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740

Practice:

  • Securities Litigation, Class Actions and Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits
  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
  • Trials

James N. Kramer Partner

San Francisco; Silicon Valley

Recognized as a leader in Securities Litigation by Chambers USA, clients praise Jim as, “a spectacular relationship manager” and tell the publication, “Jim is one of the first people I will call to think through an issue. I would use him for any securities matters.” Jim is also regularly featured among Benchmark Litigation’s list of the nation’s Leading Litigators.

Jim is a frequent lecturer on securities and class action litigation and an editor for the Securities Reform Act Litigation Reporter. Jim is past chair of the Embarcadero YMCA Board of Managers and remains active in YMCA philanthropy. In his spare time, he enjoys time with his family and is a recreational long course triathlete.

448024

Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group
  • Technology & Innovation
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Jake Wyrick Of Counsel

San Francisco

Jake counsels companies throughout their lifecycles on matters including incorporation, debt and equity financings, corporate governance, securities law compliance, secondary sales, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. He also advises venture capital and strategic corporate investors on a range of direct and secondary investments.

Mr. Wyrick also has experience advising companies on complex technology transactions involving the creation and commercialization of technology, including licensing, joint development, manufacturing and distribution. While seconded to a venture-backed networking company, he negotiated key licensing agreements and oversaw commercial contract matters.

Prior to joining Orrick, Jake worked as an attorney at prominent Silicon Valley law firms, and he was also a legal intern at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where he focused on technology-related appellate litigation and policy. He began advising early-stage companies during law school while working as a summer associate at a law firm in Tokyo and as a student attorney at Duke University School of Law’s Startup Ventures Clinic.

421234

Practice:

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

Jared Schwalb Career Associate

Silicon Valley

Jared's prior experience includes financial services and due diligence work at a global consulting firm. While in law school, Jared clerked for a boutique law firm in Silver Spring, MD, as well as completed internships with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, National Security Section and the Department of Justice's Tax Division, Financial Litigation Unit.

740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Tax Advocacy
  • Corporate Tax
  • Tax

James Larkin Partner

New York

Jamie concentrates on a broad range of federal income tax matters, including tax issues related to cross-border stock and asset acquisitions, debt and equity offerings, collateralizations, reorganizations, cross-border financings and transfer pricing.

Prior to joining Orrick, Jamie was an associate at White & Case LLP.

414128

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Corporate Governance
  • Restructuring

James Edwards Associate

London

James has experience working on acquisitions, disposals and investments, primarily in the technology sector.

440291

Practice:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Energy

Renee Serota Associate

San Francisco

She advises clients on a variety of matters such as power purchase agreements, project financing agreements, real estate agreements, and energy regulatory issues.

As a law student, Renee served as a law clerk for the California Public Utilities Commission and the San Francisco City Attorney's Office.

465998

Practice:

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

Jake Gatof Partner

Boston

Jake counsels visionary founders and top-tier venture and growth equity funds on venture financings, complex M&A, corporate governance, strategic collaborations, and other mission-critical transactions. Known for his steady counsel and deep market knowledge, Jake helps emerging companies scale with confidence and investors deploy capital with clarity.

Jake’s experience also includes representation of top growth equity and venture capital funds in the execution of their deals and deployment of capital, including work with TPG Capital, 5AM Ventures, and Pillar VC, among others.

He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (New England) and is an active member of the Boston venture and emerging company ecosystem, including frequent speaking engagements for founders and other stakeholders on entrepreneurship, capital formation, and strategic transaction matters.

Prior to joining Orrick, Jake worked with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in its Boston office upon its founding. He lives in Boston with his wife Emily, an oncologist here in Boston, and their daughter Mia.

Jade Gasek Managing Associate

Sacramento

Jade's practice includes a broad set of commercial and employment litigation matters defending employers, financial institutions, and healthcare and technology companies against breach of contract and business tort claims, claims of discrimination and retaliation, and fraud claims, among others.

Prior to joining Orrick as an associate, Jade was an Orrick Fellow at the Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic where he represented plaintiffs in federal civil rights litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.

As a law student, Jade worked as a judicial extern in the Eastern District of California for Chief Judge Kimberly J. Mueller.  He also co-mediated Section 1983 claims brought by incarcerated individuals with magistrate judges also in the Eastern District of California.

354430

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Tax

Jake Routhier Corporate Innovation Attorney

San Francisco

Jake also represents high growth technology companies in several areas, including corporate and securities law, formation, and venture capital financings.
Jake received his JD/MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Wharton School of Business in 2018, where he received the Academic Excellence Fellowship. He is also a 2010 graduate of Dartmouth College and prior to attending law school worked at education startups in New York.

306588

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Structured Finance
  • Finance

Janet Barbiere Partner

New York

She represents banks, investment banks and other financial institutions in their roles as issuers, underwriters, placement agents, originators, loan sellers and investors in commercial mortgage loan and mezzanine loan securitizations, real estate syndications, origination and servicing programs, the acquisition and sale of interests in mortgage loans, mortgage securities, subordinated debt and mezzanine debt, as well as transactions in the secondary mortgage market.

She has advised banks and other financial institutions in analyzing and structuring a broad array of traditional and unique CMBS transactions, in the restructuring and sale of performing and non-performing commercial mortgage loans, and in connection with CMBS re-securitizations and CRE CLO securitizations. She serves on various SFIG and CREFC Committees.

Prior to joining Orrick, Janet was a partner in the New York offices of Kaye Scholer LLP, Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP and Sidley Austin LLP.

383500

Practice:

  • Intellectual Property
  • Patents
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Trade Secrets Litigation

Jake O'Neal Managing Associate

Los Angeles

Jake graduated first in his class with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado and worked at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, where he designed, built, and tested circuits for NASA-contracted space missions.  Since graduating in the top 10% of his class from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Jake has litigated diverse patent matters, encompassing cybersecurity, gaming, digital advertising technologies, analog and digital electronics, circuit design, testing, and fabrication, and renewable energy.  He also possesses notable experience in copyright cases involving AI and data scraping.  

Jake is deeply committed to pro bono work in indigent criminal defense, stemming from his Orrick fellowship at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California.  Notably, he successfully secured compassionate release for a client serving a life sentence and played a crucial role as third-chair in a 10-day trial involving a client charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

When Jake isn't advocating for his clients, he enjoys writing and recording music under the artist name Drip Lines and spending time with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.