After a five-year stint at Reed Smith, IP partner Carina Tan has decamped for Sheppard Mullin in Palo Alto.

Tan, who helped open Reed Smith’s Silicon Valley office in 2008, joined the intellectual property group at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton on Thursday. Her practice focuses on the design and protection of IP assets; licensing, sale or acquisition of intellectual property; mergers and acquisitions due diligence and intellectual property-backed financing.