Pillsbury Corporate partner Osama Abu-Dehays is known throughout the Middle East and North Africa for his commercial, technology, media and telecommunications law experience.
Stephen Amdur, leader of Pillsbury's Private Equity team, has extensive experience in high-profile, multi-billion dollar mergers and acquisitions. He is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. as a "Next-Generation Lawyer” and by Law360 as a "Rising Star" in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions.
Nadia Barazi provides commercial and corporate legal advice to international businesses active across a wide range of sectors.
Pillsbury Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions partner John Barton has advised high-profile clients worldwide on precedent-setting, multibillion-dollar IT and BPO outsourcing deals.
Shruti Bhutani Arora takes a holistic approach in advising clients on data collection, use and monetization, as she does not hold to the traditional barriers and siloed approach.
Emily Bias advises clients on a broad range of real estate, tax and transactional matters, with a focus on tax-advantaged investment and affordable housing.
Callie Bjurstrom, an Intellectual Property partner, is recognized as a top litigator delivering big wins.
Carrie Bonnington, leader of Pillsbury’s Wine, Beer & Spirits Law practice and co-leader of the Restaurant, Food & Beverage Industry Team, is recognized in Chambers USA for her mastery of alcohol beverage laws and regulations.
An experienced civil litigator and trial lawyer, Pillsbury partner Mariah Brandt resolves complex business disputes and class actions, securing victories through trial, arbitration and negotiation.
JoAnna Brooks brings clients a wealth of experience in class action litigation, having handled over 80 class actions in California over the past decade.
Andrew Caplan combines a pragmatic commercial sensibility with a keen attention to detail to guide clients through the lifecycle of complex, technology-related commercial agreements and other corporate transactions.
Armando Castro is a partner in Pillsbury’s Emerging Growth & Venture Capital group. With a diverse practice, he represents clients ranging from formation-stage to mature public companies.
Brooke L. Daniels focuses on complex global-sourcing and technology-oriented transactions on behalf of Fortune 500 international corporate clients. Brooke is head of Pillsbury's DC Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions group and the co-chair of Pillsbury’s Women's Impact Network (WIN).
R.J. Davis, Pillsbury’s Northern Virginia office leader, represents local, regional, and national developers, lenders, equity funds, private and institutional investors, and joint venture partners in commercial real estate transactions.
Patrick Devine, a corporate partner in Pillsbury's San Francisco office, advises clients in a variety of industries on corporate, securities and mergers and acquisitions matters.
Aaron Dyer, national co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense team, is a former federal prosecutor and experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses on complex criminal and civil litigation and regulatory enforcement actions.
Steven Farmer advises companies, from some of the world’s largest multinationals to startups, looking to launch or expand in Europe, while navigating complex regulatory and legal issues. His client relationships embrace a range of sectors, including technology, financial services, energy, manufacturing, aviation and defense.
Michael Finnegan focuses on complex commercial litigation in a broad spectrum of industries, including financial claims, real property disputes, trade secrets claims, software and technology disputes, unfair business practice claims, banking and property matters.
Ron Fleming Jr. represents entrepreneurs and financiers of leading startups in a diverse group of industries including software, ecommerce, cloud computing, video games, cleantech and sports.
Carolina A. Fornos, the head of Pillsbury’s New York Litigation group and the leader of its Latin America practice, is a former federal prosecutor and experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses on international commercial disputes, civil and criminal enforcement matters, and cross-border internal investigations and compliance.
Anna Graves is co-leader of Pillsbury’s Restaurant, Food & Beverage Industry Group. She handles complex M&A transactions, private offerings, joint ventures, start-up structuring and financing, and general corporate matters.
Michael Heuga's practice is concentrated on technology and commercial transactions, in particular licensing, intellectual property, and marketing-related matters.
A leader in his field, Pillsbury Corporate partner Mike Hird has received Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” honors in three different categories.
Pillsbury Intellectual Property partner Patrick Jennings has extensive experience in every aspect of trademark law, providing counsel that is both seasoned and practical.
David’s practice has focused on major, complex litigation, including cases involving allegations of fraud, antitrust violations, ethics issues and trusts and estates matters. David Keyko is a co-leader of the Litigation – Trusts, Estates and High Net Worth team.
Jean Kuei, Pillsbury’s Labor & Employment Practice Group leader, is an experienced employment attorney representing corporate employers in the firm’s Washington, DC, and San Francisco offices. Jean is known not only for her employment litigation skills but also for her ability to resolve complex, high-stakes workplace disputes effectively and creatively. Jean also serves as a leading member of the firm’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) Litigation and Investigations practice, responding to activist shareholder proposals, conducting race and pay equity audits and advising on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Drew Lanphere is a trial lawyer known for handling high-stakes litigation, focusing on antitrust, unfair competition, health care and real property matters.
Pillsbury Intellectual Property partner Mark Litvack has achieved an impressive record of securing favorable outcomes for clients in trial and appellate courts and ADR proceedings.
Pillsbury Employment partner Thomas Liu has more than 25 years of experience in cross-border labor and employment litigation and counseling for U.S. and global clients.
Pillsbury M&A partner Jarrod Murphy serves as vice chair of the firm’s Private Equity practice and has extensive experience advising public and private companies and private equity sponsors (including their portfolio companies) in connection with a wide variety of complex, high-profile corporate matters.
Aaron Oser, former firmwide practice section leader of Pillsbury’s Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions group, is a recognized leader in structuring large-scale, complex strategic information technology and business process outsourcing, cloud, mission critical enterprise software and systems development and integration transactions.
JiJi Park, co-leader of Pillsbury’s Fintech, Payments & Blockchain practice, focuses on corporate transactions and regulatory matters for clients in the financial services and retail sectors.
Chris Patay leads Pillsbury’s Corporate Group in Los Angeles, where he advises companies on mergers and acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, strategic alliances and other significant corporate matters.
Christina Pearson, the head of Pillsbury’s Silicon Valley Corporate and Securities group, represents companies in every stage of their life cycle, from start-up to maturity, and counsels her clients through liquidity transactions such as venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings.
Ed Perron is Pillsbury's firm-wide managing partner.
Roxane Polidora is the firmwide leader of Pillsbury's Antitrust & Competition practice and the managing partner of the San Francisco office.
Glenn Richards leads Pillsbury’s Communications practice. Based in Washington, DC, he is a recognized authority on IP communications regulations and telecommunications policies and issues.
Christy Richardson focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, 401(k) plans and health and welfare benefit programs.
James Rishwain, an accomplished Pillsbury Real Estate partner, advises global market leaders, Fortune 100 companies and corporate boards.
Rebecca Carr Rizzo counsels clients to ensure compliance and avoid litigation and investigates and defends clients against discrimination, harassment, retaliation and whistleblower claims.
Josh Romanow leads Pillsbury’s Travel, Leisure & Hospitality team. He is legal advisor to over twenty international airlines from Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and travel companies from around the world.
Craig Saperstein assists clients in developing and implementing sophisticated government relations at the federal and state levels that are geared to provide a demonstrable return on investment.
Drawing upon her invaluable government and in-house experience, Jeewon Kim Serrato advises clients on high-stakes regulatory defense matters, complex security incident investigations, new and emerging data monetization strategies and cross-border M&A and tech transactions. She leads the firm’s Consumer Protection team, co-leads the Retail Industry team and is a leader in the Global AI Task Force.
Michael Sibarium focuses on litigation, government investigations, and counseling matters generally involving significant antitrust, trade regulation, and other legal issues relating to competition.
Nathan Spatz, the leader of Pillsbury’s Los Angeles Litigation team, is a skilled trial and appellate lawyer with significant alternative dispute resolution (ADR) experience.
Deborah Thoren-Peden focuses her Chambers-ranked corporate practice on banking, electronic commerce, privacy, anti-money laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations.
Robert Wallan co-leads Pillsbury’s Chambers USA-ranked national Insurance Recovery and Advisory Practice Group and heads the Litigation Group for the Los Angeles Office. He handles class actions, insurance recovery and business-related litigation and has recovered more than $3.2 billion for clients.
Pillsbury partner and firm General Counsel Stacie Yee handles employment litigation, arbitration and counseling, and complex commercial litigation for a global clientele.
Patty helps companies protect and enforce their important trademarks and creative content. From family-owned wineries and hotel companies to global internet and biopharmaceutical enterprises, her advice helps companies increase brand value.
Laura's practice focuses on global trademark protection and enforcement, counseling, licensing and portfolio management.
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