Fenwick & West

We are deeply touched to share that Fenwick was honored with the Spirit of Hope Award at New York Legal Assistance Group’s 2024 Pro Bono Awards last week! 🏆 This award celebrates the hard work and dedication of both our pro bono volunteers and the incredible team at NYLAG who are making a real difference in the lives of clients through our immigration clinics. Fenwick’s Hilarie Atkisson, Deanna Thompson, Fay Kelley, Mario Malagon, Rigoberto Gomez, and Henry Arauz attended the awards in celebration of this work. Deanna Thompson also received special recognition at the event for her efforts to champion the NYLAG Housing Part Clinics in Red Hook and uplift local communities. Thank you to our pro bono volunteers who step up every day to tackle complex immigration issues with compassion and expertise. And thank you NYLAG for being such an amazing partner as we continue to do this crucial work. 💙 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gWYb7wkV #ProBonoWeek #CSR

Congrats to our client Aliada Therapeutics on its pending $1.4 billion acquisition by AbbVie! Aliada is a biotechnology company advancing therapies using a novel blood-brain barrier (BBB)-crossing technology to address challenging central nervous system (CNS) diseases. The acquisition positions AbbVie to advance Aliada’s lead compound ALIA-1758, a potentially best-in-class disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer's disease. In addition, Aliada's technology strengthens AbbVie’s R&D capabilities to accelerate the development of next-generation therapies for neurological disorders and other diseases. The Fenwick team was led by David Michaels and Effie Toshav. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ewdeAE39 #FenwickForLifeSciences #MergersAcquisitions #biotech

Our patent litigation team was named in Law360’s Legal Lions of the Week column! 🦁🎉 The team led by David Hadden, Saina Shamilov, Ravi Ranganath, Vigen Salmastlian, Allen Wang, and Todd Gregorian successfully defended client Amazon and its subsidiary eero, where a jury confirmed that Amazon did not infringe on the plaintiff’s wireless network patents.    Prowl through the details here: https://lnkd.in/e35XEh9p #PatentLitigation #Patent #Innovation 

Congratulations to these nine exceptional attorneys who have been elected to join our partnership on January 1, 2025. Their outstanding achievements and deep commitment to our clients, practice, and culture are a source of pride for the entire firm. Please join us in congratulating Chelsea Anderson, Taimur Case, Aaron Ginsburg, Chance Goldberg, Christopher N. Gorman, Jessica Kaempf (Martinez), Jon McMichael, Ana Razmazma, and Feihong Xu as our newest partners! Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e6yE77Va   #TechLaw #PartnerPromotion

In the face of a growing youth mental health crisis, how can technology be both the problem and the solution? In the latest The Heart of Healthcare Podcast episode, Michael Esquivel and Halle Tecco, MPH, MBA speak with Naomi Allen of Brightline to explore: 🔹The role of technology in both exacerbating and solving the crisis 🔹Family-centered care in pediatric behavioral health 🔹Strategies to balance children's technology use and mental well-being 🎧 Tune in here: https://lnkd.in/eSG766q8

🚀⚠️Preparing your token launch? More than 75% go sideways at some point, triggering long-lasting operational delays and, in some cases, hefty fines or operating expenses.  So how do you ensure all systems are go? Quell your pre-launch jitters and check out these tips from Fenwick’s Ryan McRobert, the valuation experts from Redwood Valuation Partners, and the token compensation and compliance gurus at Toku. 🎯Get up to speed before your launch: https://lnkd.in/euHJ9H4b #Blockchain #ICO #Tax 

The 2024 TEI-SJSU High Tech Tax Institute is almost here! 🌟 Come join Fenwick's David Forst and Julia Ushakova-Stein for this two-day gathering to get top-tier tax knowledge on key issues that high technology businesses are facing.  📍Register here: https://lnkd.in/eTVrJRbs #Tax #InternationalTax #TaxPlanning 

A big shoutout to partner Douglas Cogen who has just been named a 2024 Life Sciences MVP by Law360! 🧬🎉  Doug's track record speaks for itself. He has spearheaded landmark M&A deals for life sciences leaders like Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc., Shockwave Medical, and Morphic Therapeutic that are helping bring innovative and life-saving therapies and treatments to market. Here's to Doug, congrats on this fantastic recognition! 🌟 #FenwickforLifeSciences #Innovation #MVP 

This week on The Heart of Healthcare Podcast, we’re tackling the youth mental health crisis with my good friend Naomi Allen, Co-Founder and CEO of Brightline. We discuss the impact of technology on kids’ mental health, the power of family-centered care, and tips to manage children's technology use. 🎧Apple: https://lnkd.in/ezkpkhdi 🎧Spotify: https://lnkd.in/en9EvaBX

We were wowed by all the tech innovations and visionary entrepreneurs we got to experience at LA TECH WEEK by a16z. ✨ It’s not every day that you get a front row seat to the latest trends while surrounded by top industry leaders!    Thank you to our clients, colleagues, and new friends who joined us for our events throughout the week—and thank you to Andreessen Horowitz for making the whole thing possible.   And don’t forget to keep in touch! Subscribe to Fenwick updates to stay connected as we continue to chart new tech frontiers. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ev562DMc   #LA #TechWeek #Innovation