Preeminent Patent Prosecutor Hogene Choi Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Market-Leading Life Sciences Team

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Hogene Choi as a partner in its Patent Strategy + Prosecution Group. Ms. Choi brings over 20 years of combined experience in technical software engineering, data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), patent prosecution, and litigation to the firm. Ms. Choi joins Morrison & Foerster from Baker Botts, where she served as co-chair of its Patent Counseling & Strategic Portfolio Development Practice Group.

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Latham & Watkins Expands Investment Funds Practice in the Bay Area

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Javad Mostofizadeh has joined the firm’s Bay Area offices as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Investment Funds and Private Equity Practices. Mostofizadeh’s practice is focused on the structuring, formation, and operation of US and global venture capital funds, as well as growth equity and private equity funds. He also counsels fund managers on all aspects of day-to-day operations. Mostofizadeh joins Latham from Gunderson Dettmer in Silicon Valley.

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Foley Continues Northern California Growth With Addition of Cross-Border Transactions Partner André Thiollier

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that André Thiollier has joined the firm as a partner in the Transactions Practice Group. Thiollier has extensive experience in cross-border transactions with particular emphasis on Latin America, including Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico. Thiollier comes to Foley from DLA Piper, where he advised clients on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, venture financings and general corporate matters.

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Cooley Grows Global Technology Transactions Group

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Tracy Rubin has joined Cooley in Palo Alto as a partner in the firm’s expanding technology transactions practice group. Rubin arrives from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati with more than a decade of experience counseling emerging growth and established companies across a range of technology-driven industries worldwide.

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Baker McKenzie Continues to Grow California Transactional Practice, Adding Tech and Life Sciences M&A Partner Aarthi Belani

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Global law firm Baker McKenzie announced today that Aarthi Belani has joined the Transactional practice as a partner in the Firm’s Palo Alto office, bringing experience advising technology and life sciences companies on M&A and venture capital transactions. Aarthi joins the Firm from Jones Day, where she was a partner.

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Prominent Data & Technology Transactions Partner Joins Latham in the Bay Area

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Michelle Ontiveros Gross has joined the firm’s Bay Area offices as a partner in the Data & Technology Transactions Practice. She advises clients on a wide range of technology-related matters, and counsels companies in connection with the development and protection of their technology assets, drawing on her breadth of experience in the industry. Her practice spans a variety of transactional, intellectual property, and privacy and data security matters, with a particular focus on complex technology transactions, cloud, SaaS, and outsourcing transactions, and large-scale M&A deals and capital markets offerings. Ms. Gross joins from Mayer Brown LLP in the Bay Area. 

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Ashlie Beringer, Former Deputy Counsel at Facebook, Rejoins Gibson Dunn in Palo Alto

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that S. Ashlie Beringer has rejoined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner and will serve as co-chair of the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group. Beringer, formerly Deputy General Counsel at Facebook Inc., will focus on advising technology companies on global regulatory enforcement matters and investigations and business strategies, particularly pertaining to disruptive technologies, data management, privacy and security.

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