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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. |
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.
The global firm Jones Day announces that Jennifer Bennett has joined the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice as a partner in its San Francisco Office. Bennett comes to the firm from Dentons in Palo Alto.
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.
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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Arent Fox LLP and Schiff Hardin LLP completed their merger, effective March 1, 2022. The new firm operates under the name ArentFox Schiff and is led by Chair Anthony V. Lupo and Firmwide Co-Managing Partners Cristina A. Carvalho and Joseph J. Krasovec III. The newly combined firm is home to more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals and serves as a destination for an international client base of corporations, governments, private individuals, and trade associations.
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that a team of life sciences and intellectual property practitioners, including San Francisco partners Roger Kuan and Jason Novak, have joined the firm. Together, they will lead the firm’s charge into the digital health and precision medicine space, representing pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health insurance companies as well as technology startups and industry investors. Associate Dagim Tilahun and patent agent Noble Woo complete the arriving team. Kuan and Novak join the firm from Haynes & Boone.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced today that Michael W. Ward has joined the Litigation Department as a partner in the Palo Alto office. He focuses on government investigations and white collar criminal defense. He has been appointed as an Independent Compliance Monitor and regularly advises clients on best practices in corporate compliance programs. Ward, who will split his time with the San Francisco office, joins the firm from Vinson & Elkins, prior to which he served as a chief risk and compliance officer for Juniper Networks.
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the additions of Michael Glaser and Mike LaPlante as partners in the firm’s Corporate Department and Emerging Companies + Venture Capital (ECVC) Group. Together, Mr. Glaser and Mr. LaPlante bring to the firm over three decades of experience and one of the largest emerging companies practices in Northern California. Mr. Glaser and Mr. LaPlante join Morrison & Foerster from Perkins Coie LLP, where Mr. Glaser recently served as co-chair of the ECVC practice.
