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Chadbourne Launches
Nanotechnologies Practice, Drawing on Firm's 'Critical Mass'
of Legal Expertise
Other Topics:
Nanotechnology
Research
Chadbourne
April 24, 2008
Key Practices Combine to Offer Innovators a
Transdisciplinary Approach
New York, NY -- The international law firm of Chadbourne &
Parke announced today that it has launched a
nanotechnologies practice, with a transdisciplinary approach
bringing together the expertise of long-established
Chadbourne practices. The strategy reflects the needs of
clients developing or directly interested in
nanotechnology-based products and services in multiple
sectors of the global economy.
Nanotechnology, the science of manipulating and engineering
matter at the atomic and molecular level, offers vast
opportunities in such fields as pharmaceuticals, medical
devices, cosmetics, energy, manufacturing, electronics,
communications and transportation. Nano-based global
commerce could amount to $1.5 trillion by 2015. |
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To address that opportunity,
Chadbourne's nanotechnologies practice will harness the
Firm's expertise in several of its core practice areas,
including energy, insurance, private equity, intellectual
property, litigation and products liability.
"The commercialization of nanotechnology calls for an
innovative, cross-disciplinary team approach to legal and
business problem-solving, because nanotechnology covers a
lot of ground," said David L. Wallace, head of the
nanotechnologies practice. "Nanotechnology carries unique
uncertainties that must be successfully mediated for a
stable market to develop. It calls for a collaborative legal
approach powered by a 'critical mass' of the types of
expertise for which Chadbourne is well known."
"Working seamlessly with innovators is our forte," said
Chadbourne Managing Partner Charles K. O'Neill. "That's the
Chadbourne advantage -- over 100 years of experience helping
clients to harness the new technologies of their era to
create industries and markets where none existed before.
We've done it most recently with the biofuels industry and,
before that, independent power. We want to apply that
expertise to nanotechnology."
Key Attorneys in the Nanotechnologies PracticeIn addition to
Mr. Wallace, whose practice is concentrated on product
liability counseling and defense, other Chadbourne attorneys
with an active hand in the Firm's nanotechnology push
include counsel John P. Cahill and partner Jonathan M.A.
Melmed. Prior to joining Chadbourne, Mr. Cahill was
Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation
under New York Governor George Pataki, and now Chadbourne
counsel, George E. Pataki and concentrates his practice on
energy, environmental and corporate matters. Mr. Cahill
worked closely with Governor Pataki on groundbreaking public
policy initiatives and state-funded investments in support
of nanotechnology R&D that have positioned New York as a
worldwide leader in university-based research and economic
partnership with high-tech commercial interests of all
sizes. Mr. Melmed's practice focuses on international
private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions
and initial public offerings, with extensive experience in
the life sciences, biotech and renewable energy sectors.
Also contributing to the practice are Todd Alexander and
Chaim Wachsberger, project finance partners in New York;
Walter Hanchuk, intellectual property partner in New York;
Keith Martin, project finance partner in Washington, DC;
David Raim, insurance/reinsurance partner in Washington, DC;
Edward Zaelke and Adam Umanoff, project finance partners in
Los Angeles; Charez Golvala, corporate partner in London;
and Mark Pring, insurance and reinsurance partner in London.
In addition to its client work, Chadbourne is helping to
advance legal and business thinking in regard to the promise
and challenge of nanotechnologies. In January 2008, the Firm
organized a conference called "Nanotechnology Law &
Commerce: Business at One-Billionth of a Meter" that brought
together leading industry, regulatory and academic figures
to discuss the business, legal, regulatory and scientific
aspects of nanotechnology's commercialization.
About Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Chadbourne & Parke LLP,
an international law firm headquartered in New York City,
provides a full range of legal services, including mergers
and acquisitions, securities, project finance, private
funds, corporate finance, energy, communications and
technology, commercial and products liability litigation,
securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, special
investigations and litigation, intellectual property,
antitrust, domestic and international tax, insurance and
reinsurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and
financial restructuring, employment law and ERISA, trusts
and estates and government contract matters. Major
geographical areas of concentration include Central and
Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS, the Middle East and
Latin America. The Firm has offices in New York, Washington,
DC, Los Angeles, Houston, Mexico City, London (a
multinational partnership), Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw,
Kyiv, Almaty, Dubai and Beijing. For additional information,
visit http://www.chadbourne.com. |
