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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Fiscalité
  • Impôts des sociétés
  • International Trade and Investment
  • Tax Advocacy
  • Fiscalité internationale

Dr. Stefan Schultes-Schnitzlein Partner

Dusseldorf

His focus is on corporate transactions and their financing, financial restructurings, as well as tax audits and tax litigation. The tax support of growth companies at all stages has become an increasingly larger part of his work in recent years. U.S. flips, management incentivization, financing rounds, and exits are just some of the areas in which Stefan has been active in the growth sector.

Stefan leads the German Orrick offices together with Christoph Brenner.

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Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure
  • Private Credit

Evangeline Schumacher Senior Associate

Milan

She advises both international and domestic lenders (including banks and private debt funds) and borrowers (including corporates and sponsors), on infrastructure financings, leveraged and investment grade acquisition financings (including private and public bid financings) and corporate investment grade lending.

Specialising in cross-border English law finance transactions, and with a particular focus on the Italian market, Evangeline is recognised for her ability to manage all aspects of a transaction with accuracy and efficiency, offering clients seamless and coordinated legal support across jurisdictions.

Practice:

  • Supreme Court & Appellate

Sachi Schuricht Senior Associate

San Francisco

Prior to joining Orrick, Sachi clerked for Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court and Judge Kenneth Ripple of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Sachi attended the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as an Executive Editor of the Michigan Law Review and a research assistant working at the intersection of constitutional and international law. Before law school, Sachi worked in documentary film production; she received the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for her work in the same field. She currently serves as a lecturer in Entertainment Law for the Department of Film and Media at the University of California, Berkeley.

Practice:

  • Residential Mortgage‐Backed Securities
  • Structured Finance
  • Asset‐Backed Securities

Jared Schwalb Career Associate

Silicon Valley

Jared's prior experience includes financial services and due diligence work at a global consulting firm. While in law school, Jared clerked for a boutique law firm in Silver Spring, MD, as well as completed internships with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, National Security Section and the Department of Justice's Tax Division, Financial Litigation Unit.

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Practice:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy & Infrastructure

Hannah Schwartz Associate

Los Angeles

Her practice focuses on project finance transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, with a focus on renewable energy.

Practice:

  • Propriété intellectuelle
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
  • Technology & Innovation

Amanda Schwartz Managing Associate

San Francisco

Amanda works on matters involving trademark and patent infringement, as well as trade secret disputes in both state and federal court. In her commercial practice, she works with technology companies on contract disputes and issues arising under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Amanda also has a robust pro bono practice and has earned High Honors through the DC Courts' Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll.

Amanda graduated with honors from The George Washington University Law School. While in law school, she externed with the Department of Justice Civil Division's IP Litigation Section.

Prior to law school, Amanda worked as a paralegal and investment management analyst at another large international firm, where she worked on regulatory and transactional matters involving mutual funds and registered investment advisers.

Practice:

  • Capital Markets
  • Gouvernance d'entreprise
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

David Schwartz Partner

New York

David is recognized as a trusted advisor who delivers valued execution and results.

  • Thomson Reuters has recognized David as a Stand-out Lawyer.
  • BTI Consulting has ranked David as a Client Service All Star.
  • Chambers has ranked David for his M&A work, with clients noting he is “on top of cutting-edge trends and ideas", "proactive, engaged and personable", and possesses a “depth of legal expertise” and “creative solutions to thorny problems” that “make him our go-to."
  • Legal500 has ranked David as a Leading Partner for M&A. He has also been featured in Legal500's US M&A Powerlist, with clients noting he "is an incredible relationship partner. His dedication to understanding our business and our ways of working is complimented by his proactive approach to providing innovative solutions and ideas."

Practice:

  • Employment Law & Litigation
  • Contentieux complexes & Résolution des litiges

Mario Scofferi Partner

Milan

As a Partner in the Milan office and Head of the Italian Employment practice, Mario is member of the Employment International Group and focuses on all aspects of employment, agency, and self-employment relationships, advising clients in both litigation and out-of-court matters, including the assistance on his field in transactional deals.

Mario regularly assists clients with the negotiation of both employment and self-employment agreements, throughout the performance of such relationships and at their termination, with the aim of providing high-quality services grounded in rigorous analysis and close client interaction.

His clients operate in the tourism, services, finance, credit, chemical, tech, infrastructure and public administration sectors (including state-owned companies).

Mario has also developed considerable experience in managing companies’ relationships with their board members, as well as in disputes involving social security institutions.

He is the author of numerous articles on labor law published in professional journals.

Mario is admitted to the Milan Bar and is also a member of AGI – Italian Employment Lawyers Association – and of the Italian Journalists Association.

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Practice:

  • Litiges relatifs aux titres, recours collectifs et actions obliques des actionnaires
  • Securities Litigation
  • Gouvernance d'entreprise
  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Todd Scott Partner

San Francisco

Todd regularly advises companies and their boards on corporate governance best practices and fiduciary and disclosure duties, and has extensive experience in responding to shareholder litigation demands and other shareholder activism.

Before joining the firm, Todd was an associate at the San Francisco office of Clifford Chance US LLP. In his spare time, Todd is a musician, screenwriter and father to three fantastic kids.

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Practice:

  • Supreme Court & Appellate
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech

Naomi J. Scotten Partner

New York

This work begins in the trial court, briefing key motions and collaborating with trial teams to preserve appellate issues. Naomi works seamlessly across law firms, building collective knowledge and a unified approach.

On appeal, Naomi creates streamlined briefs that highlight a compelling narrative. She boils large records down to their core, making complex cases simple for busy courts. Naomi approaches appeals with a company’s entire docket in mind, generating wins that maximize the long-term value of her work. She has briefed and argued appeals involving product liability, consumer protection, employment, criminal, constitutional, and regulatory law issues.

Prior to joining Orrick, Naomi served as a law clerk for Judge Susan L. Carney of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Naomi graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served as the Executive Director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Francesco Seassaro Special Counsel

Milan

In these areas, he has been involved both in domestic and cross-border transactions, advising corporate clients, private equity funds and banks. In the context of private equity transactions, he has acted as legal counsel of the issuers in the listing of their shares in Italian regulated markets. He has developed an extensive knowledge of the aviation area, with specific regard to the purchase, sale and lease of aircraft and the financing of the acquisition of aircraft.

Before joining Orrick, Francesco was employed from 1980 to 1981 as in-house counsel by Italtel S.p.A., an Italian telecommunication company. From 1982 to 1988 he worked as an associate at Studio Legale De Berti & Jacchia, an Italian law firm based in Milan. From 1989 to 1997 he was at first an associate and then a partner at the London office of Carnelutti, an Italian law firm. From 1998 to 2008 he was a partner at Vita Samory, Fabbrini e Associati, an Italian law firm, working at the London office of the firm until 1999 and then at the main office in Milan since 2000.

He has been a lecturer at conferences and has written articles in English legal publications on corporate and banking matters.

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Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • IP Counseling & Due Diligence
  • Patents

Lauren Seaton Innovation Attorney Litigation

Orange County

Lauren supports and leads projects aimed at optimizing client service delivery and increasing efficiencies. Based in Orange County, she collaborates across offices, practice groups, and departments to streamline legal processes through the integration of technology, automation, and data-driven solutions. Her responsibilities include developing best practices, supporting the firm’s data strategy, and spearheading the rollout and adoption of legal technology within the business units.

Prior to moving into this role, Lauren was a Senior Associate in Orrick’s Securities Litigation group, where she represented and advocated for clients in complex litigation, government regulatory matters, and internal investigations. These experiences have made Lauren well-suited to design and improve client-facing solutions, create tailored workflows, and enhance collaboration with clients and third parties. Her familiarity with legal technology and enthusiasm for leveraging AI in legal services align perfectly with Orrick’s commitment to innovation.

Her diverse legal experience, combined with her proactive and innovative approach, positions her as a key player in Orrick’s ongoing efforts to lead the industry in delivering high-quality, efficient legal services.