Space Beach Law Lab

Speaking Engagement | March.25.2025 - March.27.2025

Queen Mary

Orrick is proud to be a "Pilot" sponsor of the 2025 Space Beach Law Lab, March 25 - 27, 2025 in Long Beach, CA. SBLL offers insight into the ever evolving legal and regulatory landscape of space exploration, including international governance, private sector commercialization, and intellectual property rights in space technology. The conference also addresses ethical considerations such as sustainability, debris management, and environmental stewardship, while highlighting opportunities for cross-industry collaboration among aerospace, tech, and legal sectors to advance space missions.

Orrick's Laura Lariu will be leading the panel "Orbiting Success: CFOs and Investors on Sustainable Space Funding", featuring Adam Spice, CFO, RocketLab; Siddarth Hariharan, CFO, Vast; and Mark Siedel, CFO, True Anomaly.

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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.