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.
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.
Los Angeles
Jake graduated first in his class with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado and worked at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, where he designed, built, and tested circuits for NASA-contracted space missions. Since graduating in the top 10% of his class from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Jake has litigated diverse patent matters, encompassing cybersecurity, gaming, digital advertising technologies, analog and digital electronics, circuit design, testing, and fabrication, and renewable energy. He also possesses notable experience in copyright cases involving AI and data scraping.
Jake is deeply committed to pro bono work in indigent criminal defense, stemming from his Orrick fellowship at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California. Notably, he successfully secured compassionate release for a client serving a life sentence and played a crucial role as third-chair in a 10-day trial involving a client charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
When Jake isn't advocating for his clients, he enjoys writing and recording music under the artist name Drip Lines and spending time with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
San Francisco
Reese's practice spans both criminal and civil litigation in the white collar, securities, and complex business litigation fields. He represents and advises a diverse range of clients, including individual executives navigating criminal liability and employment disputes, as well as publicly traded corporations responding to an array of civil claims.
As a law student, Reese worked as an intern at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office in the Litigation Division as well as working as an extern with Legal Services of Northern California.
New York
Jake provides strategic advice and counsel to startup founders and high-growth technology companies, as well as venture capital and other private equity funds.
He has broad experience in corporate and transactional matters, including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate formation and governance matters. He works closely with founders and technology company clients from a wide variety of industries to provide outside general counsel services and strategic business insights.
Jake also works extensively with venture capital and other private equity funds in their investment activities in the US and internationally, including early-stage to growth equity financings, mergers and acquisitions and secondary liquidity transactions.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Named as one of the Most Innovative Intrapreneurs by Financial Times in 2022, Kate leads efforts with clients and our lawyers to transform the way legal services are delivered through the trifecta of people, process, and technology. Her work has contributed to Orrick being ranked among the top 10 firms for innovation by Financial Times for nine consecutive years - eight of them in the top three.
Kate also leads CaseStream, Orrick's homegrown litigation and transaction management system, which was recognized by Financial Times as a #1 most innovative New Product and Service.
Kate is a former litigator and represented commercial clients in complex litigation throughout the United States at Orrick. She remains active in numerous pro bono matters and was awarded the first annual Orrick Pro Bono Award. Kate also served as an adjunct professor of Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy at the University Maryland School of Law.