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Xiumei Dong

Xiumei Dong

Xiumei Dong covers the business of law from the West Coast. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @XiumeiDong.

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August 21, 2018 | The Recorder

Gunderson Dettmer Grabs Securities, Corporate Finance Leader From Fenwick

Jeffrey Vetter, who most recently served as co-chair of the firm's corporate finance and securities group, is poised to join Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian.

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4 minute read

August 17, 2018 | The Recorder

NorCal Firm Archer Norris to Close in Mid-October

Archer Norris, a roughly 70-lawyer firm based in the East Bay with three other offices throughout California, is poised to close its doors.

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3 minute read

August 16, 2018 | The Recorder

Wilson Sonsini Welcomes Back a Handful of Ex-Lawyers

The high-powered firm's technology transactions group has received a boost from several alums.

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5 minute read

August 15, 2018 | The Recorder

Perkins Coie Recruits 2 Big Law Partners for Bay Area Growth

Perkins Coie has added emerging companies and venture capital partner Matt Oshinsky and corporate finance partner R. Bruce Steinert Jr. to its offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, respectively.

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4 minute read

August 14, 2018 | The Recorder

Reed Smith Snags Sidley's Ex-LA Corporate, Finance Head

Moshe Kupietzky, who previously led the firm's Los Angeles corporate and finance practice, has joined Reed Smith's Century City office as senior counsel.

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3 minute read

August 14, 2018 | The Recorder

4 Firms Handling Elon Musk's Effort to Take Tesla Private

Wachtell; Munger Tolles; Latham & Watkins; and Wilson Sonsini are advising on a bid to take the electric car maker private. Paul Weiss has also been hired by Tesla's board to advise on an SEC inquiry.

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5 minute read

August 14, 2018 | The Recorder

Loeb & Loeb Opens First San Francisco Office

The Los Angeles-based firm will set up shop in the Bay Area after adding a six-lawyer trusts and estates team from Cooley.

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5 minute read

August 13, 2018 | The Recorder

Squire Patton Boggs Acquires Silicon Valley-Based IP Boutique

For the third time in three years, the global legal giant has absorbed a smaller firm in the Bay Area.

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5 minute read

August 10, 2018 | The Recorder

Coblentz Taps MoFo for 3-Lawyer Real Estate Team

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass has brought on a real estate and land use team in San Francisco led by partners David Gold, Miles Imwalle and Megan Jennings.

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5 minute read

August 09, 2018 | The Recorder

Goodwin Procter Lands Life Sciences Pro in Silicon Valley

The firm has added Shane Albright, a former partner at Cooley, DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells, who specializes in transactional work for the biopharmaceutical and medical sectors.

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3 minute read