People

Mitchell Naumoff Partner

Washington, D.C.

His experience includes securitizing a diverse range of assets, including credit cards, personal loans, corporate loans, oil and gas wellbores, and cell tower ground leases. Mitch leverages his deep finance background and creative structuring skills in advising investors in 4(a)(2) transactions, particularly in the securitization of emerging esoteric asset classes.

In addition to his investor-side practice, Mitch represents issuers and underwriters in securities backed by credit card and other consumer receivables. These transactions often involve master trust structures and span publicly registered, 144A, and private placements.

Mitch also advises on regulatory considerations, such as application of risk-retention requirements, the Volcker Rule, and other aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Before joining Orrick, Mitch was a partner in Chapman and Cutler’s Asset Securitization Department.

Anika Nayyar Managing Associate

San Francisco

Anika's practice focuses on corporate and securities law, including general corporate representation, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions on both the buy side and sell side, and public offerings.

Prior to joining Orrick, Anika was a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Matthew Nesburn Partner

Santa Monica

Matt represents major financial institutions (cash and tax equity investors and infrastructure funds), developers, sponsors and lenders across the full project lifecycle. With experience in all renewables sectors, including solar, wind and storage, Matt provides comprehensive guidance from project inception to financing (tax equity, tax credit monetization and debt), corporate planning, equity investment and M&A transactions.

Recognized in Chambers USA, Matt is praised by clients as “super responsive, pragmatic, and skilled at blending business and legal” and “notable for his expertise across the full range of renewables asset types.”

Nico Neukam Partner

Düsseldorf

His experience spans various industries, with a particular focus on advising companies in the growth and financial services sectors, often with an international scope.

Nico is listed by Legal 500 as a "Rising Star" and a "Recommended Lawyer" in tax law. His clients appreciate his forward-thinking solutions, which he develops proactively and in consensus with the tax authorities to ensure the best outcome for his clients.  

Nico Neukam joined Orrick in April 2024 after working for another international law firm for many years.

Matthew Neuringer Partner

New York

Matthew is recognized nationally and globally by Chambers USA, where clients describe him as “smart, organized and responsive and offers really good insight on key issues” and “he is an encyclopedia of PPP and he does an excellent job of leading tricky conversations and getting to a point where all parties agree.”

Matthew has advised clients across a full spectrum of energy and infrastructure assets, including telecoms, rail, highways, airport, intermodal transit, combined heat and power, social infrastructure, and waste to energy. In Matthew's capacity as outside counsel to the Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure (AIAI) Matthew has also provided input on various key pieces of federal, state and local governments on the sufficiency of their laws to produce P3 projects in their jurisdictions.

Victoria Newbold Partner

Londra

Vic’s practice encompasses merger control and foreign direct investment/national security, complex behavioural investigations and antitrust counselling. She has represented clients on some of the most high-profile cases before the European Commission, Competition & Markets Authority, Financial Conduct Authority and other national competition agencies around the world. Vic advises clients across the sectors in which Orrick focuses, but she has a particular specialism in the tech, financial services and retail sectors. She is recommended in The Legal 500 UK as a “rising star” and is ranked as a Next Generation Partner.

Prior to joining Orrick, Vic was senior competition counsel at Bloomberg. There, she was responsible for the global management of competition law matters, showcasing her ability to provide legal support on an international scale and at the intersect of antitrust and fintech regulation. 

Robert Newell Associate

Washington, D.C.

His practice focuses on project finance transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Eric Newman Associate

Houston

He counsels clients on a variety of transactions in the energy industry, with a focus on renewable energy project development. Before law school, Eric worked as a geologist, first in upstream oil and gas and then in the environmental remediation industry. He also owned a vegetable farm in Upstate New York.

Jennifer Ng Senior Patent Agent

San Francisco

Jennifer works with life sciences clients in the areas of genomics, genome editing, antibody therapeutics, immuno-oncology therapies, cell-based therapies, protein therapeutics, antisense technologies, and pharmaceutical compositions and formulations. She has experience in preparing and prosecuting US and foreign patent applications, strategic counseling and managing global patent portfolios, and performing due diligence, freedom to operate, and patentability analyses.

Prior to joining Orrick, Jennifer was a senior patent agent at a large national law firm in San Francisco.

Before becoming a patent agent, Jennifer was a postdoctoral fellow at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and she investigated cardiomyocyte differentiation from stem cells. Her doctoral studies at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies focused on transcriptional regulatory systems during organ development. She has co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles in the fields of genetics, molecular biology and cell biology.

Rachel Nghe Associate

Silicon Valley

Rachel's practice is focused on her client's transactional technology and intellectual property needs. Rachel represents clients at all stages of their life cycles and in a variety of technology-driven industries, including SaaS, artificial intelligence, gaming, entertainment, and media. Rachel has experience drafting commercial, licensing and other intellectual property and technology agreements. She also assists clients with intellectual property issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Orrick, Rachel spent three years working on the commercial and product counseling teams at Dropbox, Inc., and two years with the Department of Justice Anti-trust division. She was also an active member of the ChIPs Network focusing on advancing and connecting women in technology, law and policy while she was in law school.

KT Nguyen Associate

Seattle

KT assists these companies with their legal needs as they expand, with a focus on corporate governance and venture financing. He also represents venture capital firms seeking to invest in these high growth companies.

KT graduated from the University of Washington School of Law, where he served as a Managing Editor of the Washington Law Review. He also was a member of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, where he advised entrepreneurs on early stage general corporate and intellectual property matters.

Prior to attending law school, KT was a graduate student researcher at the University of California, San Francisco. During grad school, he also worked in the technology transfer office where he helped to consult with inventors within the university to assess the patentability and commercialization prospects of their inventions.

Serena Nichols Managing Associate

San Francisco

Serena's practice focuses on representing individuals and companies in a broad range of industries in government and internal investigations, securities litigation, regulatory enforcement actions, and other complex business litigation. Her experiences include conducting internal investigations and representing companies and individuals in investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Drug Enforcement Agency. Serena represents companies in the technology and financial sectors in a wide range of civil disputes including claims of breach of contract and patent infringement.