Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a private company dedicated to commercializing fusion energy, will join the MIT Energy Initiative as part of a new university-industry partnership.

2018-03-14T00:00:00-04:002018-03-15T14:37:23Z

Voyager Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage gene therapy company, and AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, announced that they have entered into an exclusive strategic collaboration and option agreement to develop and commercialize vectorized antibodies directed against tau for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. 

2018-03-14T00:00:00-04:002018-03-15T14:17:15Z

Mayer Brown JSM announced today that Hallam Chow has joined the firm’s Banking & Finance practice as our Head of Projects, China, to be based in Beijing.

Mayer Brown JSM has been awarded the 10 Years Plus Caring Company Logo for the second time in a row, an annual emblem bestowed on an organization to indicate that for 10 consecutive years, it has recognized the importance of corporate social responsibility and fulfils its responsibility to care for the community.

Leading technology and emerging company lawyer Adam M. Freiman has joined WilmerHale as a partner in New York.

2018-03-05T00:00:00-05:002018-03-06T19:13:45Z

On February 28, 2018, Eko Devices, a leader in acoustic cardiac monitoring, announced that it closed $5 million in Series A funding to grow its commercial team and to expand clinical studies on the use of its platform for valvular heart disease screening and heart failure monitoring.

2018-03-01T00:00:00-05:002018-03-01T21:53:16Z

Yesterday President Trump signed two Proclamations that impose 25 and 10 percent tariffs on imports of certain steel and aluminum products, respectively, other than those imported from Canada and Mexico. 

2018-03-09T00:00:00-05:002018-03-15T20:36:41ZAmbassador Charlene Barshefskyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Charlene_Barshefsky/charlene.barshefsky@wilmerhale.comNaboth van den Broekhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/naboth_vandenbroek/naboth.vandenbroek@wilmerhale.comDavid J. Rosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_ross/david.ross@wilmerhale.comPatrick J. McLainhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/patrick_mclain/patrick.mclain@wilmerhale.comDavid M. Hornhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_horn/david.horn@wilmerhale.com

Stash, the financial platform revolutionizing how millions of Americans invest and save, announced it has raised $37.5 million in Series D funding. 

2018-03-09T00:00:00-05:002018-03-15T14:23:57Z

Bylined article from Chris Harvey, head of UK Real Estate, and Jessica Walker, partner in the Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice, on the repercussions for landlords when a tenant becomes insolvent, in light of recent retail insolvencies.

This article first appeared in Property Week www.propertyweek.com

Bylined article by head of Global Mining and Africa Ian Coles on the prospects for Africa’s mining industry in 2018 following the Mining Indaba conference that took place in Cape Town in February.

Bylined article by London Construction & Engineering senior associate Joseph Otoo on the measures which Zimbabwe needs to take to attract foreign direct investment following the coup d’etat to remove President Robert Mugabe, including creating a sound legal framework and developing bilateral investment treaties.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Don Falk (Palo Alto) was quoted in this article.

Lending partner Frederick Fisher (Chicago) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Keri Borders (Los Angeles) was quoted in this article.

Bylined article by Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Scodro (Chicago).

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Marcus Christian (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Marcus Christian (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Generation Bio, a company developing the first genetic medicines that can be titrated to effect and re-dosed for a lifetime of benefit, recently announced the closing of a $100 million Series B financing. 

2018-02-28T00:00:00-05:002018-03-15T14:33:56Z

Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP), an organization dedicated to empowering youth-adult relationships across Massachusetts, honored WilmerHale with their annual Excellence in Empowering Youth-Adult Relationships Award.2018-02-28T00:00:00-05:002018-02-28T17:15:09Z

Law Week Colorado has named Denver Partner Mindy Sooter one of Colorado's most talented and accomplished litigation attorneys. 

2018-03-08T00:00:00-05:002018-03-08T21:21:14Z