Eight McCarter & English attorneys have left the firm for the New York City office of Boston-based Brown Rudnick, including NJBIZ Law Power 50 list alum David Sorin, who had been with the firm since 2014.
Five partners and three associates joined Brown Rudnick.
David Sorin is now co-chair of Brown Rudnick’s global technology group, Jared Sorin is co-practice group leader of the emerging growth companies and venture capital group, and Scott Smedresman is co-practice group leader of the U.S. technology group. Joseph Ferino and Matthew Uretsky were brought into the firm as partners, and Morgan Jones, Ken Franklin and Thomas Rezach were brought on as associates.
“We are excited to bring on such a distinguished team of technology sector experts. This market-leading group, whose industry knowledge and experience complements our fast-growing technology practice, positions us as a trusted leader in exciting high-tech sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, software, cryptocurrency, cleantech, medtech, healthtech, and beyond,” said Neil Foster, co-chair of the global technology group. “Being true tech sector leaders sets us apart in the market. Our goal is to attract the premier technology clients and the leading lateral recruits, like this group, across our offices in the U.S. and Europe.”
David Sorin. – AARON HOUSTON
David Sorin’s venture capital group is well-known for its work with venture capital firms and emerging growth companies, thus nabbing several NJBIZ Law Power 50 recognitions in recent years.
The attorneys have guided companies through complex business transactions from early-stage ideation, formation and fundraising to IPOs and M&A. By itself, Brown Rudnick said its new group of attorneys “would rank among the leaders in venture capital-financed transactions based on objective measures of deal activity established by analysts such as Pitchbook, ahead of entire law firms.”
They’ve worked on matters within the life sciences industry including artificial intelligence, digital media, 3D printing and other tools from the traditional tech domain of the group; and the group has led numerous startup licensing, technology transfer, and joint development deals with Fortune 500 companies.
“My colleagues and I are thrilled to join Brown Rudnick’s highly accomplished Global Technology Practice Group. As our clients continue to globalize earlier in development cycles, they need a platform that can successfully guide them through the international growth of their operations and customer outreach,” David Sorin said in a prepared statement. “Brown Rudnick’s suite of services for technology companies and the investors that fund them, developed over 20 years and hundreds of cross-border deals, offers just that platform. We love Brown Rudnick’s long history with technology clients, its remarkable success in life sciences and its firmwide commitment to both sectors. We’re excited to be a part of that vision.”
