Schenck, Price, Smith & King LLP announced that Noah Shier has joined the firm as counsel in the firm’s corporate and business law practice group, as well as the intellectual property practice group. This latest hire is part of the firm’s growth trajectory as it continues to provide more complex and sophisticated services to its clients.
Shier focuses on mergers and acquisitions; post-closing integration; corporate structure issues; due diligence; entity formation; corporate governance; and other commercial agreements and transactions. He regularly addresses licensing, cybersecurity, and data privacy matters in a variety of industries.
Shier previously worked in the technology and intellectual property transactions department of Kirkland & Ellis and Dechert, handling complex matters for public and private fintech, information technology and healthcare technology entities. His practice included a particular emphasis on intellectual property and technology issues.
Shier holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s of science degree in engineering management systems from Columbia University. Prior to attending law school, he worked as a reliability engineer for Hasbro Inc.
According to John E. Ursin, managing partner, “as the firm grows, we are providing services to our clients in increasingly complex and sophisticated matters. Noah is a very bright, extremely capable young attorney. He joins us from one of the prominent mergers and acquisitions law firms in New York City. He will immediately become a very important part of our corporate deal team.”
