Austin Himes Associate, Energy & Infrastructure, Renewable Energy
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
His practice focuses on project development and finance, offtake agreements, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. Austin represents sponsors, developers, lenders and investors in connection with equity investments, refinancing transactions, and joint ventures, primarily in the renewable energy sector.
Austin also has experience working on agreements concerning the construction of renewable energy projects, including photovoltaic module supply agreements, turbine supply and service agreements, engineering procurement and construction (EPC) agreements, battery energy storage system (BESS) supply agreements, and subcontracts of various scopes.
Prior to joining Orrick, Austin worked as a research assistant for the Assistant Dean for Energy Law at the George Washington University Law School, a law clerk for the Department of Justice, a financial analyst for large U.S. government acquisitions, and as a project manager for a California-based fintech startup.
Austin
Justin’s practice focuses on public finance, which includes the representation of local government entities, including: state agencies, municipalities, school districts, and special districts; non-profit organizations; and financial institutions that serve as underwriters to municipal bonds. Prior to joining Orrick, Justin represented and counseled government entities and private corporations in litigation matters.
Düsseldorf
Zu seinen Mandanten zählen Technologieunternehmen in allen Phasen sowie Venture Capital und Corporate Venture Capital Investoren. Gemeinsam mit einem internationalen und interdisziplinären Team begleitet er zudem Scaleups und Multinationals bei ihren Expansionsprojekten und hat hier einen besonderen Fokus auf Cross-Border-Transaktionen zwischen Deutschland und den USA.
Svens Ziel ist es, für seine Mandanten Brücken zwischen Deutschland, dem Silicon Valley und anderen internationalen Technologiezentren zu bauen, um ihnen dabei zu helfen, im internationalen Markt erfolgreich zu wachsen. Sein juristischer und betriebswirtschaftlicher Hintergrund, sein Unternehmergeist und die Erfahrung aus mehr als 400 Finanzierungsrunden und M&A-Projekten über viele Branchen hinweg erlauben es ihm, die strategischen und kommerziellen Ziele seiner Mandanten umfassend zu verstehen und hierfür kreative Lösungen zu finden.
Sven Greulich unterstützt ehrenamtlich diverse Gründerinitiativen an der WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, der RWTH Aachen, der Technischen Universität München sowie am Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; er ist regelmäßiger Gastdozent an der WHU und den RWTH incubation und innovation Centern. 2020 hat er das Founder Legal Boot Camp ins Leben gerufen, ein einzigartiges Seminarprogramm, das angehende Gründerteams von technischen und Wirtschaftshochschulen auf alle relevanten rechtlichen Fallstricke bei der Gründung, Finanzierung und in der ersten Wachstumsphase hinweist. Zusammen mit Deutschlands führenden Gründungsuniversitäten organisiert findet das Founder Legal Boot Camp mittlerweile dreimal pro Jahr in Düsseldorf, München und Karlsruhe/Stuttgart (alternierend) statt.
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Houston; Austin
Michael regularly engages in his clients' most complex and sophisticated matters involving eight, nine and ten figure exposure. Whether it be securing billion-dollar summary judgments or obtaining full dismissals for energy companies in mass tort cases, Michael defines success as winning, and doing so in a manner that enhances and protects the reputation and prospects of his clients.
Michael understands how courts think and what they want. He managed a federal court civil docket for two years and drafted judicial opinions for the highest levels of the Texas judicial system. He regularly assists his clients navigate their most complicated legal obstacles, and does so with bottom-line clarity.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Bart’s experience includes advising project developers, financial institutions, private equity firms, state and local governments, and public and private companies on matters involving environmental and natural resources laws, including:
Bart’s work includes transactions, project development and permitting, litigation, agency proceedings, and enforcement actions. He represents clients in matters involving federal and state agencies, including the U.S. EPA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and state and local environmental and resource protection agencies.
Bart has also handled numerous matters involving federal, state, and local economic incentives, grants, and loan guarantees. In particular, he has advised energy and commercial development clients on applying for and obtaining incentives for the redevelopment of brownfield sites.
Bart maintains an active pro bono practice that has included matters involving conservation, human trafficking, and family law. Prior to joining Orrick, Bart practiced at an international firm and a national firm focused on environmental law. He also served as senior counsel on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, focusing on environmental, energy, and climate issues.
Bart is described by Chambers USA as “highly fluent in the intricacies of EPA policymaking and possesses a wealth of knowledge about the U.S. market.”
Los Angeles
Carrie is a managing associate in Orrick’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Banking and Finance group. She advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, asset managers and other private and public companies on an array of financing transactions including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, private credit financings and liability management exercises and other special situations.
London
Katie provides U.K. and international clients with commercially focused, practical advice on a broad range of transactional and advisory employment matters, including the employment aspects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, workforce restructuring, employee relations and consultation, recruitment and severance, workforce classification and restrictive covenants.
Houston; Singapore
Houston; Singapore
He has extensive experience representing project sponsors through development (including through the negotiation and drafting of power purchase agreements and other long-term offtake agreements, physical and financial swaps, engineering, procurement and construction contracts, operation and maintenance agreements, management services agreements and site services agreements), acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and financings. His representation has included transactions involving LNG facilities, methanol facilities, petrochemical refineries, carbon capture and sequestration facilities, natural gas processing and storage facilities, natural gas and CO2 pipelines, wind energy, solar energy, natural gas-fired peaking and combined-cycle power plants, thermal and battery energy storage, transportation, aviation and ports.
His prior experiences include a two year secondment to International Finance Corporation’s Office of General Counsel where he worked on multi-currency corporate financings, project financings and equity investments in infrastructure projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, the Philippines, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Turkey.
Giji is currently ranked as a Projects Leading Lawyer in Chambers Global and Chambers USA, and has been recognized for excellence by numerous leading industry and legal publications, including being named one of 34 "Groundbreaking lawyers" by Public Utilities Fortnightly.
Houston
Prior to joining Orrick, John served as a mergers & acquisitions associate in the Houston office of an international law firm.
New York
She has partnered with start-ups and Fortune 500 companies to develop comprehensive privacy and cybersecurity policies and procedures that comply with U.S., EU and UK law and self-regulatory frameworks, including U.S. state privacy laws; the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); the CAN-SPAM Act; the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA); the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act); and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Bianca helps clients prepare for and respond to crisis security incidents, including by advising on personal data breach notification obligations, working closely with cyber forensics experts, engaging with law enforcement, and responding to regulatory inquiries.
She also provides clients with practical guidance in complex and multijurisdictional corporate transactions to help navigate attendant privacy and cybersecurity risks.
Miami
His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and securities transactions. He also counsels clients on corporate governance.
Boston
Jeremy advises clients on the full range of regulatory health care issues facing digital health stakeholders. His depth and breadth of experience enables him to help established and early-stage companies navigate a complex and ever-changing business and regulatory landscape. As one client’s CEO explained, “Jeremy is one of the best thought partners, and hands down the best legal navigator, I’ve found in the digital health space.”
His telehealth experience includes advising on compliance with state licensure requirements for physicians and non-physician practitioners, corporate practice of medicine issues, remote prescribing (including controlled substances), patient consent and Medicare, Medicaid and commercial reimbursement. He advises clients on compliance with laws against fraud and abuse, including federal and state anti-kickback and self-referral laws, as well as privacy issues arising under HIPAA and its state-level counterparts.
Jeremy has substantial experience pertaining to structuring, operationalizing and scaling “PC-MSO” arrangements across all 50 states. He also advises venture capital and private equity firms conducting regulatory diligence associated with investments in digital health and health care technology ventures, from seed stage funding to nine-figure raises.