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Yvonne Nyborg Analyst

San Francisco

Yvonne T. Nyborg is an Employee Benefits Analyst with 28 years of experience providing sophisticated legal services to large clients with multiple complex tax-qualified retirement plans.  As an Employee Benefits Analyst, she provides high level legal services at reduced rates. 

She focuses on qualified retirement plan design and compliance, including company acquisitions and dispositions, plan mergers and spinouts, large controlled group nondiscrimination testing analysis, plan drafting and preparation of employee communications and enrollment materials.  Yvonne has extensive experience in defined benefit plan compliance issues, and in terminations of large defined benefit plans in accordance with Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation requirements.  She is also an authority on obtaining favorable determination letters from the Internal Revenue Service approving the tax-qualified status of various types of retirement plans, and in responding to Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor plan audits.  In addition, Yvonne is highly proficient in answering day-to-day administration issues and in assisting attorneys with the research of legal issues impacting all types of employee benefit plans.

Yvonne has completed courses I-III, VI, VIII, IX, Certified Employee Benefit Specialist Program, 1987-1993, and holds a Certificate from the Institute for Employee Benefits Training, 1985.  She received her B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Albany in 1984.

Practice:

  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Propriété intellectuelle

Robert M. O'Connell Jr. Of Counsel

Boston

His experience includes clearance, registration and protection of trademarks, trade dress and designs; opposition and cancellation proceedings in the TTAB; UDRP and other domain name proceedings; registration and protection of copyrights; negotiation and drafting of a variety of coexistence, licensing and other IP-related agreements; and providing IP support on various M&A and financing transactions, most recently including a groundbreaking series of securitization deals involving music and television rights involving household-name artists.

Businesses ranging from small start-ups to multi-billion-dollar corporations turn to Bob for help developing and implementing cost-effective domestic and global branding and trademark protection plans. They hail from the financial services, food & beverage, apparel, retail and pharmaceutical industries, among others.

Bob’s significant transactional experience includes a trademark and merchandise license agreement for a large resort casino in Las Vegas, and naming rights and sponsorship agreements for a major league sports stadium and a prominent performing arts center.

He also has extensive commercial litigation and dispute resolution experience in both intellectual property and other matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts, in inter partes and appellate matters before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board, and in UDRP arbitration proceedings. Noteworthy reported cases include: Coach Services, Inc. v. Triumph Learning LLC, 96 U.S.P.Q.2d 1600 (TTAB September 17, 2010) affirmed, 668 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

In the 2023 edition of World Trademark Review 1000, a listing of the world’s top trademark practitioners based on peer and client surveys, Bob received top-tier rankings for trademark prosecution and strategy with clients praising him for his “pragmatism, calmness, under pressure and fine-grained, detailed work product. Previously, WTR 1000 reported that Bob “wins effusive praise for his “pragmatic approach and unparalleled attention to detail.” “Simply stated, he is among the most cost-effective, business-oriented lawyers in any specialty.” “He is of incredible value – he matches anybody on expertise and exceeds most, if not all, on responsiveness and efficiency.” In prior years, WTR 1000 reviewers have said: “He never fails to address domestic and global branding issues quickly and comprehensively, causing one client to profess: ‘He is the only lawyer that I would use for trademark work in the Boston area.’” Bob has been characterized as a “distinguished” and “highly respected practitioner” with “a great reputation” in multinational mandates, who is “a trusted adviser in helping to build value in…brands” and “commands respect” particularly in the strategy and commercial field.” He has been listed in WTR 1000 each year since its inaugural edition in 2011, as well as WTR’s Global Leaders short-list since 2019.

Noteworthy past and present client engagements include:

  • A famous sports footwear and apparel brand with trademark enforcement and opposition matters;
  • The world’s largest retailer with trademark clearance matters across several business lines, as well as complex trademark prosecution and TTAB matters;
  • A “super-regional” bank with a portfolio of hundreds of federal and state trademarks and an active TTAB and UDRP enforcement program;
  • A global spirits company with hundreds of brands and an extensive enforcement docket;
  • A leading global private equity firm;
  • A national women’s apparel retail chain with stores across the United States and Canada; and
  • A branded pharmaceutical company with pioneering products for both human and veterinary medicine.

Practice:

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

Mike O'Donnell Partner

Silicon Valley

Michael applies his broad experience in venture capital financings, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, technology licensing, and corporate spin-out transactions to each engagement. He has undertaken over 300 venture capital financings raising an estimated $7 billion for his clients, recently assisting Auris Health to raise over $650 million in financings before its sale to J&J for up to $5.75 billion.

He also brings extensive experience negotiating strategic alliances, representing clients in significant collaborations with GSK, Amgen, Schering-Plough, J&J, Daiichi, Astellas, King Pharmaceuticals, and most recently Pfizer, Merck, Baxter and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.

Michael was the lead lawyer on the initial public offerings for Illumina, Neurocrine Biosciences, Cytokinetics, Pain Therapeutics, NeurogesX, Sequana Therapeutics, Ciphergen Biosystems, Argonaut Technologies, and Microcide Pharmaceuticals.

Michael was also the lead lawyer responsible for negotiating many notable biopharmaceutical spin-outs, including Onyx Pharmaceuticals (Chiron-Cetus), Tularik (Genentech), X-Ceptor (Ligand Pharmaceuticals), Metabasis (Gensia Sicor), and as well on the reverse merger of Transcept Pharmaceuticals with Novacea, creating a new publicly traded entity.

 

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Offshore Wind
  • Wind Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Hydrogen
  • Energy Storage
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Responsible Business

David O'Donovan Managing Associate

Londres

David's experience primarily includes renewable energy projects (onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, energy-from-waste and green hydrogen) and other energy transition projects (including carbon capture, usage and storage) with a particular focus on M&A, joint ventures and project development. He also has experience advising on governance, regulatory and ESG-related matters.

Practice:

  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Technology & Innovation
  • Conformité & Règlementation
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Anna O'Kelly Managing Associate

Londres

Anna has experience working with global companies on a wide variety of privacy, cybersecurity and data protection matters. She has a particular interest in emerging technologies and their intersection with ethical and social issues associated with her practice.

Anna has contributed a number of articles and thought leadership pieces on current data protection, privacy and information law issues.

Practice:

  • Propriété intellectuelle
  • Patents
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Trade Secrets Litigation

Jake O'Neal Managing Associate

Los Angeles

Jake litigates complex patent, copyright, trade secret, and trademark matters, encompassing cybersecurity, gaming, digital advertising technologies, analog and digital electronics, circuit design and fabrication, and renewable energy.  He also possesses notable experience in copyright cases involving AI and data scraping.  

He is deeply committed to pro bono work in indigent criminal defense and inmate advocacy.  As an Orrick Fellow at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, he secured compassionate release for a client serving a life sentence and played a crucial role as third-chair in a 10-day trial regarding alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

Jake graduated first in his class with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and worked at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, where he developed circuits for NASA-contracted space missions.  He attended law school at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and graduated in the top 10% of his class.  He recently completed a federal district court clerkship with the Honorable Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha in the Central District of California.  

When Jake isn't advocating for his clients, he writes and records music under the artist name Drip Lines and spends time with his wife and children.  

Practice:

  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Rémunérations et avantages sociaux Fusions & Acquisitions
  • Capital Markets
  • Blockchain & Digital Assets

Alyssa Ohanian Of Counsel

Santa Monica

Alyssa advises public company clients across a broad range of industries regarding equity offerings, compliance with federal securities laws, and requirements of the major U.S. stock exchanges. She assists in-house counsel, management, and boards of directors on SEC and stock exchange disclosure and reporting requirements, director and executive compensation, and corporate governance matters.

Alyssa also counsels both public and private companies on the design, implementation and taxation of executive compensation and equity compensation arrangements, including executive employment agreements, change in control and severance plans, and cash and equity incentive programs, along with other compensation and benefits matters in the context of ongoing business operations, M&A transactions, spin-offs, and venture capital financings.

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Practice:

  • Employment Law & Litigation
  • Rémunération des cadres
  • Contentieux complexes & Résolution des litiges
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • International Trade and Investment
  • Japan
  • Pay Equity

Yumiko Ohta Partner

Tokyo

Yumiko also has knowledge related to international trade such as customs rules and export controls.

Before joining Orrick, Yumiko was an associate at Tanabe & Partners and advised clients in corporate transactions and employment law as well as represented clients in civil and family cases. She has experience serving as a statutory auditor for Japanese corporations. Prior to practicing law, she worked at Mitsubishi Corporation for seven years. While there, she was involved in LNG projects and other global business.

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Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Enny Olaleye Associate

Washington, D.C.

Enny provides guidance on matters relating to numerous privacy and cybersecurity laws, including the U.S. state privacy laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Virginia and other states. Her work also includes counseling on compliance with Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Enny graduated with honors from The University of Washington School of Law. While in law school, Enny served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Journal of Law, Technology and Arts, Co-President of the UW Law and Business Association, Vice President of the UW Black Law Students Association and participated in the UW Law Mediation Clinic.

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Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Carl Oldenbourg Associate

Munich

He advises start-ups and scale-ups on their foundation, financing rounds and growth phases as well as on internationalization projects. He also advises VCs and corporate VCs on their investments.

Before starting his legal practice, he also worked as a trainee lawyer for a U.S. law firm in its San Francisco office.

Laurent Olléon | Orrick

Practice:

  • Fiscalité
  • Tax Advocacy

Laurent Olléon Partner

Paris

Laurent conseille des entreprises et des particuliers sur tous les aspects du droit fiscal.

Il intervient auprès de ses clients sur des problématiques juridiques et financières, tant en matière de conseil que s’agissant de situations contentieuses.

Laurent traite de nombreux dossiers dans des domaines variés : régime de l’intégration fiscale et plus généralement relations intra-groupe, maniement des conventions fiscales bilatérales, fiscalité des opérations financières, fiscalité immobilière et fiscalité locale, etc.

Son expérience reconnue en matière de prévention de l'abus de droit permet aux directeurs fiscaux des entreprises, aux investisseurs financiers et aux personnes physiques de mieux sécuriser leurs choix d’investissement et la structuration de leurs opérations. En outre, sa connaissance intime du contentieux fiscal est un atout majeur pour les clients.

Laurent a conseillé de nombreux ministères et établissements publics sur les évolutions législatives et réglementaires et leur mise en œuvre, ce qui lui apporte une vision pratique extensive du droit public comme du droit privé. Son expérience passée lui a permis de piloter l’élaboration et la rédaction de plusieurs projets de loi, ce qui fait de lui un fin connaisseur des rouages administratifs et parlementaires.

Avant de rejoindre Orrick, Laurent était juge des référés au Conseil d’État et Assesseur à la 9ème chambre de la Section du Contentieux du Conseil d’État, a travaillé en tant que directeur adjoint du cabinet de Marylise Lebranchu, Ministre de la réforme de l’État, de la décentralisation et de la fonction publique et directeur de cabinet d’Anne-Marie Escoffier, Ministre déléguée chargée de la décentralisation.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Structured Finance

Bola Oloko Partner

New York

Bola has extensive experience representing leading financial services firms and other institutions, acting as counsel to issuers, underwriters, and other capital markets participants in a wide range of transactions.

Bola’s experience also includes advising clients in a variety of real estate capital markets transactions, secondary loan trading transactions (LSTA and non-LSTA), ISDA derivatives transactions, and securitization litigation and disputes.