A team of some 22 Morrison & Foerster lawyers led by San Francisco partner Robert Townsend helped Visa Inc. with its purchase of South African mobile payment firm Fundamo. The $110 million cash deal was announced on June 9.
Working on the transaction were San Francisco partners Laurie Hane, Robert Cudd and Paul Friedman; Palo Alto, Calif., partners Christine Lyon, Michael Frank and Marc Pernick; Washington, D.C., partner Oliver Ireland; D.C. of counsel Aki Bayz; San Francisco associates Michelle Kley, Anthony Heckman, Alfredo Silva, Dana Peck, Stacey Sprenkel, Michelle Jewett and Brendan Mulligan; Palo Alto associate Gal Eschet; Los Angeles associates Erika Drous and Kalinda Howard; Tokyo associate Jarod Taylor; and New York associates Julian Perez and Ruti Smithline.
