Morrison & Foerster Adds Perkins Coie Partners in California

Morrison & Foerster said Tuesday it added two corporate partners from Perkins Coie, Daphne M. Higgs and Teresa M.L. Tate, to its California offices.

Higgs joins the firm’s technology transactions group in Palo Alto, and Tate joins the mergers and acquisitions and emerging companies and venture capital groups in San Francisco.

Higgs and Tate “are both highly accomplished lawyers from historically underrepresented groups who bring deep knowledge of the technology industry to the firm,” Eric McCrath, co-chair of Morrison & Foerster global corporate departments, said in a statement.

Morrison & Foerster’s hiring announcement comes a week after it opened an ...