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Naoyuki Fukunda

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • 日本

福田 直之 シニア・アソシエイト

東京オフィス

主に再生可能エネルギープロジェクトの開発およびファイナンス案件などの他、企業法務全般を取り扱う。

オリックに入所する以前は、外資系法律事務所及び国内事業会社において、M&A、再生可能エネルギープロジェクトの開発、ストラクチャードファイナンスに関してアドバイスを提供。

Practice:

  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
  • 証券訴訟、集団代表訴訟および株主代表訴訟
  • Securities Litigation
  • Blockchain & Digital Assets

Sunny Hwang シニア・アソシエイト

Los Angeles

A natural advocate, Sunny has first chaired litigation from inception through favorable resolution and successfully briefed and argued dispositive motions and appeals. Sunny is adept at all stages of discovery, comfortable with cross-border disputes, and experienced in both government and internal investigations. Sunny also has particular knowledge regarding the nuances of alternative dispute resolution, including drafting and enforcement of both B2B and B2C arbitration provisions.

Sunny jumpstarted his career by honing his research and writing skills as law clerk to Chief Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the federal District Court in Sacramento and judicial extern to the late Judge Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit. Before law school, Sunny served for several years as a trade attache for the French government, covering the oenology and viticulture sector.

Sample engagements include:

  • Representing the outside directors of one of the largest pharmaceutical distributors in the United States in multi-district opioid litigation
  • Representing the co-founder of one of the largest ENDS companies in the United States in a government investigation and in multi-district vaping litigation
  • Representing a special committee of the Board of Directors of a Bay Area startup in an internal investigation involving the founder and CEO
  • Representing a Russian rail conglomerate against a former executive in multi-district trade secret litigation
  • Representing a Chinese investor and entrepreneur in a dispute over control of a Delaware corporation
  • Representing one of France's largest multinationals in a dispute over payment of an earnout

Vedika Ahlgren Director of Orrick Labs

Boston

Vedika has devoted her career to improving the delivery of legal services. She leads Orrick Labs, the firm's skunkworks, where custom legal solutions are designed and developed for clients and lawyers of the firm. She is trained and skilled in legal operations and technology and frequently applies Six Sigma principles to projects.

Using her background as an attorney and experience in managing high-impact projects across a variety of legal operational challenges, Vedika is a trusted advisor to our clients and regularly consults on solutions for contract lifecycle management, document and workflow automation, process improvement, knowledge management, data analysis, AI, and other issues that are top of mind for the industry.

Vedika also supports practice innovation efforts across the firm, including strategy and implementation of legal technologies for lawyers, re-engineering practice groups, and driving and influencing change in how firmwide resources execute on service delivery. Her efforts ensure that a commitment to creative problem-solving and human-centered design are leveraged across internal and external solutions alike, positioning the firm’s clients to excel at supporting their businesses, and the firm to remain on the leading-edge of innovation.

In 2020, Vedika was listed to the Changing Lawyer Awards, and in 2023 she was awarded the Graduate of the Last Decade award by her alma mater, Suffolk University Law School.

Practice:

  • 複雑な訴訟および紛争処理
  • 審理

Francesca Morency パートナー

Washington DC

A member of Orrick’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution team, Francesca has extensive experience litigating challenging, high-stakes cases on behalf of her clients, including in some of the most high-profile and impactful wins for the NCAA.  In addition to her trial prowess, she also has conducted internal investigations and has been called upon to assist with regulatory and administrative challenges that her clients face day-to-day.

Francesca has guided the preparation of significant litigation and arbitration matters, from the drafting stage through discovery, depositions, expert and lay witnesses, and through motions and trial.  Having served on a secondment to a Fortune 5 client, she understands well the importance of effective and proactive case management.  Francesca provides empathetic, targeted advice to clients, and she moves matters forward with energy and efficiency.

Prior to working in private practice, Francesca served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Judge Ivan D. Davis, United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia.  In that role, she handled primarily civil discovery matters.

Practice:

  • Employment Law & Litigation
  • Compensation & Benefits

Anissa Benadda マネージング・アソシエイト

パリ

Anissa advises French and international companies on all aspects of French employment and labor law. 

Prior to joining Orrick, Anissa worked on employment matters as a trainee at Allen & Overy, and as a legal intern and legal specialist at Skadden and CMS in Paris.

Rebecca Letsome Project Attorney

グローバル・オペレーション・センター

Ms. Letsome works with litigation attorneys and third-party vendors to manage the review and production of documents relevant to investigations and litigation. This work includes using early case assessment technology to analyze, categorize and cull data. She also manages teams of skilled professionals performing document review, redaction, analysis, production and drafting privilege logs. Rebecca assists the litigation team to prepare for trial, including drafting deposition summaries, factual memoranda and exhibit charts. She also works with practice office attorneys on transactional tasks, including contract review and due diligence

740

Practice:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Restructuring

Aurélien Loric パートナー

パリ

Aurélien’s practice focus on restructuring and insolvency matters.

He advises debt funds, hedge funds and other stakeholders (creditors, investors, buyers or debtors) in the context of financial or operational restructurings, whether amicable or judicial. He also advise entrepreneurs, managers, companies and investors on corporate matters independent of their restructuring activity.

Ranked "Next Generation Partner" in Restructuring by Legal 500 EMEA, Aurélien has recently acted for creditors and financial investors in high-stakes transactions involving listed companies such as Orpea, Pierre & Vacances - Center Parcs or Figeac Aero, as well as in various amicable and judicial midcap cases.

Prior to joining Orrick, Aurélien was a partner at an international UK law firm having previously worked in several international law firms based in Paris and New York.

740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Public Finance

John Palmer パートナー

サンフランシスコ

His practice includes serving as bond and disclosure counsel on revenue and tax-supported bond transactions in a variety of financing structures, including fixed rate bonds, variable rate bonds, synthetic fixed rate bonds and conduit issues.

740

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • 知的財産

Chris R. Ottenweller シニア・カウンセル

シリコン・バレー

Chris has served as first-chair counsel in more than 75 cases, successfully resolving virtually every one of them; and has tried many cases to judgment, in all types of forums, including jury trials, bench trials, the ITC and arbitrations. His cases involve cutting-edge legal issues and run the full gamut of technologies, including data storage, mobile devices, semiconductors, computers, graphical user interfaces, flash memory and many other technologies.

Chris has been recognized by clients, peers, and multiple publications as a leading lawyer in the IP field. He has been honored by The National Law Journal as one of "50 Intellectual Property Trailblazers and Pioneers," by IP Law360 as an Intellectual Property MVP, by Managing Intellectual Property as an "IP Star," by Chambers USA as a Leading Attorney in Intellectual Property, and by The Daily Journal as one of the "Top 75 IP Litigators" in California. A number of his victories have been profiled by The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and National Public Radio.

Practice:

  • 知的財産
  • Patents
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • 3D Printing
  • Internet of Things

New York

He has litigated patents at trial, before the ITC, and on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Rich has counseled clients and rendered opinions on patent validity, infringement and freedom to use. He is a registered patent attorney with experience drafting patents and practicing before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Rich’s patent work has involved a wide range of technologies including image processing, 3d graphics, audio / video compression, computer hardware and software, e-commerce, network technologies, digital rights management and encryption.

Rich also helps companies address the novel litigation and transactional IP issues that arise when developing and working with AI and is a frequent lecturer on these topics.

Jamie L. Herkins Project Attorney

グローバル・オペレーション・センター

Jamie works with litigation attorneys and third party vendors to manage the review and production of documents relevant to investigations and litigation. This work includes using early case assessment technology to analyze, categorize and cull data. She also manages teams of skilled professionals performing document review, redaction, analysis, production and drafting privilege logs. Jamie assists the litigation team to prepare for trial, including drafting deposition summaries, factual memoranda and exhibit charts. She also works with practice office attorneys on transactional tasks, including contract review and due diligence.

Prior to joining Orrick, Jamie clerked with Judge John T. Mullaney, Jr. in the Superior Court of New Jersey Monmouth Vicinage and was an associate at Lucas & McGoughran, LLC in Oakhurst, New Jersey.