Milan
He has assisted some of the most important Italian groups in a judicial and extra-judicial advisory capacity, including general corporate and corporate governance.
Prior to joining Orrick, Luigi was a partner at Studio Legale Tributario in Milan, a law firm associated with Ernst & Young International.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Additionally, Brittany is an elected representative to the Tribal Council of the Caddo Nation, a tribal nation located in what is current day Oklahoma. She serves as a Member at Large for the National Native American Bar Association and is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
San Francisco; Santa Monica
San Francisco; Santa Monica
Hari represents private equity firms and public, private, emerging and late-stage technology companies in a variety of domestic and international transactions. His experience spans the range of M&A activity, including cross-border deals, SPAC transactions, majority/minority investments, restructurings and general corporate matters. He works closely with serial acquirers implementing their buy-side M&A strategies, and with venture-backed companies, founders and investors in M&A exits and other liquidity transactions.
Hari has extensive experience leading companies in core technology markets through all aspects of the M&A process. He understands the unique issues, deal terms and trends at play in technology M&A, allowing him to optimize for efficiency, transaction execution and results for his clients.
Hari has also previously worked in Asia and the Middle East on complex, cross-border M&A, and leverages that experience in leading M&A transactions across the globe, including China, India, Israel and the United Kingdom.
Prior to joining Orrick, Hari was an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He is qualified to practice in both California and New York.
Los Angeles
Nicole guides real estate investment funds, banks, developers and corporate clients through their most intricate real estate deals. With a strong background in corporate finance, she can bridge relevant viewpoints and offer distinct context across a wide range of real estate transactions, such as restructurings, workouts, foreclosures, mortgage and mezzanine financings, construction contracts, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions.
She serves as the relationship co-lead for one of our largest real estate clients, Hackman Capital Partners. Nicole also works closely with Sagehall Partners, Westbrook Partners, Local Bounti and Walton Street Capital, and has deep relationships with CoreVest.
New York
Alison advises the firm on matters related to corporate governance, client relationships, and professional responsibility and ethics related to the practice of law. She has developed deep experience in the ethical considerations surrounding the use of legal tech, including AI and GenAI tools.
Alison provides legal advice to Orrick’s Board and Management Committee regarding firm management, growth, and policies. She is a member of the firm’s Operations Team and sits on the Risk Management Committee and AI Council. She also serves on the Risk Management Committee of MPC, the firm’s malpractice insurer.
Prior to joining the firm’s Office of General Counsel, Alison was a litigator in the firm’s Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. Her practice focused on representing audit firms and accountants in regulatory proceedings as well as civil disputes related to professional liability and representing insurance policyholders in matters related to coverage, claims, and recovery. She has experience managing and conducting large-scale internal investigations, liaising with regulators, and managing cross-border risk and liability. Alison also defended financial institutions in lawsuits arising out of the global financial crisis.
Houston
Tyler advises energy industry sponsors, developers, issuers and investors in a broad range of financing matters, including construction financings, bridge loans, back leverage financings, and tax equity. Tyler's experience includes project financings and related corporate matters involving utility-scale solar, distributed solar, wind, hydroelectric power, and upstream and midstream oil and gas projects.
Silicon Valley; San Francisco
Silicon Valley; San Francisco
Harold advises technology companies and has significant experience with venture capital financings, debt financings, public offerings, mergers & acquisitions and technology transactions. He is deeply interested in technology. Prior to law school, Harold was a software engineer at Oracle Corporation and an intern at NASA Ames Research Center.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Jonas has represented clients in the technology sector in federal and state courts across the country, with argument experience in the federal courts of appeals.
Before joining Orrick, Jonas served as a law clerk to Judge Beverly B. Martin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. A graduate of Yale Law School, Jonas was an Articles and Essays Editor for the Yale Law Journal and a member of the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Jonas previously served as a staff attorney at a leading nonprofit and litigated in federal district and appellate courts challenging adverse effects from criminal fines and fees.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Chris has developed a global reputation as an authoritative source on legal issues in 3D printing, and has been a featured speaker at 3D printing events around the world. His 3D printing practice includes advising startups and established 3D printing companies on all aspects of intellectual property law, cybersecurity, and technology transactions. Chris helps 3D printing clients grow their businesses and capitalize on market opportunities and represents them in court to defend or enforce IP rights. Chris' 3D printing work extends beyond the courtroom; he teaches a course at Penn State University as part of its Masters of Engineering in Additive Manufacturing and Design program.
Chris' patent litigation and IPR practice also covers a wide range of other technologies including graphics processing, digital image processing and printing, semiconductor devices and semiconductor manufacturing, data encryption, high-definition television, digital content recognition, and medical devices. Chris has also assisted clients with licensing and patent prosecution related to 3D printing, digital imaging, wireless technology, mobile communication devices, encryption, high-definition television and medical devices.
Prior to law school, Chris worked in the patent department of a medical device company and as an engineer designing electronic components for missiles, projectiles, and bombs.
New York
Lisa has been recognized as one of the "Top 250 Women in IP" by Managing Intellectual Property and has received accolades from American Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation, The Legal 500 USA and New York Times Magazine with World Trademark Review 1000 noting that Lisa “marries a rich comprehension of IP law with a gift for connecting with people, making full use of each advantage in the courtroom.” Lisa was recently named to Lawdragon's 500 Leading Litigators in America list.
Trial Experience
Lisa has served as trial counsel across a wide range of matters. She recently served as co-lead trial counsel in a case in Delaware Chancery Court in a dispute over corporate control and ownership. She is currently serving as lead trial counsel in an energy distribution contract and rate dispute in North Dakota. Lisa also served as trial counsel for Oracle in its dispute with Google over the Java APIs in Android phones in the Northern District of California and served as trial counsel in a matter involving the trade dress of a hip implant medical device in the District of Colorado. Lisa has also served as trial counsel in a number of product liability matters involving allegations concerning talc, analgesics and herbicides.
Intellectual Property
Lisa handles a variety of high-profile trademark, trade secret, and copyright matters. Lisa’s copyright experience includes some of the leading copyright cases of the past decade: she represented Oracle in its litigation with Google over the Java APIs, represented DISH Networks, LCC in its copyright litigation with the broadcast networks over various features offered by DISH’s Hopper DVR, including AutoHop and Sling and served as counsel to Supap Kirtsaeng before the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of the copyright first sale doctrine’s applicability to goods manufactured abroad.
Lisa’s trademark and trade secret litigation has spanned a variety of courts and industries: she successfully defended trademark infringement claims in the Northern District of California on behalf of Sony over its popular “Gran Turismo” racing video game and scored two separate wins in the Southern District of New York and then in the Second Circuit on behalf of client Sanei in trademark litigation brought by fashion designer Jill Stuart. Lisa also successful established secondary meaning and secured a preliminary injunction for the New York City Triathlon in S.D.N.Y. Lisa also represented a major pharmaceutical and healthcare company in trade secrets litigation concerning multi-payor coordination of prescription drug benefits loyalty cards.
Products Liability and Consumer Class Action
Lisa serves as counsel to Johnson & Johnson, Chanel, and Avon in cases asserting claims arising from the use of its talcum powder products, including claims of mesothelioma and ovarian cancer. She also represented Wyeth and Dow Agrosciences in a variety of complex products liability and consumer class action litigations. Lisa served as counsel in hundreds of product liability matters concerning injuries allegedly associated with childhood vaccines, handled litigations involving the labeling and advertising of Advil, and obtained the dismissal, prior to class certification, of a consumer class action in a matter concerning the calcium supplement Caltrate.
Current Pro Bono Representation
Lisa served as trial counsel for Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, securing an important trial win invalidating as unconstitutional a statewide law that jeopardized access to safe and legal abortion services in Kentucky.
Milan ; Rome
His expertise spans all types of acquisition financings and leveraged buyouts, both in syndicated and take-and-hold spaces. This includes senior debt, unitranche financings, subordinated debt, and mezzanine capital, structured as loan facilities and bond issuances.
Giulio has also developed a strong proficiency in refinancings, corporate financings - such as revolving and capex facilities - and real estate finance transactions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Giulio was an associate in a leading Italian law firm, where he also gained experience on M&A and private equity deals, assisting Italian and foreign companies and private equity investment vehicles in acquisition and investment transactions.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Before joining Orrick, Holly clerked for the Honorable Jane Kelly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Honorable Tena Campbell of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Prior to her clerkships, she was a litigation associate at Arnold & Porter.
Holly is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where she served on the Board of Student Advisers, as an Articles Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, and as a research assistant for Professor Diane L. Rosenfeld, Professor Michael Ashley Stein, and the Harvard Law School Project on Disability.
Holly has a Ph.D. in American Government from Georgetown University, where she concentrated on judicial politics in the state and federal courts. Prior to law school she taught political science at Colorado State University. Her published work has appeared in the New Mexico Law Review, the Fordham Urban Law Journal, the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, and the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, among other journals.