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‘Josh has been at the center of mobile technology and patents within Google,’ Robert Bertin of Bingham McCutchen LLP says. ‘He has been one of the key leaders in creating one of the world’s most valuable patent portfolios’. During his five years at the world’s leading internet company, Joshua McGuire has led some of Google’s most high-profile transactions. These have included Motorola’s Mobility acquisition, home division divestiture and sale to Lenovo, due to close in 2014. He also handled Google’s 2011 attempted acquisition of the Nortel patent portfolio as part of its bankruptcy auction, which culminated in the largest ever s363 asset sale. Currently focused on Google’s Android programs, he has also been involved in its patent cross-licensing arena with the likes of Samsung. McGuire is praised highly for his strong management skills and contribution to Google’s ‘collaborative and deliberative culture’. ‘He is a prominent figure and brings with him a depth of experience, intelligence and a disarming character that has allowed him to succeed in deal making and teambuilding where most others would fail,’ Bertin adds. ‘Josh is well respected and well liked internally and externally’.