Morrison & Foerster continues to build out its Asian offering with the addition of a new private investment funds partner to their Hong Kong office.
Serena Tan has joined the firm as partner in its Corporate Group. A native Mandarin speaker, Tan joins the firm from Debevoise & Plimpton bringing strong expertise in fund formation and fund management.
The addition of Tan highlights continued expansion of the firm in Hong Kong following other recent partner hires.
Tan represents a wide range of sponsors and investors in the formation, structuring and related activities of buyout funds, growth capital funds, venture capital funds, co-investment vehicles, and other alternative investment funds.
Notable Transactions
She also advises fund sponsors on carried interest plans, joint venture arrangements, and related internal governance matters and has nearly 10 years’ experience advising on fund and corporate matters in New York, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. She is admitted to the New York Bar and passed the PRC Bar Exam in 2005.
«Serena’s arrival strengthens our already strong global private investment funds practice. I am confident that her addition will be central to enhancing the firm’s ability to advise sponsors and investors in Asia,» said Marcia Ellis, Co-Head of Asia Private Equity and a corporate partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong office.
Among Tan’s recent notable transactions include representing a China-focused private equity firm in its formation of a China buyout fund in excess of US$2 billion.
