Cooley announced the recruitment of Simona Agnolucci, Ben Hur, Joshua Anderson, Tiffany Lin, Jonathan Patchen, Michael Rome and Eduardo Santacana as partners in the firm’s global litigation department in San Francisco.

“We are thrilled to welcome this esteemed group of Bay Area leaders and litigators to the firm,” said Cooley partner and CEO Rachel Proffitt. “Their arrival advances a key pillar of our strategic growth plan and creates tremendous opportunity to enhance our capabilities in support of the evolving needs of our expansive client base.”  

The group joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher and is known for high-stakes complex litigation, including bet-the-company commercial disputes, right of publicity and privacy class actions, intellectual property disputes and trade secret theft, criminal litigation, federal and state regulatory and enforcement matters, and trials and arbitrations for a range of global technology, financial services and life sciences companies.

“We could not be more excited about integrating Simona, Ben and the team with our talented team in San Francisco,” said Cooley partner Ian Shapiro, chair of the firm’s global litigation department. “This continues the multiyear expansion of our elite litigation department that provides our clients with industry-leading litigators and regulatory advisors to meet their needs in every market.“

Comprising more than 450 lawyers in the US and Europe, Cooley’s global litigation department has long been the leading litigation practice for the representation of tech, life sciences and other innovative companies.

“Cooley offers an unmatched global platform that extends far beyond its Silicon Valley roots, and we believe its holistic and collaborative approach to high-stakes litigation is a perfect fit for our clients,” said Agnolucci.

Hur added, “Cooley’s litigation department has ascended to be truly competitive with the best litigation firms in the world, and we are thrilled to join such a talented group of litigators.”

This news story was originally published on the firm’s website.