Gibson Dunn announced today that Rachel D. Kleinberg has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office, where she will serve as a partner in the Tax Practice Group. Rachel advises corporate and private equity clients on the U.S. federal tax aspects of a wide array of transactions. Kleinberg arrives at Gibson Dunn from Sidley Austin LLP.
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M&A lawyer Bret Stancil has joined Jones Day as a partner in the Corporate Practice. Stancil joins the firm from Latham & Watkins and is based in Silicon Valley.
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that a 21-attorney intellectual property (IP) group has joined the firm from Ropes & Gray LLP. Building upon the firm’s strategic focus of identifying nationally acclaimed patent litigators to bolster the existing team, this addition cements Sheppard Mullin’s position as one of the largest and most preeminent patent litigation practices in the United States.
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Davis Polk today announced that leading finance lawyer Rob Morrison has joined the firm as a partner in the Finance practice. Mr. Morrison will be resident in the firm’s Northern California office. Mr. Morrison joins Davis Polk from White & Case, where he was a partner in the Debt Finance practice.
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Baker McKenzie announced today that transactional lawyer Jenny Liu has joined the Firm as a Partner in its Transactional Practice. Jenny will work from the Firm’s New York and Palo Alto offices. She was previously a private equity partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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King & Spalding announced today that renowned technology litigator and trial lawyer Neel Chatterjee has joined the firm’s Business Litigation practice group as a partner and co-leader of the group’s Intellectual Property team. He is based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Chatterjee joins the firm from Goodwin Procter, where he previously served on the Executive Committee.
Cooley is pleased to welcome Adam Bloom as a partner in the firm’s M&A group. Bloom joins the firm’s Palo Alto office, where he brings two decades of experience supporting clients through pivotal corporate and M&A transactions. Bloom joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
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Dr J. Jekkie Kim, a nationally recognized life sciences transactional lawyer has joined WilmerHale as a partner in its Palo Alto office. Before joining WilmerHale, Dr. Kim was a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins.
Tags: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | Silicon ValleyGibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Keith Enright, former Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer for Google LLC, has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner. Keith will serve as Co-Chair of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Tech and Innovation Industry Group, where he will focus on AI, data privacy, and technology risks and strategies for an array of clients.
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