Maslon Elects Governance Committee: Keiko Sugisaka Elected Chair; Shauro Bagchi Newly Appointed

Maslon is pleased to announce the election of its 2022 Governance Committee, which manages the firm. Partner Keiko Sugisaka, who has served on the committee since 2019, is the newly elected chair. Former Chair, Partner Mike McCarthy, a committee member since 2014, continues his service. Newly elected to the committee is Partner Shauro Bagchi, who replaces Partner Bill Mower, a member of the committee since 2018. The firm thanks all for their dedicated service.

Keiko Sugisaka is a partner in Maslon's Litigation Group and former co-chair of its Tort & Product Liability Group. She concentrates her practice primarily on product liability, complex business, and intellectual property cases, including consolidated and multidistrict litigation. Keiko has broad experience successfully representing clients in federal and state courts nationwide involving product liability defense; patent, trademark, and copyright infringement; director/officer liability; trade secret misappropriation; unfair competition; and commercial disputes. She also has extensive experience in all stages of complex and large-scale discovery and e-discovery issues. 

Mike McCarthy is a partner in Maslon's Litigation and Financial Services groups. He represents clients in complex litigation and appeals. He has represented clients in the federal and state appellate courts in Minnesota and North Dakota. Mike has extensive experience with corporate trust-related litigation and has defended putative class actions involving securities and consumer fraud, environmental claims, and antitrust and other alleged statutory violations. He also has experience with and expertise in technology-related litigation (including intellectual property disputes) and medical-device liability.

Shauro Bagchi is a partner in and co-chair of Maslon's Corporate & Securities Group. He manages, negotiates, and closes national and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, technology and licensing transactions, and capital raising deals. He also provides day-to-day business counseling and related advisory services to his clients, including transaction structuring, technology licensing, and general commercial contract drafting. He has particular skill working with clients involved in real estate development and acquisition, advertising, software, manufacturing, and investment funds. In addition, Shauro serves as chair of Maslon's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.