February 13, 2014
THE RECORDER
By Nathalie Pierrepont
PALO ALTO “ Morrison & Foerster’s Palo Alto office has nabbed the co-chair of Orrick’s technology transaction and sourcing practice.
Stephanie Sharron joined MoFo as a partner on Thursday. She will continue to focus her practice on intellectual property and commercial transactions in mobility, social media, big data, cloud computing and e-commerce.
Prior to joining Orrick, Sharron practiced at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for more than 15 years.
“Stephanie’s ability to support sophisticated M&A deals and to lead complex IP and commercial transactions will further expand our already robust and busy practice,” MoFo partner Tessa Schwartz, co-chair of the firm’s technology transactions group, said in a statement. Schwartz is based in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Legal recruiter Larry Watanabe, who brokered the deal, said MoFo has been on the hunt for a lawyer to bolster its tech transactions practice in the Valley for several years. Sharron’s departure from Orrick comes on theheels of three defections in New York.