Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading technology and energy law firm, announced today the addition of Cheryl A. Cauley, a prominent trial, technology and commercial litigation lawyer, as a partner in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Ms. Cauley comes from respected Bay Area litigation boutique, Taylor & Patchen. More >>
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Kenneth O’Rourke has joined the firm’s antitrust practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. O’Rourke is the sixth partner hired in WSGR’s Washington, D.C., office in 2019. He will also have a presence in California. Prior to joining WSGR, O’Rourke was a senior antitrust and business litigation partner with the law firm O’Melveny & Myers where he practiced law for nearly 35 years. More >>
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DLA Piper announced today that Edward Hanover will join the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in Northern California based in the Silicon Valley office. Hanover is a compliance lawyer and litigator with particular experience in the sports and life sciences industries. He joins from FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), where he served as chief compliance officer. More >>
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Baker McKenzie has added highly regarded M&A lawyer Leif King in Palo Alto, as the Firm continues to rapidly expand its transactional practice within the key Silicon Valley market and globally. Leif joins Baker McKenzie from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he served as head of that firm’s corporate/M&A practice in Silicon Valley. More >>
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Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli announced today that Joshua Reynolds has joined the firm’s Corporate and Transactional Group in the San Francisco office as a principal. Reynolds counsels private equity sponsors, strategic purchasers and sellers who buy and sell middle market companies that extend across a diverse number of industries with a primary focus on healthcare provider services and technology transactions. Reynolds joins the firm from the San Francisco office of McGuireWoods, LLP. More >>
Tags: Polsinelli PC | San Francisco | Silicon ValleyDLA Piper announced today the addition of a six-partner group whose members will be part of the firm’s Corporate, Intellectual Property and Technology, and Litigation practices. The partners will be based in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and New York. The team joins from Nixon Peabody and includes managing partners from the San Francisco and Palo Alto Offices. More >>
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Reinforcing Pillsbury’s established reputation as a technology sector leader, the firm has recruited acclaimed corporate securities and technology transactions practitioner Shaalu Mehra as partner in its Silicon Valley office and the leader of the firm’s Global Technology Policy practice. Mehra joins Pillsbury’s Corporate practice from Gibson Dunn, where he served as Co-Chair of the firm’s Technology Transactions Group. More >>
Tags: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | Silicon ValleyDLA Piper announced today that Khoa Do, who was previously a partner at the firm, has returned to the Corporate practice as a partner in Northern California, based out of the Silicon Valley office. Before rejoining the firm, Do served as partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP. More >>
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Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that Christopher Cox will join the firm’s Silicon Valley office as a partner in its Litigation practice. Cox joins the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he led the firm’s California complex commercial litigation practice. More >>
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FisherBroyles, LLP, the first and world’s largest distributed law firm partnership, is pleased to announce the further expansion of its Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group with the addition of Richard Eckman, Thomas Osborne and Jeremy Sanders as new partners in the firm’s Palo Alto, Calif.; Denver; and Seattle offices, respectively. More >>
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