Brian Patterson, a member of the management committee and a corporate partner at Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, has moved to Latham & Watkins’ Bay Area offices as global vice chair of the emerging companies practice.

Patterson had been at Gunderson for more than 22 years, focused on representing both emerging companies and venture capital and investment funds on various financings. In recent years, he advised Nightfall AI, Crunchbase, Newsela and other software companies on financing rounds, and Kapor Capital and MaC Venture Capital on fund formation, according to public reports.