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Biglaw New York Mainstay Opens Up Its First West Coast Office

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Looks like Willkie Farr & Gallagher is going to give West Coast living — or at least lawyering — a try. The Biglaw firm, headquartered in New York City since 1888, has announced they’re opening an office in Silicon Valley. They’ve tapped two new lateral hires, partners Tiffany Lee and Matthew Berger, formerly of Paul Hastings, to lead the new office which will also be staffed with Willkie attorneys relocating from New York.

Lee will be the managing partner in Silicon Valley. Her practice mainly focuses on M&A, private equity financing, and intellectual property which she does for clients primarily in the tech industry. Berger was formerly the global chairman of the technology transactions practice at his old firm, Paul Hastings.

In a statement, Lee said she was excited about the opportunities at Willkie:

“With Willkie’s Silicon Valley arrival and the natural synergies between our broad technology transactions experience and highly regarded corporate, M&A and private equity capabilities, we are excited for a greater and more value-added collaboration with current and prospective clients, local, domestic and abroad,” Lee said in a statement.

For their part, Willkie is jazzed about the chance to extend their brand into Cali:

“We are very excited that [Lee] and [Berger] have decided to join our expanding technology-focused corporate, M&A and private equity platforms and are bringing their extensive and highly regarded technology transactional expertise to our newest office,” Willkie co-chairman Gordon Caplan said in a statement.

“Willkie goes where the highest quality talent and energy is located [and] we have a longstanding and extensive client base in Palo Alto, and California more generally,” he added.

Congratulations to Lee and Berger on their latest career move.

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