Foley & Lardner Appoints Ngai Zhang And Drew Schulte To Boost IT Offering
Until now, they were serving at Perkins Coie.
AmLaw 100 law firm Foley & Lardner has added Ngai Zhang and Drew Schulte to strengthen its innovative technology capabilities and electronics practice.
While Zhang will join the firm’s Washington DC office, Schulte will serve at Miami. They were working with Perkins Coie.
Pavan Agarwal, the chair of Foley & Lardner’s innovative technology sector said that the two IP Partners were ‘exceptional fits’, as Washington and Miami continue to evolve as technology hubs.
It is the latest move by the Wisconsin-headquartered firm in its expansion on the US East Coast. The new entrants have vast counseling experience in patent prosecution, with a focus on the software and financial technology sectors.
Christopher McKenna, the Co-Chair of the firm’s electronics practice group stated, “The innovative approach and keen understanding of diverse technological areas will greatly benefit our high-tech industry clients and further strengthen our electronics practice capabilities on the East Coast and nationally.”
Zhang and Schulte added, “The firm offers our practices an environment conducive to expansion. Its intersectional approach spurs collaboration across practices that will be invaluable in offering our clients the full spectrum of IP support.”
Zhang is an expert on internet and technology laws, including patents, trademarks, open source, technology transactions, user agreements, contests, and sweepstakes. He advises clients – from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, on artificial intelligence, machine learning, fintech, blockchain, cybersecurity, cloud computing, digital health, and virtual, augmented, and mixed realities. He is apt at patent portfolio management and prosecution, and patent post-grant review and litigation.
Schulte’s practice involves patent prosecution, particularly in fintech, admitted before the US and European patent offices. Apart from the post-grant proceedings in the US, he has conducted over 60 European Patent Office (EPO) oppositions and argued before the Technical Board of Appeals and the Enlarged Board of Appeals.