Latham & Watkins has hired Page Mailliard as a partner in the firm's emerging companies practice, as Mailliard herself re-emerges into the practice of law after taking a step back in 2014 to nurse her mother through an illness. Mailliard was most recently a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she spent almost three decades before stepping down in 2014 to care for her mother.

Mailliard primarily represents technology and life sciences companies on matters including fundraising, global expansion and mergers and acquisitions. Her return to practicing law also reunites her with Jack Sheridan, the former co-managing partner of Wilson Sonsini who joined Latham in March. As a member of several Wilson Sonsini management committees, she worked closely with Sheridan, and she said his presence at her new firm helped persuade her to come onboard.

“I can't speak more highly of Wilson Sonsini, but this is just an opportunity to take my practice to another level,” she said.