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740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Restructuring

Laura Metzger Partner

New York

She regularly represents financial institutions, direct lenders, funds, and investors involved in bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings, foreclosures, distressed sales and acquisitions, loan and claims trading, bankruptcy litigation and refinancing involving syndicated loan facilities, debtor-in-possession financing and exit financing. She also represents start-up and later stage venture companies (with a focus on technology, blockchain and crypto) and venture capital investors in connection with liquidity crunches, rescue financing, wind-downs and negotiated resolutions with key stakeholders and investments or claims against insolvent counterparties.

Recognized as “outstanding” by The Legal 500 US, Laura was also named a Recognized Practitioner by Chambers USA, which praised her “very commercial and solution oriented” approach. She is “a very capable lawyer who gives great advice,” according to clients. Her clients include Royal Bank of Canada, UBS O’Connor, Red Rock Biofuels, Jade Mountain Partners, ECN Capital Corporation, Equinor, Portigon AG, Macquarie, PwC,Transurban, the Bank of Nova Scotia, and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt among others.

Laura has been involved in many prominent bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring cases, including FTX, Talen Energy, Celsius Networks, Three Arrows Capital, restructurings related to the collapse of Tera and Luna, Mt. Gox, Legacy Reserves, White Eagle, Cobalt, Chesapeake Energy, Shopko, The Weinstein Company, Lily Robotics, Seadrill, Chaparral, CHC Helicopters, Erickson, GT Advanced Technologies, Hostess, Pocahontas Parkway, Indiana Toll Road, Eagle Bulk, Fresh & Easy, American Airlines, Chemtura Corporation, Lazare Kaplan, Hawker Beechcraft, Metro Fuel, Claim Jumper Restaurants, Abitibibowater, Nortel, Fabrikant, Scotia Pacific, VICORP, Sea Containers, Lyondell, Foxwoods, Delta, US Air, Northwest, Star Diamond, and Ritchie Risk-Linked Strategies Trading (Ireland) Limited. She handles cross-border restructuring matters in major international jurisdictions such as Canada, Europe, Cayman Islands and B.V.I.

Laura also has expertise in the esoteric asset class, life settlements. She represents clients in the life settlement and premium finance markets, acting for buyers, sellers and owners of life settlements and premium finance loans, and has extensive experience with the various legal issues impacting such assets.

460203

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Banking & Finance
  • Oil & Gas
  • Renewable Energy

Deska Widianto Senior Associate

Singapore

Leveraging more than 10 years of experience advising sponsors, investors, project companies, developers and financiers (including ECAs and commercial banks), Deska excels in getting complex projects across the renewable energy, conventional energy and infrastructure sectors over the line. She is experienced in advising on international cross border financings in Asia and the Middle East.

As a native Indonesian who spent over a decade of practicing law in Indonesia, Deska is adept at navigating Indonesia's intricate regulatory framework and possesses expertise in closing complicated projects for various stakeholders.

Prior to joining Orrick, Deska practiced law at a magic circle law firm in Jakarta and in Tokyo. Deska has also interned at the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and worked as an associate at a boutique oil and gas law firm in Indonesia.

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Offshore Wind
  • Renewable Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Wind Energy

April Lord Senior Associate

Londres

April’s experience includes advising on acquisitions and disposals of solar farms and wind projects as well as on joint venture arrangements and other commercial contracts across a range of renewable and conventional energy companies.

427162

Practice:

  • Fintech
  • UK
  • Blockchain & Digital Assets
  • Technology & Innovation
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Éthique et Conformité

Daniel Jones Partner

Londres

Dan has experience across the full spectrum and life cycle of financial services firms: from determining whether the firm's products or services are the subject of financial services regulation, assistance in obtaining a regulatory license, interpretation of applicable regulations and implementation guidance through to M&A regulatory due diligence and skilled person's reports in the event of regulatory investigation.

His clients include global retail and investment banks, asset managers, e-money issuers and payments services providers, crypto-asset issuers, wallets and exchanges.

Dan's notable work includes advice to the UK Open Banking implementation body, the development of a digital only retail bank for a U.S. headquartered global bank and preparing the regulatory license application for a leading global payment services provider.

Before joining Orrick, Dan spent more than a decade working in UK ‘magic circle’ law and ‘Big 4’ consulting firms, advising leading fintech's on regulatory issues across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

430297

Practice:

  • Financial & Fintech Advisory
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
  • Fintech

Marshall Bell Partner

Washington, D.C.

He assists clients in relation to regulatory examinations and in enforcement actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Department of Justice (DOJ) and state regulators. He also represents clients in financial services transactions matters, including providing advice regarding regulatory due diligence, risk mitigation and obtaining any necessary regulatory approvals.

Marshall has been recognized by Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in Financial Services: Regulation. Prior to joining Orrick, Marshall was a partner at Buckley LLP. He was also in-house counsel for Ally Financial, providing advice regarding regulatory issues in connection with Ally’s auto finance operations and fair lending matters. Before going in-house, he was an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where his practice focused on financial services litigation, regulatory and transactional matters.

740

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Propriété intellectuelle
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • China

Mimiao Hu Of Counsel

Beijing

Her work has included trademark and copyright protection strategies, intellectual property litigation, unfair competition, intellectual property due diligence, cybersquatting and related technology issues. Mimiao has also advised clients on export regulation of military and dual-use items and customs regulation in China. In addition, Mimiao works extensively on cybersecurity & data privacy issues for both Chinese and international clients.

Prior to joining Orrick, Mimiao was a senior associate in the Beijing and Shanghai offices of a major PRC law firm.

431988

Practice:

  • Financial & Fintech Advisory
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
  • Fintech

Mitchell Grod Sr Counsel & Counsel to Winnow

Santa Monica

His clients include depository institutions, mortgage lenders and brokers, automobile lenders and finance companies, debt collectors and related service providers. He has significant experience advising clients on a myriad of state and federal regulatory matters.

Mitch is a member of the American Financial Services Association’s State Governmental Affairs Committee and Operations and Regulatory Compliance Committee. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America as "One to Watch" three times.

Prior to joining Orrick, Mitch was senior counsel at Buckley LLP.

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech

Kayla Z. X. Southworth Senior Associate

New York

Kayla advises public and private life sciences, technology, and energy companies, and private equity funds and their portfolio companies, on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, minority and majority investments, joint ventures, licenses, collaborations, royalty and revenue-sharing financings, and other complex transactions. She also advises clients on New York and Delaware corporate, partnership, limited liability company, and non-profit law, including corporate governance and fiduciary duty matters.

Prior to joining Orrick, she was an Antitrust Associate at Davis Polk and a Litigation Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell.

450703

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech
  • Inter Partes Review (IPR)
  • Propriété intellectuelle

Daniela Glaser Managing Associate

Silicon Valley

Daniela has worked on a variety of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical, Software, and Electronic technology matters (Hatch-Waxman, PTAB Post-Grant, and District Court) and provided support on multiple trials by preparing exhibit lists (and objections), deposition designations (and counter-designations), and demonstratives. She is skilled at working with experts to draft cross- and direct- exam outlines, preparing expert witnesses for trial, coordinating with experts regarding infringement, validity, and damages reports, and serving as a "patent owner" responsible for infringement and invalidity charting and technical analysis. In March 2023, Daniela received the California Lawyers Association's Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Services Certificate.

Daniela earned her J.D. from UCLA where she also obtained a Specialization Certificate in Business Law. At UCLA, she was Co-Chair and Outreach Chair of the UCLA IP LA Association, Internal Vice President of the UCLA 1st Generation Law Student Association, and a member of the UCLA Latinx Law Student Association. Before law school, Daniela studied Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology, and Computer Programming at USC and published research in Electrical Engineering, Sociology, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Daniela is the Secretary of the San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property Inn of Court and a member of the Northern District of California chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

463965

Practice:

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

Lauren Bernstein Counsel

New York

Lauren’s practice spans the full spectrum of dispute resolution, from pre-litigation counseling and strategy development to trial and appeal in high-profile antitrust and complex commercial litigation matters. She has worked with clients to evaluate and navigate potential disputes and assess opportunities to settle or negotiate a resolution ahead of litigation. Additionally, she helps clients develop robust dispute resolution strategies at the transactional stage, advising on dispute resolution clauses and positioning clients for favorable outcomes in potential future disputes.

Lauren has extensive experience representing clients in the life sciences industry in disputes arising from drug development, licensing, and joint ventures, and has defended clients in multi-billion dollar arbitrations and antitrust litigation, including multidistrict proceedings.

Lauren is dedicated to giving back to her community through her pro bono practice. She has been instrumental in providing legal advice and support to pro bono clients related to reproductive rights, including securing a preliminary injunction in North Dakota blocking the state’s ban on abortion, which was affirmed unanimously by the North Dakota Supreme Court. She also is an active member of her local synagogue in New York, including by serving on the membership committee.