Mayer Brown announced today that industry-leading capital markets and tax teams, including capital markets lawyers Anna T. Pinedo and Jerry R. Marlatt and tax lawyers Thomas A. Humphreys and Remmelt A. Reigersman, have joined the firm in New York and Northern California. All previously practiced at another leading global law firm. Mr. Humphreys was the co-chair of that firm’s Federal Tax Practice Group and Tax Department.

This New York Law Journal article by Jay Holtmeier, Erin Sloane and Jeff Habenicht highlights a few of the uncertainties and potential pitfalls that may await a company deciding whether to take the significant step of voluntarily disclosing criminal conduct to prosecutors.

2018-02-15T00:00:00-05:002018-02-15T23:07:16ZJay Holtmeierhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/jay_holtmeier/jay.holtmeier@wilmerhale.comErin G.H. Sloanehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/erin_sloane/erin.sloane@wilmerhale.com

EU and US laws prohibit merging companies from implementing reportable transactions until their deal is cleared or the statutory waiting period has expired. 

2018-02-14T00:00:00-05:002018-02-14T19:02:04ZGeoffroy Barthethttps://www.wilmerhale.com/geoffroy_barthet/geoffroy.barthet@wilmerhale.comNicole Callanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/nicole_callan/nicole.callan@wilmerhale.comCormac O'Dalyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/cormac_odaly/cormac.o'daly@wilmerhale.comHartmut Schneiderhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/hartmut_schneider/hartmut.schneider@wilmerhale.com

For the second consecutive year, Paris partner Olivier Mélédo has been named to Jeune Afrique’s list of the top 50 business lawyers who advised on large deals in French-speaking countries in Africa in 2017. Dany Khayat is also named on that list this year.

Bylined article from London Employment & Benefits Senior Associate Miriam Bruce on the implications of the decision in Various claimants v WM Morrisons Supermarket on GDPR compliance.

Bylined article from London Corporate & Securities Counsel Sam Webster on a rise in M&A activity in the oil and gas industry in 2017.

This article first appeared in Petroleum Africa, January/February edition.

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

WilmerHale achieved a significant victory on behalf of Unified Patents, Inc., when the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued its final written decision in Unified Patents Inc. v. Harry Heslop and Sportbrain Holdings, LLC, invalidating all claims of US Patent No. 7,454,002.

2018-02-13T00:00:00-05:002018-02-13T15:50:31Z

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. announced its entry into an agreement for Biogen to acquire Karyopharm's investigational oral SINE compound KPT-350 and other assets for the treatment of certain neurological and neurodegenerative conditions. 

2018-01-26T00:00:00-05:002018-01-26T21:01:36Z

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

2018-02-09T00:00:00-05:002018-02-09T15:38:23ZAnna Gaudoinhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/anna_gaudoin/anna.gaudoin@wilmerhale.com

Mayer Brown has been named one of the “World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors” in 2018 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). The firm has been named to this annual list of the top 20 outsourcing advisors and consultants each year since its inception in 2009.

The company thanked WilmerHale, and four other law firms, for its efforts to recruit, develop and promote diverse lawyers.

2018-02-09T00:00:00-05:002018-02-12T14:56:16Z

The firm has been recognized by Law360 as a Native American Practice Group of the year, highlighting some of the firm's most favorable settlements in water, land and natural resources disputes, and litigation in district and appellate courts.

2018-02-08T00:00:00-05:002018-02-09T15:00:51Z

An article written by Rachel Jacobson, Nathaniel Custer and Mark Hanin, published by the ABA's Superfund and Natural Resource Damages Litigation Committee Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 1, discusses a recent innovation in the natural resource damage assessment process. 

2018-02-08T00:00:00-05:002018-02-08T18:28:28ZRachel Jacobsonhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/rachel_jacobson/rachel.jacobson@wilmerhale.comNathaniel B. Custerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/nathaniel_custer/nathaniel.custer@wilmerhale.com

In a highly competitive market, “usual suspects” job becomes harder because of new operators offensive. However, Private Equity funds still prevail over thanks to their quick execution and reliable process. Emily and Thomas are also interviewed on Mayer Brown capabilities on Private Equity

This article provides an update on the rules applying to antitrust investigations carried out by DGCOMP and the French Competition Authorities.

Bylined article by Corporate & Securities partners Charles Salem Hallab, Tamer Soliman and Simeon Kriesberg (all Washington DC).

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.

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