Robert Claassen has joined Kaye Scholer as a Partner in its Corporate Department in Palo Alto. He arrives from Paul Hastings, where he served as chair of that firm’s Silicon Valley Corporate Practice. (more…)
Pillsbury today welcomed Armando Castro as a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Securities – Technology practice in Silicon Valley. With a broad client base ranging from formation stage and emerging companies to established public companies, Castro focuses on advising technology clients on a variety of both domestic and international matters. (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…)
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…)
The Palo Alto office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes L. Scott Oliver as a partner in the intellectual property litigation practice. Oliver joins K&L Gates from Morrison & Foerster LLP. (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that James Strawbridge has joined the firm as a partner in its business department. He will be a member of the firm’s business & finance practice group and will be resident in Cooley’s Palo Alto office. (more…)
Jeffrey J. Lokey and Shawn G. Hansen are the latest additions to Nixon Peabody’s Palo Alto office as the law firm expands its IP litigation talent. Located in the heart of the world’s innovation capital, our Palo Alto office represents many of the most dynamic and creative companies. (more…)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce that Sean M. Moran and Michael P. Joyce have joined the firm as new partners. Formerly with Sidley Austin, Moran and Joyce are focused on high-level energy and infrastructure finance and will be based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. (more…)
Steptoe & Johnson LLP is expanding its presence on the West Coast and its growing national intellectual property practice by opening an office in northern California. Joining the firm to spearhead the launch of the new Palo Alto office and to serve as its managing partner is William F. Abrams, a noted patent litigator with significant first-chair trial and appellate experience. Joining Mr. Abrams as a partner in Palo Alto is Sanjeet Dutta. As part of the expansion of the firm’s litigation practice, Boyd Cloern is joining as a partner in Steptoe’s Washington office. (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised CHC Group Ltd. on its $310 million initial public offering. CHC Group, the world’s largest commercial helicopter operator for the offshore oil and gas industry, now trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, “HELI.” (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc in its $125 million acquisition of the worldwide development, manufacturing and commercial rights to ADX-N05 from Aerial BioPharma, LLC. ADX-N05 is being developed for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in patients suffering from narcolepsy. (more…)
