Los Angeles
He advises lenders and corporate borrowers in a wide range of secured lending facilities and commercial financing transactions.
Blake was a summer associate in the firm's Los Angeles office in 2022.
Los Angeles
Chicago
Alejandra advises sponsors, lenders and agents on all aspects of a project, from drafting, negotiation and review of traditional project documents, including EPCs, O&Ms and MSAs through procuring construction financing and term loans for the operation and maintenance of the asset. Her tax equity practice includes drafting and negotiating the traditional tax equity partnerships (for PFlip and TFlip structures) documentation, tax credit transfer agreements and advising construction and back leverage lenders in connection with tax equity portfolios.
Alejandra’s experience spans a range of power generating technologies and projects, from solar, wind and hydro to biofuel, carbon capture, oil and gas and LNG projects. She has also led financings for major international infrastructure projects such as airports, water treatment, power generation and toll roads.
A native Spanish speaker, Alejandra has worked extensively across Latin America, including Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic and Colombia.
Washington, D.C.
Lise assists clients with determining, ameliorating, and eliminating risk though either the channels of litigation or investigations. She possesses comprehensive knowledge of civil litigation and the process of discovery from filing of the initial complaint all the way through trial. Her work has spanned across industries and subject matters. Most recently, Lise was the only junior associate on a trial team that lead Zillow Group, Inc. in a successful full defense verdict against Real Estate Exchange, Inc. ("REX").
Lise's work also focuses on government-initiated investigations of corporations and individuals. She conducts internal investigations on behalf of boards, audit committees, and senior management. She has handled an array of matters, including FCPA violations, False Claims Act, insider trading, fraud, misconduct, and similar subjects in locations such as Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, Russia, and more.
Prior to law school, Lise developed a robust knowledge of FCPA investigations and enforcement action working as a paralegal for matters involving technology and pharmaceutical corporations. She also has developed extensive technology-based legal experience working in-house at a multinational telecommunications conglomerate.
While at Orrick Lise has also served as a fellow at the Legal Aid Society of Washington D.C. where she advocated for clients affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency. During this time, she independently handled an expansive docket of clients and secured numerous victories litigating in both administrative court as well as the D.C. Court of Appeals.
Washington, D.C.
Emily routinely handles all aspects of civil and class action litigation, from early motions practice to trial before a jury or arbitration panel. Her extensive litigation practice concentrates on antitrust and competition law, and she has represented plaintiffs, defendants, and third parties in high-stakes matters.
In addition to her litigation practice, Emily also advises clients on a spectrum of critical antitrust and competition matters, spanning government investigations, merger clearance, and strategic counseling. She adeptly navigates clients through the intricacies of regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions, specifically from the FTC and DOJ. She represents clients across a diverse range of industries, including technology, healthcare and life sciences, automotive, oil & gas, and professional membership organizations.
Notably, Emily has developed a focus on issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on standards-essential patents (SEPs) subject to a commitment to license on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms (FRAND). In addition to representing clients in licensing negotiations, litigation matters, and government outreach with respect to SEPs and FRAND, she has authored extensive thought leadership on this topic.
Prior to law school, Emily worked as a research assistant and project coordinator at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
San Francisco
San Francisco
Emily has a broad range of experience in real estate financing transactions. With a wide-ranging knowledge of commercial real estate matters and their complexities, Emily advises clients on financings, joint ventures, acquisitions, developments and dispositions. She also has experience drafting and advising on lease agreements.
Washington, D.C.
Her practice focuses on project finance and development, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters with a particular focus on renewable energy. Lauren advises clients in debt and tax equity financings, development of solar and wind projects, and infrastructure projects.
Washington, D.C.
Manley has extensive experience working with clients to develop credit programs, simplify credit agreements, adapt procedures for online and mobile environments, and implement, improve and amend customer rewards programs. She also helps companies sell their products over time, whether traditional banks with credit cards, online lenders with installment loans, startups with charge cards or merchants with installment plans. She helps companies navigate the federal and state law governing credit, licensing, prohibitions on unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices (UDAAP) and limitations on lending to the military and compliance with antidiscrimination laws.
She helps institutions evaluate fair lending issues in judgmental underwriting, advises financial institutions where to locate their card issuing banks to benefit from state laws on the exportation of interest rates and assists merchants and emerging companies with implementing their credit programs. Manley assists lenders in revising and refining key operational processes, disclosures and customer agreements necessitated by changing legal standards. She also conducts training for in-house counsel on legal developments in the credit card industry, including compliance with emerging UDAAP standards.
Prior to joining Orrick, Manley was a partner at Buckley LLP. She was also counsel with Wilmer Cutler Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP, and a staff attorney at the Federal Reserve Board’s (FRB) Legal Division and Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, where she advised financial institutions on compliance with regulations including Regulations Z (Truth in Lending Act (TILA)), B (Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)), E (Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA)), and CC (Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks).
Manley organizes and hosts card roundtables at which industry leaders discuss emerging issues in a congenial environment. She has a particular interest in financial literacy and is a frequent presenter at public schools in the greater Washington, D.C., area, instructing students and teachers in understanding and using credit and debit cards, mobile phone plans and other common consumer credit vehicles.
Londres
Gilbert has experience in cross-border and domestic transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, and investments, primarily within the technology sector. He advises companies and investors on venture capital and growth equity transactions, covering early-stage financings, institutional funding rounds, bridge financings, secondary transactions, and exits.
Londres
Alex’s multidisciplinary practice and transatlantic experience enable him to provide strategic commercial advice for technology led companies, including coordinating and implementing data and consumer risk mitigation projects, providing outsourcing advice and developing key legal risk mitigation strategies in relation to products where the pace of innovation nearly always outpaces the law.
He has advised companies at all stages of the corporate lifecycle, from software development and product launch, through technology licensing, sale and purchase, to mergers and acquisitions of data and tech-heavy businesses. He has assisted organisations with the design, development and implementation of global data protection and compliance policies, as well the management of risk and security associated with data retention, processing and transfer.
San Francisco
San Francisco
Ashley advises on civil, appellate, and administrative procedural practices in state and federal court. Previously, she practiced employment law, defending companies against wrongful termination claims and counseling on best practices.
Sacramento
In addition, Mayling serves as issuer’s counsel to the California Statewide Communities Development Authority and the California Public Finance Authority for 501(c)(3) conduit financings, and as special counsel to the California State Treasurer’s Office in transactions for bonds insured through the California Department of Health Care Access and Information’s Cal-Mortgage Loan Insurance program.