White & Case, looking to make a splash in the white-hot life sciences arena, has brought in Peter Armenio, who co-led the life sciences practice at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. 

Armenio, who spent the last 11-plus years at Quinn after a decade at Kirkland & Ellis, joined White & Case as a partner in New York, focusing on patent litigation on matters regarding pharmaceuticals, medical devices, sequencing technologies and DNA diagnostics.