Orrick Advises Wakanow on $40 Million Carlyle Group Investment
| January.03.2019
Orrick has advised on two of the three largest African private equity tech deals in 2018. In December, the firm counseled Wakanow.com on The Carlyle ...
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Orrick Advises New “Unicorn” Graphcore on $200 Million Series D Round
| December.19.2018
Orrick has advised leading AI chipmaker Graphcore in its $200 million Series D funding round, bringing its post-money valuation to $1.7 billion.
Orrick Advises Venafi on $100 Million Financing Round
| December.05.2018
Orrick has advised Venafi, a Salt Lake City-based provider of machine identity protection, on its $100 million financing round.
Orrick Advises New “Unicorn” Asana on $50 Million Series E Financing Round
| November.29.2018
Orrick has advised Asana on its $50 million Series E financing found, bringing its post-money valuation to $1.5 billion.
Orrick Advises Prose on Series B
| November.28.2018
Orrick has advised Prose, a New York-based technology-powered beauty company, on its $18 million Series B financing round.
Orrick Represents Artory on Industry-First Collaboration with Christie’s Auction House
| November.07.2018
We recently represented Artory – the only blockchain-secured registry of verified information about artworks and collectibles – in the negotiation ...
Orrick Advises Twist Bioscience on $70 Million IPO
| October.31.2018
Orrick advised Twist Bioscience on its $70 million initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock. The offering priced at $14 per share ...
Orrick Advises Stripe on $245 Million Series E, Valuing Company at $20 Billion
| September.27.2018
Orrick has advised online payments company Stripe on its $245 million Series E financing round. This investment brings Stripe’s valuation to $20 ...
Orrick Advises Shareholders in Farfetch’s $5.8 Billion IPO
| September.21.2018
Orrick represented the key institutional shareholders in Farfetch’s $5.8 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
Orrick Advises PagerDuty on $90 Million Series D
| September.17.2018
Orrick has advised PagerDuty on its $90 million Series D financing round. This investment is PagerDuty's largest financing to date and brings its ...
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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.
Orrick Partner Jim Stengel Publishes Article on Product Liability Issues for the AV Industry
by James Stengel | December.06.2018
Orrick partner Jim Stengel authored an Entrepreneur magazine article outlining the future landscape in product liability issues for Autonomous ...
Initiative to Designate “Emerging and Foundational Technologies” – Export Control and CFIUS Implications for Technology Companies
by Harry Clark, W. Clark McFadden II, Elizabeth Zane, Evgeniya Shakina and Gregory I. Hume | November.30.2018
The U.S. government has launched its initiative to identify and impose export controls on “emerging and foundational technologies” essential to the ...
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.
California Sets the Standard With a New IoT Law
by Jennifer R. Martin and Kyle Kessler | November.15.2018
This past September Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill 327, which is the first state law designed to regulate the security features of ...
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues in M&A Transactions
by Jennifer R. Martin and Richard Smith | November.12.2018
Orrick’s Jennifer Martin and Richard Vernon Smith, in Forbes, provide practical guidance on M&A data privacy and cybersecurity issues.
Profiles in Innovation: Inspire’s Founder on Creating Alignment between Consumers, the Company, and the Planet
| November.06.2018
Patrick Maloney discusses a less capital-intensive approach to bridging the worlds of smart home technology and clean energy—with commentary from ...
Go West: Venture Financing and Business Expansion Projects in the United States
by Dr. Sven Greulich LL.M. (Cantuar), EMBA | October.22.2018
As the U.S. and German tech ecosystems become more closely connected, raising capital in the U.S. market is becoming a strategic consideration for ...
17 Key Issues for Clean Tech Startups
by Daniel Yost | October.06.2018
Orrick's Daniel Yost co-authored an article for Forbes, listing issues clean tech companies face when seeking capital and growing their businesses.
AV 3.0 Sets Path for Streamlined Regulatory Process for Autonomous Vehicles
by Thomas Welsh and Ian Adams | October.05.2018
After months of preparation, the U.S. Department of Transportation ("USDOT") has released the third iteration of its informal guidance on the ...
UK and EU Move (Slowly) Toward Virtual Currency Regulatory Scheme in Recent Statements
by Jacqui Hatfield and Rebecca Kellner | October.04.2018
On September 19, 2018, the UK's Treasury Committee released a report on crypto-assets as a part of its ongoing Digital Currencies Inquiry, in which ...
California Mandates Female Representation On Public Company Boards
by Richard Smith | October.01.2018
Orrick partner Richard Vernon Smith authored an article on California's new law mandating female representation on public company boards.
Profiles in Innovation: Biom'up's CEO on How the Right Funding Can Make or Break a Company
| September.25.2018
Etienne Binant explains how he rescued Lyon, France-based Biom’up—and became its CEO—by focusing attention on a non-commoditized life-or-death ...
#SecretTweets: Protecting Social Media as a Trade Secret?
by Michael D. Weil and Lauren Seaton | September.07.2018
Social media today connects people more than ever. It can be a means to bring together long-lost friends, new acquaintances, and love interests, or ...
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American Lawyer Selects Orrick for Its First Legal Services Innovation Award
| December.06.2018
The American Lawyer honored Orrick with its first-ever Legal Services Innovation Award, noting that "Orrick makes innovation an important part of its ...
Orrick Continues to Grow Bay Area Tech IPO and Late-Stage Company Team
| January.02.2019
Orrick announced today that Niki Fang has joined the firm as a tech capital markets partner in our San Francisco office.
Orrick Assembles Premier Cyber & Privacy Team, Launches Boston Office
| January.02.2019
With four new partners, Orrick has created a destination practice supporting the full range of needs in cyber, privacy and data innovation.
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