Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP proudly announces the relocation of its growing Mountain View, California, office to Menlo Park in the heart of Silicon Valley.
In the last three years, Lewis Roca Rothgerber added a sizable patent practice to its already thriving trademark and intellectual property group, which first opened its doors in Northern California in 2009. The attorneys of the newly relocated Menlo Park office now focus on a broad range of intellectual property offerings including patent prosecution; post-grant review and derivation proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; application, licensing, registration and protection of trade and service marks in the U.S. and in international jurisdictions and intellectual and commercial property litigation in state and federal courts as well as before the International Trade Commission. (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised longtime client Norwest Venture Partners on the formation of its latest fund, Norwest Venture Partners XII, LP. The $1.2 billion fund targets early to late stage venture and growth equity investments across a wide range of sectors. The new fund brings NVP’s total capital and commitments to approximately $5 billion. (more…)
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…)
Global specialist law firm Dechert LLP announced today that S. Michael Song has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice. Song, most recently a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, will be resident in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. (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…)
Simpson Thacher is representing Siris Capital Group in connection with its announced agreement to acquire Stratus Technologies Bermuda Ltd. Stratus Technologies is a privately held company, owned primarily by Investcorp, Intel Capital, MidOcean Partners, and NEC. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014, subject to customary closing conditions (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Versartis, Inc. on its $144.9 million initial public offering. Versartis, a biopharmaceutical company developing long-acting therapeutic proteins for the treatment of endocrine disorders, now trades on the NASDAQ Global Stock Market under the symbol “VSAR.” (more…)
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that leading Intellectual Property litigator, L. Kieran Kieckhefer, has joined the Firm’s Silicon Valley office as a partner. Ms. Kieckhefer adds strong trial experience to McDermott’s highly-ranked Intellectual Property Litigation practice.
“We are very happy that Kieren chose to join our Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Litigation Group,” said Daniel E. Alberti, partner-in-charge of the Firm’s Silicon Valley office. “With her trial experience, and litigation management background, Kieren will play a key role in representing McDermott’s IP litigation clients.” (more…)
Pillsbury today announced that Alan B. Kalin has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities-Technology practice in the Silicon Valley office. Kalin, who has spent more than 35 years as a corporate lawyer in this region, joins Pillsbury from the Palo Alto office of Bingham McCutchen, where he has been a partner since 1999. (more…)
Foley announced today that Francis Burke has joined the firm’s Government Enforcement, Compliance and White Collar Defense Practice as a litigation partner in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. (more…)
Davis Polk advised Shire plc in connection with the divestiture of its DERMAGRAFT assets to Organogenesis Inc. The DERMAGRAFT assets comprise the key operating assets relating to the development, manufacture and sale of the DERMAGRAFT product (more…)
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Laurelle M. Gutierrez has joined the Firm as a partner in the Private Client Group, resident in the Silicon Valley office. Prior to joining the Firm, she was a director at a California-based law firm. (more…)
