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.
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Orrick Advises FabFitFun on Series A Financing Round
| January.30.2019
Orrick has advised lifestyle brand FabFitFun on its $80 million Series A financing round. Led by Kleiner Perkins, existing investors Upfront Ventures ...
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 ...
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 ...
Insights
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.
California Sets the Standard With a New IoT Law
by 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 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 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 ...
News
Orrick Builds in Boston, Adding Top-Tier Trademark, Copyright & Media Litigation Team
| February.19.2019
Orrick today announced the addition of a nationally recognized team of five intellectual property litigation partners, building our tech and ...
Law360 Names Orrick Technology Group of the Year
| February.20.2019
Law360 cited our "representation of more than 2,700 tech companies, ranging from early-stage startups to tech giants like Microsoft Corp. and ...
Orrick Co-Sponsors Second Global Legal Hackathon To Support Legal Innovation
| February.26.2019
Orrick co-sponsored the second Global Legal Hackathon this past weekend in collaboration with the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium along with ...
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