Articles from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce the addition of prominent antitrust attorneys Bonnie Lau and Brian J. Smith as partners in the firm’s Regulatory and Compliance Department. Lau, who joins from Morrison & Foerster, will be based in San Francisco, while Smith, formerly with K&L Gates, will be in Chicago. Both will provide comprehensive counsel on complex antitrust litigation, government investigations, and compliance issues.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce that Trina Higgins, former United States Attorney for the District of Utah, has joined the firm as Of Counsel in its litigation and appellate practices. Based in the firm’s Salt Lake City office, she will draw on her distinguished background in public service and leadership to strengthen the firm’s capabilities in complex regulatory and enforcement matters, criminal and civil.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce that Susannah Howard has joined the litigation department and employment and trade secret litigation practice. She will be based in the firm’s Palo Alto office.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced the launch of its innovative General Counsel in Residence (GCIR) program. Modeled after the entrepreneur-in-residence roles at venture capital firms, the GCIR program offers a short-term opportunity for accomplished general counsels from technology and life sciences companies to provide invaluable advice to the firm’s clients.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce the elevation of U.S.-qualified corporate lawyer Bradley (Brad) Doline to partner in its London office. Doline’s promotion reinforces Wilson Sonsini’s position as the leading resource for innovative U.K. and European companies seeking a combination of practical legal advice and business acumen as they scale in the U.S. and globally.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that the firm has elected 16 new partners from its attorney ranks. The promotions will be effective February 1, 2025.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Emma Game has joined the firm as a partner. Her arrival strengthens the firm’s ability to meet diverse transatlantic client needs and reinforces its position as a leading resource for innovative UK and European companies seeking a combination of practical legal advice and business acumen as they scale in the U.S. and globally.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Brandon Gantus has rejoined the firm as a partner and co-leader of the employee benefits and compensation practice. Based in San Francisco, Gantus focuses on representing public and private companies on benefits and compensation matters. He has particular experience counseling technology and life sciences companies on benefits and compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions, including many high-profile deals in recent years.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce that Jess Krannich and Paul Sampson have joined the firm as partner and Of Counsel, respectively. Both will be based in the firm’s Salt Lake City office.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, has introduced an attorney-supervised, AI-enabled commercial contracting offering for cloud services companies. Behind the fixed-fee offering is an AI agent tested by Wilson Sonsini, which on its own achieves an extraordinary accuracy of 92%, supporting the review of the firm’s commercial contracts attorneys. The commercial offering is the newest addition to Neuron, Wilson Sonsini’s next-generation proprietary software platform that streamlines, automates, and digitizes the typical legal processes along a start-up’s journey—from formation to exit.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce that Jamillia Ferris and Matthew McDonald have rejoined the firm as partners. Both will be based in the Washington, D.C., office. Ferris will be one of two co-leaders of Wilson Sonsini’s antitrust and competition practice, along with former FTC Acting Chair and Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, who joined the firm in January 2024.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of pro bono clients, Angie and Wenceslaus (June) Provost Jr., along with a proposed class, in response to alleged discriminatory practices against Black and minority farmers.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce that Pro Bono Partner Luke Liss will be honored with the Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr. Social Justice & Advocacy Award from the Center for Medicare Advocacy. The award, named after Alfred J. (Chip) Chiplin, Jr., the esteemed former managing attorney of the Center’s Washington, D.C., office, is bestowed annually to an individual committed to advancing civility in society and advocating for social justice.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises, announced today that its growing London team has relocated from 41 Old Street to Eden House, 8 Spital Square. The new office features historic photographs of legendary baseball venues and players, courtesy of the firm’s new partnership with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Maureen Ohlhausen and Taylor Owings have joined the firm as partners. Ohlhausen is based in the Washington, D.C., office. Owings, based initially in the Washington, D.C., office, intends to transition to the firm’s New York office. The addition of Ohlhausen and Owings—both of whom have held senior, high-level regulatory agency roles—represents a significant move by Wilson Sonsini to bolster its well-respected antitrust and competition practice.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that the firm has elected 20 new partners from its attorney ranks. The promotions will be effective February 1, 2024.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Karen Deschaine has joined the firm’s corporate department as a partner in the San Diego office. Deschaine has an established corporate practice focused on representing life sciences clients, particularly biotechnology and therapeutics companies. Her addition reflects Wilson Sonsini’s successful and ongoing efforts to expand its corporate life sciences practice.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that Meredith Krannich has joined the firm’s Executive Advisory Program. Based in Wilson Sonsini’s Salt Lake City, Utah, office, she will advise clients on legal, operational, and business matters in her role as an Executive Advisor. Most recently, Krannich was vice president and general counsel (North America) at bioMérieux.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that Curt Blake has joined the firm as Senior Of Counsel in the Seattle office and that the firm is using the occasion to launch a NewSpace industry group, leveraging the firm’s existing experience representing clients in the sector and Blake’s expertise. Blake co-founded and was formerly CEO of Spaceflight Inc., the largest provider of integrated launch services and leading provider of orbital transfer vehicles for small satellites.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that Yann Padova has joined the firm’s regulatory and compliance department as a partner in the Brussels office. He will be a member of the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice and will be registered with both the Brussels and Paris Bars.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that Judge Paul J. Watford has joined the firm as a partner in the litigation department after serving as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for 11 years. He will be based in the firm’s downtown Los Angeles office.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Andrea Linna has joined the firm’s regulatory department as a partner. She will be a part of the firm’s Digital Health industry group and its FDA Regulatory, Healthcare, and Consumer Products practice. Linna will be based remotely from Chicago and work closely with colleagues and clients across the country.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Nicholas Gladd has joined the firm’s energy and climate solutions (ECS) practice as senior counsel. He will split his time between the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Boston offices.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Electronic Gaming Group (EGG) is excited to announce the launch of a series of initiatives to increase its support of the game industry:

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Erin Fay has joined the firm as a corporate partner in the Wilmington, Delaware office, where she will be a member of the restructuring practice. Fay is the third partner to join Wilson Sonsini in Wilmington in the last seven months, reflecting the firm’s success in expanding both the scope of services it offers clients and its team in Delaware—an important location for corporate and commercial matters in the United States.

After the successful launch of Neuron’s Incorporation module in 2021 and the Corporate Governance module in 2022, Wilson Sonsini’s Emerging Companies Practice (ECP) continues to streamline, automate, and digitize the routine legal processes along a start-up’s journey with another major addition to Neuron’s capabilities: a start-up financing module. The financing module pairs the personalized service of Wilson Sonsini’s leading ECP attorneys with the innovative technology of the Neuron platform to complete a financing round at record pace.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Sebastian Alsheimer has joined the firm as a corporate partner in New York. Alsheimer will be a member of the firm’s leading shareholder engagement and activism practice, which regularly ranks as one of the most active in the U.S. and globally by Bloomberg, Factset, and Refinitiv. He joins from Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, where he was a partner.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Tamara Brightwell has joined the firm as a corporate partner in Washington, D.C., where she will be a member of the Public Company Representation practice. The move reflects Wilson Sonsini’s continuing efforts to offer expansive resources and advice concerning securities law and Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory matters to its more than 300 public company clients, as well as late-stage pre-IPO companies.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Fleur Benns, Sarah Lane, and Martin Luff have joined the firm as partners in the London office. The addition reflects Wilson Sonsini’s continued growth in London and that the firm has extended its London-based service offerings to include employee incentives and benefits (Benns), tax (Lane), and employment (Luff).

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Jess Cheng is joining the firm as a corporate partner in New York, where she will be a member of the Fintech and Financial Services group. The move demonstrates Wilson Sonsini’s continued efforts to add to its strengths as a top legal adviser to the fintech and evolving financial services community, as well as its capacity to provide a holistic approach when advising clients engaged in both traditional and new payment services.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that the firm has elected 18 new partners from its attorney ranks. The promotions will be effective February 1, 2023.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Jon Soderstrom is joining the firm as its chief licensing advisor (East) in the New York office.

Since the spring of 2020, a group of academic institutions, investors, and law firms—listed below—have been working together to create a “representative” term sheet that an investor and an academic institution might use to begin discussions around launching a life science start-up. The objective was to create a reasonable approach, with terms and clauses that most parties could use in most situations. The philosophical underpinnings can be found here: “Term Sheet Recommendations for Launching University Life Science Startups” and “Recommended Process Improvements for Launching University Life Science Startups,” initially released in December 2020.

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has inducted Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partner Constandinos (Deno) Himonas into the organization’s Warren E. Burger Society. The society is designed to honor individuals who have used their time, talent, and support to advance the organization in exceptional ways.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Jindrich Kloub has joined the firm’s antitrust and competition department as a partner in the Brussels office. Kloub’s more than 10 years of service at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition and his most recent Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC) role illustrate the range of his enforcement agency experience and connections. His addition fortifies Wilson Sonsini’s acclaimed antitrust and competition practice in the United States and Europe.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Rob Parr has rejoined the firm’s technology transactions department as a partner in the Boston office. His return reflects Wilson Sonsini’s continued growth in Boston and the ongoing demand for tech-driven deal experience.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Luke Liss has been promoted to the newly created management role of Pro Bono Partner and was unanimously elected as a member of the firm’s partnership.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Richard Goold has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in the London office. The addition signals that Wilson Sonsini’s London office has grown to more than 30 employees, including 24 attorneys.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that the firm is opening an office in Boulder, Colorado, from which it will support the region’s thriving life sciences businesses and other growth enterprises.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that the Hon. Timothy Broas has joined its government investigations practice as Senior Of Counsel in Washington, D.C. Broas served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 2014-2016 and has more than 30 years of experience as a white collar criminal defense attorney.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Maneesha Mithal has joined the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Mithal most recently served as the associate director of the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Alison G. Johnson has rejoined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in the newly launched Salt Lake City office. Johnson, who hails from Boise, Idaho, and comes from law firm Holland & Hart, is joined by associates Lauren Fouser and Kristiana Lubomirova, and paralegal Brandy Lopez. The team will work alongside corporate partners Marc Porter, who also joined the firm from Holland & Hart, and Matt Squires, most recently of Wilson Sonsini’s Seattle office, as well as Utah Supreme Court Justice Deno Himonas, who will join the firm upon his retirement from the bench in March 2022.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Susan Kay Leader has joined its litigation department as a partner in the Los Angeles office. She joins the firm’s expanding trial and commercial litigation practices. Her addition represents Wilson Sonsini’s latest move to add first-chair trial experience as it continues to develop a national litigation department that represents clients in a growing range of high-profile, bet-the-company cases.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, which has advised more U.S. technology companies on their initial public offerings than any other law firm, today announced that it has partnered with Workiva Inc. (NYSE: WK)—which simplifies complex work for thousands of organizations worldwide—to automate one of the most arduous tasks facing companies going public: generating the registration statement, also known as “SEC Form S-1,” or simply “S-1.” Wilson Sonsini’s bold move represents a significant step toward the firm’s ultimate objective of leveraging technology to automate key portions of the entire IPO process.