Washington, D.C., – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Mark S. Davies,
formerly with O'Melveny & Myers, has joined the firm as partner in
its Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation practice, resident in
Washington, D.C.
"Mark brings to the table stellar advocacy skills honed over a decade
of handling a wide variety of appeals with some of the most prestigious
appellate offices in the country," said Joshua Rosenkranz,
head of Orrick's Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation practice. "He
has proven himself to be a superb generalist appellate lawyer with a
distinct expertise in IP appeals, but beyond that, Mark has impressed us
all with his character, demeanor and entrepreneurial spirit."
Gary Weiss,
chair of Orrick’s Intellectual Property practice added, "Mark’s profile
in the IP community, and particularly before the Federal Circuit, will
further burnish Orrick’s reputation as a go-to firm for the highest
stakes IP controversies."
Mark spent seven years on the Appellate Staff of the Department of
Justice's Civil Division where he argued more than two dozen cases in
the federal courts of appeals, including numerous matters for the Patent
and Trademark Office, the Copyright Office and the Federal
Communications Commission. Over time, Mark developed a proficiency in
intellectual property law, representing the government in several of the
biggest patent cases including two en banc appeals - Festo Corp. v. SMC, Corp. and Southco v. Kanebridge.
"Orrick offered the perfect combination for me," said Mark. "It has a
first-rate litigation practice that has distinguished itself in
numerous areas of law from IP to antitrust to securities to product
liability, it is a well-respected firm with a global reputation, and it
has demonstrated a commitment to growing its appellate practice. I hope
to build on the firm's recent successes and contribute to what is
already a go-to appellate practice."
Mark is the author of Patent Appeals: The Elements of Effective Advocacy in the Federal Circuit
(Oxford University Press) (2008) which patent law blog, Patently-O, has
deemed "the user manual for Federal Circuit appeals." He also serves as
the chair a 70-member subcommittee of the American Intellectual
Property Law Association and on various other committees of the major
patent bar associations. He received his J.D. from the University of
Chicago, with honors, in 1995 and his B.A., cum laude, from Yale
University in 1992. Mark clerked for Hon. Karen LeCraft Henderson on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
About Orrick
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is a global law firm with more
than 1,100 lawyers in North America, Europe and Asia. The firm focuses
on litigation, complex and novel finance and innovative corporate
transactions. Orrick clients include Fortune 100 companies,
major industrial and financial corporations, commercial and investment
banks, high-growth companies, governmental entities, start-ups and
individuals. The firm's 22 offices are located in Beijing, Berlin,
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Moscow,
New York, Orange County, Paris, Portland, Rome, Sacramento, San
Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Taipei, Tokyo and
Washington, D.C.
Contact
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Alyssa A. Grikscheit Joins Sidley Austin LLP as a Partner in New York
August 26, 2010
New York – Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Alyssa A.
Grikscheit has joined Sidley as a partner in the Latin America and
investment funds, advisers and derivatives practices. She will be based
in the New York office and will focus on cross-border transactions and
alternative investment funds.
Ms. Grikscheit has significant
experience representing clients in Latin American, emerging market and
other cross-border transactions, including M&A, joint ventures and
fund formation. She has represented companies and private equity funds
in the negotiation and execution of mergers, acquisitions, joint
ventures and strategic alliances, and has represented sponsors in the
formation of investment funds, particularly those involving cross-border
investment or alternative assets.
"Alyssa brings considerable
experience in cross-border transactions in emerging and developed
markets and fund formation, particularly for funds involving
international investments and alternative asset classes,” said Carlos A.
Rodriguez, a partner in the firm’s Latin America practice and a member
of the firm’s Executive Committee. "She will further expand our
capabilities in Latin America in hedge and private equity fund
formation. We are thrilled to welcome her to the firm.”
"Sidley
offers a premier, global practice in structuring and advising investment
funds and advisers,” said Ms. Grikscheit. "I look forward to practicing
in a firm with an active commitment to growing its cross-border
practice and strategic interest in expanding its Latin American
capabilities.”
Ms. Grikscheit received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, her A.B., magna cum laude,
from Harvard College and her Diploma of Advanced European Studies from
the College of Europe. She is the Co-Chair of the Inter-American
Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s International Section.
She is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a Member of the
American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law, Negotiated
Acquisitions Committee and a member of the International Bar
Association. Ms. Grikscheit is fluent in Spanish and French. She is also
active in numerous pro bono activities. Ms Grikscheit was ranked in Chambers USA in 2009 and 2010 in the New York category of Latin American Investment.
Sidley’s
Latin America practice group represents major national and
multinational corporations and financial institutions, sovereign
governments and state-owned enterprises in Latin America. Many of the
lawyers in the practice are able to conduct business in Spanish or
Portuguese.
Sidley’s investment funds, advisers and derivatives
practice consists of more than 120 lawyers in Chicago, Hong Kong,
London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Singapore and Tokyo.
Institutional Investor’s Alpha Magazine ranked Sidley as the
number one onshore U.S. hedge fund law firm in 2006 and 2007 and second
overall in 2008 and 2009 in the Alpha Awards™ for hedge fund legal
service providers. Additionally, Sidley has been named as the 2009 Best
Onshore Law Firm in Hedge Fund Manager (HFM) Week’s
inaugural U.S. Service Provider Awards, and the firm was shortlisted and
"highly commended” in the category of Best Onshore Law Firm at HFM Week’s European Hedge Fund Services Awards 2010.
Sidley
Austin LLP is one of the world’s largest full-service law firms, with
approximately 1700 lawyers practicing in 17 U.S. and international
cities, including Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong,
London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. Sidley is recognized for
service and responsiveness—BTI, a Boston-based research and consulting
firm, has named Sidley as one of only two firms to have been in the top
ten of the BTI Client Service rankings every year since the inception of
those rankings in 2001, and as number one in three of those years.
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purposes of the New York State Bar rules, this press release may be
considered Attorney Advertising and the headquarters of the firm are
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Dealmaker of the Week: Eric Shube of Allen & Overy
Posted by Julie Triedman
At a signing ceremony Wednesday in Zurich, pharmaceutical giant
Novartis finally closed a deal to take over a 77 percent stake in
eyecare company Alcon held by Nestle. Novartis's quest had started
two-and-a-half years ago, and the midweek event marked a big win for the
company.
Since setting its sight on Alcon in 2008, about $40 billion in cash
has changed hands between Novartis and Nestle. Currently, another $11
billion is on the table in Novartis's merger bid for a remaining 23
percent stake held by Alcon's minority shareholders. If Novartis
succeeds at acquiring those remaining shares, as is expected, it is
likely to become the largest merger in Swiss history, say lawyers
involved in the deal. And it will mark another milestone, too, becoming
one of the biggest buyouts in history, according to Dealogic. (The next-largest, according to Dealogic, was the $32.6 billion deal for Canadian telecom company BCE.)
The outcome may be uncertain, but so far Novartis's Swiss and U.S.
lawyers have maneuvered smartly to maximize their clients position. The
person directing those maneuvers and responsible for the structure of
the Nestle share purchase is Allen & Overy's Eric Shube.
You can read the rest of the article at AmLaw Daily here.
Boston Business Journal, Aug. 24, 2010 — Bingham ranks No. 21 on Boston Business Journal’s list of the area’s largest intellectual property practices. Led by partner Scott Bluni,
the firm is noted for having 18 intellectual property lawyers in
Boston. Firmwide, Bingham has more than 150 intellectual property
lawyers who handle patent litigation, patent interferences, ITC,
trademark/trade dress and domain names, copyrights, trade secrets,
intellectual property litigation, patent prosecution and strategy, and
IP-based commercial transactions.
Wachtell released a statement late Monday, mourning the loss of their colleague.
"Craig was a brilliant and creative thinker and a
supportive and committed colleague, as well as one of our nation's top
lawyers," the firm said. "He demanded the best from himself and from
each of us in the service of our clients and the firm and will be missed
tremendously. Craig's contribution to our firm was immense and his
legacy at Wachtell, Lipton will be remembered forever."
You can read the rest of the article at AmLaw Daily here.
FKSA successfully represented a pro bono
client who is a refugee from Côte D'Ivoire in seeking asylum in the
United States. In Côte D'Ivoire, the client had suffered multiple
beatings on account of his Dioula ethnic background and his
participation in a political rally protesting the Ivorian government.
The client's affirmative application for asylum and other relief
initially was denied by the Immigration Judge, and that ruling was
affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals. The client then
appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,
which reversed and remanded the case to the BIA, finding that it had
ignored potentially significant facts that suggested that the client had
the well-founded fear of future persecution required for a grant of
asylum. On remand, the BIA vacated its earlier ruling, and found that
the client had established his eligibility for asylum, and the
Immigration Judge finally granted him asylum more than five years after
his asylum application was submitted.
FKSA attorneys Katherine L. Pringle and Reid Skibell
(together with former FKSA attorneys Jonathan Gottfried and Christopher
Wimmer) represented the client, who was referred to the firm by the
Asylum Legal Representation Program of Human Rights First.
Cahill Introduces New Training and Development Program for Incoming Associates
Date: 08/20/10
On October 18, 2010, Cahill will welcome associates in the class of
2010 to the firm. During their first week, incoming associates will
participate in a new intensive training and development program designed
to introduce and prepare them for the firm's practice. The program will
include seminars and workshops on writing briefs and legal memoranda,
negotiations, legal research, securities offerings, mergers and
acquisitions, and related areas. This new development program is in
addition to the ongoing legal training and development program for
associates that is conducted throughout the year.
With a little help from its former dean Elena Kagan, Harvard Law
School has edged out Yale Law School in the race for the most Supreme
Court clerks this term. The Court today released the official list of
clerks and their law schools and prior clerkships, confirming what's
been available at Above the Law and elsewhere.
The sitting justices have four clerks each, for a total of 36, but
we're counting the three clerks for the three retired justices, who
often are detailed to other justices and perform equivalent tasks. Of
those 39, Harvard can boast 10 -- including three hired last week by
Kagan -- and Yale has nine. Duke and University of Virginia weigh in at
three each.
You can read the rest of the article at The Blog of Legal Times here.
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