Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Jennifer Nagle, Robert Sparkes, and Kathleen Parker have joined the firm as partners in its recently opened Boston office. The team will be joined by their Boston associates, as well as partner Loly Tor, who will be resident in the firm’s Princeton office. The four partners, all from K&L Gates, bring decades of combined experience advising clients in complex class actions and commercial disputes, consumer litigation, and employment counseling and litigation.

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Global law firm Reed Smith today announced the opening of a Boston office, the firm’s 34th global office and its 21st in the United States. The launch of the Boston office follows Reed Smith’s recent openings in Atlanta, Denver, and Riyadh and aligns with the firm’s strategic plan to accelerate growth in its private equity, M&A, finance, and fund formation practices. The firm’s opening includes top talent from Boston mainstays, including White & Case, Goodwin, McDermott Will & Schulte, Morrison Foerster, Kirkland & Ellis, and K&L Gates.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and Global Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry Group with the addition of Nicole Daley as a partner in Boston. Daley joins White & Case from A&O Shearman, where she was a partner.

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Morgan Lewis welcomes Chad Davis, Ph.D. as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property (IP) practice, resident in Boston. Dr. Davis joins from Dechert, bringing extensive experience in global patent portfolio strategy, patent prosecution, IP due diligence, infringement and validity analyses, post-grant proceedings, and IP-related agreements. With a doctorate in chemistry, Dr. Davis is deeply embedded in the Boston life sciences community and counsels and implements patent strategies for biotech, pharmaceutical, and chemical companies, as well as their investors, on the development, protection, and commercialization of complex scientific innovations.

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Saul Ewing LLP has expanded its Intellectual Property Practice in the firm’s Boston office with the hiring of Partner John Powell, who brings more than 30 years of experience helping clients strategically build and manage their patent portfolios, along with Associate Kurt Hoppmann, who focuses primarily on patent applications and prosecution. Powell arrives from Sunstein LLP where he served as Partner and Patent Group Chair.

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