Guillermo Artiles, who left McCarter & English a year ago to serve as associate counsel to Governor Phil Murphy, has returned to the firm, where he will be instrumental in building its government affairs practice. He is a partner in the firm’s Newark office.
Guillermo will represent and guide companies from all sectors, with an emphasis on technology companies.
He has a background in intellectual property law, specifically Hatch-Waxman litigation in federal court, where he served as a law clerk before joining McCarter the first time. Previously, he was corporate counsel at Greenskies Renewable Energy, the largest commercial and industrial solar energy developer in the nation. He also worked in the Intergovernmental Affairs Group of then-Gov. Chris Christie, as the Governor’s Executive Fellow from Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics.
Guillermo is a former trustee of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey as well as deputy regional president of the Hispanic National Bar Association, and former board member of the New Jersey Legal & Education Empowerment Project, Waterfront Project, Full Court Peace and Cuban American Alliance for Leadership & Education.