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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Banking & Finance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity

Adam Ross パートナー

Washington DC

He represents venture-backed companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, public companies, and lenders, in a wide variety of financing transactions, across the capital structure and in a range of industries. He has significant experience advising on venture debt transactions, acquisition financings, recapitalizations and restructurings.

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Restructuring
  • 破産訴訟

Nick Sabatino シニア・アソシエイト

サクラメント

Nick represents a diverse range of stakeholders throughout the capital structure in complex restructuring scenarios. His practice encompasses representing institutional creditors, financial institutions, funds, direct lenders, and strategic investors in bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court workouts, and distressed asset acquisitions.  He has significant experience with debtor-in-possession financing, pre-packaged Chapter 11 proceedings, Section 363 sales, and contested bankruptcy litigation matters.

Nick has developed particular expertise in distressed M&A transactions across multiple industries, including energy and infrastructure, life sciences, cryptocurrency, and retail sectors. He regularly works with clients to structure and execute credit-bid acquisitions, private sales, and strategic investments in distressed companies. His cross-practice approach allows him to collaborate effectively with Orrick’s M&A, Banking & Finance, and Energy & Infrastructure teams to deliver comprehensive solutions to complex distressed situations.

Beyond traditional restructuring work, Nick’s experience extends to non-distressed transactions, including real estate purchases and syndicated loan refinancing. He brings a strategic and detail-oriented approach to each matter, working collaboratively with clients to navigate challenging financial circumstances and achieve business objectives.

Practice:

  • 複雑な訴訟および紛争処理

Robert Owen Sr Litigation Career Associate

グローバル・オペレーション・センター

Prior to joining Orrick, Robert was a Senior Associate in the Pittsburgh, PA office of the global law firm Reed Smith LLP and a Senior Attorney at Houston Harbaugh, P.C., also in Pittsburgh.  At Reed Smith and Houston Harbaugh, Robert represented clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation, with a focus on product liability, mass/toxic tort defense, and commercial contract disputes, including insurance coverage matters.  Robert has represented numerous companies in environmental, toxic tort, and asbestos litigation on a national level.  Robert also has represented both policyholders and insurers in insurance contract litigation.  He has extensive experience litigating complex matters in state and federal courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Technology Transactions
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • California Consumer Privacy Act
  • Strategic Advisory and Government Enforcement

Matthew E.S. Coleman パートナー

New York; Boston

Matthew helps clients comply with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and state breach notification, biometric privacy, and cybersecurity laws. He counsels on self-regulatory privacy programs, including Binding Corporate Rules, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cross-Border Privacy Rules (APEC CBPRs); programs covering online behavioral advertising, including the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA), the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI); and programs covering payment card processing. Matthew also provides compliance solutions for emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and blockchain.

Matthew’s federal regulatory experience helps clients stay compliant and avoid regulatory scrutiny. His comprehensive data management knowledge helps him counsel beyond the letter of the law and facilitates worldwide expansion, interoperable business processes, and innovative uses of consumer data while maintaining user trust. His all-encompassing, risk-based approach involves developing and executing internal and external policies for the collection, use, disclosure, sharing, retaining, transferring, and destruction of personal information. This includes managing contractual relationships with vendors, employees, acquired entities, and creditors as well as building privacy into companies’ product development life cycle and change management strategies.

Prior to joining Orrick, Matthew was an Enterprise Privacy Solutions Manager for TrustArc (formerly TRUSTe), a San Francisco-based privacy consulting and certification firm, and an adjunct law professor of Privacy Law at Santa Clara University. Matthew is a Certified Information Privacy Manager and a Certified Information Privacy Professional with a specialization in United States privacy law.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Finance
  • Restructuring
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Raniero D'Aversa パートナー

New York

Ron is the designated restructuring counsel to many leading financial institutions such as The Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of America, Citibank, Commerzbank, Toronto-Dominion Bank and The Bank of Nova Scotia. He has represented clients in bankruptcies, workouts, DIP loans, distressed debt transactions, bankruptcy litigation, derivatives and distressed acquisitions. Ron has represented interests of financial institutions and investors in such restructuring and bankruptcy cases as Ocean Rig, Seadrill, CHC Helicopter, Erickson, Indiana Toll Road, Pocahontas Parkway, Eagle Bulk, Spyglass Films, American Airlines, Republic Airlines, Chemtura Corporation, Quebecor, AbitibiBowater, North Las Vegas, Ritchie Risk-Linked Strategies, Star Diamond, Lehman and Mesa Airlines.

In the Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate category of The Legal 500 US directory, Ron’s clients praise his “practical and strategic approach.” Another noted, “Each time I discuss an issue with [him], I am both amazed at his ability to understand my concerns and his complete knowledge of the subject. He puts me at ease and there is never a time that I cannot reach him.” Regarded as a leader in financial restructurings by clients and peers alike, Ron understands every phase of a bankruptcy and restructuring matter and knows how to effectively position a client to control opposition and maximize results.

Danielle Golinski, LL.M. (Stellenbosch) マネージング・アソシエイト

ミュンヘン

She primarily supports early-stage and growth companies as well as their investors throughout all phases of development, helping clients efficiently achieve their business goals. She also has experience advising on national and cross-border corporate transactions and restructurings. Her clients benefit from her deep understanding of technological developments, particularly in the field of aerospace.

Before joining Orrick, Danielle worked as a corporate and M&A associate at an international law firm and as legal counsel in export control law at a leading institution for applied research and development.

Dana Sublett アソシエイト

Washington DC

Before joining Orrick, Dana served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Todd M. Hughes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Dana graduated magna cum laude from Duke University School of Law. She also graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, a minor in French, and a certificate in Engineering Therapeutics Manufacturing. Prior to law school, Dana worked as an engineer in a Texas-based semiconductor manufacturing facility.

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Practice:

  • Technology Transactions
  • 知的財産
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
  • Patents
  • Strategic Advisory and Government Enforcement

Simon Reulein アソシエイト

デュッセルドルフ

He advises clients on intellectual property law, in particular in the context of IP license or assignment agreements, R&D collaborations, mergers and acquisitions or venture and other strategic transactions that involve the commercialization of IP.

Simon also advises clients on strategic IP protection and enforcement, in particular in the field of patent, trademark and copyright law.

Prior to joining Orrick, Simon was a trainee lawyer with three renown international law firms as well as with the German Federal Cartel Office.

Practice:

  • Private Equity
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Lorraine Dorval シニア・アソシエイト

パリ

Lorraine advises French and international companies and investment funds on all aspects of corporate law in connection with mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, carve-outs, and private equity transactions.

Before joining Orrick, she practiced at the Paris offices of Latham & Watkins and Paul Hastings.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Technology Transactions
  • Strategic Advisory and Government Enforcement

Nicholas Farnsworth パートナー

Boston

Nick provides compliance guidance on both proposed and effective laws on a federal and state level in the United States, including:

  • Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM)
  • Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
  • Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and other biometric privacy laws
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
  • Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
  • Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC) Act
  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
  • U.S. state breach notification laws
  • U.S. state privacy laws
  • U.S. artificial intelligence laws

He also counsels clients on the impact of international laws from a U.S. perspective, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive (ePD), and the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.

Nick helps clients develop flexible governance frameworks for the development and use of artificial intelligence in the face of ever evolving AI legislation. He also advises clients on strategies, policies and procedures for the sourcing of AI training data, the responsible use of AI by employees, the assessment of risks presented by AI tools, the design of consumer-facing AI, the negotiation of AI-related contracts and the handling of AI-related regulatory inquiries and investigations.

Nick also devotes a portion of his practice to innovative client solutions and community engagement. He was part of the Orrick team that developed Orrick’s AI Resource Center, EU AI Act reference guide, U.S. AI Law Tracker and Gen AI Policy Builder. His pro bono practice has included representing clients in immigration and innocence matters and assisting small businesses with their legal needs.

Nick has obtained the Certified Information Privacy Professional -/ United States (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) and Privacy Law Specialist (PLS) designations from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Technology Transactions
  • Global Compliance & Regulatory
  • 政府による調査および強制措置
  • Responsible Business
  • Strategic Advisory and Government Enforcement

Shannon Yavorsky パートナー

サンフランシスコ; ロンドン

She advises public and private companies across several sectors, including life sciences and health technology, financial services, private equity, insurance, social media and technology on a range of EU and U.S. federal and state privacy laws. Shannon’s strategic counseling advice includes, but is not limited to:

  • Advertising and payment card processing self-regulatory frameworks
  • Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM)
  • Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
  • EU AI Act
  • EU e-Privacy Directive (EPD)
  • EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
  • Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (GLBA)
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework (AIRMF)
  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
  • U.S. state breach notification laws
  • U.S. state privacy laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Virginia and other states

Shannon also helps clients undertake comprehensive privacy, cybersecurity and AI risk assessments, evaluates privacy, security and AI risks in corporate transactions and drafts and negotiates data-related contracts. She advises clients on cross-border data transfers, data breaches and developing global privacy and AI compliance programs.

Practice:

  • Employment Law & Litigation

Jillian Victoria Wagner シニア・アソシエイト

シリコン・バレー

Jillian has spent her career representing clients in wide variety of employment matters, including equity disputes, FEHA and Title VII claims, and employment contract claims. Jillian has been a crucial part of numerous litigation and trial teams. 

Before joining Orrick, Jillian clerked at San Francisco Superior Court.

Jillian graduated Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif from UC Hastings College of the Law.  During law school, Jillian won multiple awards for both brief writing and oral advocacy.  Jillian also served as the Executive Editor of the Hastings Women's Law Journal.