Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that William Growney is joining the firm as a partner in its Technology & Life Sciences Group and will be resident in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Growney has more than 20 years’ industry experience working as both in-house and outside counsel, and advises technology and other start-ups on matters involving financing, M&A, corporate governance, licensing/IP and privacy and data security. (more…)

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McKeen focuses on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on the real estate industry. This includes real property law, environmental claims, business torts, trade secrets, unfair competition, Uniform Commercial Code, bankruptcy proceedings, and partnership disputes. In addition, his general commercial litigation experience includes working in the areas of IP, financial institutions, environmental, and trade secrets, and with a range of companies across industries. (more…)

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Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Hsiao (Mark) C. Mao has joined the firm as a partner in the San Francisco office. He is a member of the firm’s Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy practice. He joins the firm from Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, where he was a Co-Chair of the firm’s Technology Practices Group and the Vice-Chair of the Financial Services Practice Group. (more…)

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King & Spalding announced today that technology and life sciences lawyer Geoffrey P. Leonard has joined King & Spalding’s San Francisco office as a partner with the corporate practice group. (more…)

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Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that Fredrich Lim has joined the firm as a partner in its Private Equity Group in San Francisco. Lim comes to Goodwin from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner in the debt finance group. (more…)

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Stephen Knute Gregg, an experienced emerging company lawyer, has joined the San Francisco office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner.

Gregg brings to the firm over 15 years of experience in venture financing, M&A, securities, and general corporate work for emerging growth companies in a range of industries, inside and outside the technology sector. He focuses on M&A and private placement financings, both debt and equity. (more…)

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International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Jamie R. Adams to its San Francisco office as an associate in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice. Adams joins the firm from Lamb & Kawakami LLP, where she counseled clients on a broad range of labor and employment matters. In the area of traditional labor law, Adams has advised clients regarding labor disputes and defended unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board. (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling is advising Symphony Technology Group on the sale of CoreOne Technologies Holdings LLC to Markit Group Limited in a transaction valued at approximately $200 million (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling represented Roth Capital Partners, LLC as Book-Running Manager in connection with the public offering of Class A Units and Class B Units of xG Technology, Inc. (“xG”) (more…)

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King & Spalding announced today that Stephen Goff, Marcia Augsburger, John Barnes and Leslie Murphy, four highly regarded lawyers in California focused on healthcare litigation, investigation and regulation, will join the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group. All four will join King & Spalding from DLA Piper’s Health Care Sector practice, of which Goff served as co-chair. (more…)

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Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP) is pleased to announce that Raymond M.
Buddie has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as Partner. (more…)

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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…)

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