Fenwick & West LLP

Fenwick & West LLP‘s patents team has a strong reputation for its impressive capabilities handling the gamut of work; one client remarked that it was 'successful in getting us patents issued that we never thought were possible'. The practice has Michael Farn and Rajiv Patel, described by clients as ’the best’, at its helm, both work from the firm’s Silicon Valley hub. At the same office is Daniel Becker who has noteworthy expertise representing both biotech and pharma company clients in particular on the array of patent counseling matters, and Antonia Sequeira who focuses on biotech, high tech and device-related life sciences work. The ‘very thoughtful and creative’ San Francisco-based Hayan Yoon was promoted to partnership in January 2024. The team is well-equipped to handle lifecycle management, portfolio development, restructuring, post-issuance proceedings, due diligence matters and litigation, which are specialisms of New York’s Daniel Brownstone, while Carl Morales at the same office has experience handling pending or FDA-approved products’ patent portfolios and related prosecution cases. Also with strong abilities in diligence matters in relation to the IP aspects of M&A and financing transactions especially, is Silicon Valley’s ’gem’ Robert Hulse who is noted as being ‘one of the smartest and most creative patent attorneys’. Meta and Instacart are examples of the international clients the group assists.