual recognitions.The below individuals were awarded Band 1 rankings:<ul><li>Marcia Ellis, Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)</li><li>Paul McKenzie, TMT: Data Protection & Privacy (International Firms)</li><li>Gordon Milner, TMT: Information Technology (International Firms); TMT: Data Protection & Privacy (International Firms)</li></ul>Other individual recognitions include:<ul><li>Timothy Blakely, Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms); Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)</li><li>Marcia Ellis, Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-Based (International Firms)</li><li>Matthew Lau, Tax: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)</li><li>Chuan Sun, Information Technology (International Firms); TMT: Data Protection & Privacy (International Firms)</li><li>Serena Tan, Investment Funds: Private Equity (International Firms)</li><li>Chen Zhu, Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms)</li></ul>With offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong, Morrison Foerster has a strong presence in China, handling major matters in the region for over 40 years. We were among the first U.S. law firms to establish offices in China. We have more than 50 U.S., Hong Kong, PRC, and England and Wales qualified professionals, who work closely with attorneys throughout the firm to deliver calibrated and sound advice to clients. We counsel a wide variety of clients in China on their high-profile investment, finance, and regulatory matters, including many of the world’s largest multinationals and the most substantial and active institutional PRC companies, as well as promising startups in the technology, entertainment, telecommunications, life sciences, energy, clean technology, and renewable energy industries.To view the complete list of Morrison Foerster’s rankings in the 2025 edition of Chambers Greater China Region, please visit the <a href="https://chambers.com/legal-guide/greater-china-region-116" target="_blank">publication’s website</a>.

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Marcia Ellis is a Senior Counsel in our New York office and a Partner in our Hong Kong office. Marcia’s practice focuses on private equity transactions and complex mergers and acquisitions involving companies and other assets located in Asia. Having practiced in Asia for more than a quarter of a century, Marcia is one of the most experienced M&A lawyers active in the Asian market. In the past three years, she has advised clients on deals with a total aggregate value well in excess of US$249.8 billion.​Marcia regularly advises leading investors on M&A transactions, including SoftBank Vision Fund, Alibaba, GLP, Bain Capital, BlackRock, Farallon Capital, Ascendent Capital Partners, Silver Crest Acquisition Corp., PAG, Hillhouse, Hony Capital and Celadon Partners. In addition, she is experienced in representing U.S., UK and Asia based institutional investors in the acquisition, financing and disposition of real estate in China, Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia, including numerous logistics and internet data center projects, and investment in and acquisition of real estate developers.From 2008 through 2011, she was the Chief Legal Officer for Asia of D. E. Shaw, where she assisted various group entities in making, restructuring, and exiting investments in various countries in Asia, including a number of significant and highly structured investments in China and India.Clients consider Marcia as a "super skilled technical lawyer" who offers "incredible problem-solving skills on all aspects of matters, both legal and commercial". A client said that "Finding a lawyer whose judgement you trust and who knows how far they can push the boundaries is not easy, and Marcia is the best lawyer I've worked with."Marcia is the Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Private Equity Practice, a member of our global board of directors, and a member of our global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Steering Committee. She has also been named to Law360’s 2022 and 2023 Private Equity Editorial Board and elected as the Co-Chair of AmCham Hong Kong’s Women of Influence Committee. Marcia has been recognized as one of the Women of Influence in Private Markets: Private Equity by Private Equity International in 2024.

Marcia Ellis（艾琳）律师的执业重点是涉及亚洲境内公司和其它资产的私募股权交易和复杂并购。Ellis律师在亚洲执业超过二十五年，是活跃在亚洲市场经验最丰富的并购律师之一。在过去三年间，她为客户完成的交易的合计价值超过2498亿美元。Ellis律师经常为大型投资者提供并购交易法律咨询，这些投资者包括软银愿景基金、阿里巴巴、普洛斯、Bain Capital、贝莱德、Farallon Capital、上达资本、Silver Crest特殊目的收购公司、PAG、高瓴资本、弘毅投资以及Celadon Partners。此外，在代表美国、英国、亚洲机构投资人方面她也富有经验；她代表客户处理收购、融资、处置中国、香港及亚洲其它地区的房地产，其中包括许多物流和互联网数据中心项目，也处理对房地产开发商的投资与收购。从2008至2011年，Ellis律师是德劭集团亚洲区的首席法务官。在德劭集团，她协助各集团实体处理在亚洲多个国家进行的投资、投资重组及投资退出事宜，包括在中国和印度进行的多个重要及高度结构化的投资。客户评价Ellis律师是一位"技巧高超的律师"，她拥有 "极其出色的解决问题的能力，包括法律问题和商业问题 "。一位客户称："找到一位拥有令人信任的判断力，并能尽力突破极限的律师并不容易，而她是我合作过的最好的律师"。Ellis律师是美富律师事务所的全球私募股权业务联席主席，本所全球董事会成员，兼本所环境、社会与治理（ESG）指导委员会委员之一。她还当选《法律360》（Law 360）2022年度和2023年度私募股权业务编辑委员会成员，以及香港美国商会最具影响力女性（WOI）指导委员会联席主席。Ellis律师还荣获Private Equity International评为2024年“私募股权领域：私募市场最具影响力女性”之一。

Marcia Ellis

Global Co-Chair of Private Equity Practice

Paul has more than 30 years’ experience advising leading international companies on complex transactional and other business law matters in China and elsewhere in Asia.He advises Fortune 100 and other global companies pursuing M&A, joint venture, and other corporate transactions, bringing to his work a deep understanding of the regulatory environment in China and a sensitivity to cultural issues in Asia. Paul also helps clients navigate China’s complex and changing regulatory environment, advising on a broad range of issues such as data privacy and security, industry permitting, and anti-corruption compliance. Paul is a member of the firm’s market-leading global privacy and data security group and a recognized expert on China’s emerging data regulatory regime. He works across a broad range of industries, including information technology, real estate, chemicals and energy, and natural resources.Paul is a fluent Mandarin speaker and has written widely on issues related to Chinese law.He serves on the board of directors of The Morrison & Foerster Foundation, the firm’s charitable foundation.

麦保罗（Paul McKenzie）律师在代表领先的国际公司处理中国和其他亚洲地区的复杂交易和其他商业法律事宜方面拥有超过30年的经验。麦保罗律师代表财富100强企业和其他全球公司处理并购、合资和其他公司交易事宜，同时将他对中国监管环境的深入了解，以及对亚洲文化问题的敏锐运用于其中。他还帮助客户应对中国复杂且不断变化的监管环境，并就各类问题（例如数据隐私与网络安全，行业许可和反腐败合规）提供咨询。麦保罗律师还是本所市场领先的全球隐私和数据安全业务组的成员之一，也是中国新兴数据监管制度领域公认的业内专家。麦保罗律师的业务涉及广泛的行业，包括信息技术，房地产，化学品，能源和自然资源。他精通汉语，并针对中国法律的相关问题广泛撰文。麦保罗律师是本所的慈善基金 “美富基金会”的董事会成员。

Paul McKenzie

Partner

Gordon is a partner at Morrison & Foerster (International) LLP. Gordon focuses his practice on advising clients about intellectual property, licensing, outsourcing, and technology transactions.He has advised clients in the IT, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, and energy and life sciences industries on a wide spectrum of technology-related matters. His practice ranges from major projects, such as the establishment of the entire technology infrastructure for a new national PRC bank, to the creation of a new Singapore-based outsourced design, manufacturing, and logistics system for a global footwear company.Gordon has particular experience in cross-border commercial technology transactions in Asia and has worked with clients on a variety of projects, from traditional technology transfer arrangements to complex collaborative development relationships. He also has substantial experience in providing intellectual property, regulatory, and operational technology law advice to clients in mainland China, Hong Kong, and the Asia-Pacific region.He is a frequent writer and speaker on technology transfer rights, encryption, intellectual property rights, and data privacy, and has delivered lectures to regional governments and industry bodies in Asia. Gordon also has extensive experience with open source software and is an active participant in public debates involving government and major players in the tech industry.Gordon served as vice chair of the Technology Law Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. He has lived in Hong Kong since 2001 and previously practiced in London. He is registered as a Senior Consultant with the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Gordon Milner律师专注于为客户提供知识产权、许可、外包和技术交易领域的法律咨询服务。Milner律师曾为信息技术、电信、金融、制造、能源和生命科学行业的客户提供过广泛的技术相关事宜的法律服务。他的业务范围包含为中国一家新成立的全国性银行建立全套技术基础设施等重大项目，到为一家全球鞋业公司在新加坡建立一个新的外包设计、制造和物流系统。Milner律师在处理亚洲地区的跨境商业技术交易方面尤为经验丰富，他曾为客户提供从传统的技术转让安排到复杂合作开发关系等一系列项目的咨询服务。他在为中国大陆、香港和其他亚太地区的客户提供关于知识产权、监管和运营技术的法律咨询方面，也拥有丰富的经验。Milner律师经常就技术转让限制、加密、知识产权和数据隐私撰文和发表演讲，并曾为亚洲地区的政府部门和行业团体举办讲座。他在处理开放源代码软件事宜方面同样经验丰富，同时也积极参与涉及政府部门和技术行业主要参与者的公开辩论。Milner律师曾担任泛太平洋律师协会（Inter-Pacific Bar Association）技术法律委员会的副主席。他自2001年迁居香港，此前在伦敦执业。他是香港律师会注册高级顾问。

Gordon Milner

Tim is managing partner of Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong office. He is also head of the firm’s Hong Kong Litigation Department. Tim’s practice focuses on government and internal investigations and complex commercial litigation and international arbitration matters.Tim represents companies and individuals in, among other matters:<ul><li>Government investigations</li><li>Regulatory enforcement proceedings</li><li>Internal investigations</li><li>International arbitrations</li><li>Securities class action lawsuits</li><li>Complex dispute-related matters</li><li>Regulatory compliance issues</li></ul>Tim has represented multinational and Chinese clients in various industries, including telecommunications, biotechnology, publishing, pharmaceuticals, and financial services.Tim also is a member of both the firm’s FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption and Global Ethics + Compliance teams. He conducts internal investigations throughout Asia of potential violations of anti-corruption laws, leads pre-acquisition anti-corruption-related due diligence and post-closing remediation, and regularly provides advice, counseling, and training to clients about FCPA and anti-corruption related issues.Tim has deep experience representing companies and individuals in high-stakes contentious matters involving U.S. and Hong Kong law. Before relocating to Hong Kong in 2011, he spent 10 years practicing in New York and California, handling fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, securities litigation, investment disputes, commercial arbitration, and enforcement-related matters, from inception through trial. His practice continues to have a strong U.S. nexus, and he regularly advises clients facing disputes and enforcement actions originating in the U.S. and involving U.S. law.As a Hong Kong solicitor, Tim has been instructed by clients in key contentious proceedings and arbitration-related matters before Hong Kong courts, as well in proceedings with Hong Kong regulators and statutory tribunals. He has advised clients in investigations by, inter alia, the Securities & Futures Commission, and in proceedings before the Telecommunications (Competition Provisions) Appeal Board. He regularly acts for clients in Hong Kong-seated, international arbitration proceedings.Chambers Asia-Pacific quotes clients saying that Tim “is incredibly intelligent and always well prepared. He is an excellent interviewer and his depth of knowledge of the subject matter is outstanding” and that he “knows Western practices but also appreciates and understands the peculiarity of Chinese laws and practice.”

Timothy Blakely律师是美富律师事务所香港办事处的管理合伙人，同时也是本所香港诉讼部门的主管。Blakely律师的主要业务为政府和内部调查，以及复杂的商业诉讼和国际仲裁事宜。Blakely律师经常代表公司和个人处理的事宜包括：<ul><li>政府调查</li><li>监管程序</li><li>内部调查</li><li>国际仲裁</li><li>证券集体诉讼</li><li>复杂的争议相关事宜</li></ul>他也就监管合规问题向客户提供法律服务。Blakely律师曾代表电信、生物技术、出版、医药及金融服务等多个行业的跨国及中国客户处理有关事宜。Blakely律师也是本所全球反腐败及合规工作组的成员。他在全亚洲就可能违反各国反腐败法的行为开展内部调查，领导进行收购前关于反腐败的尽职调查工作和交割后的纠正事宜，并经常向客户提供关于美国《反海外腐败法》及反腐败问题的法律服务及培训。Blakely律师在代表公司和个人处理涉及美国和香港法律的高案值争讼事宜方面拥有丰富经验。在2011年移居香港之前，Blakely律师曾在纽约和加州执业十年，处理欺诈、不实陈述、合同违约、证券诉讼、投资争议、商业仲裁及执行的相关事宜，其工作贯穿从初始到案件审判的全过程。目前，Blakely律师的业务仍与美国密切相关，他经常协助客户处理源于美国或涉及美国法律的争议和执法行动。作为一名拥有香港事务资格的律师，Blakely律师曾受客户委托在香港法院处理重要的争讼程序和仲裁相关事宜，以及在香港监管机构和法定特别法庭处理各种程序。他曾就由香港证券及期货事务监察委员会等进行的调查以及在香港电讯（竞争条文）上诉委员会进行的程序向客户提供咨询。他还经常代表客户处理在香港进行的国际仲裁程序。

Timothy Blakely

Managing Partner, Hong Kong

Matthew’s practice focuses on the structuring of cross‑border M&A transactions and corporate reorganizations, particularly involving the United States, China, Japan, and the rest of the Asia‑Pacific region. He specializes in guiding clients through the intricacies of cross‑border transaction structures and intellectual property management from a tax perspective.Matthew has deep experience advising fund sponsors and institutional investors on tax issues relating to the formation of, and investments in, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, and other alternative investment products. He has particular expertise in the U.S. taxation of government‑linked investors such as sovereign wealth funds and central banks.Matthew has represented multinational corporations and funds in transactions across more than 30 jurisdictions covering a wide range of industries, including technology, telecommunications, healthcare, real estate, consumer, media, and energy.Matthew is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong.While at Columbia Law School, Matthew was a three‑year Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

刘恩安（Matthew Lau）律师的业务侧重于跨境并购交易和企业重组的结构设计，特别是涉及美国、中国、日本和亚太地区其他国家的交易。他擅长从税务的角度协助客户处理复杂的跨境交易结构和知识产权管理。刘律师在为基金发起人和机构投资者就私募股权基金、风险投资基金、房地产基金和其他另类投资产品的成立和投资相关的税务问题提供法律咨询方面拥有丰富的经验。他尤其擅长处理美国对政府相关投资者（如主权财富基金和中央银行）的征税事宜。刘律师曾代表多家跨国公司和基金在30多个司法管辖区处理交易，涵盖科技、电信、医疗保健、房地产、消费品、媒体和能源等多个行业。刘律师是香港律师会注册外地律师。在美国哥伦比亚大学法学院就读期间，刘律师连续三年获得哈伦•菲斯克•斯通（Harlan Fiske Stone）奖学金。

Matthew Lau

Chuan focuses his practice on cross-border M&A transactions; sophisticated technology, media, and telecom (TMT) transactions; and complex IP/commercial matters across Greater China.With 20 years of experience in both Asia and the U.S., Chuan regularly advises multinational corporations, state-owned enterprises, private companies, and PE/VC firms in complex cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and business separation transactions.Chuan also has significant experience in strategic corporate-commercial and technology transactions, including outsourcing, manufacturing, distribution, supply and franchising arrangements, and IP licensing arrangements across multiple industries. His TMT and IP regulatory experience includes telecommunications, e-commerce, internet, cyber security, data privacy, cloud computing, as well as telematics.Prior to joining MoFo, he worked in the Hong Kong office of a Magic Circle firm and the Chicago office of another leading international firm.Chuan co-authored the Hong Kong & mainland China chapters of Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media, 2014, 2015 & 2016; the Hong Kong & mainland China chapters of Getting the Deal Through: Market Intelligence – Telecoms and Media, 2015; and the Hong Kong chapter of Sourcing World 2nd Edition 2015.Chuan is fluent in Mandarin and English.“Chuan Sun has a wealth of knowledge on his clients’ existing products and services offerings and a good understanding of what terms they are or are not willing to accept. This helps tremendously with contract negotiations.”“Chuan Sun has extensive experience in the technology space. Many other competitor firms in the technology space are not really pure IT lawyers, as they are more focus on privacy and trade marks or other related fields, as opposed to technology contracts such as SAP or Microsoft software license agreements. A normal general commercial lawyer would not be able to identify the same issues or raise the right questions, as they are not equipped with the technology know-how of the products and services, their benefits, and general industry standard terms and trending patterns in the market.” Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020

孙川律师的执业领域集中在大中华区的跨境并购交易，复杂的技术、媒体和电信(TMT)交易以及复杂的知识产权/商务事宜。孙律师在亚洲和美国有19年工作经验，他经常代理跨国公司、国有企业、私人企业和私募股权/风险投资机构处理复杂的跨境并购交易、合资、战略联盟和业务拆分等交易。孙律师在战略性的公司商务和技术交易方面也拥有极为丰富的经验，包括外包、制造、分销、供应与特许经营安排，以及跨行业知识产权许可安排等。他在TMT和知识产权监管方面的经验包括电信、电子商务、互联网、网络安全、数据隐私、云计算以及车联网。在加入美富前，孙律师在一家 “魔法圈”律所(Magic Circle)的香港办事处和另一家领先的国际律所的芝加哥办事处工作。孙律师与他人合著了2014，2015和2016版《让交易推进下去––电信与媒体》(Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media)中的香港和中国大陆章节，2015年版《让交易推进下去：市场情报––电信与媒体》(Getting the Deal Through: Market Intelligence – Telecoms and Media)中的香港和中国大陆章节，以及2015年《采购世界》第二版(Sourcing World 2nd Edition)的香港章节。2018年《亚太法律500强》指出“孙川律师十分高效、负责和实际。他非常擅长处理IT协议，包括软件许可和IT采购合同的相关事宜。他也十分善于处理跨境TMT交易。”孙律师精通普通话和英语。

Chuan Sun

Managing Partner, Shanghai

Serena represents global and regional fund managers and institutional investors in the formation of private equity, private credit and real estate funds. Her practice focuses on both offshore funds (including the Cayman Islands, BVI, Delaware, Luxembourg, Singapore, and Hong Kong) and RMB funds (including QFLP and QDLP funds). She is the Deputy Chair of the firm’s Global Private Funds Group and Chair of Greater China Private Funds practice.Serena advises fund managers on the formation of an array of private equity funds (including buyout, growth capital, venture capital, and co-investment funds) and private credit funds across a wide range of sectors, including consumer, financial services, healthcare, technologies, TMT, and travel/leisure. Serena’s representative private equity fund manager clients include Affirma Capital, Ascendent Capital Partners, Ally Bridge Group, CBC Group, Fosun, GLP, Hony Capital, Junson Capital, KHL Capital, Kowloon Nights, Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Makers, ORIX Asia Capital, Ping An Overseas Holdings, Sailing Capital, SoftBank Ventures Asia, and Taiwania Capital.Serena advises on real estate fund managers on the formation of real estate funds and joint ventures with experience across many asset classes, including offices, logistics, industrial parks, residential, hospitality, and retail. Serena’s representative real estate fund manager clients include BHG, GLP, Hony Capital, and Sino-Ocean Capital. Serena’s diverse practice also encompasses advising on fund secondaries transactions such as GP-led restructuring, continuation funds, stapled secondaries, and secondary purchases of limited partner interests. In addition, Serena frequently advises fund managers on arrangements among principals, carried interest plans, and employee co-investments, regulatory and compliance matters, and internal governance matters. She also has deep experience of fund of funds, funds-of-one, separate accounts, and family offices.In addition, Serena regularly represents institutional investors in investments in private investment funds, including insurance companies, family offices, banks, and asset management firms.  Serena’s representative institutional investor clients include China Ping An, China Life, CMB, FWD, ICBCI, Great Wall, The Wharf Holdings, and Wheelock.Year after year, Serena is widely acknowledged by legal directories as one of the leading private funds partners in Asia. Recent recognition includes being ranked as a leading partner by Chambers Global (2019-2024), Chambers Asia-Pacific (2019-2021), Chambers Greater China (2022-2024), and Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2020-2024). She was featured in ALB’s “Asia’s 40 Under 40” list of the most accomplished young lawyers in 2018. Under Serena’s leadership, the Private Funds Team in Asia has advised Asia-based GPs on more than 30 fund formation transactions (raising in excess of US$25 billion), and was shortlisted for the 2021 PEI Awards for Asia Law Firm of the Year in the Fund Formation category.Serena has been recognized by clients as a “highly diligent and talented” practitioner with “excellent professional knowledge and a strong commercial sense” and their “go-to lawyer for fund formation work that has a Chinese component.” Clients highlighted her as “an ideal partner” who “understands the differences between offshore funds and RMB funds and the differences between international investors and Chinese investors” and “has the outstanding ability to design optimal structures, bridge gaps, and find solutions.”Serena is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong. She has over 15 years of experience practicing law in New York and China.

谭律师代表国际及亚洲基金管理人和机构投资者处理私募股权基金、私募债权基金和房地产基金设立事宜。她的业务重点同时涵盖境外基金（包括开曼群岛、英属维尔京群岛、特拉华州、卢森堡、新加坡和香港基金）和人民币基金（包括合格境外有限合伙人基金（QFLP）和合格境内有限合伙人（QDLP）基金）。她是本所全球私募基金业务组副主席及大中华区私募基金业务部主席。谭律师代表基金管理人设立多支私募股权基金（包括收购基金、成长型资本基金、风险投资基金和共同投资基金）和私募债权基金，涵盖了消费市场、金融服务、医疗健康、技术、科技、媒体和电信（TMT）以及旅游休闲等众多行业。谭律师具代表性的私募股权债权基金管理人客户包括亚赋资本、上达资本、汇桥资本集团、康桥资本、复星、普洛斯、弘毅资本、佳辰资本、达胜资本、Kowloon Nights、摩根士丹利亚洲私募股权、Makers、欧力士亚洲资本、平安海外控股、赛领资本、软银亚洲风投和台杉投资。谭律师代表地产基金管理人设立地产基金及合资企业，项目经验包括写字楼、物流、工业园区、住宅、酒店和商业地产等众多资产类别。谭律师具代表性的地产基金管理人客户包括华联长山兴、普洛斯、弘毅资本和远洋资本。谭律师在延续基金、由普通合伙人牵头的重组、捆绑式二级市场交易以及在二级市场购买有限合伙人权益等基金二级市场交易中有丰富的经验。另外，谭律师经常就基金管理人关键人安排、收益分成计划、员工共同投资、监管与合规事宜以及内部治理事宜向基金管理人提供咨询。她在设立母基金、专项基金、基金专户和家族办公室相关事宜方面也有丰富经验。此外，谭律师还经常代表保险公司、家族办公室、银行和资产管理机构等机构投资者处理其私募投资基金投资事宜。谭律师具代表性的机构投资者客户包括中国平安、中国人寿、中国招商银行、富卫、工银国际、中国长城、九龙仓和汇德丰。谭律师连年被法律名录广泛认可为亚洲顶级私募基金合伙人之一。她最近分别被《钱伯斯全球法律指南》（2019-2024年）、《钱伯斯亚太法律指南》（2019-2021年）、《钱伯斯大中华区法律指南》（2022-2024）和《亚太法律500强》（2020-2024年）评为领先合伙人。她还于2018年入选《亚洲法律杂志》的亚洲律师明日之星“40 位40 岁以下杰出律师”名单。在谭律师带领下，本所亚洲私募基金团队曾就30多项基金设立交易向亚洲普通合伙人提供咨询（筹集金额超过250亿美元），并入围了2021年PEI奖项中的基金设立领域亚洲年度律所奖。客户称谭律师是位“极其勤勉且才华出众”的执业者，“具备丰富的专业知识和强烈的商业意识”，是“处理涉华基金设立工作的最佳律师”。客户强调她是“理想的合作伙伴”，“深谙境外基金和人民币基金之间的差异以及国际投资者和中国投资者之间的差异”，“在设计最优结构、消除差异以及找到解决方案方面拥有非凡的能力。”谭律师是香港律师会注册外国律师。她在纽约和中国有超过15年的法律执业经验。

Serena Tan

Deputy Chair of Global Private Funds Group

Chen is a partner whose practice focuses on government and internal investigations, cross-border enforcement matters and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience advising on U.S. economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), securities and accounting fraud, and related governance and corporate compliance issues. Chen also has extensive experience conducting compliance due diligence and designing compliance programs for clients in connection with private equity portfolio investments, M&A and IPO transactions. He also has experience in U.S.-based civil litigation involving Asia-based defendants. In addition, Chen frequently guides corporate and financial institutions clients through risk management issues associated with state secrecy, data privacy and cross-border data export control.His clients include major state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations and individuals from various industries including banking, pharmaceutical, technology, entertainment, insurance, consumer retail and hospitality, with a particular focus on China, Japan and Southeast Asia.Chen has been recognized as a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal Investigations 2019 - 2022.Chen is a frequent presenter at legal conferences and client workshops relating to anti-corruption, economic sanctions and white-collar enforcement.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, he worked in the Hong Kong and New York offices of a leading U.S. law firm. Chen is a native speaker of English and Mandarin. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong.

朱晨昊律师的执业重点为政府与内部调查、跨境执法事宜以及商业诉讼。他在针对美国经济制裁、反洗钱、美国《反海外腐败法》（FCPA）、证券和会计欺诈以及相关政府和公司合规问题提供法律意见方面拥有丰富的经验。朱律师在针对私募股权资产组合投资、并购和IPO交易为客户开展合规尽职调查以及设计合规计划方面拥有丰富的经验。他在处理涉及亚洲被告的美国民事诉讼事宜方面也具备经验。此外，朱律师亦经常协助公司和金融机构客户处理与国家机密、数据隐私和跨境数据出口管制有关的风险管理问题。朱律师的客户包括银行、医药、技术、娱乐、保险、消费品零售以及酒店业等多个行业的大型国有企业、跨国公司以及个人，其业务重点是中国、日本和东南亚地区。2019年 - 2020年《法律名人录》和2019年 - 2020年《全球调查评论》均将朱律师评为“公司调查领域的未来领袖律师”。朱律师是美富（国际）律师事务所的合伙人。在加入美富之前，朱律师在一家顶级美国律所的香港和纽约办事处任职。朱律师的母语是英文和中文。他是香港律师会的注册外国律师。