Esteemed Employment Attorney Timothy Reed Rejoins Ogletree Deakins in San Francisco

Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome employment attorney Timothy (Tim) Reed back to its San Francisco office as shareholder. Tim rejoins the firm from FordHarrison, where he was the office managing partner and co-founder of FordHarrison’s San Francisco Bay Area office.

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Sheppard Mullin Continues Energy Team Expansion With Four-Partner Team In California

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Joseph M. Karp, Lisa A. Cottle, Thomas W. Solomon and Christine A. Kolosov have joined the firm as partners in the Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance industry team. Karp, Cottle and Solomon will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office and Kolosov will be based in the Los Angeles office. The group joins from Winston & Strawn LLP.

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Dechert Continues California Expansion; Adds Accomplished Private Equity M&A Partner Nicole Macarchuk in San Francisco

Dechert LLP announced today that Nicole Macarchuk will join the firm’s corporate and securities group in San Francisco; she will serve as a key addition to the firm’s private equity M&A and private credit teams. Ms. Macarchuk will be the sixth partner to join Dechert’s San Francisco office in the past year as part of the firm’s strategic plan to bolster its interdisciplinary corporate, litigation, and financial services capabilities in California. Most recently, Ms. Macarchuk was the General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of Angel Island Capital in San Francisco, a multi-strategy credit boutique and portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital.

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Eversheds Sutherland Opens San Francisco Office

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland announces today the opening of a San Francisco office, expanding its US presence to one of the top business, technology and legal markets in the country while creating new opportunities to strengthen its capabilities and worldwide footprint. Baird D. Fogel, a highly regarded and experienced transactional attorney, has joined the firm from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as Partner in Charge for the new San Francisco office.

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Willkie Adds Private Equity Partner Patrick Sandor in San Francisco

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that Patrick J. Sandor has joined the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco office, where he will be part of Willkie’s market-leading Private Equity Practice Group. He was previously a partner at Wilson Sonsini. Patrick’s arrival follows the addition of private equity partners Ray LaSoya and Joe Kaczorowski, who joined Willkie’s Los Angeles office in February.

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Prominent Corporate Partners Daphne Higgs and Teresa Tate Join Morrison & Foerster in the Bay Area

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the additions of Daphne M. Higgs and Teresa M.L. Tate as partners in the firm’s Corporate Department. Higgs joins the firm’s Technology Transactions Group in the Palo Alto office and Tate joins the firm’s Mergers + Acquisitions (M&A) and Emerging Companies + Venture Capital (ECVC) Groups in the San Francisco office. Together, Higgs and Tate bring more than two decades of experience advising a wide range of entities on general corporate matters, M&A transactions, venture capital investments, and complex transactions, with a particular focus on intellectual property and emerging technologies. Higgs and Tate join Morrison & Foerster from Perkins Coie LLP, where Higgs was a partner in the Technology Transactions & Privacy group and played an integral role in the M&A and ECVC practices. 

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Gordon & Rees Expands in Texas and California with Addition of Preeminent Environmental and Commercial Litigation Group

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes ten attorneys who will join the Environmental, Commercial Litigation, and Tort & Product Liability practice groups in the firm’s Austin, Dallas, and San Francisco offices.  The group includes six partners, two of counsel, one senior counsel, and one associate, all of whom previously practiced with Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP. Christopher Ege, Ranelle Meroney, Ashley Presson, Kimberly Solomon, Amy Welborn, Kirk Martin, Taylor Yetter and Travis Weaver join the Austin office.  Troy Helling joins the Dallas office.  Lisa Lazarus joins the San Francisco office. 

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Colin Conklin Joins Wilson Sonsini’s Corporate Practice in San Francisco

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Colin Conklin has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. His addition bolsters Wilson Sonsini’s private and public company and transactional experience. Before joining Wilson Sonsini, Conklin worked as a partner in the San Francisco office of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP.

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