Quickly adding to its newly launched San Francisco office, Venable LLP announced that experienced California real estate and land use attorney Geoffrey C. Etnire has joined the office as Of Counsel.  He arrives from the firm of Nossaman LLP in San Francisco (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq:BMRN), a pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes innovative biopharmaceuticals for serious diseases and medical conditions, in connection with its underwritten offering of $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 0.75% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2018 and $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2020 (more…)

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Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its San Francisco office and nationally recognized Intellectual Property and Complex Litigation practices with the addition of patent litigation partner Imran Khaliq. As a key advisor to leading telecom, tech, and medical device companies, Mr. Khaliq represents top brands in patent disputes involving mobile devices, software, biotechnology and medical devices, GPS technologies, semiconductors, and Internet based technologies (more…)

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During the 2013 California legislative session, attorneys in our San Francisco Office represented the California Association of Midwives (CAM) in an effort to remove ambiguities in the laws governing the scope of practice for licensed (direct-entry) midwives and lay the foundation for expanding care to underserved communities and individuals (more…)

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William M. Lofton and Jacquelynne M. Jennings have joined Schiff Hardin’s San Francisco office as partners in the Finance and Public Law Groups from Lofton & Jennings in San Francisco (more…)

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Venable LLP, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected law firms, announced today that it has opened a second West Coast office in San Francisco.  Currently, the firm has offices in Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; New York, NY; Tysons Corner, VA; Wilmington, DE; and Los Angeles, CA.  The San Francisco office will serve the needs of the firm’s Northern California client base and other clients’ needs throughout the Bay Area (more…)

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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that preeminent attorney Charles S. Birenbaum has joined the firm as its Chair of Northern California. Birenbaum will be based out of the firm’s San Francisco office and will be a shareholder in the Labor and Employment Practice. Birenbaum joins the firm from Winston & Strawn, LLP, where he was a senior member of the Labor and Employment Practice, former Managing Partner of the San Francisco office, and former member of the firm’s Executive Committee (more…)

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Orrick is advising Marcus & Millichap Inc., one of the largest commercial real estate brokers in the United States, in its initial public offering. On September 26, 2013, the company filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to its proposed IPO (more…)

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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added shareholder Alejandro M. Ruiz to the Tax Practice Group in San Francisco. Ruiz joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a tax partner in the San Francisco office (more…)

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Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Richard S. Kinyon, Patrick McCabe, April Hopkins Rox, and Danielle T. Zaragoza, all formerly of Morrison & Foerster, have joined the firm to establish one of the premier family wealth planning practices in San Francisco. Kinyon and McCabe will be partners; Rox and Zaragoza will be Of Counsel (more…)

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Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, today announced that Timothy W. Moppin has joined the firm as a litigation partner in its San Francisco office. Moppin has 25 years of experience in labor and employment, environmental and construction law (more…)

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The San Francisco office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Paul C. Lacourciere as a partner in the energy & infrastructure projects practice. Lacourciere joins K&L Gates from Greenbridge Corporate Counsel (more…)

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