People

Search Language

日本語 / Japanese | Use language selector above (below, on mobile) to search additional languages

1352 items matching filters

Search Results

Daryl E. Shetterly Mng Dir of Orrick Analytics

グローバル・オペレーション・センター

Daryl manages a team of 40+ tech-savvy attorneys, 100+ contract attorneys, analysts that handle project management, perform big data analysis and statistical modeling, and technologists that build bots, scripts and tools that increase quality and reduce human effort. Daryl’s team designs processes, workflows, templates and document automation used by dedicated project managers to deliver project plans and enable data driven budgeting and decision-making. As an early adopter of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Daryl’s team uses technology to augment due diligence and drafting tasks, TAR and continuous active learning for litigation projects, and advanced tools for concept and sentiment analysis.

Daryl’s mission is straightforward: enhance accuracy, speed and security of scalable legal work, generate insights specific to the engagement and reduce client cost.

Daryl helps administer Orrick's Legal Technology Innovation Initiative. 

Prior to joining Orrick, Daryl was a Partner at LeClairRyan in Virginia.

365184

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Public Finance

Greg Shields オブ・カウンセル

Austin

Greg’s experience in bond financing includes traditional issuers such as school districts, institutions of higher education, cities, counties, municipal utility districts and state agenciesadvising the issuers on both general obligation and revenue financings. In addition, Greg has represented numerous national and regional investment banks in the underwriting of municipal bonds.

Kyle Amendt Shimomura アソシエイト

サンフランシスコ

Kyle advises companies throughout their lifecycle, including formation, corporate and securities law, venture capital financings and corporate governance matters. In addition to advising companies, Kyle represents venture firms and other investors in connection with their investments in private companies.

Before practicing law, Kyle was a product manager in a leading medical device company. He also worked on multiple units of a nationally recognized children's hospital and sat on the Hospital Ethics Committee.

740

Practice:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Technology Companies Group
  • China
  • Fintech

Jeannie J. Shin パートナー

サンフランシスコ

Jeannie advises private and public companies on a full range of their corporate needs, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, corporate restructurings and capital raising transactions. In particular, Jeannie has extensive experience with cross-border transactions. Jeannie has acted as lead M&A counsel in numerous transactions representing clients both on the sell-side and buy-side. She has extensive experience representing clients in a wide range of industries, including software, internet, life sciences, energy, semiconductors, and consumer products and retail. As a member of Orrick’s Technology Companies Group, Jeannie also represents high growth technology companies and venture capital and other investors and has extensive experience with start-up companies in their formation, debt and equity financings, private placements and general corporate counseling.  

Practice:

  • Financial Services Litigation
  • International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
  • 複雑な訴訟および紛争処理

David Shipton マネージング・アソシエイト

ロンドン

David frequently acts for clients in the private equity, professional services, financial services, aviation, oil and gas, technology and energy sectors in connection with disputes in the English courts and abroad, arbitration and regulatory investigations.

Prior to moving to Orrick, David held senior in-house legal roles in both the technology and non-profit sectors, as well as completing a secondment in the legal department of a leading global private equity firm.

740

Practice:

  • Supreme Court & Appellate
  • 知的財産
  • 複雑な訴訟および紛争処理

Eric Shumsky パートナー

Washington DC; サンフランシスコ

Chambers USA reports that Eric is “hailed as ‘highly intelligent, an effective communicator and a great writer’ by contacts, and his high-profile work in the tech patent sector is of particular interest to those who recognize him as one who ‘prepares meticulously, anticipates every question, and is a gifted orator.’” Legal 500 touts his “exceptional courtroom demeanor and presentation skills” as one of “the finest appellate litigators in the nation.” And Reuters, in a report reviewing some 17,000 practitioners, identified Eric as part of an “elite cadre” of 75 lawyers who are “the most influential members of one of the most powerful specialties in America: the business of practicing before the Supreme Court.”

Eric has served as appellate counsel to a who’s who of leading companies, including AT&T, DISH Network, Facebook, Genentech, Gilead, KPMG, LG Electronics, LinkedIn, Lyft, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Netflix, Norfolk Southern, Synopsys, Twitter, and Union Carbide. Across an array of industries, Eric has briefed and argued issues as diverse as patent and copyright, labor and employment, preemption, punitive damages, environmental law, national security, and foreign sovereign immunity. He has been a primary author of more than 100 briefs in the Supreme Court alone.

Eric has particular proficiency in matters of technology and intellectual property. He regularly litigates novel issues concerning the regulation of the internet, including CDA Section 230, computer fraud, takedown notices, and internet domain names. He has been counsel in dozens of patent appeals in the Federal Circuit—litigating patents ranging from semiconductor construction, computer architecture, and genetic sequencing to tobacco curing, keyboard trays, and electrical junction boxes. A former law clerk on the Ninth Circuit and the Central District of California, Eric has extensive experience in the California state and federal appellate courts where tech issues commonly arise. 

In addition to traditional appellate work, Eric has years of experience developing legal strategy in high-profile and complex cases in trial courts. Eric has performed this role in high-stakes multi-district litigation, criminal trials, and civil litigation involving critical dispositive motions.

Prior to joining Orrick, Eric was a partner in the appellate group at Sidley Austin. 

740

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
  • Employment Law & Litigation
  • 複雑な訴訟および紛争処理
  • 知的財産

Robert Shwarts パートナー

サンフランシスコ

He represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex trade secret misappropriation cases and has conducted numerous TRO and preliminary injunction hearings in aid of these cases. His practice also includes counseling relating to trade secrets misappropriation and non-compete/non-solicitation agreements.

Rob has broad experience in commercial litigation, having litigated claims of securities fraud, lender liability, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of warranties, claims arising from securitization transactions and other business fraud.

Rob's experience in employment-related litigation includes defending claims of discrimination, wrongful discharge, retaliation, sexual harassment and breach of contract. His practice also includes counseling relating to trade secret misappropriation and non-compete/non-solicitation agreements.

U.S. and international clients with significant California presence turn to Rob to represent them in complex matters, including numerous financial services companies. He handles both jury and bench trials, as well as AAA, JAMS and FINRA (formerly NASD and NYSE) arbitration hearings.

Rob serves as the chair of the Firm’s Practice Management Committee, and is a member of the firm’s Risk Management Committee. Rob previously served as head of the San Francisco office. Rob contributes pro bono hours to the Humane Society and Point Blue Conservation Science each year.

Practice:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Ramy Shweiky パートナー

サンフランシスコ

Ramy advises public and private companies and their financial sponsors in the technology and life sciences sectors on complex, strategic transactions, including cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and multi-jurisdictional carve-outs. He also counsels boards and investors on fiduciary duties and other corporate governance matters.

Ramy is a member of the board of directors of Crisis Text Line, a global not-for-profit organization providing free mental health texting service. He has been recognized as a "Rising Star" in M&A by Super Lawyers.

Select Transactions

  • Workday in connection with multiple transactions, including its pending acquisitions of Sana Labs and Paradox, and its acquisitions of Flowise, Evisort, HiredScore, VNDLY, Peakon and Zimit.
  • Trimble in connection with its sale of Spatial Dimension to an affiliate of Vela Software, its global divestment of four businesses to The Jordan Company, and its acquisition of several software companies, including: StructShare, Bilberry, Azteca Systems LLC (dba “Cityworks”); Vianova Systems AS; Nexala Ltd.; Manhattan Software Group Ltd.; and certain other confidential non-public transactions.
  • Marvell Technology in connection with multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Tanzanite Silicon Solutions.
  • Coda in connection with its acquisition by Grammarly.
  • Beacon Platform in connection with its acquisition by Clearwater Analytics.
  • Bayer AG in connection with multiple transactions, including: the divestment of Bayer's West Sacramento biologics R&D site to Ginkgo Bioworks and related multi-year strategic partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks to accelerate R&D of biologics projects for agriculture; the sale of its global vegetable seeds business to BASF (announced deal value $1.19 billion); the formation of its BlueRock Therapeutics joint venture with Versant Ventures and subsequent acquisition of BlueRock Therapeutics (announced enterprise value $1 billion); its $215 million investment in Century Therapeutics, LLC; its cumulative investment of over $50 million in One Drop as lead investor in One Drop's Series B and Series C financings; its Unfold Bio joint venture with Temasek; its Joyn Bio joint venture with Ginkgo Bioworks; its Oerth Bio joint venture with Arvinas and related investment in Arvinas; its investment in the US$45 million Series C financing of Sound Agriculture; and several other strategic investments of Leaps by Bayer in an array of emerging growth life science companies.
  • FormFactor in connection with its $100 million divestment of FRT metrology.
  • Motorola Solutions in the sale of its Enterprise Mobility business to Zebra Technologies (announced deal value US$3.45 billion) (international aspects only) and certain other confidential non-public transactions.
  • Zynga in its $250 million acquisition of Chartboost.
  • Luminar Technologies in connection with its acquisitions of Freedom Photonics and Civil Maps.
  • Maxim Integrated Products in its acquisitions of Trinamic Motion Control BmBH and Icron Technologies; the sale of its MEMs business to Hanking Industrial; the sale/outsourcing of its manufacturing facility in San Antonio to TowerJazz; the sale of its smart meter/energy monitoring business to Silergy; the sale of its capacitive touch business to Qualcomm; and several other confidential non-public transactions.
  • Agilent Technologies in its spinoff of its electronic measurement business (known as Keysight Technologies).
  • NetScout Systems in connection with its acquisition of Danaher’s communication business (announced deal value US$2.6 billion) (international aspects only).
  • Symantec Corporation in the sale of its information management business (dba “Veritas”) to The Carlyle Group (announced deal value US$8 billion) (international aspects only).

Sarah Shyy マネージング・アソシエイト

オレンジ・カウンティ

Sarah has broad experience representing investment banks, corporations, and other private and public companies in the financial services and technology industry.  She has advised clients in all stages of litigation from receipt of pre-litigation demands through discovery, expert work, summary judgment, trial preparation, and trial.  She is also active in pro bono matters.

Sarah graduated cum laude from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.  While in law school, Sarah participated in the Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic, where she drafted various briefs to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  She also externed for the Honorable Stephen V. Wilson in the Central District of California. 

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Banking & Finance
  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy
  • Offshore Wind
  • Solar Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Derivatives
  • Power
  • Hydrogen
  • Infrastructure

Oliver Sikora シニア・アソシエイト

ロンドン

Oliver works primarily on domestic and cross-border transactions in the renewable energy space, and also has experience advising on deals in the transport sector.

740

Practice:

  • Supreme Court & Appellate
  • Supreme Court and Appellate “Issues”
  • 複雑な訴訟および紛争処理
  • Mass Torts & Product Liability
  • 知的財産
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • 証券訴訟、集団代表訴訟および株主代表訴訟
  • 国政
  • Employment Law & Litigation
  • Energy
  • False Claims Act
  • Class Action Defense
  • U.S. International Trade Commission

Andrew D. Silverman パートナー

New York

Andrew is a skilled brief writer who works on significant motions in the trial court to prevent any need for appeal by winning the case first. Drawing on his years as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Andrew collaborates with the trial court team to serve as the point person for law-intensive briefs and strategy. Andrew is frequently retained to work on dispositive motions and preliminary-injunction briefing. If the case proceeds toward trial, Andrew leads strategizing and all manner of briefing from jury instructions to motions in limine to mid-trial objections to post-trial motions.

In addition, Andrew focuses on readying cases for appeal by perfecting critical appellate issues and teeing them up in the most favorable posture. Andrew has brought these special skills to bear for some of the world’s largest companies in their most important cases, including for Dow, Gilead Sciences, Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Basin Electric Power.

Andrew also has a strong record on appeals, including major wins for Oracle, Dow AgroSciences, Basin, KBC Bank, and the City and County of Los Angeles. In appellate cases, Andrew takes pride in collaborating with his client and the trial team to rethink the case from the bottom up, searching for ways to present even the most complicated arguments as plain common sense, and drafting a storytelling version of the case that hooks the reader from the first page. Andrew emphasizes oral argument, working tirelessly to develop themes specifically for oral argument that magnify -- not merely parrot -- the briefing.

423286

Practice:

  • Technology Transactions
  • Strategic Advisory and Government Enforcement

Ariel Simmonds アソシエイト

New York

Ariel counsels clients at all stages of their life cycles as they innovate and scale. Ariel has experience drafting commercial, licensing and other intellectual property and technology agreements. Ariel also assists clients with artificial intelligence and intellectual property issues in connection with commercial agreements and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Orrick, Ariel worked with a property-tech startup and a cruise line, supporting their marketing teams with CAN-SPAM and TCPA compliance. She also filed trademark applications for early-stage startups on a pro bono basis.