Editors’ Note: As part of our ongoing Faces of MoFo series, Vanshika Vij, an associate in the firm’s Litigation Practice, discusses her career path and what led

MoFo’s New York Litigation associate Lena Hughes recently hosted an informative and compelling conversation with McKinsey & Company’s Joanna Si, engagement manager and leader in McKinsey’s legal and professional services, to review the findings of McKinsey’s seventh annual Women in the Workplace 2021 report—the

Purvi G. Patel is the managing partner of the firm’s Los Angeles office. Purvi represents retail, e-commerce, and other businesses in significant advertising, privacy, unfair competition, and consumer fraud matters. She has built a robust practice advising household names on various compliance issues and

Lisa N. Silverman focuses on patent portfolio management and strategic patent counseling in the areas of chemistry and life sciences. She has extensive experience in securing U.S. and foreign patent protection for pharmaceutical products and a deep understanding of patent lifecycle management and strategies

Marian Waldmann Agarwal has a unique blend of business and legal skills she leverages when counseling clients on various privacy and data security matters. With a background in information systems and business management, and in-house experience as a secondee to two different companies, she

Mary Kaiser is a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law practice. Mary represents domestic and multinational companies as both plaintiffs and defendants in all aspects of antitrust and competition-related matters, including internal and government antitrust investigations, enforcement proceedings, and class action litigation

Katie Viggiani is a partner in the Litigation Department in Morrison & Foerster’s New York office. Her practice focuses on investigations, white collar defense, and commercial litigation. As part of her commercial litigation practice, Katie regularly represents U.S. and international clients in actions involving

Danielle Hirsch is a partner at Morrison & Foerster (International) LLP and is based in the London office. She advises clients on all aspects of global real estate and private equity transactions. Danielle has acted for a full range of real estate clients, including

Maureen Ho is a partner at Morrison & Foerster (International) LLP. Maureen’s practice focuses on advising private equity and real estate funds, and financial and corporate investors on all aspects of their investment cycle, including private and public mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, infrastructure

International Women’s Day—celebrated on March 8, 2022—is a globally recognized day to honor the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is also a day to shine a light on the steps we still need to take to accelerate women’s equality. The