Baker Botts Partner Joins Covid-19 Testing Client as Legal Chief

Feb. 10, 2021, 10:30 AM UTC

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. has hired Jordan Herman as its first general counsel, a company spokeswoman confirmed, after he spent more than 22 years at Baker Botts.

The hire of Herman, most recently a corporate partner at the law firm, marks the latest in-house legal appointment by a company seeing an uptick in business while grappling with challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Oxford Nanopore has developed a rapid test for the novel coronavirus and received a $51 million investment in October from Abu Dhabi’s International Holdings Co. The company is currently supporting customers sequencing the Covid-19 virus to understand ...

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