Nixon Peabody Expands Global Business & Transactions Practice; Partner Mavis Yee Is Important Addition to China Team
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Nixon Peabody Expands Global Business & Transactions Practice; Partner Mavis Yee Is Important Addition to China Team

Palo Alto, CA. International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP announces the arrival of new partner Mavis Yee who joins the firm's Global Business & Transactions practice. She will be based in the firm's Silicon Valley office and will also be an active member of Nixon Peabody's China practice.

August 10, 2010 // Franchising.com // Ms. Yee joins Nixon Peabody from Cooley LLP in Palo Alto, California. She has extensive experience representing emerging growth companies in all stages of their life cycle, including incorporations, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and public company transactions. Ms. Yee also represents venture capital firms in equity and debt investments. Ms. Yee's clients include private and public companies in a wide array of high-growth industries, including social gaming and media, Internet, software, semiconductors, telecommunications, and life sciences.

"Mavis will play a key role in our efforts to expand our offerings to emerging companies and venture funds in Silicon Valley and San Francisco," said Gregory O'Hara, leader of the firm's Silicon Valley office. "She has extensive experience with new technologies and has worked with the innovative entrepreneurs that will continue to transform our economy."

"Mavis is an important addition to our China practice as we continue to see tremendous interest on behalf of Chinese investors and companies in the U.S. venture sector and capital markets," added David Cheng, leader of Nixon Peabody's China practice. "Mavis's arrival enhances the services we can provide our clients looking to invest, operate, or raise capital in the U.S."

Before commencing her legal career, Ms. Yee served as a special investigator for the auditor general of the California State Legislature. She is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, where she received her BA. Ms. Yee earned an MBA from the University of California, Irvine, and her JD from the University of California Hastings College of Law, cum laude.

About Nixon Peabody

Nixon Peabody LLP is recognized as a "Global 100" law firm—one of the largest in the world. With approximately 700 attorneys collaborating across major practice areas in 17 cities, including Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rochester, San Francisco, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and Washington, DC, the firm's size, diversity, and advanced technological resources enable it to offer comprehensive legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters. Nixon Peabody LLP was recognized as one of FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies To Work For®" three years in a row. The firm has also been named to the Human Rights Campaign's 2010 "Best Places To Work For LGBT Equality" list.

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