Commercial Litigation and IP Attorney, Zheng Liu, joins Rimon as Partner in its Palo Alto office

Zheng Liu joins Rimon Law as a Partner in its Intellectual Property and Commercial Litigation groups. She regularly advises and represents clients in technology industries on a range of legal issues, particularly in intellectual property, technology law, commercial disputes, data privacy, product liability, and international trade. Zheng’s practice concentrates on Chinese technology companies and the issues they face in doing business outside of China; her Chinese clients include DJI, Tencent, Foxit, OPPO, UCWeb, and Ubtech. Before joining Rimon, she was at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP where she established and led Orrick’s Drone & UAV practice. With a background in both biology and physics, her experience covers a variety of industries, including UAVs, internet, telecommunications, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical devices. More >>

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Winston & Strawn Strengthens California IP Practice with Addition of Two Partners

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that Esha Bandyopadhyay and Nimalka Wickramasekera have joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice as partners in the Silicon Valley and Los Angeles offices, respectively. Esha joins the firm from Turner Boyd and Nimalka from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she and Esha previously worked together. More >>

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Jones Day adds Capital Markets partner Alan Seem to Silicon Valley Office

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Alan Seem has joined the Firm as a Capital Markets partner in its Silicon Valley Office.

During his more than 20 years in practice, Mr. Seem has handled a wide variety of SEC-registered and Rule 144A/Regulation S securities offerings, M&A transactions, venture capital and private equity investments, and corporate governance issues. As the former head of his previous firm’s Asia capital markets group, he worked for 16 years on complex client matters based out of the Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai offices.

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Intellectual Property and Commercial Litigation Attorney, Matthew Poppe, Joins Rimon as Partner in its Palo Alto Office

Matt Poppe joins Rimon Law as a Partner in its Palo Alto and San Francisco offices. His litigation experience spans a wide range of patent, other intellectual property, and commercial cases. Key clients include Varian Medical Systems, Dell EMC, eBay, Baidu, and Brocade. He has also represented a variety of Asia-based clients in U.S. litigation arising out of troubled business relationships. More >>

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Technology M&A Lawyer Joins Covington

Catharina Min has joined Covington as a partner in its Corporate practice in Silicon Valley. Recently named among the “Top 50 Multicultural Leaders in Technology” by the National Diversity Council, Ms. Min handles a range of transactions for U.S. and international technology companies, including M&A, private financings, joint ventures, strategic alliances, corporate partnering, and securities offerings. She also represents early stage companies in general corporate matters and venture capital financings. In addition, she assists companies based in Korea and elsewhere in Asia with their U.S. business law needs. More >>

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands Antitrust Practice

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Wendy Huang Waszmer has joined the firm’s antitrust practice as a partner in the New York office. Waszmer was previously a litigation partner in the New York office of King & Spalding. More >>

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