Vinny Mei Managing Associate
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Vinny Mei is an Associate in Orrick’s Technology Companies Group. Vinny advises technology companies across the software, financial technology, artificial intelligence, consumer internet, and enterprise software industries on matters ranging from general formation to venture capital financings to technology transactions, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to practicing law, Vinny co-founded Marq Vision, a Y Combinator-backed startup on a mission to eliminate counterfeits from online retail. He is passionate about access to justice, gamification in education, and empowering entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Vinny received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was the Bluebook Business Chair of the Harvard Law Review and Managing Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology. He earned his B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto.
San Francisco
By delving into each case’s complexities and elegantly connecting those details to a broader technical perspective, Will creatively unravels his opposition’s argument.
Will uses this approach to defend cutting edge computer, Internet, software companies and life sciences companies with great success, having prevailed in numerous subject matter eligibility challenges. Will's mastery of patent law also allows him to ensure his strategy will withstand appeal, where Will has frequently played a key role in writing and arguing the appellate briefs. Whether handling patent, trademark or trade secrets matters, Will’s creative methodology gives his clients a unique advantage.
Will is also an enthusiastic participant in Orrick's pro bono efforts, and has obtained successful results for several disadvantaged and low-income pro bono clients.
San Francisco
Ana represents companies in the technology, energy, and financial sectors in a wide range of civil disputes including claims of trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract. Her practice also includes defending companies under investigation by states Attorneys General.
Prior to law school, Ana was a member of the legal team at Lyft supporting the Litigation, IP, Employment, Product/Commercial, and Corporate practice groups.
Düsseldorf
Sein betriebswirtschaftlicher Hintergrund, seine chinesischen Sprachkenntnisse und seine umfangreiche internationale Erfahrung ergänzen seine ausgezeichneten Rechtskenntnisse und ermöglichen es ihm, seine Mandanten umfassend zu beraten.
Lars Mesenbrink vertritt Mandanten vor der Europäischen Kommission und dem Bundeskartellamt in allen Bereichen des Wettbewerbsrechts, unter anderem zu Fusionen, Compliance, Kartellen, dem Missbrauch marktbeherrschender Stellungen und entsprechenden gerichtlichen Auseinandersetzungen.
In diesen Bereichen bietet er Unternehmen innovative Lösungen für hochkarätige komplexe Sachverhalte, darunter auch zu privaten Schadenersatzklagen und Kartelluntersuchungen, bei denen oftmals mehrere Jurisdiktionen involviert sind.
Lars Mesenbrink berät zudem zu internationalen Handels- und Compliance-Angelegenheiten, einschließlich Verfahren im Zusammenhang mit der Anmeldung ausländischer Investitionen in Deutschland.
New York
She regularly represents financial institutions, direct lenders, funds, and investors involved in bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings, foreclosures, distressed sales and acquisitions, loan and claims trading, bankruptcy litigation and refinancing involving syndicated loan facilities, debtor-in-possession financing and exit financing. She also represents start-up and later stage venture companies (with a focus on technology, blockchain and crypto) and venture capital investors in connection with liquidity crunches, rescue financing, wind-downs and negotiated resolutions with key stakeholders and investments or claims against insolvent counterparties.
Recognized as “outstanding” by The Legal 500 US, Laura was also named a Recognized Practitioner by Chambers USA, which praised her “very commercial and solution oriented” approach. She is “a very capable lawyer who gives great advice,” according to clients. Her clients include Royal Bank of Canada, UBS O’Connor, Red Rock Biofuels, Jade Mountain Partners, ECN Capital Corporation, Equinor, Portigon AG, Macquarie, PwC,Transurban, the Bank of Nova Scotia, and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt among others.
Laura has been involved in many prominent bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring cases, including FTX, Talen Energy, Celsius Networks, Three Arrows Capital, restructurings related to the collapse of Tera and Luna, Mt. Gox, Legacy Reserves, White Eagle, Cobalt, Chesapeake Energy, Shopko, The Weinstein Company, Lily Robotics, Seadrill, Chaparral, CHC Helicopters, Erickson, GT Advanced Technologies, Hostess, Pocahontas Parkway, Indiana Toll Road, Eagle Bulk, Fresh & Easy, American Airlines, Chemtura Corporation, Lazare Kaplan, Hawker Beechcraft, Metro Fuel, Claim Jumper Restaurants, Abitibibowater, Nortel, Fabrikant, Scotia Pacific, VICORP, Sea Containers, Lyondell, Foxwoods, Delta, US Air, Northwest, Star Diamond, and Ritchie Risk-Linked Strategies Trading (Ireland) Limited. She handles cross-border restructuring matters in major international jurisdictions such as Canada, Europe, Cayman Islands and B.V.I.
Laura also has expertise in the esoteric asset class, life settlements. She represents clients in the life settlement and premium finance markets, acting for buyers, sellers and owners of life settlements and premium finance loans, and has extensive experience with the various legal issues impacting such assets.
München
Inhaltlich liegt sein Fokus auf der Beilegung von komplexen Post-M&A- und Gesellschafterstreitigkeiten, wobei er besonders auf seine langjährige Erfahrung als Transaktionsanwalt zurückgreifen kann.
Daneben berät Sebastian Meul seine Mandanten in Streitigkeiten auf dem Gebiet des Anlagenbaus, der Managerhaftung sowie in sonstigen kommerziellen Streitigkeiten.
Er verfügt zudem über umfangreiche Erfahrung bei der Begleitung von M&A Transaktionen und auf dem Gebiet der gesellschaftsrechtlichen Beratung.
Zusätzlich befasst sich Sebastian Meul vor allem auch mit aktuellen Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet der Legal- und Blockchain- Technologie und veröffentlicht regelmäßig Beiträge in juristischen Zeitschriften ebenso wie in den sozialen Medien.
Vor seinem Wechsel zu Orrick war Sebastian Meul in dem Münchener Büro einer renommierten deutschen Wirtschaftskanzlei sowie bei einer kanadischen Wirtschaftskanzlei in Toronto tätig.
Rom
He is Of Counsel and a member of the Technology Transactions practice in Italy.
Los Angeles
Düsseldorf
Benedikt Migdal berät bei der Strukturierung und Verhandlung von IP-Themen in Unternehmenstransaktionen, einschließlich M&A, Divestments und Venture-Investitionen, sowie sonstige Transaktionen, bei denen IP-Rechte und Know-how von wesentlicher Bedeutung sind. Seine Arbeit umfasst zum Beispiel IP-Lizenz- und Technologietransferverträge, Verträge über technische Dienstleistungen, Transition Service Agreements, F&E-Kooperationen und IP-Aspekte von Verträgen im Life-Science-Bereich.
Benedikt Migdal verfügt zudem über langjährige Erfahrung bei der Führung von Patentverletzungsprozessen und Verfahren wegen der Verletzung von Geschäftsgeheimnissen. Er hat deutsche und internationale Mandanten aus einer Reihe von Branchen in komplexen Streitigkeiten vertreten, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit Patenten und Know-how aus den Bereichen mobile Telekommunikation/Konnektivität und Life Sciences.
Aufgrund seiner Erfahrung sowohl bei IP-Transaktionen als auch bei streitigen Auseinandersetzungen hat er ein umfassendes Verständnis für die vielfältigen rechtlichen und wirtschaftlichen Fragestellungen, mit denen technologiegetriebene Unternehmen im Zusammenhang mit geistigem Eigentum konfrontiert sind. Dazu gehören auch kartellrechtliche Fragen an der Schnittstelle zum Recht des geistigen Eigentums, insbesondere betreffend standardessentielle Patente und deren faire, angemessene und nicht-diskriminierende (FRAND) Lizenzierung.
Los Angeles
Rudi has experience representing large commercial clients in complex and high-value litigation in federal and state courts across the country. She has advised clients in all stages of litigation from receipt of pre-litigation demands through discovery, expert work, summary judgment, trial preparation, and trial.
Rudi also completed a client secondment at Goldman Sachs in New York in their Litigation and Regulatory Compliance Group.
In her pro bono practice, Rudi has provided services to ICE detainees and low-income veterans.
Washington, D.C.
Recognized by Legal 500, he has been involved in major high-stakes litigation matters involving alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations and enforcement actions, and securities fraud class actions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Adam was senior counsel at Buckley LLP and an associate at Mayer Brown and Jenner & Block.
New York
Antonia has experience representing large commercial clients in complex and high-value litigation in federal and state courts across the country. She has broad experience representing corporations in all stages of litigation, including pre-suit demands, motions to dismiss, fact and expert discovery and depositions, summary judgment, and trial preparation.