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Mathilde Tanniou Associate

Parigi

Mathilde advises founders, startups and venture capital investors throughout their growth lifecycle, including on fundraising, corporate governance and the issuance of customized equity instruments.

Before joining Orrick, Mathilde was an associate at the Paris office of Gowling WLG and at Eight Advisory Avocats.

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Practice:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy
  • Potere
  • Petrolio e carburanti
  • Infrastructure
  • Energy & Infrastructure

Michael Tardif Partner

Singapore

Michael’s practice services a broad range of industry sectors, including conventional power, renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric), infrastructure, oil & gas and mining across Asia, Australia and the US. His project finance experience covers the complete toolkit of complex transactions from corporate and acquisition financing, structured/leveraged finance transactions and derivatives, including hedging arrangements.

Michael has notable experience in transactions involving multilateral lenders and export-credit agencies which are often crucial supporters of project financings in developing countries in the region.

Ranked in Band 1 in the Chambers Asia Pacific guide for Indonesia Projects & Energy lawyer for seven years in a row, Michael is also recognized as a “Leading Individual” by Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Real Estate
  • Capital Markets

Patrick Tardivy Partner

Parigi

An M&A and private equity lawyer, Patrick advises French and international companies and investors on all aspects of corporate law in the context of acquisitions, disposals, mergers, reorganizations, including business carveouts and strategic alliances.

Patrick is particularly active in the energy and infrastructure fields as well as the tech sectors, working alongside investment funds, French and foreign groups, on both domestic and cross border transactions. Patrick also has significant experience in M&A projects with a focus in the real estate sector where he acts as lead counsel on high-profile transactions.

Recognized by the major international ranking guides, Patrick is described by his clients as as "[ ] very smart and has a constructive approach and a deep knowledge of the law", "highly business-oriented with strong commercial awareness" and “always able to find solutions.”  (Chambers Global 2025 – Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability).

Patrick formerly served as co-chair of Orrick's global M&A and Private Equity practice.

Prior to joining Orrick in 2016, Patrick was a partner in a Magic Circle law firm.

Katie Tarvardian Associate

Washington, D.C.

Katie focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, and general corporate matters for clients primarily in the oil and gas, renewables, and conventional power industries.

Practice:

  • Employment Law & Litigation

Dixie Tauber Senior Associate

Sacramento

Dixie guides clients through their most complicated and high-stakes legal challenges involving their workforces. She has experience representing clients in the technology, professional services, and retail industries in a broad range of employment and commercial litigation disputes, ranging from whistleblower, discrimination, harassment, disability, employee mobility, breach of contract, trade secret, and business tort claims. She brings to the table experience trying cases to verdict in state and federal court, litigating cases in AAA and JAMS arbitration, and mediating with private mediators and the EEOC. 

Dixie maintains an active pro bono case load and volunteers with a number of non-profit organizations focused on children's rights and education.

Prior to joining Orrick, Dixie worked as a litigation associate in Latham & Watkins' Los Angeles office. Before that, Dixie was a law clerk for the Honorable William B. Shubb in the Eastern District of California. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School where she graduated cum laude.

Robert Taylor Counsel

New York

A veteran antitrust litigator, Rob has litigated and counseled on high-profile antitrust matters on behalf of leading companies in a wide range of sectors, including litigated merger challenges, putative antitrust class actions, government antitrust investigations, and private actions against competitors. He has successfully litigated cutting-edge competition matters, including defending against allegations of algorithmic collusion and price-fixing through the use of software.

From late 2018 through early 2019, Rob completed a secondment at the litigation department of a major media company.

Rob maintains an active pro bono practice, where his work has focused primarily on benefits applications and appeals for low-income disabled veterans.

Prior to joining Orrick, Rob was an active-duty Army JAG officer, where he served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, an administrative law attorney, and a special victims counsel, among other roles. As a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, he first-chaired more than 10 trials in federal court, including two jury trials.

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Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity

Maria Teodorescu Associate

Monaco

She acts on corporate transactions including leveraged buy-outs, management buy-outs, minority participations and expansion or growth financings as well as M&A transactions, often with cross-border aspects.

Before joining Orrick, she had been an associate in the private equity group of a U.S. headquartered law firm. As part of her legal clerkship, Maria worked for another U.S. law firm and a leading German law firm, among others.

Guido Testa Partner

Milano

In qualità di partner basato nell'ufficio di Orrick a Milano e membro senior del gruppo M&A e Private Equity, Guido è apprezzato per la sua conoscenza delle dinamiche peculiari di queste operazioni.

Nel campo delle operazioni di M&A, assiste regolarmente aziende, società di investimento e family offices nella strutturazione e negoziazione di fusioni, acquisizioni e alleanze strategiche, sia a livello nazionale che cross-border. La sua esperienza spazia in molteplici ambiti, e di recente si è particolarmente concentrato sui settori industriale e sanitario, dove è noto per la capacità di gestire con successo anche le operazioni più sofisticate con una spiccata attenzione alle dinamiche di business.

L’attività di Guido nel private equity si concentra sull’assistenza a fondi di investimento e, soprattutto, ad imprenditori. Guido è un advisor legale molto stimato dagli imprenditori italiani, che affianca per tutte le decisioni più strategiche in materia di diritto societario e governance. È apprezzato per la sua capacità di agire come business partner, offrendo consulenza continuativa sia nelle operazioni quotidiane, che nelle strategie di lungo periodo e nelle operazioni straordinarie. I clienti si affidano alla sua profonda conoscenza del settore, alla sua visione commerciale e al suo approccio pragmatico per affrontare con obiettività tutte le questioni legali legate alle diverse decisioni aziendali. Inoltre, assiste i fondi di investimento nella strutturazione e nell'esecuzione di acquisizioni e cessioni, aiutandoli a identificare opportunità, gestire rischi legali e raggiungere obiettivi strategici nel mercato italiano.

Guido vanta inoltre una significativa esperienza nella consulenza per la creazione e la gestione di partnership strategiche e joint ventures, affiancando i propri clienti nel perseguimento di opportunità di crescita e innovazione in mercati altamente competitivi.

Guido ha svolto un ruolo strategico in numerose operazioni cross-border, assistendo regolarmente aziende internazionali e fondi che investono in Italia, nonché aziende e fondi italiani che cercano opportunità all'estero, garantendo un'esecuzione fluida e un'efficace coordinazione dei deal.

Guido è riconosciuto da Legal 500come Leading Partner nel Private Equity. È inoltre classificato in Chambers Europe per Private Equity e per Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market, a conferma della sua forte reputazione e della sua expertise nel mercato legale italiano.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Governance aziendale
  • Capital Markets

Stephen Thau Partner

New York; Silicon Valley

Stephen’s practice focuses on the representation of life science, medical device, health IT, and other technology companies in transactional matters, including public and private financings, licensing, collaborations and strategic alliances, and mergers and acquisitions. He also represents venture capital firms in public and private financing transactions.

Stephen is recognized as a Leading Life Sciences Lawyer by LMG Life Sciences in their 2021/2022 rankings and short-listed as Venture Capital Attorney of the Year. He has served as a member of the Board of Tech Council of Maryland, the leading technology and life science association in that state, and of BayBio, Northern California’s leading life sciences association. Stephen is a frequent speaker on venture capital financings and served on the faculty at the 2005 and 2007 Emerging Entrepreneurs workshops at Stanford University.

Prior to joining Orrick, Stephen was a partner at Morrison & Foerster, Venture Law Group and Heller Ehrman. He began his legal practice as a litigator, focusing on securities and intellectual property. He also served as a law clerk to the Hon. Vaughn R. Walker in the United States District Court in the Northern District of California. Stephen graduated Order of the Coif from Stanford Law School, where he was managing editor of the Stanford Law Review, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in Biology.

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Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Real Estate
  • Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy

Darrell Thomas Senior Counsel

Houston

Darrell has experience in a wide range of traditional real estate matters, including drafting and negotiating development agreements, construction contracts, restrictions agreements, purchase and sale agreements, ground leases, facility and office leases, and construction and permanent loan documents. He has also formed commercial and residential condominium regimes, including for mixed uses. He represents developers and users in acquisition and development matters, including requirements for access, utilities, detention, drainage, use restrictions and economic incentive arrangements. He also represents lenders in commercial mortgage loan originations, workouts and foreclosures.

Darrell also works on all aspects of real property requirements for energy and other projects, including drafting and negotiating leases, easements and other real property agreements, satisfying title insurance requirements, reviewing and revising property tax abatement agreements and resolving conflicts between mineral and surface development. connection with renewable energy projects, including the development, construction, financing, acquisition and disposition of projects.

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Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Potere
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Petrolio e carburanti
  • America Latina

Dahl Thompson Partner

Houston

Dahl represents project sponsors/developers, private equity investors, utilities and strategic investors in all stages of structuring, financing, acquiring and disposing of energy projects and companies, including the negotiation and drafting of purchase and sale, joint development, shareholder, partnership and LLC operating, debt and equity financing, security and credit agreements. Over the last decade, Dahl has successfully closed transactions relating to projects totaling many thousands of megawatts and many billions of dollars in asset value.

Dahl is described by Chambers USA as having “excellent industry knowledge."

Julie Thompson Managing Associate

Washington, D.C.

Julie represents early to late-stage companies as well as leading investors in venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate formation and governance matters and ongoing corporate matters. She advises companies throughout their lifecycle and represents leading venture firms in connection with their investments in private companies, in all cases across industries.