The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Stephen Hibbard has joined the Firm as a partner in its Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation (FILR) Practice and will be based in the Firm’s San Francisco Office. Mr. Hibbard was previously a partner in the San Francisco office of Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice. More >>

Holland & Knight today announced that Robert Haight has joined its San Francisco office as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Section. Mr. Haight specializes in municipal and public finance matters, in particular Mello-Roos CFDs and Infrastructure Financing Districts. Most recently, he was a partner with Goodwin Procter. More >>

Holland & Knight today announced that Faith Bruins has joined its San Francisco office as a partner in the firm’s Syndication Group. She was previously a partner with Nixon Peabody. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Dana Hayter has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice as a partner in the firm’s newly-expanded San Francisco office, where he will focus on patent and licensing strategy. Dana most recently served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Intel Corporation.

“Dana’s significant experience with sensitive and strategically-important patent licensing work in the semiconductor space is a valued commodity in supporting high-value technology transactions for our clients,” said Marcelo Halpern, co-chair of Perkins Coie’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice. “The lawyers at Perkins Coie have worked with Dana as a client for many years, and have long recognized and respected Dana’s world-class licensing talent. We and our clients are now fortunate to have access to those talents to further enhance our industry-leading licensing practice.”

Dana was a leader in Intel’s patent and licensing strategy during the rapidly-evolving convergence of PCs and mobile devices. He was a key contributor and driver of strategy in transactions involving multiple billions of dollars, and his skills landed him a spot on Intellectual Asset Management’s (IAM) lists of “Top 40 IP Market Makers” and to the “IAM Strategy 300: The Worlds’ Leading IP Strategists.” His insights have been in high demand for such organizations as The Hoover Institution, the Licensing Executives Society, IP Law and Business, and the Practising Law Institute.

“Our new office in the technology heart of San Francisco illustrates our commitment to providing innovative and collaborative support to our clients and Dana’s arrival offers another important component to the team,” said Barbara Schussman, Perkins Coie Office Managing Partner. “The rapid pace of the Bay Area’s booming tech sector generates substantive opportunities for our firm that involve increasingly sophisticated IP matters. Dana is a highly valued resource of consequence for counseling clients on these deals.”

Dana earned his J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law, his M.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his B.S.M.E (cum laude) from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

The attorneys in Perkins Coie’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice represent leading and emerging technology companies, retailers, manufacturers and other businesses in connection with transactions spanning virtually every segment of the technology industry, including information technology, Internet/e-commerce, mobile, software (developers, publishers and distributors), privacy and data security, gaming, emerging payments, virtual currencies, social media, hardware and medical device and biomedical engineering.

Michael P. A. Cohen has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice group, based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Cohen joins from Paul Hastings, where he co-founded and subsequently chaired the firm’s global Antitrust and International Competition practice. More >>

Morgan Lewis continues to strengthen its comprehensive tax services with the addition of Gregory Hartker, who joins the firm today as a partner in San Francisco. Mr. Hartker, who focuses on US and global corporate and partnership tax issues, adds depth to the team’s international planning and transfer pricing capability. He was previously a leader of the West Coast tax practice at another global law firm. More >>

Mr. Wang’s bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice includes representing secured and unsecured creditors, commercial lessors, financial institutions, business debtors, trustees, and committees in nearly all facets of corporate bankruptcy reorganization cases. He handles complex litigation, workout, restructuring and insolvency matters for lenders, lessors, and borrowers involving securitized commercial mortgage loans, commercial leases, guarantees, and extension and forbearance agreements. Mr. Wang has extensive experience in multiple jurisdictions with foreclosures and workouts related to troubled loans, distressed assets, the appointment of receivers, and other prejudgment remedies. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Richard DeNatale has joined the Firm as a partner in its Insurance Recovery Practice and will be based in Jones Day’s San Francisco Office. Mr. DeNatale arrives from the San Francisco office of Orrick, where he was a partner in that firm’s Insurance Group and headed the Group’s cyber/data breach practice. More >>

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, today announced that it is opening an office in San Francisco. More >>

Hunton & Williams LLP continues its West Coast expansion with the arrival of J. Tom Boer in San Francisco as a partner with the firm’s environmental practice. Boer, whose practice focuses on complex environmental law and litigation, has represented a number of Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of environmental litigation, enforcement defense and counseling matters. More >>