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.
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Gibson 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.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Silicon ValleyKing & Spalding announced today that Joseph Halloum has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group and Technology industry team. Halloum brings to the firm extensive experience leading high-profile technology and life sciences deals and expands its M&A and private equity capabilities and corporate presence in California. He is based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Halloum arrives from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Silicon Valley.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced today that Chao “Wendy” Wang has joined its Intellectual Property Department as a partner in the Palo Alto office. Wang joins Baker Botts from Perkins Coie.
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of partner Sarah Mirza to its global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. She joins the firm from the Silicon Valley IP boutique Artegis Law Group.
Skadden is pleased to announce that Brian Paulson has joined the firm as a capital markets partner in its Palo Alto office. Paulson arrives from Latham & Watkins LLP.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Lorie Soares Lazarus and Peter David Ballance have joined the firm as partners in the Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental practice group in Silicon Valley and Century City, respectively. They were most recently at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP continues to expand its Intellectual Property Practice and Global Technology Industry Group with the addition of Jordan Coyle as a partner in Washington, DC. Coyle arrives from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP.
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