Continuing the expansion of its highly-regarded Intellectual Property Practice and life sciences capabilities, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that Terri Shieh-Newton has joined the firm as a Member. She will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Dr. Shieh-Newton was most recently the co-chair of the stem cell and regenerative medicine practice at Morrison & Foerster. The news comes on the heels of the recent addition of a trio of IP attorneys with extensive medical technology experience to the firm’s Boston office. (more…)
Akin Gump advised private equity firm True Green Capital on the closing of a $130 million credit facility with KeyBank National Association and Investec Bank plc. The credit facility is secured by a number of solar projects across the northeastern United States. (more…)
Dentons announced today that David O. Blood has joined its Corporate practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. He brings more than 15 years of experience negotiating corporate transactions, particularly where media, sports, technology and intellectual property are key assets. (more…)
Hamid Namazie has joined McGuireWoods LLP as a partner in the firm’s Debt Finance Department, where he will focus on advising clients on all facets of secured and unsecured lending transactions in both the large corporate and middle markets. (more…)
Three prominent bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys, nationally known for their work advising bondholders and distressed debt purchasers and for restructuring billions of dollars of debt, are joining Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP. (more…)
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Jim Wu, a former general counsel with Yahoo! Asia Pacific, as a corporate partner in its Taipei and Palo Alto offices. (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that James G. Snell has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the Privacy & Security practice. Snell was most recently a partner with Bingham McCutchen in Silicon Valley, where he was co-chair of Bingham’s Intellectual Property Group and co-chair of the firm’s Privacy & Security Group. (more…)
Global law firm Proskauer announced today that Siegmund Gutman has joined the firm as a litigation partner and chair of its Life Sciences Patent practice, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
Mr. Gutman is an accomplished patent litigator, having frequently represented clients before trial and appellate courts, as well as arbitration panels. In the life sciences area, Mr. Gutman concentrates his practice on developing and executing market exclusivity and freedom-to-operate strategies, including patent office and FDA regulatory strategies, for leading biologics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients. He has extensive experience successfully litigating biologic drug patent and Hatch-Waxman cases, and has frequently spoken and written about issues relating to biosimilars and generic drugs. (more…)
Polsinelli welcomes attorney John L. Babala as a shareholder in the firm’s growing national Corporate and Transactional Practice. Babala has spent nearly 20 years representing individuals, and private and public businesses through virtually every strategic phase of the business and economic life cycle. (more…)
Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that L. Rachel Lerman has joined the firm’s Litigation Department as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Previously, Lerman was a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Julie L. Hussey has joined the firm’s San Diego office as a partner in the Product Liability practice. Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Hussey was a partner with DLA Piper in its San Diego office. Hussey is the fourth partner to join Perkins Coie’s San Diego office this year, following the additions of Tom Millikan, Joe Reid and Laura Zagar in February. (more…)
King & Spalding has recruited highly-regarded Bay Area corporate transactional lawyer Thomas Duley as a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office to anchor its growing technology transactions practice dedicated to the life sciences industry. Duley joins King & Spalding from DLA Piper. (more…)
