Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Lyman Thai has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in its Transactions Practice Group and Innovative Technology Sector and a member of its Venture & Growth Capital Team. Thai marks the 11th attorney added to Foley’s Bay Area corporate roster since February of last year, further enhancing the firm’s Northern California presence and demonstrating its commitment to delivering effective business solutions to clients in the region’s emerging companies and venture capital spaces. Thai joins Foley from Wilson Sonsini in San Francisco and is the latest in a series of corporate laterals who have joined Foley’s Northern California offices.
Cooley has expanded its market-leading intellectual property litigation practice with the addition of Christa Anderson as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Anderson joins the firm’s global litigation team from Keker, Van Nest & Peters, bringing extensive trial experience representing companies in intellectual property disputes across a wide range of industries and technologies.
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Brian C. Bunger has joined Holland & Knight’s West Coast Land Use and Environmental Practice Group as a partner residing in the firm’s San Francisco office. Mr. Bunger is among the nation’s top legal air professional. He joins Holland & Knight after serving for 20 years as Chief Legal Officer to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). Prior to leading the district’s legal office, Mr. Bunger represented clients in private practice.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced today that Elizabeth McCloskey has rejoined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner. McCloskey, formerly a partner at Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco, will continue her complex litigation practice, with a focus on tech and investigations.
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that corporate, M&A and securities lawyer Kaylee Yang has joined its San Francisco office as a partner. Joining from Baker Botts, Yang represents public and private companies in complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, investments and joint ventures as well as operational and corporate governance strategy.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Natalie Rainer as a partner in its health care and FDA practice and food and beverage industry group. She joins the firm’s San Francisco office from Keller and Heckman LLP.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Tax Practice with the addition of Shail P. Shah as shareholder in the firm’s San Francisco office. Shah most recently worked as a partner at Reed Smith LLP with Of Counsel DeAndré R. Morrow, who joined Greenberg Traurig earlier this year.
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Akin Gump announced today that William K. Wetmore has rejoined the firm as a partner in its investment management practice in San Francisco after serving as chief compliance officer for Indaba Capital Management, L.P. Mr. Wetmore began his legal career as an associate with the firm in 2007 and served as senior regulatory counsel prior to moving in-house.
