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Robbie Manhas Partner

Washington, D.C.

Robbie has achieved significant victories in areas including patent law, statutory and regulatory interpretation, administrative law, and personal and appellate jurisdiction. He specializes in patent appeals before the Federal Circuit, where he has presented oral argument seven times. His winning arguments include a complete, precedent-setting victory for a leading tech company in an appeal and cross-appeal of a PTAB decision, where he secured affirmance of the PTAB's decision to strike down some patent claims and reversal of the PTAB's decision to uphold the remainder.

Robbie has represented clients across a wide variety of industries, including semiconductors and electronics, software, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and sporting goods. His work has also involved a number of U.S. agencies, including the Patent and Trademark Office, the International Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Before joining Orrick, Robbie was a lawyer at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where he was a member of its Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, and Government and Regulatory Litigation groups. Before that, Robbie was a law clerk for the Honorable Richard G. Taranto of the Federal Circuit.

Kathryn G. Mantoan Of Counsel

San Francisco; Portland

Katie was a part of the trial team that obtained a complete dismissal for Oracle in OFCCP v. Oracle, a high-stakes systemic compensation discrimination case that garnered national media attention. Katie and her co-counsel were named "Litigators of the Week" by American Lawyer for the win. Two years later, Katie and her co-counsel were named Runners-Up by American Lawyer for securing decertification of a 3,000-person putative equal pay class action for Oracle.

In fall 2023, Katie co-first chaired a two week federal jury trial in Oregon and obtained a verdict against the client's former general manager, who set up a competing business while employed, on claims for breach of fiduciary duty and intentional interference.

Previously, Katie received California Lawyer’s Attorney of the Year Award in 2016 and was named a Northern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star" for seven consecutive years. She regularly writes and publishes on employment law developments, having presented on topics to three separate state bar associations and a host of national and regional legal and academic conferences.

Katie started her career at Orrick in 2004 and returned in 2015. From 2011 to 2014, she was an associate at a litigation boutique in San Francisco where she handled employment and constitutional law matters.

Manon Speich Senior Associate

Paris

Manon accompagne les startups et les entreprises plus matures du secteur de la Tech dans leurs opérations de croissance, que ce soit lors de leurs levées de fonds ou lors de leur éventuelle cession. Elle conseille les fondateurs dans le développement et la mise en oeuvre de stratégie de gouvernance d'entreprise ainsi que dans l'émission d'instruments de capital personnalisés selon leurs besoins. 

Avant de rejoindre Orrick, Manon était collaboratrice au sein de l'équipe M&A et Private Equity du cabinet parisien de Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.

Manaf Triqui Partner

Paris

Manaf conseille à la fois les investisseurs (fonds de dette, compagnies d'assurance, institutions financières, etc.), les arrangeurs et les émetteurs (entreprises, Fintechs et start-ups), dans le cadre d'opérations de dette (placements privés européens (Euro PP), Eurobonds, obligations vertes ou assorties de critères ESG (sustainability et sustainability-linked bonds), titres hybrides, programmes EMTN, titres de créance négociables (NeuCP/NeuMTN) et en matière de restructuration de dette (bancaire et obligataire).

Manaf a notamment contribué au groupe de travail composé de plusieurs organisations professionnelles sous la direction de la Banque de France, de la Direction générale du Trésor, et de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Paris IDF, destiné à faciliter le financement des entreprises de taille intermédiaire (ETI) et des PME afin de définir un cadre juridique harmonisé pour les opérations Euro PP.

Avant de rejoindre Orrick, Manaf a travaillé pendant plusieurs années dans des cabinets d'avocats internationaux de premier plan à Paris. Il a notamment été responsable de pratiques « Marchés de Capitaux – Dette ».