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Mike Delikat Partner

New York

He is also the founder of the firm’s Whistleblower Task Force. He previously served as the Managing Director of Orrick’s Litigation Division. The practice group under Mike’s leadership was chosen as one of the top national employment law practices by Law 360.

Chambers USA and Chambers Global has ranked him in Band 1 since it began publishing its rankings, noting he is "a giant of the employment bar, widely regarded as an expert in whistleblowing matters and sex harassment claims,” “sought out by premier clients to handle high-stakes employment litigation and investigations,” and "one of the best lawyers on the East Coast for financial institutions."

Mike has an active trial, arbitration, and appellate practice and handles a number of high-visibility class action and impact cases. He is regularly retained by boards of directors and audit committees to conduct high exposure internal investigations of corporate wrongdoing.

Yumiko Ohta Partner

Tokio

Yumiko also has knowledge related to international trade such as customs rules and export controls.

Before joining Orrick, Yumiko was an associate at Tanabe & Partners and advised clients in corporate transactions and employment law as well as represented clients in civil and family cases. She has experience serving as a statutory auditor for Japanese corporations. Prior to practicing law, she worked at Mitsubishi Corporation for seven years. While there, she was involved in LNG projects and other global business.

Nadège Owen Partner

Paris

Nadège advises French and international companies on all employment law matters with a recognized experience on employment law aspects of corporate transactions. She regularly deals with employment law related issues arising in the context of restructurings (in particular social plans), mergers and acquisitions as well as more generally on all employment law aspects for domestic and international clients, regarding day to day issues, executive severance and relations with employee representatives and trade unions.  

Prior to joining Orrick, Nadège was an associate for eight years in the Employment, Pensions & Benefits team of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Chanani Sandler Of Counsel

New York

Chanani advises multinational companies across all industry lines on a variety of employment-related matters and implementation of global equity compensation programs. He globally manages large multi-country and large multi-function HR projects.

From an employment law perspective, Chanani advises his clients on a wide range of employment-related matters outside the United States, including global/local offer letters and employment contracts, rollout of HR policies and employee handbooks as well as termination and settlement agreements. His work also covers advising clients hiring, HR data privacy compliance, discrimination risks, as well as performance management and terminations. He also works with his clients to consider the employment-related impact of, and undertake due diligence for, cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and IPOs.

Chanani also counsels his clients on how to effectively design, implement, communicate and administer equity-based compensation programs and other long-term incentive awards to their employees and other service providers worldwide. His work covers securities law, foreign exchange, employment, tax and other compliance requirements related to these programs. He also provides services in the areas of corporate tax planning, cross-border tax planning, payroll support and employee education with respect to global equity programs, including in the context of corporate transactions.

He has presented at industry educational forums, such as the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP) and Global Equity Organization (GEO), on topics related to tax compliance as well as effective design, implementation and administration of global equity-based awards and other long-term incentive plans.

Mario Scofferi Partner

Mailand

As a Partner in the Milan office and Head of the Italian Employment practice, Mario is member of the Employment International Group and focuses on all aspects of employment, agency, and self-employment relationships, advising clients in both litigation and out-of-court matters, including the assistance on his field in transactional deals.

Mario regularly assists clients with the negotiation of both employment and self-employment agreements, throughout the performance of such relationships and at their termination, with the aim of providing high-quality services grounded in rigorous analysis and close client interaction.

His clients operate in the tourism, services, finance, credit, chemical, tech, infrastructure and public administration sectors (including state-owned companies).

Mario has also developed considerable experience in managing companies’ relationships with their board members, as well as in disputes involving social security institutions.

He is the author of numerous articles on labor law published in professional journals.

Mario is admitted to the Milan Bar and is also a member of AGI – Italian Employment Lawyers Association – and of the Italian Journalists Association.

Dr. André Zimmermann, LL.M. Partner

Düsseldorf; München

André Zimmermann berät Unternehmen in allen Wachstumsphasen, von Pre-IPO-Startups und Scaleups über Unicorns bis hin zu internationalen Konzernen, in sämtlichen arbeitsrechtlichen Angelegenheiten, von der Begleitung im arbeitsrechtlichen Day-to-Day bis hin zu komplexen Transaktionen, von der strategischen Planung bis zur Post-Merger-Integration. Mit seinen umfangreichen Erfahrungen in Verhandlungen mit Betriebsräten und Gewerkschaften bei Restrukturierungsmaßnahmen aller Art liegt ein besonderer Schwerpunkt seiner Tätigkeit auf Restrukturierungen und Personalabbau.

Er hat bei über 300 M&A-Transaktionen und Finanzierungsrunden in verschiedenen Branchen zu arbeitsrechtlichen Fragen beraten. Seine Beratung umfasst dabei insbesondere die arbeitsrechtliche Begleitung bei komplexen, internationalen Technologietransaktionen, M&A-Projekten sowie Private Equity und Venture Capital Investitionen, von der Due Diligence bis zur Integration.

André Zimmermann hat besondere Erfahrung in der Technologiebranche. In den vergangenen Jahren ist er zu einem wichtigen Ansprechpartner für mehrere marktführende und wachstumsstarke Technologieunternehmen aus der Bay Area geworden. Zuletzt hat er führende globale Technologieunternehmen wie GoPro, Pinterest, GitHub, Nvidia, Sabre, Snap und Splunk in verschiedenen arbeitsrechtlichen Fragen beraten.

André Zimmermann wurde für seine Arbeit mehrfach ausgezeichnet, unter anderem:

• Deutschlands führender Brancheninformationsdienst JUVE zeichnet André seit 2017 als "häufig empfohlenen" Arbeitsrechtsexperten aus;
• Best Lawyers und Handelsblatt haben André 2020 und 2021 als einen der besten Anwälte Deutschlands im Arbeitsrecht empfohlen;
• WirtschaftsWoche hat André 2019 als einen der Top-Anwälte für Arbeitsrecht in Deutschland ausgezeichnet;
• IEL Elite, ein Ranking weltweit führender Anwälte für Arbeistrecht, empfiehlt André im Ranking 2022 als "Key Lawyer".

Unsere Mandanten empfehlen ihn gegenüber JUVE als "immer erfrischend ehrlich" und betonen seine "unkomplizierte Art". Sie loben seinen "kreativen und effizienten Arbeitsstil" und seinen "sehr effizienten und praxisorientierten Beratungsstil". Sie bezeichnen ihn als "extrem reaktionsschnell und immer erreichbar" und als "ausgezeichneten Anwalt bei Gerichtsverhandlungen". Unsere Mandanten schätzen besonders seine "klare, fundierte und pragmatische praxisnahe Beratung" und seine "besonderen Kenntnisse der Technologiebranche".