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Midori Okamoto—Faegre Baker Daniels

03 January 2017
Issue: 7728 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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IP lawyer joins firm's London office

Faegre Baker Daniels has announced that Midori Okamoto has joined the firm’s London office as an associate in the intellectual property group.

Midori has substantial experience in international, regulatory and transactional work and will be an asset to the IP group’s handling of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, commercial and IP transactions, and related matters. She advises clients in Japan, the UK and US, with particular expertise in the life sciences and technology industries.

Midori joins FaegreBD after working as a technology transactions associate at Morrison & Foerster in Tokyo and, prior to that, a corporate finance associate at O’Melveny & Myers in London. She earned a master’s degree in molecular medicine and a bachelor’s in biotechnology from Imperial College London and is admitted to practise in England and Wales and California.

Alex Denny, partner and London office leader, comments: “We are very pleased to welcome Midori Okamoto to Faegre Baker Daniels’ thriving IP Group. With her extensive cross-border experience, she will be a real asset to the Group and the firm as a whole.”

Issue: 7728 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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