New York
Alison represents individuals and corporations in a broad range of white collar criminal defense, anti-corruption, regulatory, and trade matters across the globe with a focus on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-corruption laws and regulations. Alison's practice involves conducting internal investigations, representing clients in matters before the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, and U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Controls, and enhancing corporate compliance programs. Alison has extensive experience responding to subpoenas and information requests from government entities and has trial and litigation experience in multiple federal district courts. She has also helped clients navigate shareholder books and records inspection demands and shareholder derivative lawsuits. Alison has represented companies around the world in the oil and gas, medical technology, digital entertainment, pharmaceutical, education, blockchain, technology, and financial industries.
Alison's practice also includes online safety issues, including advising companies on compliance with online safety-related obligations and best practices in the US and conducting online safety compliance risk assessments, especially as it relates to user safety on internet dating platforms. Alison's experience includes representing clients in connection with criminal and civil investigations conducted by state attorneys general related to state online safety legislation.
Alison remains committed to serving her community through pro bono representation and has experience in reproductive rights cases and policies, immigration and asylum matters, death penalty cases, policing and racial justice cases and policies, and a range of other constitutional issues. Alison has represented clients on civil and criminal matters in federal court, including a domestic violence survivor in a Hague Convention proceeding. Most recently, Alison helped achieve a meaningful settlement on behalf of the family of a man killed by police officers in Greenville, Mississippi after convincing the district court to deny qualified immunity for the officers involved.
Prior to joining Orrick, Alison graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. In addition, while pursuing her undergraduate degree from Centre College, Alison worked on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., specifically in the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee. In 2016, Alison co-founded the non-profit, CTE Hope, an organization dedicated to addressing the issues and research of traumatic brain injures and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
New York
Chris has represented major ISPs in high-stakes copyright litigation, tech titans pushing the cutting edge, national retailers with key trademarks on the line, and global manufacturers facing class action risk. He has authored dozens of appellate briefs, winning results in federal and state courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. And he is a consummate team player when partnering with trial teams to craft winning legal strategies and themes, brief dispositive motions, win key legal and evidentiary rulings at trial, and construct a record with an eye towards appeal.
Chris is most passionate about the novel issues that arise at the intersection of tech and commerce, implicating the balance between creation, innovation, and competition. Whether it's the DMCA and copyright's intermediary liability doctrines, generative AI, data scraping, or trade secrets, he relishes litigating in the gray areas, presenting what the law ought to be as plain common sense. Chris also has a wealth of experience in class action defense in both trial and appellate courts, including several appellate victories defending the denial of class certification. And his broader experience includes bankruptcy, telecommunications, constitutional law, and various issues confronting Fintech companies.
Chris maintains an active pro bono practice. He led a team that prevailed in both federal district court and in the Second Circuit in one of the nation's most closely watched police transparency cases. The year before, he argued and won a precedent-setting parole appeal in New York’s Appellate Division on behalf of a former juvenile offender. And he has won victories for clients in immigration cases and cases presenting novel legal issues under freedom of information laws.
Prior to joining Orrick, Chris was a law clerk to Judge Robert D. Sack of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Chief Judge Carol B. Amon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
San Francisco
In addition, she advises financial services clients regularly in connection with Dodd-Frank Act compliance, Regulation AB and other securities law and regulatory compliance matters, warehouse facilities, purchase and sale agreements and template development, servicing rights and repurchase facilities. She has also advised nonprofits in connection with financing affordable housing and economic development.
In 2012, she was seconded part-time to a finance company client, where she assisted in drafting and implementing compliance policies and procedures and related training materials.
Dora is also experienced in a broad range of securities and commercial transactions, including private and public offerings of equity and debt, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial loan origination. She has represented both issuers and investors in a wide variety of equity and debt issuances.
Dora was Partner-in-Charge of the San Francisco office of the firm from 2000 through 2003 and serves on the firm’s Opinion Committee and Professional Development Committee. She served on the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Northern California from 2004 through 2012 and the Board of Trustees of San Francisco University High School from 2007 through 2014.
Seattle
Aaron has defended criminal and civil enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Washington Attorney General's Office, and other state and federal agencies. He has also represented defendants in False Claims Act litigation initiated by private parties, as well as a broad range of other civil litigation. And he has conducted internal investigations on matters ranging from data breaches to harassment to suspected environmental testing fraud.
Paris
Julia conseille en matière de conformité au règlement RGPD et aux autres réglementations liées à la protection des données en lien avec les régulateurs concernés en France et dans l'UE.
Spécialiste de l'économie des plateformes et des secteurs de l’internet et des nouvelles technologies, elle conseille une clientèle d’opérateurs étrangers qui souhaitent s'implanter en France ainsi que des entreprises françaises dans leur développement à l'étranger.
En outre, lors d’opérations de fusions-acquisitions comportant des enjeux technologiques importants et complexes, elle intervient dans la rédaction et la négociation d’accords portant sur le transfert de données, l’informatique, les logiciels, le contenu et les licences de marque.
Avant de rejoindre Orrick, elle a travaillé pendant dix-sept ans pour de grandes sociétés des secteurs de l’Internet et des réseaux sociaux, dont le Financial Times, CBS Interactive et Twitter et a collaboré au sein d’un cabinet d’avocats français de premier plan.
Dusseldorf
Christian helps clients consider the privacy and artificial intelligence implications of new technology, supports their compliance programs, and helps them stay ahead of enforcement trends. One particular focus of his work deals with internal data transfer agreements, external data transfers with external providers, and product launches that comply with international data protection standards, as well as privacy requirements for connected cars. Furthermore, Christian provides guidance on privacy and data protection considerations for developing, acquiring, using, licensing and selling technology, data and intellectual property, including M&A transactions and IP focused joint ventures. He supports companies on the set-up of webshops, outsourcings, license agreements, in cases of trademark or unfair and deceptive trade practice issues, as well as on hard and software license and information technology (IT) project agreements.
Christian maintains strong working relationships with German data protection authorities and EU regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over privacy and data security matters. He effectively defends companies in cybersecurity and privacy-related investigations initiated by EU regulatory authorities. He also engages with authorities on behalf of clients and helps clients avoid proceedings and possible litigation. When litigation can't be avoided, Christian vigorously defends his clients.
For companies facing global cybersecurity incidents, Christian helps with crisis mitigation, including counseling on notification requirements, coordinating media strategies, and representing clients before data protection authorities in related regulatory investigations.
Christian regularly contributes practical thought leadership to global privacy industry publications and German privacy books and journals. Christian authors the Chapter V (international data transfers) of Germany’s leading GDPR commentary Kühling/Buchner (4th ed.) and is co-author to the Corporate Privacy Handbook (Betrieblicher Datenschutz). As an active member of the Sedona Conference, Christian drives the development and understanding of cross border privacy. He also participates in, hosts and moderates speaking programs with fellow private practitioners, EU data protection authorities, and academics focused on privacy and data security. Legal 500 Germany named Christian one of the top 15 practitioners in 2023 and noted that he is "a pioneer in the legal field, a data protection guru." They also recognized Christian and Orrick as "truly global" and how that it is "vital as they require the various leaders of each region to participate and bring issues to the table as a forum".
Prior to working in private practice, Christian interned with the German Federal Data Protection Commissioner and www.epic.org.
Paris
Recommandé par les guides Chambers France et Legal 500 EMEA en Fusions-Acquisitions, Alexis conseille d’importants groupes et sociétés français et internationaux, cotés ou non cotés, des fonds de private equity, des hedge funds, et des dirigeants, des conseils d’administration et des familles.
Il conseille ainsi notamment sur des investissements et désinvestissements, des émissions de titres, des opérations complexes et transfrontalières, des négociations stratégiques et des contentieux sensibles. Il est "l’un des meilleurs intervenants sur le marché » (Legal 500). Il est aussi reconnu pour son expertise sur les enjeux liés à la gouvernance, aux restructurations, ainsi que sur les problématiques de conflits et d'activisme.
Alexis est intervenu sur certains dossiers emblématiques en France, et a conseillé notamment SFL et son management dans la fusion transfrontalière avec Colonial, Herige dans la cession de ses activités de négoce à Samse, BAE Systems dans l'acquisition d'Eurostep, les fonds Alcentra et Fidera dans leur investissement dans Pierre & Vacances, Air France-KLM dans ses relations avec KLM et l’Etat Néerlandais, Veolia dans l’acquisition de Suez, LVMH dans l’acquisition de Tiffany, Oeneo dans le cadre de l'OPAS de son actionnaire de contrôle, Naturex dans le cadre de l’OPA de Givaudan, le conseil d’administration de Zodiac à l’occasion de son rapprochement avec Safran, Euro Disney à raison de l’OPA de The Walt Disney Company, L’Oréal lors du rachat de ses propres actions (8% de son capital) auprès de Nestlé et la cession de sa participation dans Galderma, Metrovacesa sur la cession de sa participation au capital de Gecina ou encore le Club Méditerranée dans le cadre de l'OPA du conglomérat chinois Fosun.
Alexis Marraud des Grottes intervient également sur des dossiers relatifs à des émissions de jetons et de crypto-monnaies ou de crypto-actifs, y compris pour structurer et mettre en place des entités émettrices et les services associés.
Alexis est un acteur de premier plan, reconnu pour ses publications, conférences et formations sur le droit boursier, la gouvernance et les fusions-acquisitions. Il intervient régulièrement à l'EM Lyon et à l'Université Paris Dauphine. Il a été membre de plusieurs groupes de travail de place dont le groupe de travail sur l'offre au public du haut Comité Juridique de la Place Financière de Paris. L’Autorité des marchés financiers - AMF l’a invité à devenir membre de sa Commission Consultative Emetteurs en tant que spécialiste des questions de droit boursier.
Los Angeles
Drawing on his background as an electrical engineer, Jake litigates complex patent matters, encompassing cybersecurity, gaming, digital advertising technologies, analog and digital electronics, circuit design and fabrication, and renewable energy. He also possesses notable experience in copyright cases involving AI and data scraping.
Jake is also deeply committed to pro bono work. As an Orrick Fellow at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, he secured compassionate release for a client serving a life sentence and played a crucial role as third-chair in a 10-day trial regarding alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
Jake graduated first in his class with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and worked at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, where he developed circuits for NASA-contracted space missions. He attended law school at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and graduated in the top 10% of his class. He recently completed a federal district court clerkship in the Central District of California.
When Jake isn't advocating for his clients, he writes and records music under the artist name Drip Lines and spends time with his wife and children.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Noah brings a detail-oriented and analytical approach to complex technical disputes. He has conducted prior art searches, analyzed chemical compositions and manufacturing processes, and drafted detailed infringement and invalidity contentions. Noah’s experience includes preparing expert reports, post-hearing briefs, and trial demonstratives, as well as developing deposition strategies and second-chairing depositions. He has participated in two trials before the International Trade Commission, assisting with examination outlines and trial exhibit negotiations.
Noah earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he served as an editor of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Virginia, where he was a Rodman Scholar. His technical expertise is complemented by proficiency in Matlab, SQL, and other analytical tools. Noah is admitted to practice in New York and Washington, D.C.
Londres
Jamie acts for both early and late stage companies in intellectual property rich sectors and those who invest in them, including some of the most active venture capital funds, corporate or individual investors.
Jamie has a passion for disruptive technologies, innovation and entrepreneurial business. He has acted on countless transactions across a broad range of sectors both in the UK and internationally, but is most known for his experience in acting on investments into fintech and Artificial Intelligence companies.
Jamie has deep knowledge of the practice area in which he operates and market trends, which he leverages to provide clear and concise advice on a range of corporate issues taking high growth technology companies from start-up through to exit.
He presents on corporate law and venture capital to clients and at seminars in the City, including practitioners’ conferences on practical legal issues in venture capital transactions and SEIS/EIS investments.
An active participant in the venture capital community, Jamie Moore has contributed to industry standard form documentation, acted as a mentor for various Seedcamp portfolio companies and hosted office-hours for the Barclays' TechStars cohort.
Londres
Kristy has experience working with companies as well as investors and venture capital funds throughout a company's life cycle, including early-stage financings, institutional funding rounds and exits.
In addition to equity financings, Kristy advises clients on other corporate transactions including bridge financings, secondary transactions and cross-border flip transactions.
Paris
Elle possède une experience particulière en fiscalité française et internationale et conseille régulièrement sur des opérations complexes de fusions-acquisitions, de réorganisations, ainsi que sur des opérations de marchés de capitaux et de financement.
Cécile accompagne des groupes de sociétés français et multinationaux issus de divers secteurs, publics et privés, des institutions financières et des fonds d'investissement.
Cécile représente les clients dans leurs relations avec les autorités fiscales dans un large éventail de situations, y compris les demandes de rescrit et les contentieux fiscaux. Elle intervient également dans la structuration et la mise en place de plans d'actions pour les salariés et de management packages.
Cécile enseigne un séminaire sur les aspects fiscaux des LBOs dans le cadre du Master de Fiscalité internationale de l'Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas et d'HEC. Elle est membre de l'International Fiscal Association (IFA), ainsi que de l'Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux (IACF), dont elle a été membre du Comité Fiscalité des Entreprises jusqu'en octobre 2020. Elle est membre du Comité Fiscal de France Invest. Elle a également été nommée rapporteur pour la France au congrès de l’IFA à Lisbonne en 2025.
Par ailleurs, Cécile est membre du Board de l’Alliance pour le financement de la Femtech en France. Elle maintient une pratique Tech pro bono active et s’investit fortement dans des initiatives et réseaux visant à soutenir le succès à long terme des femmes leaders dans le monde des affaires. Elle a notamment été co-leader du Comité Women Enriching Business à Paris chez Latham & Watkins.
Avant de rejoindre Orrick, elle a exercé pendant quatre ans au sein de l’équipe fiscale de Latham & Watkins, après avoir passé sept ans dans l’équipe fiscale de Cleary Gottlieb, aux bureaux de Paris et de New York.