Former General Electric IP executive Stephen Manetta, the driving force behind GE’s oil and gas IP technology strategies, will join the firm. He has over 15 years of experience in the IP field and is a former partner of Morgan Finnegan.
With the addition of Manetta, Rajappan (“BG”) Balagopal comes to the firm’s Los Angeles office as a Senior IP Strategist. Prior to joining the firm, Balagopal served as Walt Disney Company’s VP of Tech IP Management.
New York’s Chadbourne & Parke employs 400 lawyers and tax advisers in 13 offices in nine countries. Chadbourne is best known for its global practice in project finance and energy, international insurance and reinsurance practice, multi-jurisdictional litigation, and corporate transactions.