People

Alex Talarides パートナー

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Alex is recognized by Chambers and Legal 500 as an "Up and Coming" and "Rising Star" in securities litigation. He has extensive experience representing public and private companies and their D&Os, as well as investment banks and underwriters, in securities and corporate governance-related litigation and other complex commercial litigation. He also regularly advises companies and their boards on corporate governance best practices and fiduciary and disclosure duties, frequently presents and publishes on these topics, and teaches a full-semester course on transactional and shareholder litigation at the University of California Berkeley School of Law.

Alex earned his Juris Doctor degree, with Honors, Order of the Coif, from the University of Chicago Law School, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Davis.

Stephen Tallon オブ・カウンセル

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Stephen works with technology companies and the investors that back them. He is particularly interested in advising founders building exciting new businesses and is focused on providing innovative and pragmatic advice to his clients.

As part of a market-leading team at Orrick, who can provide a full stack of legal services and advice to clients in the technology sector, Stephen focuses on corporate advice, ranging from incorporation strategies through financing rounds, M&A and private equity transactions. He works closely with the rest of the team to cover share options, IP protection, commercial contracts, regulatory matters, employment issues and tax advice.

Managing transactions in an efficient and productive manner and providing clear and concise advice is at the core of Stephen's approach to work. Recognised as a “Recommended Individual” for Venture Capital in the Legal 500 UK 2024, Stephen actively engages with clients to understand the key issues and concerns in order to provide tailored advice that really adds value. Stephen is driven by being a trusted advisor to his clients, not just another service provider.

Stephen represents notable companies such as Stripe, Butternut Box, Vitesse, Graphcore, TrueLayer, Codility and LoopFX on an ongoing basis for financing and general corporate matters. He has also advised tech industry leaders such as Revolut and Scalapay.

While he has a significant company-side mandate, Stephen also advises many of the key investors in the market including Salesforce Ventures, ABN AMRO Ventures, Macquarie, BMW iVentures, Energy Impact Partners and Sony Innovation Fund on their respective investments in the UK, Ireland and across Europe.

Stephen is qualified in both England & Wales and Ireland (non-practising), having trained and qualified in a top-tier Irish law firm, and is committed to helping to build the Irish tech ecosystem.

Gargi Talukder パートナー

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Gargi’s work in protein therapeutics includes patent estate development for antibody and fusion protein therapeutics and utilizes her knowledge of the patent landscape in this area to inform strategic portfolio management. In the fields of genomics and proteomics, she has conducted diligence and developed portfolios related to the biochemistry of sequencing technologies, as well as to the associated devices and machine learning methods utilized in sequencing methods. In the field of cancer immunotherapies (immuno-oncology), she has developed portfolios related to cell-based immunotherapy approaches, including targeted immune cell therapies and immunological pathway interventions.

In addition, Gargi assists clients in providing intellectual property support for transactional matters, including diligence for mergers and acquisitions as well as financing rounds. Her technical experience is routinely called upon in helping to develop litigation strategies for complex and high-stakes trials.

Gargi has authored scientific papers in peer-reviewed publications, as well as articles discussing medical and biological research in general-interest newspapers and periodicals. Her doctoral work in Neuroscience from Stanford University focused on structure-function studies in ion channels, with an emphasis on using genetic engineering and electrophysiology to identify structural elements of potassium channels that lead to their voltage and chemical sensitivity.

Baptiste Tanchoux アソシエイト

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From Orrick Paris Tech Studio, Baptiste blends a strategic legal mindset with deep enthusiasm for technology, empowering startups and investors to navigate complex legal landscapes.

Baptiste advises founders, tech companies and venture capital investors on various aspects of their growth journey, including fundraisings, corporate governance matters, employee incentive plans and M&A transactions.

Elodie Tancray マネージング・アソシエイト

パリ

Elodie’s practice focuses on restructuring and insolvency advising all the stakeholders (alternative investors, lenders, creditors, debtors, buyers etc.) whether in an amicable or judicial context. whether in an amicable or judicial context.

Elodie has worked as a trainee in leading French law firms.

Prior to joining Orrick, she was an associate at a UK law firm.

Palak Taneja マネージング・アソシエイト

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Palak has served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriters’ counsel and issuer’s counsel on various types of financing structures including general obligation financings, tax and revenue anticipation financings, current and advance refundings, lease revenue financings, certificates of participation, and special tax financings for Mello Roos community facilities districts, school districts, community college districts, local government and state agency clients. Palak also represents investment banking institutions in governmental and qualified private activity bond transactions across industry segments.

Palak is a dual qualified attorney, licensed to practice law in California and India. Prior to joining Orrick, Palak worked with a law firm in New Delhi, India and represented governmental entities and private parties in international commercial arbitration and business disputes.

Michael Tardif パートナー

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.

Patrick Tardivy パートナー

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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 "[…] very good. He has a very good depth of technical skills but also good pragmatic vision" and "[his] business sense is exceptionally useful; he knows our business model and what we are capable of achieving. There is a mutual sense of trust." (Chambers Europe 2024 – Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability).

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

Dixie Tauber シニア・アソシエイト

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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 カウンセル

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.

Samuel Tazartes シニア・アソシエイト

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Based in Orrick Paris Tech Studio, Sam combines a business-driven approach to legal work with a passion for innovation, helping high-growth companies raise capital and scale efficiently.

Sam advises founders, startups and investors on venture capital and tech growth financings, corporate governance, employee incentive plans, build-ups and exit/M&A transactions. His experience includes a wide range of financing rounds (more than 50 from Seed to Series F), external growth operations, and exits, with companies such as Mistral AI, Homa, BeReal, amo, Poolside, Payfit, etc…, and French and US VCs (Sequoia, Serena, Frst, Fabric), bringing a broad range of expertise to tech-focused transactions across the board.

With his French-US background and experience, Sam helps founders of French companies expand into the US market and supports US investors entering the French Tech ecosystem, by helping bridge the cultural gap.

As the co-founder of a legal tech startup (pome.gr), he applies a product-driven mindset to his legal work and helps startups streamline legal processes and improve efficiency with innovative solutions. Sam is a member of Orrick Digital Council’s Core Group and leads innovation initiatives within the Paris office.

Outside the office, Sam experiments with the latest tech gadgets, always searching for new ways to push the boundaries of innovation.

Perry Teicher Impact Finance Counsel

New York

Perry represents and advises entrepreneurs, companies, fund sponsors, family offices, tax-exempt organizations, and other asset owners across a wide range of transactions, including corporate legal matters, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private fund formation matters and portfolio transactions, and private placements. Perry advises clients on impact-oriented and ESG matters, integrating social, environmental, and financial outcomes into a comprehensive strategy. Orrick’s Impact Finance & Investment practices serves a global client base across a range of sectors, leveraging Orrick’s unique capabilities to provide innovative, effective, and thoughtful legal services to those clients aiming to create positive social and environmental change alongside targeted financial returns.

Perry serves as co-chair of the NYU Law Grunin Center/Impact Investing Legal Working Group’s annual conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing and is involved in other sector building initiatives.

Perry served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kazakhstan, where he supported the development of businesses aiming to create mobility and opportunity for people with disabilities in the region. Perry is an Ariane de Rothschild Fellow and member of the ROI Community and Nexus. A native of the Detroit area and University of Michigan graduate, Perry remains committed to the Detroit area, supporting Detroit expat initiatives.