Partner Placements

Sanjeet Dutta joins Goodwin Procter in Silicon Valley

Posted on May 8, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Sanjeet Dutta joins Goodwin Procter in Silicon Valley, from Steptoe & Johnson.

Sanj has handled over 30 intellectual property matters in state and federal courts, before the ITC, and before the Patent Trials and Appeals Board (PTAB). He helped obtain a complete defense victory for DRAM companies in ITC investigations by Tessera. He also successfully invalidated highly litigated patents in the USPTO.

Sanj advises companies on patent prosecution across a variety of technology areas, including blockchain, big data analytics, finance, virtualization, cybersecurity, and software security. He advises companies on IP issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions, as well as technology transfers and licensing.

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Mehdi Khodadad, Joshua DuClos & Team join Sidley Austin from Cooley LLP

Posted on April 30, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Mehdi and Josh belong to a larger team of partners and associates from Cooley that are poised to join Sidley later this week.

Mehdi and Josh belong to a larger team of partners and associates from Cooley that are poised to join Sidley later this week. Mehdi has advised on deals totaling tens of billions of dollars in value, including significant work for Clearlake Capital Group, a leading investment firm focused on private equity and special situations.

His practice focuses on the representation of private equity and other institutional investors and their portfolio companies. His clients span the technology and life sciences industries and he serves as a trusted advisor in public financings, corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs and related private equity transactions, cross-border and other structured corporate transactions.

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Mark Mandel joins Baker McKenzie from Milbank

Posted on April 18, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Mark Mandel joins Baker McKenzie from Milbank in New York City.

He advises public and private companies and financial sponsors in connection with investments, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, unsolicited and friendly tender offers, complex joint ventures, public offerings and private placements of securities and restructurings.

Mark regularly represents clients in competitive auctions, both as bidders and sellers. He also regularly advises boards of directors and special committees on corporate governance and fiduciary duties. Additionally, Mark has significant experience representing Canadian clients.

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Kathleen Smalley and Phillip (Phil) Hosp join Foley and Lardner, LLP

Posted on March 4, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Kathleen Smalley and Phillip (Phil) Hosp join Foley and Lardner, LLP in Los Angeles, as partners.

Kathy has extensive background in real estate finance and development and in repositioning distressed real estate. In the development arena, she led an initiative to remediate and develop brownfields and advised clients on entitlements strategies to bring blighted or poorly zoned properties to their highest and best use.

In addition, Kathy has been heavily involved in the placement of new financing. She has led teams on the negotiation of complex structured finance, again backed by multistate portfolios of real property, and on negotiating equity investments with financial investors. Kathleen Smalley and Phillip (Phil) Hosp join Foley and Lardner, LLP in Los Angeles. Kathy has extensive background in real estate finance and development and in repositioning distressed real estate.

In the development arena, she led an initiative to remediate and develop brownfields and advised clients on entitlements strategies to bring blighted or poorly zoned properties to their highest and best use. In addition, Kathy has been heavily involved in the placement of new financing. She has led teams on the negotiation of complex structured finance, again backed by multistate portfolios of real property, and on negotiating equity investments with financial investors.

Phil represents directors, officers, investment firms, public and private companies, family offices, and other parties in real estate litigation, mergers and acquisitions litigation, SEC investigations, and other cases involving fiduciary duties, unfair competition, and corporate law claims.

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Paul Chen joins Mayer brown from DLA Piper

Posted on March 4, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Paul Chen joins Mayer brown from DLA Piper in San Francisco.

His practice focuses on advising companies, private equity funds, and investor groups on US and cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, direct investments, joint ventures, and divestitures with a particular focus on insurance clients. He has represented clients in a broad range of industries, including financial services, technology, media, and Healthcare.

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Top Life Sciences Team to Join Baker McKenzie

Posted on February 18, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Randall “Randy” Sunberg and Denis Segota join Baker McKenzie in Princeton and New York as partners, from Morgan Lewis. Randy is a former co-leader of Morgan’s life sciences interdisciplinary group and leader of the life sciences transactions practice.

He counsels clients ranging from biotech startups to multinational pharmaceutical companies, structures and negotiates complex collaborations, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and corporate partnering and licensing transactions, as well as equity investments and royalty monetization transactions.

Denis represents a number of multinational pharmaceutical companies in corporate transactional and capital markets work. In addition to pharma, biotech, medical device, diagnostics, and technology companies, the group advises private equity, venture capital, and investment banking firms.

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Todd Lorenz joins Squire Patton Boggs

Posted on February 15, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Todd Lorenz joins Squire Patton Boggs from Arnold & Porter.

Todd Lorenz joins Squire Patton Boggs from Arnold & Porter. Todd has twenty years of experience in life sciences intellectual property law. Todd’s practice encompasses strategic patent prosecution and counseling along with related due diligence, opinion work, licensing, and litigation, and he is known for bringing a practical business-oriented focus to the task of global patent portfolio management, working closely with his clients to ensure the filing and pursuit of commercially relevant claims.

He advises universities, clinical research centers, and emerging and established life science companies on all aspects of domestic and international patent procurement and enforcement in a broad range of technical areas including biologics, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical devices, and laboratory reagents and procedures, along with related instrumentation.

Posted in intellectual property law, Partner Placements | Tagged intellectual property law, Squire Patton Boggs, Todd Lorenz | Comments Off

Stacy Horth-Neubert joins Sidley Austin

Posted on February 15, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Stacy Horth-Neubert joins Sidley Austin in Los Angeles as counsel in the global litigation group.

She joins Sidley from Skadden Arps to join her former colleague Lisa Gilford. Stacy focuses her practice on commercial litigation, multidistrict litigation and class actions, federal and state appeals, international arbitration, and administrative appeals. She has represented several internet-based enterprises and large companies in such industries as design, entertainment, fashion, and travel and leisure.

Posted in Commercial Litigation, Partner Placements | Tagged Lisa Gilford, Sidley Austin, Skadden Arps, Stacy Horth-Neubert | Comments Off

Lisa Gilford joins Sidley Austin

Posted on January 28, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Lisa Gilford joins Sidley Austin from Skadden Arps

Lisa is one of the leading complex civil litigators in California. Her practice is focused on products liability, large class actions, and jury trials.

Her representative clients include automotive companies, pharmaceutical companies, oil & gas, communications companies, academic institutions, and sports entities.

Lisa has earned a reputation in shaping the outcome of numerous class actions nationwide.

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Terrence Everett joins Blank Rome

Posted on January 11, 2019 by LippmanJungers

Terrence Everett joins Blank Rome from Carlsmith Ball.

Terrence concentrates his practice on a broad range of corporate and finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities, gaming, hospitality and real estate.

He has represented clients from NYSE companies to start up entities in connection with corporate structure and governance, acquisitions, operations and financing and acts as outside general counsel to various companies.

Terrence has extensive experience in complex international and cross border operations and transactions as well as equity, debt and venture capital financing, as well as real estate transactions.

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