Düsseldorf
In seinem Fokus stehen Unternehmenstransaktionen sowie deren Finanzierung, finanzielle Restrukturierungen sowie Betriebsprüfungen und Steuerstreitverfahren.
Die steuerliche Betreuung von Wachstumsunternehmen in allen Phasen ist in den letzten Jahren ein immer größerer Teil seiner Arbeit geworden. U.S.-Flips, Management-Incentivierung, Finanzierungsrunden und Exits sind nur einige der Bereiche, in denen Stefan Schultes-Schnitzlein im Wachstumsbereich tätig war.
Stefan Schultes-Schnitzlein leitet die Orrick-Büros in Deutschland gemeinsam mit Christoph Brenner.
New York
Harris advises public and private companies and private equity funds through a range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dispositions, carveouts, equity investments and other general corporate matters.
Prior to joining Orrick, Harris was an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
New York
Laura’s practice focuses on the executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of domestic and cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, divestitures, IPOs, minority investments and other corporate transactions. She also regularly advises on the design, taxation, disclosure, negotiation, implementation and ongoing administration of equity and cash incentive programs, deferred compensation plans, severance and other change in control and retention arrangements for both public and private companies, including private equity backed companies. In addition, Laura routinely represents companies and executives in the negotiation of employment, consulting, separation, and other compensation arrangements.
Before joining the firm, Laura practiced at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
New York
His practice has focused on domestic and cross-border private company mergers and acquisitions. He has also advised on a variety of corporate transactions across industries, including de-SPAC transactions, joint ventures, company formations and dissolutions, public offerings, equity and debt financings from both the investor and issuer side, fund financings, and alternative energy transactions. He has assisted in drafting and reviewing filings with the SEC and CFIUS, and has experience in advising on all manner of New York and Delaware corporate, partnership, limited liability company and non-profit law.
Brian was a summer associate in the firm’s New York office in 2014.
Santa Monica
Justin advises public and private companies and private equity funds and their portfolio companies on various strategic transactions, including leveraged buyouts, dispositions, carveouts, growth equity investments and secondary transactions, and other general corporate matters.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Braxton advises major financial institutions (tax equity investors and infrastructure funds), lenders, developers, and sponsors in the renewable energy sector—particularly those in the wind, solar, battery storage, biomass and energy tech space—to structure financings for their projects to take advantage of federal tax incentives like the Section 45 production tax credit (PTC), Section 48 energy investment tax credit (ITC), and accelerated depreciation (MACRS and “bonus”) using partnership flips, sale-leasebacks, public/private partnerships, and other structuring options. He has been particularly focused on providing clients with the latest guidance and opportunities relating to the Inflation Reduction Act including with respect to Section 6418 tax credit transfers, Section 6417 direct pay opportunities, domestic content, energy communities, and the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
John advises major financial institutions (tax equity investors and infrastructure funds), lenders, developers, and sponsors, particularly those in the wind, solar, storage, biomass and energy tech space. He helps clients structure financings for their projects to take advantage of federal and state tax incentives, like the Federal production tax credit (PTC), energy investment tax credit (ITC) and accelerated depreciation (MACRS and “bonus”) using partnership flips, sale-leasebacks, public/private partnerships, and other structuring options. He has been particularly focused on providing clients with the latest guidance and opportunities relating to the Inflation Reduction Act, including with respect to Section 6418 tax credit transfers and Section 6417 direct pay opportunities.
Recognized by Chambers USA and Chambers Global in Band 2 for Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy, clients describe John as “extremely knowledgeable, flexible and can put technical jargon into plain terms.” Client sources also state “he knows the tax equity markets very well and is very commercial.”
Prior to law school, John founded an information management company based in Austin, Texas. He is also a veteran of the Texas Army National Guard.
San Francisco
San Francisco
Wolf represents many of the country’s most prominent developers and financing parties in structuring transactions to take advantage of tax credits, Treasury cash grants, depreciation benefits, and other available tax benefits. He has represented developers and tax equity investors in financings of both wind and solar projects, as well as on tax planning for energy storage, carbon capture, and carbon sequestration projects.
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.
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.
Svens Arbeit wurde vielfach ausgezeichnet, u.a.:
Miami; Santa Monica
Miami; Santa Monica
Jason serves as a trusted advisor to founders, emerging growth companies, venture capital funds, and other strategic investors in a wide array of corporate matters in connection with planning and executing a variety of transactions. Primarily, including formation, early and late-stage venture funding rounds, corporate governance, corporate partnerships, strategic alliances, licensing arrangements, and investment matters. Jason advises companies across fintech, crypto, software, sports, artificial intelligence, and digital media.
Jason regularly represents Y Combinator companies. In addition to representing US companies on domestic transactions, Jason represents companies across the United States, EMEA, and Asia.
Prior to joining Orrick, Jason spent time within the legal departments of Netflix, Google, Facebook, and reserve stablecoin cryptocurrency. Prior to law school, Jason worked at Wilkinson Stekloff LLP aiding trials in federal courts, including The Northern District of California; The Southern District of New York; The Eastern District of Louisiana; and The Western District of Missouri.
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.