Winston & Strawn Adds Silicon Valley Partner from DLA Piper

Winston & Strawn has hired Khoa Do, a former DLA Piper partner, to serve as chair of its Northern California corporate practice, marking a major hire in a competitive market for talent in Silicon Valley.

Do is an M&A lawyer whose transactions target mid-market to large-scale acquisitions. He had been a partner at DLA Piper for the past two years.

Prior to that, he had been a partner at Morrison & Foerster, Jones Day, and Greenberg Traurig. Do was an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from 1998 to 2004.

In an interview, Do said Winston’s capabilities in intellectual ...