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378940

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Technology Transactions
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

David Curtis Of Counsel

Boston; Seattle

His practice focuses on negotiating data licenses and other commercial contracts, drafting privacy notices, and providing practical product counseling. With experience managing hundreds of strategic transactions each year, David helps clients streamline compliance efforts and navigate complex regulatory and business challenges.

David’s work spans a range of technology industries, including PropTech, HealthTech, and EdTech among others. He regularly advises clients on privacy policies, terms of service, and data processing agreements, with a particular focus on compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other state privacy laws, state data broker laws, AI regulations, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and cross-border data transfer requirements under the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). David also counsels clients on AI-powered products, on digital advertising, Internet law, and consumer protection, helping clients anticipate and address evolving legal risks.

A founding member of Orrick’s Boston office, David recently returned to Massachusetts after many years in Seattle. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association’s Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Law steering committee. David has also served as an adjunct professor at Harvard Law School, where he taught legal research and writing.

740

Practice:

  • State Legislative & Regulatory
  • Gaming & Gambling
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Scott Ward Partner

Washington, D.C.

Scott has spent years working in the political arena on both the federal and state level, promoting political and policy agendas via a national network of elected officials, policy makers and outside influence groups.

He has comprehensive experience in federal and state campaign finance, ethics, lobbying and compliance law, and assists clients in all aspects of compliance with rules related to engaging in the political process.

Prior to joining Orrick, he was the President and General Counsel of the Republican State Leadership Committee, a $30 million national political organization focused on electing Republicans to the state offices of Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and State Legislator. Under his leadership, the Republican State Leadership Committee made historic gains in the 2010 elections, netting a record 700 plus state legislative seats, flipping 20 state chambers to Republican control as well as netting six Attorneys General, seven Secretaries of State and three independently elected Lt. Governors.

Scott was previously in private practice with Holtzman Vogel Josefiak PLLC and Arent Fox LLP in the areas of Political law and Litigation. He advised numerous IRS § 527 political organizations, federal and state political action committees, federal and state candidates, state parties, associations, corporations and non-profits in all aspects of fundraising, organization, compliance, disclosure and reporting under federal and state campaign finance laws.

He was General Counsel and served on the Executive Committee of the District of Columbia Republican Party from 2004 to 2012. Prior to his legal career, Scott served as Field Director for Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee (ARMPAC) and worked on the majority staff of the U.S. House Budget Committee for Chairman John Kasich.

440614

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure

Ross McKinnon Counsel

New York

Ross has been advising governments, sponsors and lenders on P3s and alternative delivery models for over 20 years in the USA, Australia, and the UK. He has been lead counsel on numerous first-of-their kind P3s in each of these jurisdictions and advised on a wide variety of infrastructure assets including, airports, rail and rolling stock, roads, flood control, hospitals, schools, housing, and waste management. He brings the breadth of his US and international experience, a deep understanding of these types of transactions and the needs of each stakeholder group, as well as an ability to think creatively and bring innovation, to work with his clients for the successful structuring, procurement, and delivery of projects so that his clients may achieve their goals.

Key highlights of Ross' experience include advising:

  • Metro Flood Diversion Authority on the  procurement and close of the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Diversion Project in the US; the first flood diversion project in North America to be delivered using a P3, the first P3 for the US Army Corp of Engineers, and the first P3 for the Authority and other governmental stakeholders.
  • Port Authority of New York & New Jersey on the procurement and close of redevelopment of Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport in the US, involving the first time the Port Authority delivered a major asset through a design-build delivery model.
  • Sponsors on their successful bid and closing for the North West Rail Link in Australia; the first line to be delivered for the new rapid transit Sydney Metro.
  • Cornwall County Council on an integrated waste management project in the UK (including delivery of an EfW plant and a network of recycling and other waste management assets); which was a designated "path-finder" project for the waste sector under the PFI.
740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
  • Global Investigations
  • Internal Investigations
  • Bankruptcy Litigation

Simon Willis Partner

London

Simon has wide experience of acting for major financial institutions, companies and professional firms in complex litigation, investigations and proceedings by domestic and overseas regulators, professional disciplinary proceedings, ad hoc governmental inquiries and internal investigations. In particular he has acted for those subject to investigations by a wide range of regulatory bodies including the Financial Reporting Council, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Serious Fraud Office, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and others. He has considerable experience of advising clients on risk management and reputational risk arising from contentious matters.

Simon has been recognised in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as:an outstanding litigation solicitor”, who is “highly experienced in conducting heavy litigation”, and “one of the best lawyers operating in the Accountant’s liability space”. His clients describe him as “tactically astute and painstaking" and “tough, hardworking, well informed and highly tactical in his thinking” , with a “winning combination of legal knowledge and practicality”.

380992

Practice:

  • Intellectual Property
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
  • U.S. International Trade Commission

Ashlie J. Smith Senior Associate

Boston

Ashlie grew up in a family of restaurant franchisees, and she learned about the power of a strong trademark at a young age. This understanding led her to pursue a career in trademark and copyright law, and from her start as a trademark prosecution intern at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in law school, through her work in trademark and copyright litigation at Fish & Richardson P.C., her practice has always focused on assisting businesses with their intellectual property needs.  

Ashlie’s practice at Orrick focuses on domestic and international trademark and copyright prosecution and counseling. She has experience assisting businesses ranging from small start-ups to multi-billion dollar corporations with trademark clearance, protection, and strategy. Additionally, Ashlie has extensive experience in intellectual property litigation in federal district courts and at the International Trade Commission. Because of her wide-range of experience, she brings to each matter a unique understanding of the intersection of copyright and trademark clearance and prosecution and enforcement and litigation.      

405331

Practice:

  • Supreme Court & Appellate

Jodie Liu Senior Associate

New York

Before joining Orrick, Jodie served as a law clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Patricia Millett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She graduated from Harvard Law School and Columbia College.

421671

Practice:

  • Finance
  • Public Finance

Ian Busche Managing Associate

New York

Ian represents governmental issuers, banking institutions, and non-profit organizations across a wide range of public finance sectors.  He has served as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, disclosure counsel or borrower’s counsel for financings on behalf of colleges and universities, public power agencies, and housing and infrastructure projects, all benefiting communities across the State of New York and around the country.

Prior to joining Orrick, Ian practiced at another nationally recognized public finance firm handling financings for single-family and multifamily housing, as well as tobacco revenue securitization.

445307

Practice:

  • Intellectual Property
  • Patents
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech

Carly Romanowicz Senior Associate

Boston

Carly is a Boston-based senior associate and litigator in our Intellectual Property group. Carly’s practice focuses on patent infringement litigation in federal district courts involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and biologics. She has a background in biomedical engineering, including medical device research & design, academic research, and business management.

Siddharth Balani Associate

London

Sidd trained at Orrick and has experience acting on the company- and investor-side of venture capital and growth equity transactions, including early-stage financings, institutional funding rounds, venture debt, bridge financings, secondary transactions, cross-border 'flip' transactions, and exits. Sidd also advises companies on the day-to-day and broader commercial matters that they encounter.

740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Structured Finance
  • Asset‐Backed Securities
  • Residential Mortgage‐Backed Securities

Martin Howard Partner

Los Angeles

Marty is a securities, finance and securitization lawyer advising sophisticated financial institutions in the financing, purchase and sale, and securitization of financial assets. Marty advises issuers, underwriters, dealers, placement agents, collateral managers, servicers and investment funds in domestic and offshore securities offerings, both public and private, involving the securitization of mortgage-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations, collateralized debt obligations, manufactured housing contracts, residual interests and credit card receivables.

Marty has extensive experience advising clients with respect to a broad array of mortgage products, including prime and non-prime, closed-end second lien, home equity loans, non-performing and re-performing loans, and seasoned loans. Marty also represents investment banks, bank holding companies and investment funds on warehouse financings, whole loan purchases and sales, sales and securitization of servicing advance receivables and the day-to-day operations of servicing mortgage loans.

During the last 31 years of practice in the global financial markets, Marty has been involved with several innovations in financial products and has lectured to domestic and international audiences on the workings of the securitization process, including the rules and regulations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

144689

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
  • Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Luigi Colombo Senior Counsel

Milan

He has assisted some of the most important Italian groups in a judicial and extra-judicial advisory capacity, including general corporate and corporate governance.

Prior to joining Orrick, Luigi was a partner at Studio Legale Tributario in Milan, a law firm associated with Ernst & Young International.