Opened in 2008, our growing Silicon Valley office is the home office of more than a dozen lawyers.
We combine local service with the global knowledge that comes with being part of a firm with more than 40 offices throughout the world. This combination allows us to offer our clients corporate, intellectual property, and litigation services from lawyers in the Bay Area, while permitting us also to serve clients’ global needs in a seamless and efficient way.
Our Bay Area lawyers have decades of experience in all types of dispute resolution, including federal and state court civil and criminal jury and bench trials and arbitration. We have conducted many internal investigations both in the United States and overseas, and our dispute resolution practice covers a range of subject areas, including intellectual property, antitrust, securities, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, consumer regulations and general commercial contract and tort matters.
Our Bay Area corporate team has a long history in the area, advising clients on corporate and securities matters and complex corporate finance transactions. We also advise both emerging private companies as well as mature public companies with particular emphasis on clients in the life sciences industry, as well as clean energy and technology, electronics, contract manufacturing, homeland security, semiconductors, natural products, and organic agriculture. We also have unique experience in life sciences licensing and corporate partnering deals.
Located in the heart of downtown Palo Alto, our office is part of a vibrant community with a strong economy and cultural diversity.
Interesting notes
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Chambers USA recognizes several of our practice areas, including Securities Litigation, General Litigation, and White Collar and Criminal Investigations (2011).
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The Silicon Valley office is successfully defending a major food company in three separate federal court consumer class actions.
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A Silicon Valley partner achieved a significant pro bono victory in a case against East Palo Alto's biggest landlord in San Mateo County Superior Court.
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A Corporate partner in Silicon Valley is ranked among the top 10 lawyers in the nation representing investment banks in biotechnology IPOs.
Contact
For further information about our Silicon Valley office or our summer associate program, please contact:
Jean McBride
Office Administrator
Hogan Lovells US LLP
525 University Avenue 4th Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94301
JoinHoganLovellsBayArea@hoganlovells.com
Our work
Practice areas
- Antitrust, competition and economic regulation
- Bribery, corruption and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations
- Class actions
- Commercial litigation
- Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution
- Investigations, white collar and fraud
- IP litigation
- Litigation, arbitration and employment
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity/venture capital
- Patents
- Professional liability
- Securities litigation and enforcement
- Trade secrets and confidential know-how
- Cartels and criminal investigations
- Licensing and technology transfer
- Financial services litigation
- False advertising and unfair competition
- Debt capital markets
- Equity capital markets
- Pro bono
Significant clients
- Former CEO, JDS Uniphase Corporation
- Former CFO, Brocade Communications
- LabCorp
- Threshold Pharmaceuticals
- Vietnam Airlines
- ConAgra Foods, Inc.
- Symantec
Summer program
Size
We expect to have 2-3 summer associates in 2012.
Assignments and training
Summer associates are encouraged to work with lawyers in all practice groups on a wide range of assignments and attend training events hosted by the Hogan Lovells Academy.
Recruitment
We look for candidates with the intellect, creativity, skills, and commitment needed to provide our clients with the high quality and effective service they have come to expect from Hogan Lovells. Lawyers from the Silicon Valley office conduct interviews at several area law schools. Please contact your law school's career services or placement office to sign up for an on-campus interview.
Billable hours
Associates billable hours track is 1950 hours. Credit is given for up to 100 pro bono hours.
Pro bono commitment
All Hogan Lovells lawyers are encouraged to become involved in legal representation in the public interest. Our Pro Bono practice has handled hundreds of matters in recent years, including high-profile “impact cases” of national importance. A Silicon Valley partner achieved a significant pro bono victory in a landlord/tenant case in San Mateo County Superior Court. Representing a group of current and former tenants in East Palo Alto, he argued that Page Mill, East Palo Alto’s biggest landlord, acted in bad faith in relying on the separateness of numerous limited liability companies in an effort to take advantage of an exemption in East Palo Alto’s rent-control ordinance that applies to landlords owning four or fewer rental units in the City. Our associates and summer associates are often given opportunities to develop their legal training through pro bono matters.
Community outreach
Our Silicon Valley lawyers and staff are very active in their communities. One Silicon Valley partner is on the board of directors of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, which provides free legal services to residents in need.
