Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan has been named a Premier Provider for Legal and Corporate Affairs by Microsoft Corp. GSH was chosen to join Microsoft’s short list of premier legal providers on the basis of past performance and the ability to provide consistently high service across multiple disciplines.

“Our Premier Provider Program has been a big factor in helping the company optimally manage our large portfolio of legal matters, working with a core group of top-flight firms whom we truly regard as partners in our overall success,” said Brad Smith, Microsoft’s General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Legal and Corporate Affairs. “We’re delighted to bring Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan into the program,” he added. “Since we first started working with the firm four years ago, the relationship has grown steadily and GSH presently is engaged in a broad range of high-value matters – transactional, litigation, intellectual property, workplace and other areas. GSH brings highly skilled, diverse lawyers and a value-driven approach to client service. Their presence in the program makes our entire legal team stronger.”

Horacio Gutiérrez, Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel in the company’s IP and Licensing Group, has worked with GSH on patent procurement and related matters since 2010 and said its designation as a premier provider reflected the firm’s successful working relationship with Microsoft in multiple areas. “Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan has done an outstanding job on IP procurement and licensing matters and we were pleased to see that its attorneys were able to take on other types of work,” Mr. Gutiérrez said. “It’s rare to find a high-quality general practice firm of GSH’s size and footprint. The firm’s lawyers bring great skill and versatility, as well as efficiency in servicing our matters, and their commitment to diversity sets a high bar. GSH quickly established itself as a valuable IP counsel and I’m pleased to see them officially added to the company’s premier provider program for the legal department as a whole.”

“We are ecstatic at the firm’s inclusion in Microsoft’s Premier Provider Program – it places us in rarified company alongside some of the best law firms in the world working on behalf of the one the leading technology companies in the world,” said GSH Chairman Emery Harlan, who is also the client relationship partner on Microsoft matters.

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Horacio Gutiérrez, Emery Harlan, and Brad Smith