Ahsan Shaikh > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > Silicon Valley, United States > Lawyer Profile

Global head of the IP practice group William Gaede who splits his time between Silicon Valley and San Franciso, and global head of the patent prosecution group and ‘well-recognized thought leader’ Ahsan Shaikh who splits his time between Silicon Valley and Chicago, oversee the practice at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. The team is highlighted for its ‘distinctive ability to focus on their client’s key value drivers’. The design and implementation of patent filing strategies and the management of portfolios forms a predominant portion of the team’s workload; it notably works on patent application drafting and examination strategies for Meta Platforms. Life sciences and tech are the focus areas for the group. Team changes include the departures of Michael Fogarty, Tokashi Saito and Tomoki Tanida to Rimon PC and of Jenny Chen to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C..