On April 20, Caroline Coates and Todd Willis represented the firm at Maya Angelou Public Charter School's Partners and Funders Appreciation Breakfast in Washington DC. The event celebrated community partners who support the school's focus on academic achievement, social and emotional support, and career and college preparation for area students.

For the ninth time, WilmerHale has been named among the Top Ten Family Friendly Firms by the Yale Law Women at Yale Law School, an organization aimed at helping women progress in the legal field.

Benjamin Powell—a Washington-based partner and co-chair of WilmerHale's cybersecurity, privacy and communications practice—has once again been named by Cybersecurity Docket as one of the 30 best and brightest data breach response lawyers in the world.

For the second consecutive year, WilmerHale's Dayton office hosted high school students from Dayton Early College Academy for a job shadow.

On April 11, multinational human and environmental health corporation, PerkinElmer, Inc., announced the closing of a €300 million bond offering. 

On April 10, WilmerHale was recognized by the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) for its work in the area of immigrant rights. The firm and other honorees were recognized at the IDP's 20th Anniversary Gala in New York City.

President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate WilmerHale Partner Dan Berkovitz to be a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, for the remainder of a five year term that expires April 13, 2023.

Paul Architzel, co-chair of WilmerHale's Futures and Derivatives Group, was interviewed by Bloomberg Law regarding the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposed plans for oversight of cryptocurrency technologies.

WilmerHale, one of Boston's premier law firms, held its biennial morning Career Day for Cathedral High School students on April 10. 

Gary Born, chair of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr's International Arbitration Group, will receive the 2018 “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession Award” at a Chambers awards ceremony on April 20 in Madrid. 

Professor Maxi Scherer, London-based special counsel and member of WilmerHale's International Arbitration Group, has received the Global Arbitration Review's award for best lecture or speech for her keynote at the Vienna Arbitration Days. 

On April 12, 2018, Zaius, the CRM built for B2C marketers, announced it raised $30 million in a Series B investment round led by Insight Venture Partners. Previous investors Matrix Partners, Underscore VC and Leaders Fund also participated in the round, bringing its total funding to $50.8 million. 

On April 11, 2018, MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, announced another successful repricing of its existing secured term loan. 

Global Competition Review (GCR) has honored WilmerHale's Antitrust and Competition Practice with the award for Litigation of the Year–Cartel Defence, during the GCR Annual Awards Ceremony on April 10.

On April 10, 2018, Analogic Corporation, a provider of leading-edge healthcare and security solutions, and Altaris Capital Partners, LLC, a leading private investment firm with expertise in Analogic's end markets, announced that they have entered into a merger agreement under which Analogic will be acquired by Altaris for approximately $1.1 billion on a fully diluted basis. 

On April 3, 2018, DriveWealth Holdings, Inc., a company founded to democratize investing in the US stock market through a technology that modernizes and simplifies financial services, announced the closing of a $21 million Series B investment.

A team of WilmerHale litigators recently achieved a major victory when the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the US Department of Labor's highly controversial Fiduciary Rule, giving opponents of the regulations embodied by the rule their first victory after several previously unsuccessful lawsuits.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and the Centre for Small States, Queen Mary University of London, held a seminar on 16 March in Brussels on promoting and encouraging trade and commerce in the Pacific region.

Digital Reasoning, a leading artificial intelligence company, announced it has raised $30 million in new funding. International bank BNP Paribas led the funding round and its Global Head of Strategic Investments has joined Digital Reasoning's Board of Directors.

Twelve WilmerHale lawyers and three firm practices have been recognized in the 2018 edition of Chambers Europe: Leading Lawyers for Business.