Mayer Brown announced today that three Intellectual Property partners – Gabriela Kennedy (Hong Kong), Lisa Ferri and Colleen Tracy James (both New York) – have been recognized in Managing Intellectual Property’s 2018 “IP Stars - Top 250 Women in IP,” a list of leading women intellectual property lawyers globally.

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. 

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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.

2018-04-19T00:00:00-04:002018-04-19T18:31:35Z

Bylined article from London Banking & Finance partner Bernd Bohr on the increasing convergence between traditional real estate finance, leveraged finance and debt capital market products, as expressed in the form of high-yield bond offerings.

This piece was published in the May edition (Volume 12, Number 5) of Institutional Real Estate Europe.

The beginning of 2018 has offered signs of a renewed push to expand development of offshore wind generation along the US Atlantic coast. This client alert was also published by Law360.

2018-04-19T00:00:00-04:002018-04-26T19:46:14ZRaya B. Treiserhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/raya_treiser/raya.treiser@wilmerhale.comH. David Goldhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_gold/david.gold@wilmerhale.comNathaniel B. Custerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/nathaniel_custer/nathaniel.custer@wilmerhale.com

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

2018-04-19T00:00:00-04:002018-04-20T14:27:29Z

Hong Kong-based real estate partner, Alan Yip is quoted an article in Sing Tao Daily on the topic “Tax Law Loopholes Allow Buyers to Avoid Taxes by Transferring Properties to Relatives”.

Mayer Brown announced that Washington DC-based Cybersecurity & Data Privacy partner Marcus Christian has been selected to Cybersecurity Docket’s “Incident Response 30,” a list recognizing 30 of the “best and brightest Incident Response attorneys and compliance professionals in the industry.” The publication noted that those recognized are the “kind of professionals critical to have on speed-dial when the inevitable data breach occurs.” Mr. Christian was previously named to the list in 2016.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Glen Kopp (New York) was quoted in this article.

Bylined article by Technology Transactions partners Robert Kriss and Brad Peterson (both Chicago).

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

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Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Mayer Brown announced today that Corporate & Securities partner Elizabeth Raymond (Chicago) was named a “Woman of Influence” by Chicago Business Journal, recognizing her impact both professionally and in her community. In 2017, Ms. Raymond was selected to Crain’s Chicago Business’ “Most Influential Women Lawyers in Chicago.”

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy partner David Simon (Washington DC) is quoted in this article.

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.

2018-04-18T00:00:00-04:002018-04-19T20:00:05Z

When determining how best to protect and enforce IP, American businesses should know the powers, limits, and potential remedies available in both Chinese and US forums. 

2018-04-17T00:00:00-04:002018-04-17T14:43:16ZJoseph J. Muellerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/joseph_mueller/joseph.mueller@wilmerhale.comRachel Weiner Cohenhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/rachel_cohen/rachel.cohen@wilmerhale.comMairead K. Dolanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/mairead_dolan/mairead.dolan@wilmerhale.com

WilmerHale compiles lists of certiorari petitions that raise patent-law issues. This page contains a consolidated list of all recently denied petitions, organized in reverse chronological order by date of certiorari petition.2018-04-17T00:00:00-04:002018-04-18T17:27:48Z

Mayer Brown announced today that its highly regarded global Capital Markets practice has launched a blog, “Free Writings & Perspectives.”

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.