Westbrook Plans to Help Revitalize San Francisco’s Historic Pier 70
| April.23.2019
Our Los Angeles Real Estate team advised Westbrook Partners on an acquisition of a parcel of the historic Pier 70 in San Francisco, California, as ...
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Client Results
Orrick Advises on TIM’s €1 Billion Bond Issuance Under EMTN Programme
| April.19.2019
We advised Italian telecoms company TIM S.p.A. in the issuance of a €1 billion senior unsecured bond loan maturing on April 15, 2025.
Orrick Advises on Innovative Green Bond Financing
| April.10.2019
Orrick has advised the Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pinal on the first renewable natural gas project financing in the U.S. ...
Snam Launches First Climate Action Bond in Europe
| March.21.2019
Orrick advised Snam in the issuance of a €500 million Climate Action Bond.
Orrick Advises French State on Refinancing of “Sud-Europe-Atlantique” High-Speed Rail Line
| January.02.2019
The Orrick team in Paris advised the French State on the refinancing of the “Sud-Europe-Atlantique” high-speed rail line, totaling approximately €2.2 ...
Orrick Team Secures Win for TD Ameritrade
| December.21.2018
An Orrick team secured a win for client TD Ameritrade Futures & Forex LLC in a putative class action alleging a breach of the implied covenant of ...
Orrick Advises on Groupe BPCE's First Public RMBS
| November.19.2018
A cross-practice team in Paris advised BPCE and Natixis on the first public RMBS transaction of France’s second-largest banking group.
Orrick Advises Initial Purchasers and Placement Agents on Morongo Band of Mission Indians’ $147.5 Million Bond Offerings and $227.5 Million Note Offering
| October.31.2018
Orrick represented Barclays Capital Inc. and Tribal Capital Markets, LLC as initial purchasers in connection with concurrent Rule 144A bond offerings ...
Orrick Advises Shareholders in Toys "R" Us Assets in France
| October.08.2018
Orrick has advised Tru Taj, a subsidiary of Toys "R" Us which owns the toy retailer’s operations in Europe and Asia, in the restructuring and ...
Orrick Advises on $7.2 Billion Texas TRANs Deal
| September.06.2018
Orrick advised the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on the issuance of $7.2 billion of Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes (TRANs) for the State ...
Orrick Advises Hackman Capital Partners Entities on Award Winning “The Culver Steps” Mixed-Use Development Project
| September.04.2018
Orrick represented a subsidiary of a Hackman Capital Partners sponsored real estate fund on the acquisition of development rights from Hudson Pacific ...
Orrick Advises St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank on Pier Construction for World's Largest Cruise Ships
| August.16.2018
A cross-practice Orrick team advised St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank on a $48 million, 15-year senior secured facility to St. Christopher Air ...
Insights
New IRS Ruling on Port and Airport Leases
by Charles C. Cardall | May.09.2019
In a private letter ruling (PLR 201918008) publicly released earlier this week, the IRS addressed the statutory safe harbor relating to the allowable ...
New Offshore Economic Substance Rules Could Spell Significant Concern for PE Funds and Bermuda/Cayman/BVI-Based Structures
by Peter Connors and Michael Rodgers | April.29.2019
In response to increasing pressure from international organizations such as the EU and OECD, many offshore jurisdictions, including the Cayman ...
Webinar: Variable Rate Demand Obligations for Affordable Housing
by Justin Cooper and Jeffrey Philp | April.11.2019
Watch this on-demand webinar from Orrick and The Bond Buyer to learn more about VRDOs in the context of affordable housing.
Brexit: Law Decree Approved Bearing Urgent Measures To Guarantee Financial Stability And Market Integrity
by Alessandro De Nicola | April.09.2019
On 20 March 2019, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a legislative decree introducing urgent measures to guarantee financial stability and ...
Reform of Insolvency Legislation is Approved
by Daniela Andreatta and Federico Perego | March.21.2019
On 11 January 2019, the Council of Ministers approved the text of the legislative decree containing the new code of corporate distress and insolvency ...
Debtwire European Distressed Debt Market Outlook 2019
| March.09.2019
Orrick is delighted to co-sponsor Debtwire's European Distressed Debt Market Outlook 2019.
Smart Contracts That Violate the Commodity Exchange Act: What Parties Are Liable?
by Nikiforos Mathews and Jonas Robison | February.28.2019
In recent years, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has devoted significant resources to addressing how the requirements of the ...
PG&E Bankruptcy FAQs for PPA Holders
by Les Sherman, David Spielberg, Jonathan Guy, Lorraine McGowen and Thomas C. Mitchell | January.22.2019
PG&E Bankruptcy FAQs Regarding PPAs and Other PG&E Contracts
Recent Developments in Securities Regulations and Enforcement
by James Hernandez, Alison Radecki and Christine Reynolds | January.09.2019
On November 8, 2018, three Orrick partners, joined by Rebecca Olsen, Director of the S.E.C.’s Office of Municipal Securities, presented a webinar ...
Public Charter Schools: Borrowing With Tax-Exempt Bonds (Third Edition)
by Eugene Clark-Herrera | January.09.2019
The main purpose of this booklet is to provide public charter schools and their stakeholders relevant information about the benefits of tax-exempt ...
IRS Outlines New Process for Voluntary Disclosures
by Joshua Emmett, Peter Connors, Wolfram Pohl and Eric Wall | December.20.2018
On November 29, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") published a memorandum (the "Memorandum") dated November 20, 2018, outlining the new ...
Venture Debt – 10 Years After the Financial Crisis
| December.11.2018
Partners from Orrick and Spinta Capital revisit the 2008 financial crisis and discuss key points to consider when raising debt in today’s market.
Cryptoassets Taskforce – Final Report: Cryptoasset Regulation Is Coming … (Maybe)
by Jacqui Hatfield and Rebecca Kellner | November.26.2018
The regulation of cryptoassets is a question that has been troubling lawmakers and regulators across the globe.
Insolvency Reform in the EU and UK in the Era of Brexit: As Political Systems Diverge, Insolvency Regimes Converge
by Stephen Phillips, Richard Hunt and Scott Morrison | November.13.2018
In recent years reform of insolvency legislation has been on the agenda in both the UK and in the EU through the EU's flagship Capital Markets Union ...
Yes For Affordable Housing – The Impact of Oregon’s Measure 102
by Douglas Goe, Christine Reynolds, Michael E. Schrader, Greg Blonde and Steven G. White | November.07.2018
Oregonians approved statewide ballot Measure 102 on November 6 and, in doing so, have provided local governments in Oregon with a powerful new tool ...
News
Orrick Named Top Fintech Law Firm
| April.11.2019
Orrick was named Top Law Firm for Fintech at LendIt, the world’s leading financial services innovation event.
Orrick Restructuring Practice Ranked #1 on The Deal’s Q1 Bankruptcy Law Firm Power List
| April.24.2019
Orrick’s Restructuring team is ranked #1 on The Deal’s Bankruptcy Law Firm Power List for Q1 2019, marking a jump of six spots from the year-end 2018 ...
Orrick Grows Market Leading Public Finance Practice
| March.11.2019
Leading healthcare finance lawyer Robyn Helmlinger has joined Orrick's Public Finance Group as a partner, based in San Francisco. For two decades, ...
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Some of the recognition we have received
Global Finance Deal of the Year for African Insolvency and Restructuring
The American Lawyer, 2017
No. 1 Municipal Bond Counsel
The Bond Buyer, 2018
Top 6 Issuer's & Underwriter's counsel ABS, MBS and CMBS
Asset-Backed Alert and Commercial Mortgage Alert, 2015 and 1H 2016
Italy NPL Law Firm of the Year
Legalcommunity, 2017
Project Finance Practice Group of the Year
Law360, 2016 and 4 times
Marc Levinson Named Dealmaker of the Year
The American Lawyer, 2015
Restructuring Group of the Year
Law360 2014
Leading firm for Banking & Finance in France, Italy, Russia and the U.S.
IFLR 1000, 2015
Band 2 for Capital Markets: Securitization in Italy
Chambers Global
Tier 1 for Insolvency in France
Legal 500, 2016
Tier 1 in Project Finance in France
Legal 500, 2016