Sidley Expands Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Practice Landing Michael Podolny as a Partner in Northern California

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Podolny has joined the Palo Alto and San Francisco offices as a partner in the firm’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) practice. Prior to joining Sidley, Mr. Podolny was a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Mintz Welcomes Corporate Member Alex S. Kaufman

Alex S. Kaufman has joined Mintz as a Member of the Corporate Practice, with a focus on middle-market private equity, strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A), growth equity, and venture capital. He will split his time between the firm’s San Francisco and San Diego offices. Prior to joining Mintz, Alex was a partner in the Global Private Equity Practice at Paul Hastings.

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Experienced State Tax Practitioner Joins Reed Smith as Partner in San Francisco

Reed Smith today announced that Saba Shatara has joined the firm’s national State Tax practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. Formerly with Drinker Biddle & Reath, Deloitte, and the California State Board of Equalization, Shatara brings a mix of private practice and state agency experience in a wide range of tax controversy matters before state and local tax agencies.

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Latham Further Expands Emerging Companies & Growth Practice With Partner Hire in Bay Area

Zachary Fallon brings significant experience advising companies, investors, and market participants in the crypto and digital assets space on federal securities law compliance. Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Zachary Fallon has rejoined the firm’s Bay Area offices as a partner in the Emerging Companies & Growth Practice. Fallon represents companies, investors, and market participants navigating the intersection of federal securities laws and innovative financial technologies. His experience spans multiple sectors, with a focus on technology, fintech, crypto, and the digital assets space.

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Three Former Federal Prosecutors Join Faegre Drinker’s White Collar Team

Faegre Drinker announced today that three powerhouse female former federal prosecutors, partners Carolyn McNiven and Jessica Natali and associate Brittany Fisher, joined the firm’s litigation group in San Francisco and Philadelphia. With a national white collar defense practice spanning both the East and West Coasts, the trio moved as a team from Greenberg Traurig where they defended a variety of private and public companies and individuals primarily in the health care, life sciences, and financial services sectors in government enforcement matters.

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Mintz Continues Growth in San Francisco with the Addition of Thomas Earnest

Thomas Earnest has joined Mintz as a Member of the Corporate practice in the firm’s San Francisco office. Mr. Earnest has more than a decade of experience providing strategic legal and business guidance to clients ranging from start-ups to late stage private and public companies. Primarily serving private and public technology, video gaming, digital media, and retail and consumer products companies, he regularly counsels clients in a range of mission-critical transactions, including company and entity formation, venture and private equity financing, and mergers & acquisitions (M&A). Earnest arrives from Matterhorn Legal, LLP.

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Pillsbury Continues Northern California Expansion with Arrival of Heavy-Hitting Data Privacy and Digital Transformation Team in San Francisco

Amid growing scrutiny of how companies use and protect consumer information, Pillsbury has recruited highly regarded data privacy and technology partners Jeewon Serrato and Shruti Bhutani Arora to the firm’s San Francisco office. Both join Pillsbury from Baker Hostetler.

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