Morrison & Foerster Adds Hong Kong Partner

Morrison & Foerster has added corporate partner Jeremy Hunt to its Hong Kong office from Allen & Overy. Hunt, who this year advised The Carlyle Group on its $2.65 billion disposal of part of its interest in China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd., will help Morrison & Foerster expand its private equity practice in the region, the firm said.

Jessica Seah

2012-10-04 12:00:00 AM

Morrison & Foerster has added a corporate partner to its Hong Kong office.

Jeremy Hunt, formerly a partner in the Hong Kong office of Allen & Overy, specializes in Hong Kong capital markets transactions and private equity mergers and acquisitions. Earlier this year, he advised The Carlyle Group on its $2.65 billion disposal of part of its interest in China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd.

Hunt was a partner at Allen & Overy for more than 14 years. He relocated to Hong Kong from the firm's London headquarters in 2007.

The addition of Hunt follows the firm's hiring of former Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe partner Thomas Man in Beijing. San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster last year also boosted its Hong Kong capital markets practice with the hires of former Herbert Smith partners John Moore and Melody He-Chen.

Keith Wetmore, the firm's outgoing chairman, says Hunt will help Morrison & Foerster expand its private equity practice in the region.