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434876

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.

416503

Practice:

  • Supreme Court & Appellate

Eliza Lehner Senior Associate

New York

Before joining Orrick, Eliza served as a law clerk to Judge Paul J. Watford on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge Jesse M. Furman on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan. She also worked as a temporary Special Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. 

423191

Practice:

  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Contentieux complexes & Résolution des litiges

Emma Roche Associate

Silicon Valley

Emma works on a wide range of civil dispute matters, from issues developing at the cutting edge of the intersections of technology and the law, to those that make up the core of commercial disputes.

Marine Jamain

Practice:

  • Infrastructure
  • Private Equity
  • Energy
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Marine Jamain Partner

Paris

Marine conseille des fonds d'infrastructure, des fonds de pension, des investisseurs long terme et autres acteurs stratégiques dans le cadre de leurs opérations d'acquisition, de cession et de restructuration dans les secteurs des énergies et des infrastructures en Europe.

Elle intervient en outre régulièrement dans les secteurs en pleine croissance de l'EnergyTech et de l'InfraTech.

En 2023, le guide international Legal 500 EMEA la nomme dans la catégorie Rising star en fusions-acquisitions et commente « Marine Jamain se forge une réputation de premier plan pour les transactions dans les domaines de l'énergie et de l'infrastructure ».

434287

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:

  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
  • Litiges relatifs aux titres, recours collectifs et actions obliques des actionnaires
  • Securities Litigation
  • Blockchain & Digital Assets

Sunny Hwang Senior Associate

Los Angeles

A natural advocate, Sunny has first chaired litigation from inception through favorable resolution and successfully briefed and argued dispositive motions and appeals. Sunny is adept at all stages of discovery, comfortable with cross-border disputes, and experienced in both government and internal investigations. Sunny also has particular knowledge regarding the nuances of alternative dispute resolution, including drafting and enforcement of both B2B and B2C arbitration provisions.

Sunny jumpstarted his career by honing his research and writing skills as law clerk to Chief Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the federal District Court in Sacramento and judicial extern to the late Judge Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit. Before law school, Sunny served for several years as a trade attache for the French government, covering the oenology and viticulture sector.

Sample engagements include:

  • Representing the outside directors of one of the largest pharmaceutical distributors in the United States in multi-district opioid litigation
  • Representing the co-founder of one of the largest ENDS companies in the United States in a government investigation and in multi-district vaping litigation
  • Representing a special committee of the Board of Directors of a Bay Area startup in an internal investigation involving the founder and CEO
  • Representing a Russian rail conglomerate against a former executive in multi-district trade secret litigation
  • Representing a Chinese investor and entrepreneur in a dispute over control of a Delaware corporation
  • Representing one of France's largest multinationals in a dispute over payment of an earnout

Vedika Ahlgren Director of Orrick Labs

Boston

Vedika has devoted her career to improving the delivery of legal services. She leads Orrick Labs, the firm's skunkworks, where custom legal solutions are designed and developed for clients and lawyers of the firm. She is trained and skilled in legal operations and technology and frequently applies Six Sigma principles to projects.

Using her background as an attorney and experience in managing high-impact projects across a variety of legal operational challenges, Vedika is a trusted advisor to our clients and regularly consults on solutions for contract lifecycle management, document and workflow automation, process improvement, knowledge management, data analysis, AI, and other issues that are top of mind for the industry.

Vedika also supports practice innovation efforts across the firm, including strategy and implementation of legal technologies for lawyers, re-engineering practice groups, and driving and influencing change in how firmwide resources execute on service delivery. Her efforts ensure that a commitment to creative problem-solving and human-centered design are leveraged across internal and external solutions alike, positioning the firm’s clients to excel at supporting their businesses, and the firm to remain on the leading-edge of innovation.

In 2020, Vedika was listed to the Changing Lawyer Awards, and in 2023 she was awarded the Graduate of the Last Decade award by her alma mater, Suffolk University Law School.

Practice:

  • Contentieux complexes & Résolution des litiges
  • Procès

Francesca Morency Partner

Washington, D.C.

A member of Orrick’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution team, Francesca has extensive experience litigating challenging, high-stakes cases on behalf of her clients, including in some of the most high-profile and impactful wins for the NCAA.  In addition to her trial prowess, she also has conducted internal investigations and has been called upon to assist with regulatory and administrative challenges that her clients face day-to-day.

Francesca has guided the preparation of significant litigation and arbitration matters, from the drafting stage through discovery, depositions, expert and lay witnesses, and through motions and trial.  Having served on a secondment to a Fortune 5 client, she understands well the importance of effective and proactive case management.  Francesca provides empathetic, targeted advice to clients, and she moves matters forward with energy and efficiency.

Prior to working in private practice, Francesca served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Judge Ivan D. Davis, United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia.  In that role, she handled primarily civil discovery matters.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity

Derek Jones Senior Associate

Portland

Derek advises clients on complex domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions in the technology, life sciences, food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, logistics and manufacturing sectors. Prior to joining Orrick, Derek was an associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and held senior management roles in the mobile and casino gaming industries.

Rebecca Letsome Project Attorney

Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)

Ms. Letsome works with litigation attorneys and third-party vendors to manage the review and production of documents relevant to investigations and litigation. This work includes using early case assessment technology to analyze, categorize and cull data. She also manages teams of skilled professionals performing document review, redaction, analysis, production and drafting privilege logs. Rebecca assists the litigation team to prepare for trial, including drafting deposition summaries, factual memoranda and exhibit charts. She also works with practice office attorneys on transactional tasks, including contract review and due diligence

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Restructuring

Aurélien Loric Partner

Paris

Aurélien intervient principalement en matière de restructuring et de procédures collectives.

Il conseille des fonds de dette, des hedge funds ainsi que les autres parties prenantes (créanciers divers, investisseurs, repreneurs ou débiteurs) dans le cadre de restructurations financières ou opérationnelles, amiables ou judiciaires. Il conseille également les entrepreneurs, les dirigeants, les sociétés et d’investisseurs sur des sujets Corporate indépendants de son activité restructuring.

Classé « Next Generation Partner » en Restructuring par le guide international Legal 500 EMEA, il est récemment intervenu aux côtés de créanciers et d’investisseurs financiers dans le cadre d’opérations à forts enjeux impliquant des sociétés cotées comme Orpea, Pierre & Vacances – Center Parcs ou Figeac Aero, ainsi que dans divers dossiers amiables et judiciaires midcap.

Avant de rejoindre Orrick, Aurélien a été collaborateur à Paris et New-York au sein de cabinets internationaux de premier ordre puis associé d’un cabinet britannique.

740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Public Finance

John Palmer Partner

San Francisco

His practice includes serving as bond and disclosure counsel on revenue and tax-supported bond transactions in a variety of financing structures, including fixed rate bonds, variable rate bonds, synthetic fixed rate bonds and conduit issues.