Law360
January.22.2015
Law360 has selected Orrick’s Technology team for its annual Practice Group of the Year list.
Orrick’s Tech team advises companies at every stage of their development, scaling with clients as they make the journey from start-up to market leader. Highlights of the firm’s technology work from the past year include advising Nest Labs, a developer of self-learning home appliances, in its $3.2 billion acquisition by Google, Inc., as well as representing Microsoft in a privacy test case that has drawn wide amicus support in tech industry.
According to Law360, "Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP advised on some of the hottest technology deals last year — including client Nest Labs Inc.'s landmark $3.2 billion sale to Google Inc. — and scored a surprise appellate reversal for client Oracle Corp. in a massive $8 billion software copyright dispute, placing the firm among Law360's Technology Groups Of The Year."