White & Case Partner to Head New Kaye Scholer Silicon Valley Office
Kaye Scholer announced that it has hired a White & Case partner to head its new Silicon Valley office.
William Sloan Coats’ practice focuses on intellectual property matters and trade secrets disputes for software, hardware, computer, electronics, entertainment and movie industries, Kaye Scholer says in a press release.
Coats said in the release that Kaye Scholer is a great platform for his practice. “I was attracted by the firm’s commitment to opening in this market,” Coats said in the release. I am also impressed by Kaye Scholer’s understanding of the needs of Silicon Valley clients and its resources to support them.”
Kaye Scholer’s new Silicon Valley office is operating out of a temporary location until a permanent one is chosen.
In a statement provided to the ABA Journal, Bijal Vakil, executive partner of White & Case’s Palo Alto, Calif., office, said that he wishes Coats well and that the firm has promoted associates in its IP group to partner this year to meet its client demand. “Palo Alto’s an important strategic office for the firm and our clients, and you should expect to see our office grow in the near future,” he said.
Sixteen partners left White & Case in February. Thirteen of them went to Latham & Watkins.
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