Arnold & Porter Seattle Office Expands with Life Sciences and Technology Transactions Partner Ken Miller
SEATTLE, August 3, 2026 — Arnold & Porter announced today that Ken Miller has joined the Life Sciences and Technology Transactions teams of the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice as a partner. Ken will reside in the firm’s Seattle office.
The firm’s Seattle office serves as a hub for regulatory, litigation, and transactional work across key practices, including corporate and technology transactions, real estate, class actions, complex commercial litigation, employment disputes, and healthcare and hospital matters. With Ken’s arrival, Arnold & Porter’s team in the heart of downtown Seattle has increased to 40 attorneys and staff since opening the office in July 2025. Building on this steady and purposeful growth, the firm expects to continue expanding its team in the region.
Pallavi Mehta Wahi, chair of Western U.S. Strategic Growth and head of Arnold & Porter’s Seattle office, said: “Ken brings a combination of deep regional roots and global experience, spending his entire career in the Pacific Northwest while working on transactions in global health, technology, and life sciences. That blend is exactly what our clients in this region need, and it reflects what Arnold & Porter is building here in Seattle.”
Derek Stoldt, co-chair of Arnold & Porter’s Corporate & Finance group, added: “Ken has a strong track record advising clients on the full range of technology and life sciences transactions, both in private practice and in-house. He knows this market well and will be a valuable addition to our Corporate & Finance team, while also expanding our highly regarded tax-exempt practice to the West Coast.”
Dan Kracov, chair of the firm’s Global Life Sciences Industry group, commented: “Ken understands global life sciences work from the inside out. That perspective, paired with his transactional skill, makes him a natural fit for our group and a real asset to clients working across borders and disciplines.”
Ken brings more than 25 years of experience leading complex, high-value, multiparty transactions in technology, life sciences, and global health. Ken joined Arnold & Porter from the Gates Foundation, where he served for over a decade, most recently as Deputy General Counsel. In that role, Ken led legal strategy for the organization’s $1.8 billion global health portfolio. He structured transactions that have transformed how life-saving therapies are developed, manufactured, financed, and delivered to the people who need them most. This includes a global tuberculosis vaccine program, a landmark public-private initiative spanning pharma, philanthropic capital, and global health organizations, now in Phase 3 clinical trials with 20,000 participants across five countries.
Prior to joining the Gates Foundation, Ken spent 17 years in private practice at an Am Law 100 firm. There, he built a technology transactions practice focused on strategic licensing, IP acquisitions, investments, collaborations, and M&A. Ken’s technology transactions experience spans a wide range of industries, including life sciences, semiconductor, and software, giving him a distinctive ability to structure complex transactions where these sectors converge. He has also clerked for the Washington State Supreme Court and the Washington State Court of Appeals.
In joining the firm, Ken said: “We are entering a remarkable period of innovation in life sciences, technology, and global health, and clients increasingly need advisors who understand both the transactional and regulatory dimensions of that innovation. Arnold & Porter has built something distinctive: deep life sciences, technology, regulatory and tax-exempt capability combined with a serious commitment to Seattle at exactly the moment this region is defining itself as a global center for AI-driven innovation. I have spent my career in the Pacific Northwest working on some of the most complex transactions in global health and technology, and I can’t think of a better platform or a better moment to build the next chapter of that work.”
Ken earned his J.D. from Seattle University School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Puget Sound.
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