Today, my guest is Neel Chatterjee, a Partner in Goodwin’s Intellectual Property Practice. An internationally recognized technology litigator and trial lawyer, Neel has a proven track record of wins in hard-to-win technology cases and his cases often break new ground in undefined areas of the law. 

Neel has been recognized as a top IP litigator and trailblazer by Intellectual Asset Management, Managing IP, Chambers, Benchmark Litigation, National Law Journal and the Daily Journal in addition to being recognized by Best Lawyers in the field of patent and intellectual property litigation. Neel has a JD from Vanderbilt Law School and a BS from Dartmouth College.

Today, my guest is Jack Sheridan, a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins whose practice focuses on corporate legal needs of public and private companies primarily in technology, life sciences, and retail consumer sectors. During his career, Jack has represented companies and underwriters in more than 100 public offerings raising billions of dollars of capital, more than 150 companies in successfully raising venture capital financing; and numerous public and private companies in sophisticated merger and acquisition transactions. Jack holds a JD from Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall) and a BS (magna cum laude) from Santa Clara University.

Today my guest is Michael Jacobs, a Partner at Morrison & Foerster, who co-founded and currently co-chairs the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Many of the world’s leading technology and life sciences companies call on Michael to lead trial teams in their most complex litigation. He recently served as co-lead counsel in two of the most-watched intellectual property battles, including a high-profile smartphone case leading to a jury verdict of over $1 billion.

He has also litigated patent and licensing disputes for the life sciences industry’s first and most successful biotechnology company. Michael is listed in Band 1 by Chambers USA 2016 in its California Intellectual Property category and in Chambers Global 2017 as a leading attorney for Intellectual Property. He was also listed from 2012-2014 among the top attorneys in The BTI Client Service All-Star MVP. Michael holds a BA from Stanford University and a JD from Yale Law School.

In my continuing series on remote leadership, my guest today is Tim Powers, who has served as the Managing Partner of Haynes and Boone, LLP since 2015. He led the growth of the firm's international practice and is widely credited with spearheading the legal development of the subscription secured credit facility market, helping to build Haynes and Boone into a global leader in the representation of U.S. and foreign commercial and investment banks in subscription financings for private equity funds.