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359237

Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Energy

Zac Padgett Partner

Austin

Zac advises clients on:

  • growth equity transactions
  • buyout acquisitions and mergers
  • venture capital investments
  • exit transactions
  • take-private deals
  • management buyouts
  • joint ventures
  • private placements
  • debt-like preferred equity and project finance investments

As co-lead of the firm’s Energy Tech Team, Zac focuses on supporting companies and investors developing technologies like hyperscale data centers, alternative fuels, carbon capture, eVTOL aircraft, agtech and digital infrastructure. Zac is a key member of Orrick's energy transition practice, which was recognized as Band 1 in Energy Transition by Chambers USA (2023).

Zac is passionate about legal tech and implementing AI tools to enhance legal services. He helps lead the firm’s MAPE 2.0 project team, a platform that transforms M&A execution, which won the Financial Times' Reinventing the Legal Practice category.

Practice:

  • Supreme Court & Appellate

Abigail Colella Senior Associate

Washington, D.C.

Abby has authored briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, and federal and state trial courts. She specializes in communicating complex technological concepts to judges of all backgrounds, and her work spans a wide range of topics and industries—from cutting-edge patent issues to the intricacies of the DMCA.

Abby also represents internet and digital media companies in litigation related to online speech, with a particular focus on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Her recent successes include arguing and winning a Ninth Circuit appeal raising novel state action issues.

Prior to joining Orrick, Abby served as a law clerk to Judge Timothy B. Dyk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

449487

Practice:

  • Fiscalité
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Banking & Finance

Nico Neukam Partner

Dusseldorf

His experience spans various industries, with a particular focus on advising companies in the growth and financial services sectors, often with an international scope.

Nico is listed by Legal 500 as a "Rising Star" and a "Recommended Lawyer" in tax law. His clients appreciate his forward-thinking solutions, which he develops proactively and in consensus with the tax authorities to ensure the best outcome for his clients.  

Nico Neukam joined Orrick in April 2024 after working for another international law firm for many years.

442058

Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Kjell Tönjes Associate

Dusseldorf

He advises start-ups and scale-ups from inception through early-stage financing rounds and in their growth phases, as well as on internationalization projects. In addition, he advises institutional and corporate investors on venture capital investments.

Kjell also advises on national and international M&A and private equity transactions with a focus on technology.

Prior to joining Orrick, he had been a lawyer with one of the big 4 firms in Düsseldorf, where he focused on venture capital. During his studies, Kjell had been a research associate with a Berlin-based venture capital boutique for several years.

Nicholas Gonzalez Managing Associate

San Francisco

At Orrick, Nick's practice focuses on tackling novel legal issues affecting leading technology companies and financial institutions—whether by offering pre-litigation counsel, or by developing winning arguments in trial and appellate courts nationwide.

Before joining Orrick, Nick clerked for the Honorable Michelle T. Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. During law school, Nick was a member of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, where he co-drafted merits-stage briefs in Holguin-Hernandez v. United States (2020) and Seila v. CFPB (2020), and co-drafted the successful certiorari petition in Lange v. California (2021).

422982

Practice:

  • Restructuring
  • Litiges en matière de faillite

Daniel Carnie Associate

San Francisco

Dan represents secured and unsecured lenders, court-appointed claimant representatives, and creditors' committees. He has experience with adversary proceedings, contested matters and appeals. He also helps lenders with out-of-court workouts and has advised creditors in state-court rehabilitations.

Kelli Ward Associate

San Francisco

Kelli's current practice consists of securities, employment, antitrust, and complex litigation.

She comes to the legal field with extensive experience in team management and film and television, having worked at the top-tier Hollywood talent agency - WME - for a decade before practice.  

Kelli maintains a robust pro bono practice, which includes reproductive rights and immigration work.

Practice:

  • Antitrust and Competition
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Danielle Mangogna Of Counsel

Washington, D.C.

She analyzes filing obligations under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and guides clients through the preparation and submission of premerger filings with the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, as well as simultaneously coordinating corresponding merger filings under competition laws across the globe.

Additionally, Danielle has counseled clients on antitrust risk allocation in transaction agreements, pre-closing activities including information exchanges, pricing and sales practices, trade association activity, the establishment of antitrust compliance policies and the preparation of responses to government-issued civil investigative demands and subpoenas in antitrust investigations. With more than two decades practicing as an antitrust counselor, she has advised clients on antitrust matters in an extensive range of industries, including energy, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, software, retail and telecommunications.

Practice:

  • Antitrust and Competition
  • International Trade and Investment
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Dr. Lars Mesenbrink Partner

Dusseldorf

His background in economics, Chinese language skills and extensive international experience add to his excellent legal knowledge and allow him to advise his clients on a comprehensive basis.

Lars has represented clients before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office in all areas of competition law, inter alia including mergers, compliance, cartels, litigation and abuse of dominance.

In these areas, he provides companies with innovative solutions on high-profile complex matters including private damages actions and cartel investigations, often involving multiple jurisdictions.

Lars also pursues international trade and compliance matters, including matters involving foreign investment filings in Germany.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Fiscalité
  • Impôts des sociétés
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Real Estate
  • Tax Advocacy
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure

Eric Wall Partner

San Francisco

Eric counsels private and public companies, including private equity funds, on the tax aspects of their most important business transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, and restructurings. In particular, Eric has significant experience with the tax matters most critical to clients in the technology and life science sectors. Eric also has significant experience advising clients on equity and other compensation tax matters, real estate tax matters and tax controversy matters.

Eric began his career at the firm as a summer associate in 2001.

Kimberly M. Loocke Senior Associate

San Francisco

Kimberly holds a Certified Public Accountant license and worked as a senior tax associate for Deloitte Tax, LLP prior to law school.

423628

Practice:

  • International Trade and Investment

Allison Lofgren Bradham Associate

Washington, D.C.

Allison advises clients on U.S. export controls and economic sanctions. She also has experience advising clients on trade compliance due diligence in corporate transactions. Allison counsels clients on foreign investment reviews, including matters involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).