In an op-ed in the Raleigh News & Observer, Debo Adegbile, in his role as a commissioner of the US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR), previewed the panel's Friday visit to North Carolina by explaining how the USCCR helps to safeguard voting rights. 

2018-02-02T00:00:00-05:002018-02-02T14:42:19ZDebo P. Adegbilehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/debo_adegbile/debo.adegbile@wilmerhale.com

Summaries of and links to recent precedential and informative opinions.

2018-01-30T00:00:00-05:002018-02-02T20:58:12Z

WilmerHale is very pleased to announce that Andrew E. Shipley, one of the nation's leading government contracts practitioners, has joined the firm.

2018-01-16T00:00:00-05:002018-01-30T15:09:08Z

David Gammell, in this article published by Xconomy, discusses key factors for founders to consider when making decisions regarding how and when to grant stock options to employees.

2018-01-30T00:00:00-05:002018-01-30T21:11:37ZDavid D. Gammellhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_gammell/david.gammell@wilmerhale.com

Ocular Therapeutix™, Inc. announced the closing of its underwritten public offering of 7,475,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $5.00 per share. 

2018-01-30T00:00:00-05:002018-01-30T16:03:15Z

Intellectual Property partner John Mancini (New York) is quoted throughout Law360’s profile on Mayer Brown’s Intellectual Property practice, which is recognized among Law360’s "IP Groups of the Year."

Intellectual Property partner Brian Nolan (New York) was quoted in this article.

Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing partner Gary Wilcox (Washington DC) is quoted in this article.

Mayer Brown announced today that Iliana Kirova, a highly regarded fund formation lawyer, has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice as a partner in New York. Ms. Kirova comes to Mayer Brown from the New York office of Ropes & Gray.

Bylined article by Banking & Finance partner Barbara Goodstein (New York).

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy partner Rajesh De (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Mayer Brown announced today that its innovative Global Mobility & Migration team, which is an essential component of the firm’s Employment & Benefits practice, has launched a blog, “The Mobile Workforce.” The blog is designed to provide businesses with up-to-date changes pertaining to global migration developments and trends.

Mayer Brown announced today that leading global leveraged finance lawyer Scott Zemser has rejoined the firm in New York as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice, where he will serve as a co-leader of the global Lending group. Previously, Mr. Zemser was a partner at Allen & Overy, where he served as global co-head of that firm’s leveraged finance practice, and prior to that he was a partner at White & Case. Mr. Zemser began his career at Mayer Brown.

The 2018 edition of World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 recognized six partners in Mayer Brown’s global Intellectual Property practice and awarded the firm a top tier ranking in Hong Kong SAR and the PRC. The guide also ranked Mayer Brown in the United States: Illinois and International categories.

Technology Transactions partners Brad Peterson and Rebecca Eisner (both Chicago) and Intellectual Property partner Mark Prinsley (London) are quoted in this article discussing a recent webinar presented by Mayer Brown.

Mayer Brown JSM announced today the appointment of Pieter de Ridder as managing partner in Singapore following the retirement of the firm’s founding Singapore managing partner, Kevin Owen.

Mayer Brown announced today that Ameer Ahmad, a highly regarded M&A and capital markets lawyer, has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice as a partner in Chicago. Previously, Mr. Ahmad was a partner at Greenberg Traurig.

Mayer Brown announced today that Thomson Reuters ranked the firm the number one firm for “US Straight Debt Including ABS & MBS” deals as issuer’s counsel in 2017 with 119 deals valued at $84.77 billion in the publication’s Full Year 2017 Global Capital Markets Review.

Consumer Financial Services partner Ori Lev (Washington DC) is quoted in this article.

Asset-Backed Alert has ranked Mayer Brown as the top issuer counsel by value and number of US ABS/MBS transactions for the second consecutive year, with 72 deals valued at $49.65 billion. Mayer Brown also tied for second place as issuer counsel for CLOs and ranked third for underwriter counsel for US ABS/MBS transactions.