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465979

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech

Mark Solakian 合伙人

Boston

With more than three decades of experience advising both private and public companies—and having served as a senior in-house executive across multiple pioneering biotech and life sciences companies—Mark brings a uniquely business minded perspective to his counsel and delivers a rare blend of legal acumen and executive experience that positions him as a trusted strategic partner to entrepreneurs, companies and investors.

Mark is a veteran of hundreds of successful venture capital financings, technology and licensing transactions, strategic alliances, corporate governance matters, mergers and acquisitions, and public and private equity and debt offerings on behalf of companies in every health and biotech related vertical.

Before joining Orrick, Mark was a partner and co-founder of the Wilson Sonsini Boston office. He previously held senior executive roles at Affymetrix (AFFX), Helicos Biosciences (HLCS) and Joule Global Holdings, where he oversaw legal strategy, led public offerings and financings, negotiated strategic partnerships and licensing transactions, and managed critical business functions including HR, finance, and government affairs.

Mark and his wife, Christine, have been married for more than 25 years and have two adult children.

431608

Practice:

  • Financial & Fintech Advisory
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
  • Fintech

Edward Somers 合伙人

Chicago

Ted is a trusted advisor to the financial services industry in supervisory and enforcement matters before state and federal regulators, including the CFPB, and the DOJ. He also has significant experience guiding clients through enhancements to internal policies, practices, and customer-facing documentation to align with regulator expectations.

Prior to joining Orrick, Ted was a partner at Buckley LLP.

David Song 高级律师

Los Angeles

David guides states, counties, cities, school districts, large nonprofit organizations, underwriters, and borrowers to help them successfully finance infrastructure and capital improvement projects. His experience includes general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, letters of credit, certificates of participation, and tax and revenue anticipation notes. 

David assists clients throughout the financing process, from conducting due diligence reviews and ensuring compliance with state, local, and federal laws to drafting offering documents and researching complex legal issues. He has supported financings for some of the largest issuers in California, such as the State of California, the City of Los Angeles, the City of San Diego, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Prior to joining the firm, David worked on complex tax and regulatory compliance projects for public, private, and government clients, and prepared and reviewed corporate, pass-through, and individual amended tax returns, and represented clients in examinations before the IRS and California Franchise Tax Board.

452945

Practice:

  • International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
  • 复杂诉讼与争议解决

Ramona Sorgenfrei 主理律师

杜塞尔多夫

She has experience in telecommunications licensing disputes and litigating FRAND objections and D&O disputes, as well as in disputes under the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

In addition to experience in arbitration proceedings under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL VIAC and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce (ACHCCI), Ramona acts as administrative secretary in DIS arbitrations. 

She is a lecturer in arbitration and international commercial law at the University of Bayreuth where she also coaches the university's team in the Willem C. Vis Moot. Further to her legal studies, Ramona has also completed a university degree in economics.

During her education, she worked in US firms in Germany and Paris, where she deepened her knowledge of arbitration, litigation, and dispute resolution. Prior to joining Orrick, Ramona worked as a litigation lawyer for a magic circle law firm in Germany, including patent litigation involving patent infringement, nullity, and patent vindication proceedings, particularly in the telecommunications and automotive industries.

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech

Kayla Z. X. Southworth 高级律师

New York

Kayla advises public and private life sciences, technology, and energy companies, and private equity funds and their portfolio companies, on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, minority and majority investments, joint ventures, licenses, collaborations, royalty and revenue-sharing financings, and other complex transactions. She also advises clients on New York and Delaware corporate, partnership, limited liability company, and non-profit law, including corporate governance and fiduciary duty matters.

Prior to joining Orrick, she was an Antitrust Associate at Davis Polk and a Litigation Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Technology Companies Group

Manon Speich 高级律师

巴黎; Paris Tech Studio

Manon advises startups and high growth technology companies in raising capital and building their businesses from formation through exit. She assists founders developing and implementing effective corporate governance strategies throughout the life of their startup and issuing customized equity instruments for their fundraising. 

Before joining Orrick, Manon worked as an M&A and Private Equity attorney at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel in Paris.

740

Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group
  • Blockchain & Digital Assets
  • Japan
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Counsel

东京

Spitz律师经常为本地和全球公司处理发展周期各个阶段的事务,其客户类别广泛,涵盖科技初创公司和跨国公司。他主要从事与风险资本融资、并购、企业合营、战略投资相关的法律服务,也处理一般公司事宜。

在加入奥睿东京办事处之前,他曾在加州帕罗奥图任职于美国威尔逊·桑西尼·古奇·罗沙迪律师事务所。