Industry moves and mergers

Carina M Tan has joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s IP practice group, based its Palo Alto office. Tan joins from Reed Smith * Tao Xinliang, head of the IP department of Dacheng Law Offices’ Shanghai office and dean of the School of Intellectual Property of Shanghai University, has been appointed part-time professor of the National Institute for Lawyers.