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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Banking & Finance
  • Private Credit

Marina Balzano Partner

Mailand; Rom

As partner and head of Orrick’s Italian Banking & Finance team, she works with major international banking groups, private credit funds, borrowers and issuers. Marina’s practice covers the full spectrum of banking and finance transactions, with solid experience in acquisition and leveraged finance, corporate lending, bonds, unitranche financings and real estate finance.

Known for her technical precision and commercial insight, Marina is a trusted advisor to financial institutions as well as a growing number of alternative lenders and investors. Her experience covers both domestic and cross-border transactions, where she collaborates closely with other B&F lawyers across Orrick’s network, making her a go-to counsel for clients navigating the Italian and international finance markets. Her clients value her ability to deliver innovative and practical solutions tailored to help them access the capital they need to achieve growth, development, and their overall business needs.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Structured Finance
  • Derivatives
  • Banking & Finance
  • Fintech
  • Commercial Mortgage‐Backed Securities
  • Asset‐Backed Securities

Jonas Robison Of Counsel

New York

He regularly advises on bank regulations (including, but not limited to, the Bank Holding Company Act and Regulation Y; the Federal Reserve Act; OCC regulations; Regulations U, X, and T; Regulation W; Regulation K; New York Banking Law; and U.S. regulation of foreign banks); CFTC and derivatives regulatory matters (including uncleared swap margin and capital rules, commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor requirements, product and registrant definitions, the application of CFTC requirements to digital assets, the cross-border framework, swap data reporting, business conduct rules, mandatory clearing and related exceptions, and various key issues for derivatives end users); broker-dealer regulation; regulation of fintech companies, including digital asset clients, robo-advisers, and nonbank lenders; the Investment Advisers Act; the Investment Company Act; and the securities laws generally.

He also regularly negotiates equity and other types of derivatives transactions and related derivatives documentation on both the sell and the buy sides. In addition, he represents issuers and underwriters in commercial mortgage, auto loan, credit card, and other types of securitizations. He also has a broad background in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, venture capital, corporate governance, and general corporate matters.

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Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech

Alexandra Wood Partner

Austin; San Francisco

Alex’s work encompasses a broad range of industries and corporate matters, including formations, compensation, venture capital financings, debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, strategic transactions, IPOs and corporate governance.

Alex’s prior company-side representations include Carta, Docker, GitLab, 6Sense, Branch Metrics, LTK (fka rewardStyle), Quizlet, Niantic, Gen Digital (fka Symantec) and Streamlit, among others.

Alex also has represented leading venture capital firms and strategic investors, including GGV Capital, Menlo Ventures, GV, NEA, Insight Venture Partners, Fidelity Growth Partners, Merck Research Venture Labs, Trinity Ventures and Comcast Ventures.

Alex started her practice in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices of Fenwick & West LLP and another major national law firm. Prior to her career in law, Alex managed international development programs in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Banking & Finance
  • Structured Finance
  • Restructuring
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Asset‐Backed Securities
  • Private Credit
  • France
  • Africa

William S. Haft Partner

New York

Bill regularly advises clients on cross-border matters, including transactions in the maritime, energy and infrastructure and technology sectors. He has particular experience in the maritime sector, having guided various market participants on numerous complex international shipping and offshore corporate and capital markets deals and restructurings.

Reflecting feedback from his clients, Bill was named a BTI “Client Service All-Star” and is described by an IFLR1000 client commentator as “extremely responsive” with a “deep spectrum of knowledge,” in Banking and Finance.

Before joining Orrick in 2002, Bill practiced with two other international law firms in New York and Paris.

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Offshore Wind
  • Wind Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Hydrogen
  • Energy Storage
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Responsible Business

David O'Donovan Managing Associate

London

David's experience primarily includes renewable energy projects (onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, energy-from-waste and green hydrogen) and other energy transition projects (including carbon capture, usage and storage) with a particular focus on M&A, joint ventures and project development. He also has experience advising on governance, regulatory and ESG-related matters.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
  • Wertpapierrechtsstreitigkeiten, Sammelklagen und Aktionärsklagen
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Behördliche Untersuchungen und Vollstreckungsmaßnahmen
  • Interne Revision

Paul F. Rugani Partner

Orange County; New York; Seattle

Legal 500 touts Paul as a recommended attorney for Securities Litigation, observing that he is “among the most creative and strategic lawyers” who always has “an eye on the end game.”  Paul achieved American Lawyer Litigator of the Week recognition as part of a team that achieved a ground-breaking New York Court of Appeals victory that substantially reduced financial exposure in RMBS repurchase litigation.

Leader of Orrick's Securities Litigation practice and deputy leader of the Firm's Financial Services Litigation practice, Paul has extensive experience representing clients in securities class actions, shareholder derivative lawsuits, commercial contractual disputes and other complex litigation matters at both the trial and appellate levels, as well as in connection with internal, government and regulatory investigations. Paul also counsels domestic and foreign accounting firms on matters related to state CPA licensing and state board regulation.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Finance
  • Structured Finance
  • Asset‐Backed Securities
  • Commercial Mortgage‐Backed Securities
  • Residential Mortgage‐Backed Securities
  • Banking & Finance
  • Real Estate

Elizabeth J. Elias Partner

New York

Elizabeth has played a key role in numerous pioneering esoteric deals and has extensive experience in the securitization of commercial PACE liens, musical composition and sound recording copyrights, television, movie and other IP royalties, whole business operating companies, diamond receivables, litigation settlement awards, and PDP oil & gas wellbore interests.

In addition to her work in esoteric ABS, Elizabeth represents a wide array of market participants, including sponsors, issuers, underwriters, and service providers, in both public and private commercial mortgage-backed securities offerings.

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Practice:

  • Financial Services Litigation
  • (Schieds ) Gerichtsverfahren
  • Komplexe Streitfälle & Streitbeilegung
  • Insolvenzschiedsverfahren
  • Securities Litigation
  • Trade Secrets Litigation

Nicholas Poli Partner

New York

Nick is an experienced bankruptcy litigator, representing financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and trustees in all stages of the bankruptcy process. Most recently, Nick served as co-lead trial counsel to the private credit arm of a global financial company and secured a $100 million trial victory in connection with multiple defaulted loans.

Nicholas also has extensive experience in issues arising out of the financial crisis, including a range of issues relating to residential mortgage backed securities (“RMBS”) and lending practices. He has represented issuers and sponsors of RMBS in fraud and breach of contract cases, as well as federal and state securities actions. Nicholas has defended a global financial institution in connection with two separate trials in the New York Supreme Court.

Nicholas is a key member of the Orrick team that represents Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, multinational investment banks and financial services companies, in connection with more than a dozen cases. This includes defending the clients against claims brought by investors, trustees, and monoline insurance companies in connection with the purchase and sale of RMBS. Nicholas also completed a secondment at Credit Suisse, where he was in the litigation and investigations group. During this time, he worked on regulatory matters involving FINRA, the SEC, the DOJ, the CFTC, and the NY Department of Financial Services. Additionally, he handled internal investigations addressing issues such as insider trading.

Nicholas has also represented one of the nation’s largest mortgage loan servicers, including in a class action lawsuit involving allegations of improper loan servicing practices.

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Energie
  • Hydrogen
  • Wind Energy
  • Offshore Wind

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Corporate Governance
  • Solar Energy

Shaun Malone Senior Associate

London

He has a particular focus on the international technology sector and regularly advises founders and corporates on ‘exits’ by way of sales to trade or private equity purchasers. He has experience of acting on sales to many of the largest global technology companies.

Shaun frequently acts on cross-border M&A and has done so in a range of sectors, including in the technology, renewable energy, media and hospitality sectors.

He has experience working with high growth technology companies and venture capital firms on investment deals as well as with fast growing technology startups on investment rounds.

Practice:

  • Private Equity
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Capital Markets
  • Technology & Innovation
  • UK
  • Strategische Beratung
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech
  • Oil & Gas
  • Internet of Things
  • Energy

Katrina Murphy Senior Associate

London

Katrina advises on a wide range of domestic and international corporate matters including M&A, private equity, growth capital, and buy-and-build strategies.

She has advised on the acquisition of a number of technology-focused businesses, as well as transactions in the energy and life sciences sectors. Katrina recently advised Vitruvian Partners on its investment in Twinkl as well as Azzurri Group on its investment in Boojum.

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Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Governance

Charles Sheldon Senior Associate

London

Charlie frequently acts in the technology, energy and media sectors and is experienced in working with a range of clients, from large private and listed corporates, institutional investors and fast growing technology startups. Charlie advises on a variety of matters including private acquisitions and disposals, public takeovers, joint ventures, direct listings and admissions on the London Stock Exchange, SPAC transactions, corporate restructurings, investments and corporate governance.