Blake Olson
Joins JLL as Senior Vice President

JLL has announced that it has expanded its Southern California office brokerage business. The firm has hired 10-year Los Angeles commercial real estate veteran Blake Olson as senior vice president. He will specialize in helping office tenants with their leasing needs in Southern California, with a focus on West Los Angeles. Olson joins JLL with nearly 10 years of experience in office brokerage in Los Angeles. Most recently, he served as principal for a global commercial real estate firm where he advised companies in Los Angeles and across the country with a variety of complex transactions.

Samuel Roseme
Joins Reed Smith as a Partner

Global law firm Reed Smith has announced that Sam Roseme has joined the firm as a partner in its entertainment & media industry group, based in Century City. He brings nearly two decades of experience representing clients in the film, television and music industries. Roseme focuses his practice on high-level transactional work in the entertainment industry, including representing studios, networks, production companies, directors, writers and talent. He handles mergers and acquisitions of production companies, development and financing agreements, licensing and distribution deals, rights acquisitions, and corporate matters for clients across the entertainment spectrum. He has served as counsel on biopics for high-profile celebrities, Broadway productions and a wide variety of film and TV projects.

Glaser Weil
Adds Partner Chris Manderson

Glaser Weil has announced that Chris Manderson, a veteran dealmaker and corporate advisor with more than two decades of experience, has joined the firm as a corporate partner in its Century City office. His arrival deepens the capabilities of the firm’s highly regarded corporate department and supports Glaser Weil’s focus on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and general corporate representation. Manderson brings significant experience advising public and private companies, private equity investors and entrepreneurs on high-stakes M&A transactions, debt and equity fundraising, and distressed transactions. He has served as both outside and in-house counsel, including as EVP and general counsel of a NASDAQ-listed company, giving him a unique perspective at the intersection of law, business and finance.

Morgan & Morgan
Hires Daniel DeSantis as West Coast Partner

Morgan & Morgan has announced that Daniel DeSantis has joined the firm as West Coast partner in the Los Angeles office. He will primarily handle catastrophic cases resulting from motor vehicle collisions and general negligence. In his career, he has obtained jury verdicts totaling over $20 million and recovered more than $250 million in settlements for his clients. DeSantis also serves on the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles (CAALA) Board of Governors.

Terray Therapeutics
Names Wendy Young, Ph.D. to Board of Directors

Los Angeles-based Terray Therapeutics, a chemistry-first, AI-native biotechnology company, has announced the appointment of Wendy Young, Ph.D., to its board of directors. Terray integrates AI into small molecule drug discovery, from leveraging Terray’s proprietary dataset of over 10 billion ligand-protein interactions to late-stage multi-parameter optimization, all to design drugs for some of medicine’s toughest challenges. Dr. Young is a distinguished biotechnology and pharma executive with more than 30 years of experience, discovering and developing innovative medicines for patients. With an international reputation for drug discovery impacting human health, she has successfully advanced numerous molecules from basic research to Investigational New Drug (IND) filings and beyond in challenging disease areas.

-Paul Williams

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