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Scott Davidson

Scott Davidson

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

1290 6th Ave, New York, NY 10104, USA

Scott Davidson is counsel in the Finance and Restructuring practice of King & Spalding’s New York office. He has substantial experience in all aspects of Chapter 11 work, and has represented clients in some of the largest bankruptcy cases ever filed, including those by Motors Liquidation Company (f/k/a General Motors Corporation), Lehman Brothers, Adelphia Communication Corporation and Enron Corporation.

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Scott McMurry

Intellectual Property Law

1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

Scott McMurry, PhD, is counsel in Mayer Brown's New York office and a member of the Intellectual Property practice. He focuses his practice on pharmaceutical patent litigation, particularly Hatch-Waxman litigation and related inter partes reviews, and on patent counseling, including global patent portfolio management and due diligence. Scott regularly assists in a wide range of life science patent matters. He has worked on all phases of bet-the-company litigations up to trial, helping to protect flagship, multi-billion dollar drug products. Scott has experience preparing witnesses for testimony, including experts, inventors and company representatives. He regularly reviews intellectual property for licensing, merger and acquisition matters, and prepares freedom to operate and patentability opinions. Scott is a registered US patent attorney. He has prosecuted global patent portfolios for research universities and drug discovery companies and has experience with patent oppositions in many countries. Scott represents clients in adversarial proceedings at the US Patent and Trademark Office, including inter partes reviews. He has worked on teams that obtained the first-ever denials of IPR institution on patents covering prodrugs and pharmaceutical salts, which protect blockbuster drugs.

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Shabbir Wakhariya

Shabbir Wakhariya

Featured Lawyer

Corporate and Transactional Law

225 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016, USA

I am passionate about the law and interpreting it for the benefit of my clients in real life situations. Excellence and integrity in practice are the foundation of my ethics, whether I am providing high-level counsel to international companies, or legal support to business operational teams at a granular level. As the founder of Wakhariya & Wakhariya, a full-service international law firm, I lead a team of skilled attorneys in providing critical, strategic and practical advice to clients, specifically in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, India, and East Africa. As a senior attorney, I act as outside general counsel to my clients, and have the ability to take a holistic view, while offering legal advice across multiple businesses on commercial, legal, compliance, and regulatory issues. I have a unique combination of education, knowledge, and professional qualifications and memberships, which make me a highly sought-after cross-border transaction specialist.

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