Shinya Akiyama, a Pillsbury Corporate partner, has counseled Japanese companies starting, acquiring and managing U.S. business, and preventing and defending lawsuits, for 28 years.

Craig Chason, leader of Pillsbury’s Northern Virginia Office Corporate practice, advises principally in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, governance, and corporate finance for clients in the government IT, defense and aerospace sectors.

Adam Chernichaw is widely recognized by clients and adversaries alike as a results-oriented negotiator who structures complex, often transformative commercial transactions to help clients achieve their strategic goals.

Jim Conley represents startups and mid-cap technology companies that require high-quality intellectual property counseling and solid advice on competing patents.

Patrick Devine, a corporate partner in Pillsbury's San Francisco office, advises clients in a variety of industries on corporate, securities and mergers and acquisitions matters.

Chris Drymalla is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice.

Aaron Dyer, national co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense team, is a former federal prosecutor and experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses on complex criminal and civil litigation and regulatory enforcement actions.

Adam Goldberg is a partner in Pillsbury’s Litigation practice with a focus on white collar and corporate investigations, U.S. regulatory compliance and cross-border disputes involving high-risk jurisdictions, including in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

A leader in his field, Pillsbury Corporate partner Mike Hird has received Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” honors in three different categories.

Kim Jaimez, a former white collar federal prosecutor and experienced trial attorney, focuses her practice on corporate investigations, white collar defense, complex civil litigation and other regulatory actions.

Riaz Karamali is a counselor and deal-maker who assists clients with negotiating and closing domestic and international venture finance, private equity, M&A and technology transactions.

Pillsbury Global Sourcing partner Joseph Kendall is a leading adviser on outsourcing and technology transactions, with extensive experience representing health care companies in this area.

David’s practice has focused on major, complex litigation, including cases involving allegations of fraud, antitrust violations, ethics issues and trusts and estates matters. David Keyko is a co-leader of the Litigation – Trusts, Estates and High Net Worth team.

Don Kilpatrick is a highly regarded corporate lawyer with over 30 years of experience advising on mergers, acquisitions and other complex transactional matters.

Stan Lewandowski, Silicon Valley leader of Pillsbury’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice, counsels domestic and international companies on optimal structuring, financing, operations, development and other strategic transactional issues, primarily in the artificial intelligence, fintech, aerospace, education, life sciences, health care, digital health, travel, cybersecurity, gaming, climatetech and renewable energy sectors.

Steve Meltzer is a partner in the law firm’s Corporate practice, where he focuses his activities on information technology, life sciences, health care, defense and intelligence-related projects.

Aaron Oser, former firmwide practice section leader of Pillsbury’s Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions group, is a recognized leader in structuring large-scale, complex strategic information technology and business process outsourcing, cloud, mission critical enterprise software and systems development and integration transactions.

Adam Rachlis advises public and private companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, and investment banks on mergers & acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including leveraged buyouts, control and minority investments, divestitures, carve-outs, joint ventures and equity financings.

Christy Richardson focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, 401(k) plans and health and welfare benefit programs.

Rebecca Carr Rizzo counsels clients to ensure compliance and avoid litigation and investigates and defends clients against discrimination, harassment, retaliation and whistleblower claims.

Jon Russo, former co-leader of Pillsbury’s M&A practice, has over 35 years of experience in M&A transactions, private equity investments, venture capital financings and securities offerings. He is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. as a “Leading Lawyer.”

Steve Ryan, global leader of Pillsbury’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice, advises companies on venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate governance matters with a strong emphasis on representing private high-growth companies and venture capital investment firms.

Drawing upon her invaluable government and in-house experience, Jeewon Kim Serrato advises clients on high-stakes regulatory defense matters, complex security incident investigations, new and emerging data monetization strategies and cross-border M&A and tech transactions. She leads the firm’s Consumer Protection team, co-leads the Retail Industry team and is a leader in the Global AI Task Force.

Michael Sibarium focuses on litigation, government investigations, and counseling matters generally involving significant antitrust, trade regulation, and other legal issues relating to competition.

Elizabeth Zimmer, a Pillsbury Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions partner, is widely recognized for her extensive information technology outsourcing knowledge, skill and experience.

Alvin Dunn has substantial counseling and litigation experience in antitrust, consumer protection, and trade regulation matters, and substantial dispute resolution and litigation experience in a wide variety of complex commercial matters.

David W. Gibson provides corporate, project and commercial advice to a diverse range of public and private sector clients, with a primary focus on the health care and life sciences industries. He has a particular focus on advising on international health care acquisitions and collaborations and medical equipment projects.

Laura's practice focuses on global trademark protection and enforcement, counseling, licensing and portfolio management.

Martin Krall is senior counsel in the law firm's business transactions practice, counseling on matters involving real estate, corporate, securities, media and labor.

Andrea Milano manages a diverse caseload of wage and hour class, collective and representative actions, single plaintiff litigation (including ADA accessibility and accommodation claims), transactional work and traditional labor matters across many industries, with a focus on technology, hospitality and health care.

Caitlin Stulberg represents companies (ranging from startup to Fortune 10) on formation, venture and seed financings, general corporate matters and transactions ranging from $1 million to over $1 billion.

Jack Welch represents private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and strategic investors regarding a wide range of corporate matters, including complex acquisitions, dispositions, carveouts, mergers and other investments.

Frank Xue focuses his practice on cross-border transactions and corporate matters.

Chris Cash, repeatedly named to the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch list, advises private equity investors and public and private companies in a wide range of domestic and cross-border corporate matters.

Christine Mastromonaco counsels clients in a variety of industries, including tech, retail, healthcare and financial services on data optimization strategies, consumer privacy, and regulatory defense matters. She is a trusted advisor on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other U.S. state and federal privacy laws. Christine has previously represented financial services and fintech clients in state and federal courts in a wide array of commercial and class action matters.

Hongxi Wang is focused in corporate law, with a practice concentrated on emerging companies and venture capital, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions.

With over 25 years of IT experience, Michael McCann has successfully led large-scale organizational, cloud transformation and IT projects.

Joseph Nash is a consulting principal in Pillsbury’s Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions practice and has more than 40 years of experience as an IT executive, product developer and consultant.