Orrick Advises Fisker on SPAC Merger with Spartan Energy Acquisition
| July.13.2020
Orrick is advising Fisker on its merger with Spartan Energy Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Apollo ...
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Orrick Advises Contentful on $80 Million Series E Financing
| June.25.2020
Orrick advised Contentful GmbH, a global leader in headless content management systems, on its $80 million Series E funding led by Sapphire Ventures.
Orrick Advises Twist Bioscience on $107.4 Million Follow-On Offering
| June.08.2020
Orrick has advised San Francisco-based synthetic biology company Twist Bioscience (NASDAQ: TWST) on its $107.4 million follow-on offering.
Orrick Advises Upkeep on $36 Million Series B Financing Round
| May.14.2020
Orrick has advised UpKeep, a Los Angeles-based provider of enterprise maintenance management software, on its $36 million Series B funding round.
Orrick Advises Bought By Many on £78 Million Series C Round
| May.05.2020
Orrick has advised London-based insurtech startup Bought By Many on its approximately £78 million Series C financing round.
Orrick Advises Stripe on $600 Million Extension of Series G Financing
| April.20.2020
The investors in this financing included Andreesen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Alphabet’s GV and Sequoia Capital.
Orrick Advises UK Government on New Convertible Loan Package for Start-Ups
| April.20.2020
The UK Government has announced a new fund that provides financing to UK start-ups and scale-ups in the form of a convertible loan which is invested ...
Orrick Advises Goodwater Capital on Kyash's $45 Million Series C
| April.01.2020
Orrick has advised Goodwater Capital on its investment in Tokyo-based mobile financial startup Kyash’s $45 million Series C financing round.
Orrick Advises Vostok on Juspay’s Series B
| March.31.2020
Orrick’s London Tech Companies team has advised Vostok Emerging Finance on its investment in India-based payments company Juspay’s $21.6 million ...
Orrick Advises Quit Genius on $11 Million Series A Financing
| March.23.2020
Orrick has advised Quit Genius, a developer of personalized digital therapeutics for addictions, on its $11 million Series A financing round.
Insights
CCPA 2.0 Makes the Ballot! What’s Next for the California Privacy Rights Act?
by Shannon Yavorsky and Nicholas Farnsworth | July.21.2020
On June 25, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) officially qualified for ...
Guidance for Tech Companies Navigating International Human Rights Workplace Anti-Discrimination Laws
by Betsy (Colleen) Popken and Kelly D. Newsome | July.13.2020
In this Bloomberg Law article, Betsy Popken and Kelly Newsome explore the international human rights laws that govern anti-discrimination regulation.
21 Key Issues In Negotiating M&A Agreements For Technology Companies
by Richard Smith | July.06.2020
Orrick’s Richard Vernon Smith co-authored an article in Forbes.
COVID-19 UK: Corporate – Creating Certainty in Uncertain Times - Return of the MAC
by James Connor and Daniel Wayte | July.06.2020
This note summarises certain legal considerations with respect to enforcing Material Adverse Change (“MAC”) conditions in private and public M&A ...
22 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching To Investors
by Kate O'Laughlin and Neel Lilani | July.01.2020
Orrick’s Kate O’Laughlin and Neel Lilani co-authored an article in Forbes, along with Richard D. Harroch.
Board Oversight of Clinical Trials During the Pendency of the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Albert Vanderlaan and Stephen Thau | June.19.2020
COVID-19 has had far-reaching social, economic and regulatory impacts. Nearly all companies (private and public, large and small) have had reason to ...
A Guide to Acquiring a Distressed Tech Company
by Daniel Lopez, Richard Smith and Douglas S. Mintz | May.27.2020
Orrick’s Daniel Lopez, Richard Vernon Smith and Doug Mintz co-authored an article in Forbes.
Future Fund: FAQs
by Ylan Steiner, Janine Suttie and Heidi Wardle | May.22.2020
#TeamOrrick thanks the nearly 200 people who attended our webinar on the #FutureFund convertible loan notes. We tried to answer all of your ...
Two Diverging Federal COVID-19 Privacy Bills Proposed
by Heather Egan Sussman, Ian Adams and Maria Rouvalis | May.18.2020
In recent days, Congress has introduced two divergent “emergency” bills to address privacy issues arising during the COVID-19 crisis. While both ...
“Human Rights By Design” Approach Can Guide Companies Developing Digital Contact Tracing Tech
by Betsy (Colleen) Popken | May.15.2020
Betsy Popken details the need for companies to address human rights considerations as they develop digital contact tracing technology in response to ...
Life Sciences Snapshot - A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends
by Stephen Thau, Scott M. Iyama, Gregg Griner, Albert Vanderlaan and Blake Ilstrup | May.11.2020
The market meets COVID-19
Q1 2020
In this new series, our expert lawyers explore trends in venture investing across the life sciences sector.
Q1 2020
In this new series, our expert lawyers explore trends in venture investing across the life sciences sector.
Keily Blair and James Lloyd Discuss Rise in GDPR-Based Class Actions on The Privacy Advisor Podcast
| May.04.2020
Keily Blair and James Lloyd sat down with Angelique Carson of IAPP's The Privacy Advisor Podcast to discuss the uptick in civil litigation claims ...
Updates on COVID-19 in Japan:
New Subsidies Available for SMEs
including Subsidiaries of
Non-Japanese Companies
by Hiroki Sugita and Benjamin Miller | May.02.2020
On April 30, 2020, Japan's Diet passed a 25.69 trillion yen (US$ 240-billion) supplemental budget for fiscal year 2020 to finance an emergency ...
Orrick Blockchain Lawyers Featured on WSBA.call(The Lawyers) Podcast
| April.23.2020
Orrick Partner Ken Herzinger and Senior Counsel Ed Eisert spoke about recent blockchain securities class actions on a WSBA podcast.
News
Orrick Adds Top-Tier Global Data Privacy Adviser in California
| March.02.2020
Shannon Yavorsky, a leading authority on U.S. and European data privacy issues, has joined Orrick as a partner in our San Francisco office.
Orrick Ranks Top 3 for Venture Capital Globally for Q120
| May.26.2020
Orrick is again the #3 venture capital law firm globally based on Pitchbook’s first quarter 2020 report.
Orrick Is #1 for European Venture Capital for Q120
| May.26.2020
Orrick is again the #1 venture capital law firm in Europe, according to Pitchbook's first quarter 2020 report.
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