Corporate

Orrick advises public and private companies around the world on all aspects of their businesses at every stage of their growth and development. From blue-chip companies to technology-driven start-ups, our expertise includes corporate formations and complex financings. We facilitate mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. We handle strategic technology transactions and restructurings, and we provide general corporate counseling.

We were ranked as the #5 issuer’s counsel in 2004 for U.S. debt, equity, and equity-related issuances by Thomson Financial. We advised on 226 deals, totaling $107 billion.

Recent large company representations include advising Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. and The Gap, Inc. in a series of complex transactions totaling billions of dollars.

Clients look to us to solve their most challenging issues, including PG&E Corporation which retained us as corporate and securities counsel in connection with the utility’s proposed restructuring.

We represent over 50 life sciences companies. Transactions have ranged from a $2 million venture capital financing to a $3.5 billion public offering, the largest biotechnology public offering in history.