Work on various projects involving M&A, patents and other IP, private equity, real estate financing, and potential litigation.

Legal advice focusing on antitrust and IP issues.

First company GC, rebuilt internal and external legal teams, significant licensing and IP settlement work, helped obtain reversal of adverse fraud verdict and adverse patent rulings, helped obtain victory over FTC antitrust claims relating to standard setting activity, helped oversee expansion of IP portfolio, oversaw successful patent litigation.

Very significant M&A activity, helping drive company growth from 300 to 1,500 employees in two quarters; established and grew new legal department for newly public company to keep pace with 40% sequential quarter-over-quarter revenue growth; extensive involvement with software licensing and with EU subsidiaries.

First GC for worldwide operations of a then-newly public company -- a Singaporean manufacturer of multi-media computer peripherals; extensive involvement in numerous M&A deals, VC-type investments and strategic partnerships;significant involvement in IP licensing: significant involvement in improved IP protection program, including novel copyright victory in Singapore's highest court and enhanced IP (patent and trademark) protection program; significant involvement in major retail distribution, OEM and software licensing deals.

One of the youngest partners in the firm's history; focus on securities litigation and on IP issues; focus also on dispute resolution for high tech start-ups and newly public companies; major clients included book publisher Simon&Schuster, software publisher Software Toolworks, the New York investment bank Bear Stears, the accounting firm Arthur Andersen and the San Francisco investment Bank Hambrecht & Quist; served on firm's hiring and associate training committees; extensive pro bono work resulting in special recognition for the Youth Law Center and the ABA Section of Litigation, Task Force on Children.