Shareholder Timothy L. Alger joins global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in the firm’s Silicon Valley and Orange County offices. Alger was previously a partner at Perkins Coie LLP and also served as Deputy General Counsel at Google, where he directed the company’s litigation, employment legal services, and trademarks worldwide. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Cisco Palao-Ricketts has joined the firm as a partner in the Employment practice in Northern California in the Silicon Valley office. More >>

Davis Polk is advising BofA Merrill Lynch as financial adviser to Western Digital Corporation in connection with its approximately $19 billion acquisition of SanDisk Corporation. The transaction, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016, is subject to approval by shareholders, receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Idan Netser has joined the firm as a partner in the international Tax practice in the Silicon Valley office. More >>

Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that Cindy McAdam is joining the firm as a partner in its Technology & Life Sciences Group and will be resident in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. She comes to Goodwin from Bay Area technology company Xapo, where she served as President and General Counsel. More >>

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP is bolstering its leading intellectual property litigation practice with the addition of partner Jeff Randall, whose representations include many of the world’s most successful and recognizable technology companies as well as numerous other industry-leading enterprises. Randall, who arrives from Paul Hastings LLP, handles patent, trade secret, and other IP litigation for clients located in and outside the Silicon Valley. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP today announced the arrival of William (Bill) Choe as a partner in the Firm’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. He will be based in the Firm’s Silicon Valley office. More >>

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that E. Patrick (“Pat”) Ellisen has joined the firm as a partner in its intellectual property practice, resident in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Pat, who was formerly a partner with Greenberg Traurig, is the second addition to Orrick’s Taiwan-focused IP practice this month. Ya-Chiao Chang, the former co-founding partner of Kirkland & Ellis’ Beijing office, joined Orrick on August 3. More >>

International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its Privacy & Data Security Practice with the addition of Françoise Gilbert, who joins as a shareholder in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Gilbert is the author of a leading treatise on privacy and security law, “Global Privacy and Security Law” Aspen / Wolters Kluwer Law and Business (2009-present), and serves as co-chair of the Practising Law Institute’s Annual Privacy and Security Law conference. More >>