Hanson Bridgett LLP expands its environmental practice with the addition of two attorneys. The firm is pleased to welcome Davina Pujari as a partner and Christopher Jensen as counsel to its San Francisco office.
“With Davina and Chris we are adding two top flight environmental litigation and counseling experts with a specialization in white collar defense,” said David Longinotti, Chair of the Real Estate and Construction Section. “As people, Davina and Chris fit our culture like a glove, and we are looking forward to our collaboration.” (more…)
Hogan Lovells announced today that Jason D. Lohr has joined its Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology practice (IPMT) as a partner in its San Francisco office.
Lohr counsels established and emerging companies on a variety of patent, trademark and other intellectual property issues. His practice focuses on patent counseling and portfolio management, prosecution and post-grant proceedings, licensing and other transactions, due diligence, clearance investigations, and litigation support. His technology experience includes computer hardware, software, Internet and database applications, computer graphics, animation, and cloud computing. (more…)
Pillsbury today announced Cecily Dumas, a highly regarded bankruptcy lawyer who also handles commercial transactions and litigation, is joining the firm’s Insolvency & Restructuring practice as a partner in the San Francisco office.
Dumas is well known in the Bay Area and beyond for her representation of high-profile clients and bankruptcy trustees, as well as her frequent presentations on the latest developments in insolvency and restructuring. She has more than 25 years’ experience in bankruptcy and commercial law, most recently as lead name partner of her own firm, Dumas & Clark LLP. (more…)
In a further expansion of its rapidly growing Whistleblower Practice, Constantine Cannon announced the opening of an office in San Francisco, and that well-known Bay Area qui tam whistleblower lawyers Eric Havian, Wayne T. Lamprey and Anne Hayes Hartman will be joining the firm. (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that Jay Gould and Michael Wu have joined the firm’s San Francisco office. Mr. Gould will co-chair Winston’s financial services and investment management practice. (more…)
Cooley advised the underwriters on Invitae Corporation’s $116.8 million initial public offering. Invitae’s mission is to bring comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medical practice to improve the quality of healthcare for billions of people. The company now trades on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NVTA.” (more…)
Troutman Sanders LLP announced today plans to open an office in San Francisco, the firm’s fourth office on the West Coast since it first expanded into California in 2009. The office will officially open on April 1 in the Financial District at 580 California Street, where the firm has leased the entire eleventh floor.
“Our office in San Francisco will support our successful growth on the West Coast, and it will expand the robust work that we are already performing there for clients in our core practices of energy, finance, insurance, and intellectual property,” said Robert W. Webb, Jr., Chairman of Troutman Sanders. “In addition, as the United States business gateway to China, San Francisco will provide a unique and valuable link to our thriving offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to support and enhance the rapid growth of inbound and outbound work for our clients between our U.S. and China offices.” (more…)
Howard Holderness has joined international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Based in the firm’s San Francisco office, Holderness joins the firm’s Litigation Practice, a group comprised of more than 600 litigators in 34 offices around the world.
“Howard is a key addition to our San Francisco office and the firm’s Litigation Practice,” said Charles Birenbaum, Greenberg Traurig’s chair of Northern California. “We have a growing presence throughout California, an award-winning litigation department, and now Howard, among the very top litigators in the state. Working closely with our litigators in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Sacramento, and Orange County, all cooperating as one team in a collaborative, unified firm, we provide elite quality and a level of value and relationships to clients that are unmatched.” (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Peter Huston will join the firm’s global Antitrust practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. Mr. Huston comes to Sidley from the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, where he served as assistant chief in the San Francisco office, which has historically led the Antitrust Division’s investigations of international cartels and matters focusing on high technology industries. (more…)
Kobre and Kim is pleased to announce the addition of Daniel Zaheer to its San Francisco office and the continued expansion of its Intellectual Property Litigation practice. (more…)
David L. Jordan has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the San Francisco office. He is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Real Estate, and Business Transactions Practice Groups.
Jordan maintains a broad based practice focusing on providing his clients counseling and advice with respect to employment, corporate, real estate, commercial, and risk management matters. He also actively litigates complex employment, commercial, corporate and real estate matters on behalf of his clients. (more…)
In the continued expansion of its corporate and financial services practices, Rimon Law has added Benjamin L. Douglas as a partner in its San Francisco office.
Mr. Douglas counsels businesses in all areas of asset management, including private investment advisers, hedge, real estate, and venture funds, mutual fund managers, and firms with hybrid businesses (such as private fund advisers that also sub-advise mutual funds). He handles matters ranging from fund formation, regulatory compliance and service provider relationships, to complex sales and acquisitions of asset management businesses. (more…)
