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Ropes & Gray, Wilson Sonsini guide Gilead’s $7.8bn cancer drugmaker acquisition

Ropes acts for Gilead as Wilson Sonsini counsels target Arcellx in deal that comes as pharmaceutical groups rush to buy smaller rivals with proven drug pipelines

24 Feb 2026

Orrick adds seven-lawyer healthcare regulatory team in DC, Boston

Trio of partners join from Wilson Sonsini and boutique Hooper Lundy & Bookman as Orrick continues life sciences push

12 Jul 2024

Latham, Skadden and Paul Weiss among firms advising on $6.9bn Squarespace take private


Private equity firm Permira is leading the deal, with support from General Atlantic and Accel

14 May 2024

O’Melveny and Wilson Sonsini check in for Alaska Air’s $1.9bn acquisition of Hawaiian

O’Melveny advises Alaska as Wilson Sonsini reps Hawaiian in deal likely to attract regulatory scrutiny

4 Dec 2023

Third IP litigator moves from Wilson Sonini to BakerHostetler in Los Angeles

Erik Carlson joins BakerHostetler just a few months after veteran partners Olivia Kim and Ed Poplawski as Am Law 100 firm moves to build full service IP practice on West Coast

4 Apr 2023

Mintz Levin adds partners from Torys, Dentons, Wilson Sonsini for Canada debut

Boston-based firm adds expertise across life sciences, private equity, capital markets, employment and IP for new base in Toronto

21 Mar 2023

US in-house counsel avoids serious reprimand following UK judgment embargo breach

Court of Appeal judges show leniency to in-house counsel after he breaches the embargo of a judgment relating to a patent case

31 Jan 2023

Wilson Sonsini lands former Hong Kong Competition Commission director to boost Brussels arm

Jindrich Kloub joins as a partner following five-year spell in Hong Kong after more than a decade at EC's competition arm

9 Nov 2022

Wilson Sonsini hires Daiichi Sankyo associate GC to boost New York life sciences bench

Transactions expert joins as a partner after spending more than 16 years in pharmaceutical giant's legal department

25 Aug 2022

Wachtell and Quinn Emanuel called in as Twitter court battle with Musk looms

Musk's dramatic bid to abort his $44bn takeover is heading for the Delaware Court of Chancery

12 Jul 2022

Wilson Sonsini builds in London with hire of EY’s global head of tech law

Transatlantic deals veteran Richard Goold becomes West Coast firm’s 24th lawyer in London

8 Feb 2022

Wilson Sonsini targets Colorado's booming life sciences scene with Boulder office launch

Opening comes as Colorado life sciences companies raise a record $2.4bn in financing

2 Feb 2022

Wilson Sonsini signs up Utah Supreme Court justice for Salt Lake City office launch

Palo Alto firm has also hired a partner from Holland & Hart as it becomes latest firm to target Silicon Slopes

3 Nov 2021