Goodwin Procter attorneys recently advised lynda.com in connection with its announced $1.5 billion sale to LinkedIn. The transaction, reportedly the largest ever for LinkedIn, includes a combination of approximately 52% in cash and 48% in stock. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015 (more…)
Davis Polk advised Mirion Technologies, Inc. and American Capital, Ltd. and its affiliated funds in connection with the $750 million sale of Mirion Technologies to Charterhouse Capital Partners, LLP, a private-equity firm based in London, England (more…)
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of Rishi Kotiya to the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Kotiya joins the firm as a senior associate on the Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Team in the firm’s Corporate, Finance & Real Estate Department (more…)
Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP proudly announces that Clara K. Chiu has joined the firm’s intellectual property practice group. Chiu is an associate based out of Lewis Roca Rothgerber’s Silicon Valley office (more…)
In a continued expansion of its corporate practice in California, King & Spalding has recruited Linda Lorenat as a partner to its Silicon Valley office. Lorenat joins King & Spalding from Latham & Watkins, where she worked in the firm’s emerging companies practice. Lorenat’s arrival brings to seven the total number of partners in the firm’s corporate practice in its Palo Alto and San Francisco offices (more…)
DLA Piper represented NetBase, an enterprise-scale social media analytics company, in a US$24 million investment led by private equity firm Spring Lake Equity Partners and existing investors Thomvest Ventures, Altos Ventures, and WestSummit Capital (more…)
Jeffrey Miller, a nationally-recognized intellectual property lawyer focusing on technology, has joined Kaye Scholer LLP in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Miller’s experience covers the full spectrum of patent litigation, strategic patent counseling, licensing, and both foreign and domestic patent prosecution. (more…)
A team of leading intellectual property lawyers has joined Kaye Scholer LLP in the firm’s Silicon Valley office, bringing to the firm extensive patent litigation experience in the Life Sciences and Technology industries. The group is led by Deborah Fishman, who joins as a partner, and includes Krista Carter and Katie Scott, who join as counsel.
“The Life Sciences sector is becoming increasingly complex, requiring a range of legal services,” says Firm Managing Partner Michael Solow. “Deborah’s addition to our Life Sciences and Intellectual Property teams extends a dynamic and unique advantage to our clients.” (more…)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Orrick) announced today that Amy K. Van Zant has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) practice as a partner in its Silicon Valley office. Ms. Van Zant adds a roster of world class clients and tremendous trial experience to Orrick’s market-leading IP practice. (more…)
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP is pleased to announce that three veteran IP litigators have joined the firm’s Northern California offices. The new partners, Duane H. Mathiowetz, Patricia L. Peden and Rick C. Chang, will continue to build strength in Novak Druce’s litigation and licensing practice. The trio practiced together at Howrey LLP, where they litigated and tried patent infringement cases in courts across the country. After taking divergent paths, they joined Novak Druce to practice again as a group alongside a number of their former Howrey colleagues now at Novak Druce. (more…)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced John P. Flynn an accomplished trial attorney with more than 25 years of experience representing clients in corporate and commercial disputes, has joined the firm’s litigation practice as a partner. Flynn will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner in the San Francisco office of McLeod, Witham & Flynn. (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Steven S. Baik has joined the firm as a partner in Palo Alto and will be a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation practice. Prior to joining Sidley, Mr. Baik was partner in a global law firm based in Palo Alto, where he was a trial lawyer focused on intellectual property litigation.
A highly experienced litigator, Mr. Baik has litigated cases that involved a wide range of technologies, including semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing, power electronics, software, wired and Wi-Fi networking devices, and semiconductor memory technologies. In addition, Mr. Baik has significant experience in intellectual property licensing and has negotiated patent and intellectual property licenses on behalf of several prominent international companies, including corporations based in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Europe. Mr. Baik also served as in-house counsel of a major semiconductor company earlier in his career. (more…)
