DLA Piper has added five partners from Hogan Lovells’ intellectual property practice to its Los Angeles office.

The group includes Richard de Bodo, a former IP practice leader at Hogan Lovells whose clients have included Dow Jones & Co., News Corp., Eli Lilly and Co. and Panasonic Corp. Joining him as partners are Siegmund Gutman, Robert Benson, Christopher Broderick, and Troy Schmelzer. Lawrence McClure, of counsel at Hogan Lovells, will be a partner at DLA Piper.