Orrick Advises on JD Health's US$1 Billion Series A Financing
| May.14.2019
Orrick has advised JD.com, the largest retailer and e-commerce company in China by revenue, on the financing for its healthcare subsidiary, JD Health.
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Orrick Advises Life360 on IPO
| May.13.2019
Orrick has advised leading location sharing app operator Life360 on its initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ...
Orrick Advises Twist Bioscience on $78.8 Million Follow-On Offering
| May.09.2019
Orrick has advised San Francisco-based synthetic biology company Twist Bioscience (NASDAQ: TWST) on its $78.8 million follow-on offering of 3.750 ...
Orrick Advises Beyond Meat on $240.6 Million IPO
| May.02.2019
Orrick advised Beyond Meat on its $240.6 million initial public offering of 9.625 million shares of common stock.
Orrick Advises Coatue in UiPath's $568 Million Series D
| May.01.2019
Orrick has advised lead investor Coatue Management on UiPath’s $568 million Series D funding round, bringing its post-money valuation to $7 billion.
Orrick Advises NTT DOCOMO in Strategic Partnership to Bring Spatial Computing to Japan
| April.26.2019
Orrick advised NTT DOCOMO, INC., Japan’s largest telecommunications provider, in its $280 million investment in Magic Leap, Inc.
Orrick Tech Team Advises Carsharing Leader Getaround, Inc. on $300M Acquisition of Europe-based Drivy SAS
| April.24.2019
Orrick’s global M&A and Private Equity and Technology Companies Group teams advised carsharing pioneer Getaround on its recent acquisition of Drivy.
Orrick Represents Underwriters in PagerDuty’s $250.3 Million IPO
| April.16.2019
Orrick represented the underwriters in the initial public offering of PagerDuty, Inc., a global leader in digital operations management.
Orrick Advises Figure Eight on Acquisition by Appen
| March.11.2019
Orrick has advised Figure Eight, a privately-held venture backed San Francisco-based machine learning software platform, on its acquisition by ...
Orrick Advises Nivaura on $20 Million Seed Investment Round
| February.27.2019
Orrick has advised London fintech startup Nivaura on its 20 million dollar seed and seed extension capital funding round.
Insights
“Good” and “Safe” Data – Panel Launches Artificial Intelligence Initiative
by Diana M. Rutowski | May.14.2019
On April 25, 2019 Orrick’s Successful Women in IP (SWIP) group and the newly launched AI Cross Practice Initiative joined forces to bring together ...
Consumer Privacy Protection Party Grows – State Legislators Introduce CCPA-Like Bills
by Robert McKenna, Erica Sechrist and Ian Adams | May.10.2019
In the wake of GDPR and CCPA, state policymakers throughout the U.S. are focusing their attention on consumer privacy in the digital age.
NYDFS to Virtual Currency Exchange: Don’t Let the Door Hit You on Your Way Out
by Daniel Nathan, Edward Eisert and Jorge Pesok | April.19.2019
The New York Department of Financial Services virtual currency license is back in the spotlight after NYDFS announced that it had rejected the ...
Race to the Finish: Autonomous Vehicle Technology at the Forefront of Alleged Trade Secrets Theft
by Amy Van Zant and Lauren Kessler | April.16.2019
The stakes couldn’t be higher in the race amongst Silicon Valley self-driving companies vying to be the first to bring the industry-changing ...
Questions to Ask When Considering Risks and Warning Signs in Tech-Based Screening Tools
by Christopher Wilkinson, David B. Smith and Alex Mitchell | April.03.2019
Orrick’s Christopher Wilkinson, David Smith and Alex Mitchell have co-authored an article for Corporate Counsel which discusses the baseline issues ...
State Legislators Joining the Consumer Privacy Protection Party: Introduced CCPA-Like Bills
by Emily S. Tabatabai, Heather Egan Sussman, Nicholas Farnsworth and Sulina Gabale | March.19.2019
In 2018, the California legislature made headlines with its game-changing data protection law: the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. Other ...
How to Legal-Proof Your Startup: 6 Mistakes to Avoid
| March.08.2019
Sifted spoke with leading startup lawyers for this article, which draws attention to six areas which founders should consider early so as to avoid ...
Profiles in Innovation: Twist Bioscience’s Co-Founder Navigates Company from Start-up to Public Company
| February.21.2019
Emily Leproust discusses her inspiration and journey building a public company in the fast growing synthetic DNA market with commentary from Orrick ...
Corporate Venture Capital in Today’s Tech Ecosystem
| February.13.2019
Corporate venture capital (CVC) is a valuable tool both for companies looking to pursue innovation strategies and for founders growing startups.
Rivera v. Google Bolsters Article III Challenges to Privacy Suits – But Risks Remain
by David T. Cohen and Rochelle Swartz | January.24.2019
Rivera v. Google, a recent federal court decision from the Northern District of Illinois, highlights how challenges to Article III standing are a ...
A 2018 Trade Secrets Year in Review
by Catherine Y. Lui, Stephanie Gail Lee and Daniel J. Corbett | January.11.2019
With the holidays behind us and our calendars flipped over to 2019, we’re taking a look back at some key trade secrets developments of the past ...
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.
News
Orrick Lands Four Partners on Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response 30 for 2019
| April.12.2019
Congratulations to Orrick partners Tony Kim, Doug Meal, Heather Egan Sussman and Aravind Swaminathan on being named once again to Cybersecurity ...
Orrick Ranks Top 3 for Venture Capital for Q119
| May.20.2019
Orrick is again the #3 venture capital law firm based on Pitchbook’s first quarter 2019 report. This is the firm’s seventh consecutive quarter in the ...
Orrick Is #1 for European Venture Capital for Q119
| May.20.2019
Orrick is again the #1 venture capital law firm in Europe, according to Pitchbook’s first quarter 2019 report. This is the 13th consecutive quarter ...
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