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Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector

Colleen McDuffie Partner

Washington, D.C.

She brings a deep understanding of what drives innovative companies and a market reputation for efficiently and effectively getting intellectual property transactions and other complex commercial deals done.

Colleen counsels companies at all stages, from startups to Fortune 100, on the technology license and development agreements that drive their businesses, the strategic alliances that grow their industry relationships, and any other technology- and IP-driven agreements that are needed so companies can meet their business goals.

Colleen has extensive experience drafting and negotiating a wide variety of complex commercial agreements, including: intellectual property and data licenses; software development and license agreements; IT-focused services agreements, including consulting, development, hosting, and various “as-a-service” agreements; manufacturing and distribution agreements; joint venture and joint development agreements; and technology and intellectual property acquisition and disposition agreements. She also provides advice in connection with intellectual property and technology matters attendant to M&A and other corporate transactions.

She brings deep experience in the mobility technologies space, from connected vehicles and their supporting IT platforms to clean fuel technologies. She also has extensive experience in semiconductor design and fabrication, satellites and space technologies, telecommunications, and adtech.

Colleen has been involved in numerous pro bono activities, including: volunteering with voting rights and voter protection organizations; advising Georgetown’s Halcyon House social entrepreneurship fellows on intellectual property matters; hosting a start-up IP licensing webinar; and drafting and negotiating agreements for a PSA supporting equal wages for women.

Before becoming an attorney, Colleen spent several years working as a computer hardware and software engineer and performing research at a scientific think tank.

Practice:

  • Contentieux complexes & Résolution des litiges
  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
  • Africa

Frederic Lalance Partner

Paris

Frédéric Lalance intervient dans le cadre de contentieux nés de litiges commerciaux, industriels et financiers ou de droit des sociétés et des procédures collectives tant devant les juridictions françaises, que dans le cadre de dossiers multijuridictionnels et notamment en Afrique devant les tribunaux de juridictions de droit OHADA.

Il assiste également ses clients dans le cadre d'arbitrages internationaux et de procédures alternatives de résolution des conflits. Frédéric conseille des groupes français et étrangers dans le cadre d’enquêtes d’autorités administratives ou judiciaires liées à des problématiques de corruption.

Il dispose d’une solide expérience en matière d’enquêtes internes (nationales et transfrontalières), et de mise en place de programmes de conformité.

Frédéric a été élu membre du Conseil de l’Ordre du barreau de Paris pour la mandature 2025-2027. Il est cité chaque année par les principaux guides internationaux au rang des meilleurs praticiens en contentieux en France. Frédéric est l’auteur de plusieurs publications en lien avec l’actualité du contentieux et de la règlementation anticorruption.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Banking & Finance
  • Private Credit
  • Fintech

B. J. Rosen Partner

New York

B. J. is also the Senior Outside Legal Advisor to The Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to exonerating wrongly-convicted prisoners through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

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Practice:

  • International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
  • Contentieux complexes & Résolution des litiges
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech

Hagit Muriel Elul Partner

New York

Hagit represents clients in international arbitrations across the world under the rules of all the major arbitral institutions including the ICDR/AAA, ICC and LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, JAMS and CPR and in cross-border disputes in courts across the United States. She has also served as an expert witness on New York law in proceedings in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Hagit is recognised as ‘a force to be reckoned with’ (Legal 500) who ‘thinks ten steps ahead’’ (Chambers) and has “astonishing legal skills”, including the ability “to analyze and sharpen arguments”. She was recognized as one of a select group of "Distinguished Leaders" by New York Law Journal (2021).

Hagit regularly teaches courses on arbitration and advocacy skills, sits as arbitrator and frequently writes and lectures on topics related to international business disputes. She is a member of the ICC Court of International Arbitration Commission, former chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Institute of Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), a current member of the CPR Council, ICC Commission, and a founding Board Member of the New York International Arbitration Center.

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Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Japan

Naoyuki Fukuda Senior Associate

Tokyo

He mainly works on the development and financing of renewable energy projects as well as general corporate matters. 

Prior to joining Orrick, he worked for an international law firm and a Japanese company where he engaged in M&A, structured finance and renewable energy transactions.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Propriété intellectuelle
  • Patents
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • 3D Printing
  • Internet of Things

Richard F. Martinelli

New York

He has litigated patents at trial, before the ITC, and on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Rich has counseled clients and rendered opinions on patent validity, infringement and freedom to use. He is a registered patent attorney with experience drafting patents and practicing before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Rich’s patent work has involved a wide range of technologies including image processing, 3d graphics, audio / video compression, computer hardware and software, e-commerce, network technologies, digital rights management and encryption.

Rich also helps companies address the novel litigation and transactional IP issues that arise when developing and working with AI and is a frequent lecturer on these topics.

christophe lefort

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Oil & Gas
  • Power
  • Africa
  • Amérique latine

Christophe Lefort Partner

Paris

Depuis plus de 30 ans, il conseille des opérateurs publics et privés, des entités gouvernementales, des constructeurs et des institutions financières dans la réalisation de leurs projets de construction et le financement de grands projets d'énergie (solaires, énergie renouvelables, biomasse…) et d'infrastructures (route, ferroviaire, portuaire et aéroportuaire, nucléaire…) en Europe, en Afrique et en Amérique Latine.

Il a notamment conseillé EDF, IFC et le gouvernement du Cameroun (en tant qu'investisseur) sur le développement et le financement du projet hydroélectrique de Nachtigal (420 MW) au Cameroun, l'un des plus grands projets hydroélectriques indépendants (IPP) prévus en Afrique ; Total Eren et Visolar sur le financement du projet de la centrale solaire photovoltaïque de Villarpando 100 Mwac en République Dominicaine ; Des institutions de financement d'un Groupement candidat pour l'attribution de la concession de l'autoroute A 412 "du Chablais" en France, a conseillé Bouygues Construction et Colas, un groupement d'offres confidentiel dans le cadre du financement, la construction et l'exploitation de la concession du Contournement Ouest de Strasbourg (A355).

Il dispose également d’une expérience notable dans le cadre d’acquisitions françaises et internationales dont notamment le conseil d’’Alkion Terminals France SAS, une filiale d'InfraVia Capital Partners, dans le cadre de son acquisition d'installations de stockage de liquides en vrac en France, au Portugal et en Espagne auprès de LBC Tank Terminals, conseil d’InfraVia dans le cadre de l'acquisition d'une participation substantielle dans une société ad hoc exploitant un aéroport européen.

Il est classé parmi les meilleurs avocats en matière de projets et d'énergie à l’international par le guide Chambers Global 2024 ainsi que dans le Top 100 Legal Powerlist de Jeune Afrique des avocats les plus influents d'Afrique francophone (2023).

Avant de rejoindre Orrick, Christophe a travaillé au sein d’un cabinet d’avocat de premier plan à Paris, et auparavant, fut Directeur Juridique de Bouygues travaux Publics et Responsable Juridique International Propreté et Transport pour Veolia Environnement (CGEA) pendant de nombreuses années.

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Power
  • Renewable Energy
  • Oil & Gas

Bradford Gathright Partner

Houston

He represents investors and developers in a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments and other commercial transactions involving the development, construction, financing, acquisition, sale and investment in power generation, exploration, production, storage, transportation, distribution, marketing and other energy-related projects and businesses.

Brad is recognized as Band 1 for Chambers Global and Chambers USA for Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional, where clients describe him as "a superstar" and "detail-oriented, practical, knows industry well and well organized."

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Practice:

  • Capital Markets
  • Gouvernance d'entreprise
  • Responsible Business

Avani Panchal Climate Advisor

New York

As a Climate Advisor at Orrick, Avani is a key member of our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Group. She provides non-legal advice to clients on their climate-related governance, strategy, risk management, and relevant targets and metrics, as well as the identification of relevant ESG issues for a range of companies, the collection and analysis of key climate- and ESG- performance metrics, the preparation of climate- and ESG-related disclosures, and research and writing on emerging climate and ESG trends. She also advises and assists clients in conducting greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) inventories, including identifying emissions boundaries and material categories of Scope 3 GHG emissions.

Prior to joining Orrick, Avani worked as a Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change (CS&CC) Manager at ERM (2021-2023) and as an Air Quality/Sustainability Senior Consultant at Ramboll U.S. Corporation (2012-2021). At both these consulting firms she worked on a variety of air quality and GHG compliance, permitting, and reporting projects, along with ESG due diligence using International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards and Equator Principles. Avani has developed GHG inventories and evaluation of GHG mitigation strategies for a variety of sectors, including city/county municipalities, corporations, airports and seaports, logistical warehouses, and oil and gas facilities.

She has managed and developed Climate Change and Sustainability Reports and Plans, Energy Conservation Plans, and Corporate Social Responsibility Reports, using reporting frameworks such as GHG Protocol, Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), CDP, and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Avani has robust expertise with GHG analysis and reporting, strategy development, policy and regulatory review, and peer benchmarking, for projects located both within the United States and internationally.

Avani has a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (2011) and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, India (2007).

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Practice:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Oil & Gas
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Energy & Infrastructure

Michael Vance Managing Associate

Houston

Michael represents clients in complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, project development, commercial agreements and general corporate matters primarily in the oil and gas and renewable energy industries.

Practice:

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

Michelle McGann MacGregor Senior Strategist

Washington, D.C.

Before joining Orrick, Michelle gained broad experience working with elected leadership at the federal and state government levels. Most recently as Executive Director of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, Michelle was responsible for advancing the Committee’s objectives of providing financial support, leadership development, and strategic assistance to lawmakers nationwide. In her previous leadership positions at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee, Michelle reported directly to Senate and House leadership and was tasked with advancing their objectives by evaluating and managing the nexus of policy initiatives and political impact.

Michelle is a graduate of Amherst College, where she received a B.A. in Political Science.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Internet of Things
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Emily S. Tabatabai Partner

Washington, D.C.; Houston

Emily provides strategic counseling and advice on privacy, consumer protection and online safety matters to clients across industries, including retail, ecommerce, mobile apps, gaming, social media, advertising technology (adtech), financial services, education, business services and technology. She also represents clients subject to regulatory investigations, including before the FTC and States Attorneys General, Congressional committees and other regulatory agencies and groups.

Emily provides proactive compliance guidance, and regulatory investigation defense, on a variety of privacy and consumer protection laws, including:

  • U.S. state privacy laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Virginia and other states
  • Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
  • Online safety laws for kids and teens, including California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), Utah Social Media Regulation Act and others
  • Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act) and state unfair and deceptive acts and practices (UDAP) laws
  • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
  • California’s Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA), New York’s Education Law 2-d and other state student data privacy laws
  • Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and other biometric privacy laws
  • Washington My Health My Data Act and other state health privacy laws
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
  • Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
  • Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR)
  • Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA)

Emily is a frequent speaker on data privacy matters, with a particular focus on children’s privacy (COPPA), student data privacy and EdTech and online safety laws for kids and teens. She has been featured as an “Up and Coming” Privacy & Data Security attorney by Chambers USA and Chambers Global. Clients tell Chambers, “She’s been an excellent partner. She has a very good understanding of the practical realities of implementing privacy policies for large companies.” Citing her expertise in the field of educational privacy, student data and EdTech matters, Chambers reports that clients regard her as “very knowledgeable and truly an expert in this space,” with some saying, “On the student data side, she is unmatched,” and The Legal 500 notes that Emily “is the first port of call for child- and student-directed service providers for compliance advice with COPPA, SOPIPA and CalOPPA regulations.”

Emily also has an active consumer protection practice, focused on marketing and promotional issues. She counsels clients on advertisements and endorsements, retail sales and e-commerce, advertising substantiation, SMS and telemarketing, social media and online advertising.