The names of the departing lawyers have not been disclosed. Sidley maintains a patent litigation practice of more than 100 lawyers, so these departures represent a loss from a substantial group rather than a specialized niche.
For practitioners in IP-intensive industries, this signals MoFo's strategic investment in trial capacity for high-stakes patent and trade secrets litigation. The acquisition of senior litigators with medtech and life sciences expertise matters most to clients in those sectors who are evaluating counsel for complex infringement and misappropriation disputes.