Bess Blumenfeld Managing Associate
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Bess advises high-growth technology companies and venture capital firms in many areas, including venture financings, secondary transactions, corporate formations, and day-to-day legal needs of executive teams. Bess represents companies and their investors across a variety of industries, including software, financial technology, consumer goods, aerospace, and life sciences. She is a trusted advisor to founders, boards, and venture investors, helping them anticipate challenges and capitalize on opportunities.
New York
Jolie also plays a leadership role in the firm’s client relationship program. She works with the firm’s relationship partners and client teams globally to ensure optimal communication, offer value added relationship benefits, and meet clients’ service and relationship expectations in the fast-changing legal market.
Jolie has more than 20 years of experience in law firm communications and business development. She began her career at the New York-based international law firm of Rogers & Wells, where she built the firm’s marketing and communications department and served on the senior team that orchestrated Rogers & Wells’ three-way combination with U.K.-based Clifford Chance and Germany-based Punder. As head of Business Development for the Americas Region at Clifford Chance, she led the rebranding of the Americas practice and collaborated with colleagues internationally to integrate the combined firm through the introduction of a global client relationship program and consistent, client-focused approaches to business development.
She is a competitive cyclist, a less competitive road runner and a novice mountaineer.
Paris
Il conseille les startups et les sociétés à forte croissance dans le secteur des technologies tout au long de leur développement, de leur création à leurs opérations de levées de fonds, fusions, acquisitions et joint-ventures, ainsi que les investisseurs en Venture et Growth Capital. Olivier dispose également d’une expertise reconnue dans le domaine des levées de fonds transfrontalières complexes, ainsi qu’en fusions & acquisitions dans le secteur des technologies. En parallèle de son activité, Olivier dispense des cours sur le capital-risque à l'EDHEC. Olivier a précédemment travaillé au sein des bureaux d’Orrick à San Francisco et Menlo Park.
Olivier conseille notamment Aledia, Alice & Bob, Another Brain, Bellman, Dataiku, Finary, Ganymed Robotics, Gatewatcher, Highlife, Murfy, Myr.ai, Payfit, SESAMm, SiPearl, Tehtris, Upowa, Volta Medical, Xelan, XXII, Yescapa.
Olivier conseille également des fonds d’investissement de premier plan ainsi que des investisseurs stratégiques et notamment Airbus Ventures, Alven, Astanor, Bpifrance, ETF Partners, Felix Capital, NGP Capital, One Peak, Princeville Capital, Raise Capital, Seedcamp.
Avant de rejoindre Orrick, Olivier a travaillé dans le département Corporate de Gibson Dunn & Crutcher à Paris.
Paris
Il conseille sur des opérations de financements d'acquisitions à effet de levier, avec un accent particulier sur la dette privée, et de financements distressed et situations spéciales. Il est également expérimenté en matière de financements corporate, de restructurations de dettes et de financements venture pour les entreprises à forte croissance. Il intervient à la fois côté prêteur et côté emprunteur.
New York
As an Associate in the Energy and Infrastructure group, Elizabeth represents developers, investors and lenders in securing or providing financing for an array of renewable energy assets including solar, wind and battery storage projects. She has experience with tax equity investments, tax credit transfers, debt financing and mergers and acquisitions in the renewable energy sector.
Miami
Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and securities transactions. She also counsels clients on corporate governance matters.
Miami
Lauren focuses her practice on representing private companies and private equity funds in a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and general corporate matters.
New York
Dan represents sponsors, debt providers and equity investors in financings and acquisitions of various energy and infrastructure assets, including renewable power and telecommunications infrastructure.
His experience includes drafting and negotiating documentation specific to project finance, tax equity finance, debt finance, and general corporate matters.
Milan
He advises both domestic and international companies, investors and stakeholders—including lenders and sponsors—on a wide array of finance transactions. His expertise encompasses project finance (infrastructure and energy), leveraged and acquisition finance (including private and public bid financings for targets in Italy and abroad), private debt transactions, real estate finance, ECA-backed financings, restructuring transactions, and investment-grade loans.
Most of the transactions he handles are cross-border, providing clients with comprehensive legal support across jurisdictions. He has significant experience advising on transactions involving emerging markets.
Santa Monica
Will's practice focuses on general corporate counseling and venture capital financings. He represents innovative startups in a wide variety of industries and venture capital firms in their investments in technology companies.
Prior to his career in law, Will worked in revenue operations and strategy for two venture-backed software companies. A self-proclaimed excel nerd, Will leverages his quantitative experience to provide the companies he represents with practical approaches to complex transactions.
Milan
She advises both international and domestic lenders (including banks and private debt funds) and borrowers (including corporates and sponsors), on infrastructure financings, leveraged and investment grade acquisition financings (including private and public bid financings) and corporate investment grade lending.
Specialising in cross-border English law finance transactions, and with a particular focus on the Italian market, Evangeline is recognised for her ability to manage all aspects of a transaction with accuracy and efficiency, offering clients seamless and coordinated legal support across jurisdictions.
Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining Orrick, James was an associate at Buckley LLP. Previously, he spent nearly 10 years as a Defense Analyst and a Senior Operations Research Analyst for the U.S. Army, where he focused on cybersecurity, defense policy, and program analysis. He also spent more than three years in the defense industrial base as an IT Project Manager and Policy Analyst.
James is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), and a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE). He is conversational in Mandarin.