John Vassiliades Joins the Phoenix Office of Gordon & Rees

John Vassiliades recently joined our growing Phoenix office. John’s practice focuses on intellectual property, technology focused business transactions and general business law for technology based businesses. A registered patent attorney, John has negotiated hundreds of business transactions that develop and monetize intellectual property rights. These include licensing, Research & Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet Technologies, E-Commerce, commercial OEM/VAR product distribution deals, strategic alliances, equity joint ventures, due diligence, patent strategy, risk assessments, among many other structures and projects. John handles both domestic and international transactions. He has also served on litigation teams as an IP advisor on cases involving computer software infringement, trade secret misappropriation, biotech patent infringement, trademark infringement and infringement involving mechanical/medical device inventions. More >>

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High-Profile M&A/Private Equity Team Joins Paul Hastings in San Francisco

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that a team of three M&A/private equity partners and a senior M&A counsel have joined the firm. Mike Kennedy, Steve Camahort, and Dana Kromm have joined the firm as partners, and Jeffrey Wolf has joined the firm as senior counsel. These partners have an average of 25 years of experience working on high-profile M&A and private equity transactions. More >>

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Former Senior DOJ White Collar Prosecutor, Patrick Stokes, Joins Gibson Dunn in Washington, D.C.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that former federal prosecutor Patrick Stokes will join the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Stokes most recently served as Senior Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Within the last six years at the DOJ, he also served as Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit and Co-Chief of the Securities and Financial Fraud Unit. At Gibson Dunn, Stokes will focus on litigation, white collar defense and investigations. More >>

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