Perkins Coie

Carloandrea Meacci is a partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie and head of the firm's Energy and Infrastructure Team in Italy, serving on the global board. He holds legal qualifications from Italy and New York University and has practiced law in the United States, at Allen & Overy in Milan, and at Ashurst since 2006. His practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions and financing work—including project financing and project bonds—across the energy, telecommunications, and infrastructure sectors in Italy and internationally, with clients including banks, infrastructure funds, and utilities.

Hilary Goodier is Partner and Global Chair of NewLaw and Consulting at Ashurst Perkins Coie. She has held senior executive positions across information technology, communications, professional services, government, insurance, and financial services sectors, with experience in strategic program design, business transformation, mergers and acquisitions, digital transformation initiatives, and operational restructuring. She received the Chief Executive Women's Harvard Business School Disruptive Innovation Scholarship and was named Innovator of the Year by Lawyer's Weekly Partner of the Year Awards.

Jamie Ng is Global Clients & Markets Partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie and a member of the firm's global leadership team, with a legal career spanning more than 20 years. Ng was promoted to partner at Ashurst in 2009, joined the executive team and took over leadership of the finance division in 2017, established and led Ashurst Risk Advisory from 2020, and became Global Chief Client Officer in 2022. Ng's practice areas include structured credit, OTC derivatives, balance sheet management, structured capital markets, and legal business models and strategy.

Jini Lee is a Partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie, where she serves as Global Division Chair for the firm's Finance, Funds & Restructuring division, which comprises approximately 500 lawyers globally. She also holds the role of Head of Region for Asia, overseeing offices in Singapore, Jakarta, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taipei, and is a member of the Global Leadership Team.

Kylie Lane is a Global Board Member and Partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie, where she practices intellectual property litigation. Her work covers ITC Section 337 litigation, patent litigation, and technology-related commercial litigation.

Matt Oshinsky is a partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie, where he serves as Co-Chair of the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Group. His practice covers venture capital, growth equity, and mergers and acquisitions, along with general counseling for technology companies and startups.

Paul Jenkins is Global Co-Chief Executive Officer of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a position he has held since the firm's merger in June 2026. He previously served as Global CEO of Ashurst for ten years from 2016, during which the firm achieved average annual revenue growth of 9% and profitability growth of 10%. Jenkins has been a partner since 2006 and is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and New South Wales, with finance law experience in London, Tokyo, and Sydney.

Ryan McBrayer is a partner in the Patent Litigation group at Perkins Coie LLP, where he represents technology companies in patent and other intellectual property matters. He has litigated cases in U.S. district courts and before the International Trade Commission involving wireless networks, including handsets, protocols, network infrastructure, and applications. Drawing on these cases and prior work as a trial lawyer for the federal government, he has served as first or second chair counsel in more than 30 jury trials.

Sarah Piepmeier is a partner and global board member at Ashurst Perkins Coie, where she practices intellectual property litigation. Her work covers patent litigation, ITC Section 337 proceedings, and technology-related commercial disputes.

Shannon Bloodworth is Controller at Inveniam, focusing on financial reporting, technical accounting guidance, and operational efficiency. Prior experience includes overseeing a $500M portfolio of energy and industrial sector investments for the Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) and valuing investments totaling $4B, including work on acquisitions, mergers, divestments, and joint ventures. Bloodworth studied electrical engineering, holds an MBA, and is a licensed CPA.

Todd Hinnen is a Partner at Perkins Coie LLP, where he chairs the firm's Privacy and Data Security practice. He also serves as a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School.

Tom Connor is a partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie, where he has worked for over 20 years and has served as a disputes partner since 2012. His practice covers large commercial disputes and regulatory and internal investigations. He co-chairs the firm's Litigation, Investigations & Advisory Division and is a member of its Global Leadership Team.

William Malley serves as Global Co-CEO and Partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie. He previously held the position of Managing Partner at Perkins Coie prior to its combination with Ashurst, a period during which the firm expanded practice areas including emerging companies and venture capital, capital markets, patent litigation, private equity and mergers and acquisitions, and white collar and securities litigation.

Marius Farashi Tasooji is a Partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie, where he serves as Co-Chair of the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Group. His practice covers venture capital, growth equity, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as general counseling for technology companies and start-ups.

Brian Eiting is the firmwide Co-Chair of Ashurst Perkins Coie, having previously served as Co-Chair of the Corporate Practice at Perkins Coie before its combination with Ashurst. His practice covers corporate and transactional matters for private companies, public companies, and private equity sponsors, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, divestitures and carve-outs, equity investments, venture capital financings, and joint ventures. He has represented companies across several sectors, with a focus on technology.

Karen Davies is Global Co-Chair of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a position she has held since August 2021, and a senior M&A partner in the firm's Corporate practice based in London. Her practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, and cross-border corporate finance transactions, with a client base including FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies and investment banks. Davies has been recognized by Chambers UK as an Eminent Practitioner for M&A and appears in Legal 500's Hall of Fame, and has been named among the top dealmakers by MergerLinks and Financial News.

Roger Wilkes is Global Chief Operating Officer at Perkins Coie LLP, where he oversees business functions across the firm's 20 offices and serves on its Management and Executive committees. He previously held the role of Global Chief Operating Officer at Kobre & Kim LLP, and before that was Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director for US Marketing and Sales at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. His experience covers operations management, strategy implementation, financial management, technology implementation, and international shared services and business process outsourcing.

Ian Westberg is Director of Venture Intelligence at Ashurst Perkins Coie, where he leads the firm's venture intelligence team supporting emerging companies through fundraising and growth strategies. With over 25 years of experience and an established network in the venture capital community, he advises on business planning, fundraising strategy, and pitch development while identifying investors by stage, sector, and strategic fit. Westberg facilitates investor introductions and synthesizes feedback to support founder-investor relationships.