Managing Partner, Morrison & Foerster Tokyo

Ken Siegel is managing partner of the Tokyo office of Morrison & Foerster and head of the office’s 50 lawyer M&A team. His practice focuses on the representation of high-technology companies in acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. Mr. Siegel is consistently ranked as one of the leading U.S. lawyers in Japan. He has spent his entire career with Morrison & Foerster and has practiced in Japan for over 25 years, serving as our Tokyo managing partner for the last 20 years. Mr. Siegel has appeared on CNBC and PBS’s Nightly Business Report in their coverage of Japanese legal developments, as well as on the cover of The American Lawyer in its survey of global law firms. He was also recognized by The American Lawyer as “Dealmaker of the Week” for his work on SoftBank’s $21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint and for his work on Hitachi’s $5 billion sale of its hard disk drive business to Western Digital. In 2014, he was recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific for outstanding contribution to the legal profession, one of only two attorneys to receive such an award in Asia. Mr. Siegel received his B.A. magna cum laude from Amherst College. He studied Japanese language at Stanford University’s Inter-University Center for Japanese Language in Tokyo and at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), receiving a graduate degree in International Affairs. He holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.