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Practice:
- Proprietà intellettuale
- Patents
- IP Litigation for the Life Sciences & HealthTech Sector
Ernie Fok Managing Associate
Santa Monica
Ernie provides expertise and enthusiasm to help our clients resolve their intellectual property disputes. With a background in molecular biology, cognitive science, and intellectual property, Ernie is adept at helping resolve complex patent disputes across a wide range of technologies from wireless communications to life sciences matters. He also brings valuable litigation and legal writing expertise, having served as a law clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to the Honorable Judge Tiffany P. Cunningham. Ernie also has experience working hands-on with technical experts and in arbitration disputes over patented inventions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Ernie worked at a large law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area representing a client in a CRISPR gene editing patent dispute before the district court and Patent Trial and Appeal Board, as well as indigent clients seeking asylum in the United States.
Ernie graduated cum laude from Santa Clara University School of Law, earning the law school's Mabie Outstanding Graduate Award and a High Tech Law Certificate with a specialization in Intellectual Property Law. He also holds an M. Ed. from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and B.A.s from the University of California, Berkeley in Molecular & Cell Biology and Cognitive Science.
Julia Foley Managing Associate
Austin
Julia is passionate about working with founders who think outside the box to grow their companies and become the next big thing across a wide breath of industries and across the globe. Julia has advised early-stage companies in several dozen equity and convertible financings.
Julia also represents investors and venture capital firms on their investments in early and high-growth technology companies.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
- Financial Services Litigation
- Risoluzione contenziosi e vertenze complesse
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- White Collar
- Processi
William J. Foley Partner
New York
His practice focuses on the representation of financial institutions, investment advisors and other public and privately-held companies in corporate and securities litigation, and other complex business litigation matters. In particular, he has wide-ranging experience representing clients in stock-drop class actions, shareholder derivative actions, M&A and hostile takeover disputes, and complex contractual and business tort cases before federal and state courts and the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Real Estate
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
- Real Estate
- Energie rinnovabili finanza pubblica
- Banking & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- UK
- Hydrogen
- Offshore Wind
Simon Folley Partner
Londra
He regularly counsels clients on a broad range of real estate matters, including the acquisition and disposal of investment property across asset classes; advice to corporate occupiers on lettings and office moves; real estate development; and the property aspects of corporate and financing transactions.
Simon also has extensive experience in the energy sector, where he has advised on the acquisition, sale, development and financing of a variety of projects. He has particular knowledge in renewable energy, with significant experience in offshore and onshore wind, solar and biomass. He is a member of the Orrick team that is adept in the disposal of offshore transmission assets as part of the OFTO tender process run by Ofgem.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Renewable Energy
- Energy
- Infrastructure
Sara Forden Managing Associate
New York
Her practice focuses on project development, acquisitions, and financing, including debt and tax equity financing, in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors.
Dougal Forrest Managing Associate, Banking & Finance, Private Credit
Washington, D.C.
Practice:
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
- Finance
Dougal Forrest Managing Associate
Washington, D.C.
Dougal has experience representing both lender- and borrower-side clients in connection with secured and unsecured credit facilities. He has worked on a variety of domestic and cross-border commercial finance matters, including acquisition financings, direct and syndicated lending transactions and debt refinancings.
Before joining Orrick, Dougal was a debt finance associate in the New York office of White & Case LLP.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Energy
- International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
- Risoluzione contenziosi e vertenze complesse
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Petrolio e carburanti
Harriet Foster Senior Associate
Londra
Harriet represents domestic and international clients from across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia across a variety of different forums, including the LCIA, ICC, SIAC, ICSID and under the UNCITRAL Rules. As well as arbitration, Harriet also has experience in cross-border litigation, involving courts in England & Wales, Tanzania and the British Virgin Islands and has represented clients in a range of public international law matters, including before the International Court of Justice and on maritime boundary issues. Harriet is admitted as a solicitor-advocate and currently on the Young ITA leadership team.
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
- Strategic Advisory and Government Enforcement
Michaela Frai Managing Associate
New York
Michaela helps clients build global privacy programs and advises on United States (U.S.) state and federal consumer privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), and the Colorado Privacy Act. Her work also includes counseling on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Practice:
- Financial & Fintech Advisory
- Strategic Advisory and Government Enforcement
- Fintech
Lauren Frank Counsel
Santa Monica
Prior to joining Orrick, Lauren was an associate at Buckley LLP. Previously, she was a law clerk at a Beverly Hills boutique firm.
Mark Franke Of Counsel, Restructuring
New York; Boston
Mark Franke Of Counsel
New York; Boston
Recognized as a rising star by Super Lawyers and the Legal 500, the market has increasingly turned to Mark for advice on matters across a variety of industries, including aviation, shipping, oil & gas, chemicals, renewable energy, digital assets, agriculture & farming, construction & engineering, telecommunications, sports, commercial real estate, entertainment and leisure, and digital and traditional media.
Mark is highly practical, placing emphasis on commercial solutions to disputes while also at home in contentious litigation and contested motion practice. He thrives in contexts that require engineering creative approaches to problems involving multiple players with competing interests. In all things, he prioritizes relational and intellectual integrity with his colleagues and adversaries.
Robin L Freedman Senior Associate
New York
Her practice encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, equity investments and financings, joint ventures and leasing. She is skilled at drafting documents that bring complicated deal points to life.
Robin strongly believes in community engagement and is active in a local non-profit that provides shelter and services to the homeless in New York City.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Public Finance
- Strategic Advisory and Government Enforcement
Victoria Freitag Associate
San Francisco
Victoria serves as bond counsel and disclosure counsel on a variety of public finance transactions, including general obligation financings, conduit bond financings, sales tax revenue financings, and lease revenue financings for public agencies. Her practice spans across industries, with a particular focus on local government and affordable housing financings.
In collaboration with Orrick's Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement group, Victoria advises financial institutions and community development practitioners on Community Reinvestment Act and fair lending matters.
Before practicing law, Victoria worked in outreach and operations for Mercy Corps' Community Investment Trust, an innovative communal ownership model designed to help local residents of all income levels invest in commercial real estate.