Mayer Brown was named a finalist for “Private Equity Law Firm of the Year,” “Project Finance Law Firm of the Year” and “Structured Finance and Securitisation Law Firm of the Year” in the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 2018 Americas awards. In addition, Mayer Brown advised on six matters that were named as finalists for “Deal of the Year” honors:

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

2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:002018-03-20T17:56:04Z

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.

2018-04-09T00:00:00-04:002018-04-09T17:21:11Z

A blog post by Anna Gaudoin, published on the WilmerHale W.I.R.E. UK blog. 

2018-04-06T00:00:00-04:002018-04-06T17:10:36ZAnna Gaudoinhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/anna_gaudoin/anna.gaudoin@wilmerhale.com

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Laura Hammargren (Chicago) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Laura Hammargren (Chicago) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Laura Hammargren (Chicago) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Laura Hammargren (Chicago) was quoted in this article.

Vividion Therapeutics, a biotechnology company using novel proteomics and chemistry platforms, has announced that it entered into a strategic research collaboration with Celgene Corporation and will receive $101 million in upfront and equity consideration. 

2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:002018-03-20T20:05:39Z

An article by Joshua Fox, published by Law360, focusing on standardized term sheets and how they may inadvertently gloss over or neglect issues that can be critical to founders' long-term success.

2018-04-06T00:00:00-04:002018-04-09T17:22:16ZJoshua D. Foxhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/joshua_fox/joshua.fox@wilmerhale.com

Mayer Brown announced that Jeremy Clay has been appointed by the firm’s management committee and partnership board to the position of managing partner. Mr. Clay succeeds Kenneth S. Geller, who has decided to step down as managing partner after serving with distinction in that capacity since June 2009.

Casella Waste Systems, a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced two transactions relating to its industrial revenue bonds. 

2018-03-16T00:00:00-04:002018-03-16T17:20:28Z

The Measures on the Transfer of Intellectual Property Rights to Foreign Parties (Pilot) tighten scrutiny over the transfer of intellectual property rights to foreign parties on national security or public interest grounds.

2018-04-05T00:00:00-04:002018-04-05T16:06:52ZLester Rosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/lester_ross/lester.ross@wilmerhale.comJennifer Zhaohttps://www.wilmerhale.com/jennifer_zhao/jennifer.zhao@wilmerhale.com

In the 2018 edition of Chambers Global, 33 WilmerHale lawyers were named among “The World's Leading Lawyers for Business." 

2018-03-16T00:00:00-04:002018-03-16T20:54:45Z

I am delighted to share the news of commencement of work on the third edition of my treatise on International Commercial Arbitration. The three-volume commentary is in its second edition, published in 2014, and available from Kluwer International.

2018-04-05T00:00:00-04:002018-04-06T18:09:50ZGary Bornhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Gary_Born/gary.born@wilmerhale.com

Mayer Brown announced today that Jaime Gatenio has joined the firm in Chicago as a Banking & Finance partner in its global Private Credit group. Ms. Gatenio joins from Jones Day.

LUNGevity Foundation, the nation's leading lung cancer-focused nonprofit organization, today announced that Andre Owens, partner in the Washington, D.C., law office of WilmerHale, has joined the Board of Directors. 

2018-03-15T00:00:00-04:002018-03-15T19:17:50Z

The object of this Alert is to highlight some practical implications of Brexit for the supply of pharmaceutical products and medical devices in the European Union (EU) and related action items which companies should be considering if they have not done so before.2018-04-05T00:00:00-04:002018-04-05T22:15:19ZGeoffroy Barthethttps://www.wilmerhale.com/geoffroy_barthet/geoffroy.barthet@wilmerhale.comLukas Šimashttps://www.wilmerhale.com/lukas_simas/lukas.simas@wilmerhale.comDr. Peter Gey, LL.M.https://www.wilmerhale.com/peter_gey/peter.gey@wilmerhale.comTrevor Cookhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/trevor_cook/trevor.cook@wilmerhale.comJohn Ratliffhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/john_ratliff/john.ratliff@wilmerhale.com

A recent decision calls into question the US Patent and Trademark Office regulation providing that B delay stops accruing as soon as a Request for Continued Examination is filed.

2018-04-04T00:00:00-04:002018-04-05T14:21:25ZBrian Boyntonhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/brian_boynton/brian.boynton@wilmerhale.comEmily R. Whelanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/emily_whelan/emily.whelan@wilmerhale.com

In this article written by Paul Architzel, Matthew Beville, Yeve Chitiga and Daniel Martin, published by Futures and Derivatives Law Report, the authors analyze the steps that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently took to further encourage cooperation with and self-reporting to the Commission's Division of Enforcement.

2018-04-04T00:00:00-04:002018-04-04T20:28:34ZPaul M. Architzelhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Paul_Architzel/paul.architzel@wilmerhale.comMatthew Bevillehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/matthew_beville/matthew.beville@wilmerhale.comYevedzo Chitigahttps://www.wilmerhale.com/yeve_chitiga/yeve.chitiga@wilmerhale.comDaniel J. Martinhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/daniel_martin/daniel.martin@wilmerhale.com