Fish & Richardson announced that it is moving offices in San Diego. The firm signed a 10-year lease at its new location at 12860 El Camino Real, Suite 400. The 32,300-square-foot office space comprises the top fourth floor of its building and half of the third floor. Currently, the office is unoccupied due to COVID-19 precautions.

Raul Farias left his in-house role at Sempra Energy to join DLA Piper as partner in the firm’s San Diego office. He will work in the firm’s corporate practice and energy sector. At Sempra, Farias was senior counsel, and he has experience with transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, project development and project finance.