Alston & Bird has bolstered its finance capabilities with the addition of Gregg Loubier as partner in the firm’s Finance Group in Los Angeles. Loubier joins from Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Los Angeles, where he was partner and chair of the Real Estate Finance Practice Group. (more…)
Lisa M. Martens has joined the Del Mar office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. Martens joins from Fish & Richardson. (more…)
Jill Haley Penwarden, a top litigator for the sports and recreation industry, has joined international law firm Rimon Law in its Entertainment / Sports and Recreation Practice Group. Ms. Penwarden will be a Partner in the firm’s newly-opened Lake Tahoe office. (more…)
Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP) is pleased to announce that Raymond M.
Buddie has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as Partner. (more…)
Foley announced today that Mark Danielson has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as a partner in the Silicon Valley office. (more…)
Nixon Peabody is growing its intellectual property practice in Southern California with the addition of new counsel Raquel L. Aragón. (more…)
Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Murray Indick has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Corporate Department. With more than three decades of experience both in private practice and as general counsel to investment firms, he brings a wealth of knowledge on a wide range of corporate matters, including venture financings, fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, private equity financings, corporate restructurings, and corporate governance. (more…)
Hopkins & Carley, a law firm serving Silicon Valley businesses and individuals, announces the addition of Lisa Stalteri and Jennifer Johnson as shareholders. Both will reside in the firm’s growing Palo Alto office. (more…)
Two highly experienced employment lawyers have joined the expanding labor and employment practice at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in San Francisco.
Tracy Thompson comes to the firm as partner and brings over three decades of experience representing employers in all areas of labor and employment law. M. Michael Cole joins as counsel. Both practiced together most recently at Miller Law Group. (more…)
Alston & Bird has strengthened its patent prosecution capabilities with the addition of Ardeshir Tabibi as partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office.
“Ardeshir is a distinguished lawyer with deep technical expertise and a wealth of experience assisting clients in expanding and capturing the real value of their patent portfolios,” said Jason Cooper, Alston & Bird partner and co-head of its Intellectual Property Practice. “He knows what it takes to strategically build and leverage a patent portfolio, in the United States and around the world, and will be a tremendous asset to clients in helping them develop and execute patent strategies that align with their business objectives and reflect a clear understanding of market opportunities and threats.” (more…)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that Robert (Rob) Rosenblum and Susan Gault-Brown have joined the firm’s corporate and securities practice as partners. Based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, Rosenblum and Gault-Brown have extensive experience advising both financial services firms and operating companies with respect to sophisticated regulatory, transactional, and product development projects. Previously, they were partners at K&L Gates in that firm’s Washington, D.C., office. (more…)
DLA Piper announced today that Lynn Cadwalader has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in the San Francisco office.
Cadwalader focuses on real estate investment, acquisition and development, with a particular emphasis in the hospitality sector. She has extensive experience advising clients in the US and internationally, including in the Caribbean and Latin America, as well as working with Chinese and other foreign real estate investors. She represents hotel and mixed-use project developers, owners, operators and lenders, and works with all facets of resort and real estate development and operations. (more…)
