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740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Public Finance
  • Revenue Bond Finanzierung
  • Finanzierungen im Transportwesen
  • Infrastructure
  • Health Care Finance
  • Kommunalobligationen

Christine Reynolds Partner

Portland; Seattle

Christine has more than two decades of experience in public infrastructure finance, advising on both traditional bond financings and innovative funding structures. She serves as a Vice-Chair of the Public Finance Group and on the leadership team for the Impact Finance Group.

Christine’s experience includes various general obligation and revenue bond financings, including those relating to transportation, education, healthcare, water and wastewater, economic development, urban renewal, public power and other complex and innovative social and infrastructure financings sometimes involving public-private partnerships (P3) for large transportation and utility issuers, state and local municipalities, and other for-profit and nonprofit corporations.

She has extensive knowledge and experience with disclosure requirements for municipal issuers under federal securities laws, including both initial and continuing disclosure issues, material events disclosure, public offerings, private placements and other municipal securities regulatory matters.

Christine is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars given by trade and professional organizations within the municipal finance industry, including serving as Chair for The Bond Buyer's 2022 Infrastructure Conference and Board of Directors to Women in Public Finance.

462825

Practice:

  • Supreme Court & Appellate

Brenna Ferris Neustater Managing Associate

Washington, D.C.

Before joining Orrick, Brenna clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Prior to clerking, Brenna was an associate at Covington & Burling LLP, where she focused on litigation and investigations.

Brenna graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, magna cum laude, and was elected to Order of the Coif. During law school, Brenna served as the Managing Online Editor for the Michigan Journal of Law Reform, a research assistant to Professor Nina Mendelson, and a student-attorney for the International Refugee Assistance Project and Criminal Appellate Practice Clinic.

740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Steuern

Richard J. Moore Partner

San Francisco

Prioritizing the importance of client relationships and formulating viable solutions tailored to each client’s unique strategic goals, Rich works extensively in the healthcare, energy prepay and public utilities and affordable housing housing sectors. He serves as the lead tax attorney on dozens of transactions each year. This substantial deal volume has given Rich experience with myriad complex and unique tax issues associated with such transactions and allows him to provide clients with practical guidance and market-tested advice.

Healthcare: Rich has focused on healthcare transactions for over two decades. Clients range from large systems such as Kaiser and Sutter to single-site hospitals. Deals include multibillion green bond deals to finance environmentally friendly improvements, complex acquisition financing deals, workout deals for financially distressed systems, smaller equipment financing deals, and everything between.

Energy Prepay and Public Utilities: Rich has served as tax counsel on many gas and electricity prepayment transactions for clients which include Black Belt Energy District and Southeast Energy Authority. Rich has worked with the Bonneville Power Administration and a California Electric Utility Company for over 20 years on a range of financing programs primarily aimed at financing and refinancing Bonneville’s nuclear generating resource and the California Electric Utility Company's generation, distribution, and transmission facilities. In addition, Rich has an extensive history working on deals for the San Diego County Water Authority and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

Affordable Housing: Rich focuses on the tax-exempt financing of all types of housing projects, including 100% affordable projects that combine tax-exempt bonds with low-income housing tax credits, workforce housing projects that cater to middle income tenants, and mixed income housing.

Aside from transactional work, Rich is also an advocate, representing governmental issuers, conduit borrowers, and investment banks in IRS and other regulatory proceedings, including tax-exempt bond audits, voluntary closing agreement program (VCAP) requests, and requests for private letter rulings. Rich has successfully closed IRS examinations relating to multifamily housing, healthcare, solid waste, and arbitrage matters. He has been involved in numerous regulatory and legislative projects and has found that a strong working relationship with IRS and Treasury Department personnel facilitates obtaining good results.

Rich served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) from 2011 to 2021 and, in 2019-20, was President of NABL. Rich has written and lectured extensively on the tax aspects of public finance transactions, having served as editor of the Federal Taxation of Municipal Bonds Deskbook, chaired the National Association of Bond Lawyers Bond Attorneys Workshop, and served on several other panels at industry seminars and roundtables. Rich became a fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel in 2018.

Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group

Brandon Sanders Of Counsel

San Francisco

Brandon is a corporate attorney in Orrick’s San Francisco office. He concentrates his practice on representing technology and other high growth companies and their investors. Brandon advises companies on day-to-day corporate and transactional matters throughout their growth lifecycle, from formation to early stage and growth stage financings to exit events, and everything in between. In addition, Brandon regularly represents leading private equity, venture capital and other institutional investors on growth, venture and structured equity investments, minority and majority recapitalizations, buyouts and other complex investment transactions. He also has significant experience representing clients in the cleantech and renewable energy industries on securities transactions and joint ventures.

Practice:

  • Komplexe Streitfälle & Streitbeilegung
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Behördliche Untersuchungen und Vollstreckungsmaßnahmen
  • Class Action Defense
  • Geistiges Eigentum

Rebecca Harlow Partner

San Francisco

Rebecca’s practice includes all aspects of class action and other civil litigation in areas including privacy and data security breach litigation and arbitration and insurance litigation. She has represented multiple companies in class action litigation involving claims by consumers, employees, and institutions relating to security, privacy, and other issues. She also advises clients facing insurance coverage disputes and arbitration of contractual disputes. She has defended litigation arising out of data breaches involving claims by consumers and financial institutions and class actions bringing wiretapping and other claims against companies relating to the use of online technologies and tools like cookies, pixels, and session replay software.

Rebecca has assisted multiple clients across several industries in seeking, obtaining, and disputing the denial of insurance coverage. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, she has advised clients on insurance, contracting, and other unique issues that have arisen. Recently, Rebecca served as the senior associate in a fraud trial that was tried in-person during the height of the Omicron variant and settled after a week of trial. Rebecca’s pro bono practice focuses on immigration and civil rights issues.

Prior to joining Orrick, Rebecca was a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of another international law firm. She previously served as a pro bono fellow at Greater Boston Legal Services representing low-income clients in disputes over state cash and food assistance benefits.

448518

Practice:

  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
  • Financial & Fintech Advisory
  • Consumer Finance Regulatory
  • Fintech

Margaux Curie Senior Associate

San Francisco

Margaux routinely counsels financial industry clients on matters involving regulatory compliance, licensing, and consumer disclosures across the broad spectrum of federal consumer financial laws and regulations, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), and laws prohibiting unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices. She also assists clients with regulatory examinations, and represents financial institutions before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and other federal and state regulators.

453021

Practice:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Hydrogen
  • Energy & Infrastructure

Ryan Bullard Managing Associate

San Francisco

Ryan is a lawyer in the Energy and Infrastructure Group, which was recognized as Band 1 in Energy Transition by Chambers USA (2024) and was named by Chambers USA as the 2024 Energy and Projects Law Firm of the Year.

He has experience representing sponsors, investors and lenders in project development and finance (including debt and tax equity), mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and general corporate matters, including in the renewable energy, hydrogen/ammonia, renewable natural gas (RNG), sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), conventional energy, and maritime industries. Prior to joining Orrick, he practiced in Houston, Texas, at another global law firm and was the Managing Editor of the Texas Law Review.

Ryan also enjoys volunteering and has provided several hundred of hours of pro bono legal advice, primarily on small business and non-profit transactional needs.

449696

Practice:

  • Employment Law and Litigation
  • Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation
  • Arbeitslohn und Arbeitsstunden

Miranda Rowley Managing Associate

San Francisco

Miranda has experience defending clients in all stages of litigation on a broad range of employment law issues. She has significant experience regarding independent contractor misclassification matters, including both single plaintiff and class action litigation involving wage and hour claims, and representative actions under California's Private Attorneys General Act. Miranda also has particular expertise in defending clients in whistleblower retaliation cases.

In addition to her litigation practice, Miranda also counsels clients on California's complex employment laws.

Andraya Flor Associate

San Francisco

Andraya represents companies throughout different stages of litigation across a range of areas, with a focus on the technology, energy, and finance sectors.

Prior to joining Orrick, Andraya clerked for the Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. While in law school, she externed for the Honorable Jon E. DeGuilio of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Andraya earned her law degree from Notre Dame Law School where she served as the Executive Notes Editor for the Notre Dame Law Review.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Governance
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)

Albert Vanderlaan Partner

Boston

Albert is involved in a broad range of corporate legal engagements for high growth technology companies, including IPOs, follow-on public offerings, private and public company securities law compliance matters, public company disclosure obligations, venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, de-SPAC transactions and SPAC IPOs. He also regularly advises public and private companies and their boards of directors on corporate governance issues.

Albert's clients include public and private companies in technology, energy, automotive, Internet related industries, real estate, finance and the life sciences (including, among others, immuno-oncology, gene therapy, restorative cell therapy and medical device companies). He also represents underwriters in initial public offerings, follow-on offerings and PIPE offerings and venture capital firms in a variety of investment transactions.

Albert was named to the Deal’s Top Rising Stars 2021 list, which recognizes top new partners at U.S. law firms who are “doing spectacular work in the field of deal-making and who have continued to progress in their career despite the obstacles put in front of them.”

453876

Practice:

  • FDA & Healthcare Regulatory
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Technology & Innovation

Georgia C. Ravitz Partner

Washington, D.C.

Georgia also has extensive experience in assisting clients with product recalls, crisis management and government enforcement. Her practice in this sector includes assisting manufacturers, distributors, retailers and importers on all types of FDA regulated products including pharmaceuticals, medical devices and software, wearables, health and wellness products, cosmetics, cell and plant based foods, conventional foods, ag tech, compounded drugs, and dietary supplements.

Georgia’s deep experience and ability to provide practical guidance in FDA and FDA-adjacent regulatory matters allows her to work closely with innovative companies looking to minimize regulatory burdens and maximize U.S. marketing opportunities in the life science and health tech industry verticals. She also conducts regulatory due diligence for private equity and public company transactions involving life science, medtech and innovative companies.

Georgia is a frequent speaker at conferences and events who contributes regularly to leading trade and consumer media outlets.

Andrés Yarto Managing Associate

New York

With a deep understanding of the technology landscape, Andres provides strategic counsel to technology companies and venture capital funds. His expertise spans two main areas: those focusing on blockchain, cryptocurrency, NFTs, and web3 technologies and companies operating in Latin America. While these areas don’t have to overlap, Andrés finds it particularly exciting when they do, as it presents unique opportunities for innovation and growth.

Andrés leverages his extensive knowledge, proficiency in both English and Spanish and experience to help clients navigate the complex regulatory environments and market dynamics of these rapidly evolving sectors. His insights are instrumental in guiding companies through funding rounds, structuring their products in a compliant way, strategic partnerships, and compliance challenges, ensuring they are well-positioned for success.