Insights

New York – March 4, 2022: Crowell & Moring’s Jennifer K. Grady, Richard J. Lee, and John A. Clark have authored a chapter in the recently published second edition of The Handbook of Loan Syndications and Trading. According to the book’s publisher, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association, “The Handbook covers all aspects of the primary and secondary loan markets, ESG, direct lending, and so much more.”

Washington – February 28, 2022: Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce that counsel Monty Cooper has been selected as a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s 2022 class of Fellows. In addition, associate Andrea Charles and counsel Kayvan M. Ghaffari have been named to the LCLD 2022 class of Pathfinders.

Washington – February 24, 2022: Relativity has named John E. Davis and Jeane A. Thomas of Crowell & Moring to its list of 2022 AI Visionaries. The list recognizes “early adopters of AI, particularly in areas where managing risk is a top priority and the approach to technology adoption has traditionally been more conservative.”

San Francisco – February 23, 2022: Christopher J. Banks joins Crowell & Moring’s San Francisco office as a partner in its Litigation and Labor & Employment groups, bringing more than two decades of experience litigating commercial and labor and employment matters, including employee mobility and trade secret misappropriation disputes. Banks is a trial lawyer who helps companies--from startups to the Fortune 500--solve problems concerning founders’ disputes and “business divorces,” contract disputes, trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition, employee departures, wage and hour claims, Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) lawsuits, and other commercial and labor and employment matters. He also advises clients and litigates in matters involving intellectual property rights, technology licensing and development arrangements, and breach of fiduciary duty and other business torts.

San Francisco – February 16, 2022: Crowell & Moring represented Marshall Wace, a global alternative investment manager, in a $41.5 million Series B round of funding of Parse Biosciences.  Marshall Wace co-led the transaction with Janus Henderson Investors, with Soleus Capital, Logos Capital and Bioeconomy Capital also participating.  Parse Biosciences is a Seattle-based company with the mission of accelerating progress in human health and scientific research through their pioneering approach for single cell sequencing. Single-cell sequencing has already enabled groundbreaking discoveries which have led to new understandings of cancer treatment, tissue repair, stem cell therapy, kidney and liver disease, brain development, and the immune system.  The transaction was led by partners Jon O'Connell (San Francisco) and Anne Li (New York), and included partners Rashad Morgan (Chicago), counsel Matt Pelnar (San Francisco), and associates Karla Arias (Washington, D.C.) and Justin Lurie (New York).

Washington – February 7, 2022: Lawdragon namedCrowell & Moring partners Mark Plevin and Monique Almy to its 2022 list of 500 Leading Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers, which honors lawyers who are skilled in financial restructuring, in and out of the courtroom, and assist debtors, creditors, and others involved with distressed companies.

Washington – February 3, 2022: Law360 has named Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group a Practice Group of the Year for 2021. This marks the 12th consecutive year that the publication has recognized the group with this distinction.

Doha – February 2, 2022: LexisNexis Middle East has shortlisted Crowell & Moring’s Denise McLaughlin in the Construction Lawyer of the Year category of the Women in Law Awards in the Gulf Cooperation Council region.

Washington – January 31, 2022: The Human Rights Campaign Foundation awarded Crowell & Moring a score of 100 percent on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index, its national benchmarking survey and report. The Foundation rates companies based on their corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality. This year marks the 12th consecutive year that the firm has been recognized by HRC.

Los Angeles – January 31, 2022: Los Angeles Business Journal named Crowell & Moring partners Nicole Janigian Simonian and Emily Kuwahara to its 2022 “Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys” list. The list recognizes the significant achievements of minority attorneys who are “considered to be particularly impactful on the legal scene while serving as trusted advisors in the LA region.”

Washington – January 26, 2022: Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group has been named a Practice Group of the Year for 2021 by Law360. This marks the fourth year the group has been recognized by the publication with this distinction.

(Richmond, VA – January 27, 2022) – The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) is pleased to announce it has named Google general counsel Halimah DeLaine Prado to its board of directors. 

New York – January 27, 2022: Crowell & Moring secured a significant victory - a preliminary injunction against patent infringement through trial - on behalf of Lonza Walkersville, Inc., against Adva Biotechnology Ltd. in a case involving point-of-care cell-therapy technology.

London – January 25, 2022: Law.com International has shortlisted Crowell & Moring’s Caroline Stevens, senior director in the firm’s London and Doha offices, in the Crisis Management category of the Women, Influence & Power in Law UK Awards 2022.

Washington – January 13, 2021: The Institute for Well-Being in Law is hosting an inaugural conference to press for systemic change in the legal profession so that well-being is a core component of professional success. 

Washington — January 12, 2022: Crowell & Moring has published Litigation Forecast 2022: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year. The tenth-annual Litigation Forecast focuses on the intersection of technology, litigation, and intellectual property, including significant changes to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board process, the impact of Google v. Oracle on copyright, new developments in the biopharma space, shifting FTC enforcement strategies, and more. The Litigation Forecast provides forward-looking insights from leading Crowell & Moring lawyers to help legal departments anticipate and respond to challenges that might arise in the year ahead.

Washington – January 3, 2022: Crowell & Moring elected 13 lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2022. The firm also promoted seven to the position of senior counsel and 19 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s London, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices and from across several practice groups, including Advertising & Media; Antitrust & Competition; Corporate; Energy; Environment & Natural Resources; Government Contracts; Health Care; Technology & Intellectual Property; International Dispute Resolution; Litigation; Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation; and Privacy & Cybersecurity.

Los Angeles – December 23, 2021: The Los Angeles Business Journal has named partners Jennifer Romano and Emily Kuwahara to its 2021 “Thriving in their 40s” list. The list highlights the “top 100 Los Angeles professionals,” and is based on “a demonstration of impact made on the profession and on the Los Angeles community.”