Carrie LeRoy has joined White & Case’s intellectual property practice as a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. She was previously counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

LeRoy, who was one of The Recorder’s 2016 Women Leaders in Tech Law, advises tech companies on both IP strategy and mergers and acquisitions. She was the lead IP attorney representing Broadcom Corp. in its $37 billion purchase of Avago Technologies Ltd. in 2015, and she played the same role for SanDisk Corp. in its $19 billion sale to Western Digital Corp. in 2016.