Bart Kempf Partner, Energy & Infrastructure, Oil & Gas
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Bart’s experience includes advising project developers, financial institutions, private equity firms, state and local governments, and public and private companies on matters involving environmental and natural resources laws, including:
Bart’s work includes transactions, project development and permitting, litigation, agency proceedings, and enforcement actions. He represents clients in matters involving federal and state agencies, including the U.S. EPA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and state and local environmental and resource protection agencies.
Bart has also handled numerous matters involving federal, state, and local economic incentives, grants, and loan guarantees. In particular, he has advised energy and commercial development clients on applying for and obtaining incentives for the redevelopment of brownfield sites.
Bart maintains an active pro bono practice that has included matters involving conservation, human trafficking, and family law. Prior to joining Orrick, Bart practiced at an international firm and a national firm focused on environmental law. He also served as senior counsel on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, focusing on environmental, energy, and climate issues.
Bart is described by Chambers USA as “highly fluent in the intricacies of EPA policymaking and possesses a wealth of knowledge about the U.S. market.”
Los Angeles; New York
Los Angeles; New York
Gaelyn has represented a wide range of financial institutions including fund sponsors, issuers, underwriters, placement agents, investment advisers and investors in connection with a wide range of financing transactions including collateralized loan, bond and debt obligations; synthetic collateralized debt obligations; trade receivables; various derivative instruments and structured finance products; and private equity funds and hedge funds.
Los Angeles
Carrie is a managing associate in Orrick’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Banking and Finance group. She advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, asset managers and other private and public companies on an array of financing transactions including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, private credit financings and liability management exercises and other special situations.Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Katie focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, and general corporate matters for clients primarily in the oil and gas, renewables, and conventional power industries.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Sundeep is also a leading advisor in the rapidly evolving advertising ecosystem and possesses an in-depth technical and legal understanding of adtech across all channels (e.g., connected TV, linear TV, over-the-top media, desktop, mobile web, mobile app). He participates in adtech working groups and is a key contributor to the development of industry-wide privacy compliance solutions. He advises on compliance with self-regulatory regimes developed by the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). The IAB named him Outstanding Contributor to Legal Affairs in 2024 for his significant impact on the adtech ecosystem through his work on such industry-wide initiatives.
Sundeep is accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Certified Information Privacy Professional in the United States (CIPP/US). He is also a member of Law360's 2025 Cybersecurity & Privacy Editorial Advisory Board.
Paris
Martin’s practice focuses on debt financing transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings, for private credit funds, private equity sponsors, corporates and special situations funds.
Prior to joining Orrick, he was an associate at another leading US law firm
Houston; Singapore
Houston; Singapore
He has extensive experience representing project sponsors through development (including through the negotiation and drafting of power purchase agreements and other long-term offtake agreements, physical and financial swaps, engineering, procurement and construction contracts, operation and maintenance agreements, management services agreements and site services agreements), acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and financings. His representation has included transactions involving LNG facilities, methanol facilities, petrochemical refineries, carbon capture and sequestration facilities, natural gas processing and storage facilities, natural gas and CO2 pipelines, wind energy, solar energy, natural gas-fired peaking and combined-cycle power plants, thermal and battery energy storage, transportation, aviation and ports.
His prior experiences include a two year secondment to International Finance Corporation’s Office of General Counsel where he worked on multi-currency corporate financings, project financings and equity investments in infrastructure projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, the Philippines, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Turkey.
Giji is currently ranked as a Projects Leading Lawyer in Chambers Global and Chambers USA, and has been recognized for excellence by numerous leading industry and legal publications, including being named one of 34 "Groundbreaking lawyers" by Public Utilities Fortnightly.
Houston
Prior to joining Orrick, John served as a mergers & acquisitions associate in the Houston office of an international law firm.
Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)
Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)
Brandon works with litigation attorneys and third party vendors to manage the review and production of documents relevant to investigations and litigation. This work includes using early case assessment technology to analyze, categorize and cull data. He also manages teams of skilled professionals performing document review, redaction, analysis, production and drafting privilege logs. Brandon assists the litigation team to prepare for trial, including drafting deposition summaries, factual memoranda and exhibit charts. He also works with practice office attorneys on transactional tasks, including contract review and due diligence.
London
Viv has extensive experience working for and with corporate, private and public sector clients, entrepreneurs, large banks, investors, law firms and accountancy firms in all aspects of company secretarial practice and corporate law.
She manages a harmonised team that is focused in providing the highest level of service, tailored to meet each client’s requirements.
Washington, D.C.
David represents clients in matters involving the False Claims Act (FCA), the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), federal securities laws, and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, among others. He has particular experience handling government investigations and complex civil litigation arising under state and federal false claims acts, including whistleblower-initiated FCA suits. His litigation experience includes oral argument before the First Circuit and state appellate courts, leading briefing in federal and state trial and appellate courts, and deposing senior government officials.
David routinely leads internal investigations relating to a range of ethics, fraud, and corruption issues, including bribery, corruption, accounting fraud, revenue recognition, embezzlement, and other misconduct. David also has extensive compliance experience. He served as Global Investigations & Compliance Counsel at a leading medical device company, and served as Counsel with the Legal Compliance & Investigations team at one of the world's largest technology companies (both client secondments). He played a key role in multiple DOJ- and SEC-appointed corporate compliance monitorships, as both counsel to the Monitor and helping clients successfully navigate monitorships. He routinely works with clients to develop and enhance their compliance programs.
David previously worked as an Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, serving as lead counsel in more than a dozen criminal and civil matters at all levels of federal and state court.
David is the hiring partner for the Washington, D.C. office and partner in charge of Orrick's D.C. summer program. He serves as firm-wide staffing partner for his practice group and is a member of the practice's professional development committee.
In 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 David was selected to the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers Rising Stars list.
New York
She has partnered with start-ups and Fortune 500 companies to develop comprehensive privacy and cybersecurity policies and procedures that comply with U.S., EU and UK law and self-regulatory frameworks, including U.S. state privacy laws; the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); the CAN-SPAM Act; the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA); the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act); and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Bianca helps clients prepare for and respond to crisis security incidents, including by advising on personal data breach notification obligations, working closely with cyber forensics experts, engaging with law enforcement, and responding to regulatory inquiries.
She also provides clients with practical guidance in complex and multijurisdictional corporate transactions to help navigate attendant privacy and cybersecurity risks.