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By Brooks Igo
(May 6) – Schiff Hardin announced on Monday the addition of Stephen Sapp, a corporate and securities lawyer, as a partner. He joins from Locke Lord and is the firm’s ninth attorney in Dallas.
Sapp advises clients on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, M&A and corporate and securities reporting and compliance. He also has expertise relating to intellectual property transactional matters.
“I had never changed law firms since law school,” he said. “I was looking to try something new.”
Firm leaders say bringing on Sapp is an important development for the firm’s strategic growth in Dallas.
“With the opening of our Dallas office last fall, and our well-respected partners onboard, Schiff Hardin can extend the range of services that we offer our clients,” said Marci Eisenstein, the firm’s managing partner.
The Chicago-based firm opened its first Texas outpost last October, when it lured a prominent five-lawyer team of finance, corporate and securities lawyers from Squire Patton Boggs. One of those lawyers, Gina Betts, worked with Sapp previously at Locke Lord.
Sapp says many of his clients are technology companies with soft IP issues.
One of the hot issues he is advising many of his clients on is the transition to focus on an e-commerce platform rather than brick and mortar. He says the key is to protect the technology to allow his clients to do this.
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