Brown Rudnick Accelerates Growing Global Technology Practice With Transformational Hires

NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move that catapults Brown Rudnick LLP to global leadership among law firms focused on technology companies and the investors, executives and boards of directors who support and lead them, Brown Rudnick has announced the addition of five new partners and three associates to its Global Technology Practice Group. The partners are David Sorin, Scott Smedresman, Jared Sorin, Joseph Ferino, and Matthew Uretsky. Their associates are Kenneth Franklin, Morgan Jones, and Thomas Rezach.

David Sorin, Scott Smedresman, and Jared Sorin also assume leadership roles at the Firm. David Sorin is co-chair of the Global Technology Group; Scott Smedresman is co-practice group leader of the U.S. Technology Group; and Jared Sorin is co-practice group leader of the Emerging Growth Companies & Venture Capital Group.

The group is internationally known for its work with venture capital firms and emerging growth companies, with an award-winning reputation for guiding companies and their leaders through the most complex business transactions, from early-stage ideation, formation and fundraising to IPOs and M&A. By itself, this group would rank among the leaders in venture capital-financed transactions based on objective measures of deal activity established by analysts such as Pitchbook, ahead of entire law firms. Their experience also reaches the life sciences industry, which has evolved to include big data, artificial intelligence, digital media, 3-D printing and other tools from the traditional tech domain of the group. The new partners are prolific authors and presenters in multiple media, collaborating with some of our country's best-known institutions in the technology sector. The group also has led numerous startup licensing, technology transfer, joint development deals and the like with the most prominent Fortune 500 companies in the world. They join Brown Rudnick from McCarter & English, where David Sorin served as chair of the Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies Practice.

The move follows two other recent additions to the Global Technology Practice Group: Partners Ian DiBernardo, who is also co-practice group leader of the U.S. Technology Group, and Jason Sobel. They joined the firm in March 2021.

Neil Foster, co-chair of the Global Technology Group who joined the Firm with his team in March 2020, commented: "We are excited to bring on such a distinguished team of technology sector experts. This market-leading group, whose industry knowledge and experience complements our fast-growing technology practice, positions us as a trusted leader in exciting high-tech sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, software, cryptocurrency, cleantech, medtech, healthtech, and beyond. Being true tech sector leaders sets us apart in the market. Our goal is to attract the premier technology clients and the leading lateral recruits, like this group, across our offices in the U.S. and Europe."