Orrick Advises on Launch of Open Road Impact Fund
| March.24.2020
Orrick has advised Open Road Alliance on the launch of its Open Road Impact Fund, which provides short-term bridge loans ranging from $100,000 to $1 ...
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Client Results
Orrick Advises on $100 Million Green Revenue Bond Offering for Oscars® Museum
| February.21.2020
Orrick is serving as underwriter’s counsel to Wells Fargo Securities on a $100M green revenue bond offering for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Orrick Advises JP Morgan on Sale of Non‐Performing Loan Portfolio
| January.17.2020
Orrick assisted JP Morgan, as arranger, in the sale of a portfolio of non-performing loans of 12 banks to the POP NPLs 2019 S.r.l. vehicle.
Cross‐Practice Team Advises Wells Fargo on Legacy Reserves Successful Chapter 11 Restructuring
| December.18.2019
Legacy Reserves and certain of its subsidiaries emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court.
Orrick Advises Kingdom of Morocco on €1 Billion International Notes Offering
| December.02.2019
Orrick advised the Kingdom of Morocco in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of €1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of notes.
Real Estate Team Closes Two Trophy Asset Acquisitions in Gateway Cities
| November.21.2019
Orrick represented Tokyo-based Shimizu Corporation on its inaugural NY office investment and Tokyo Trust Capital on the purchase of One Tehama.
Orrick Advises Noteholders in Second Securitization of Oil and Gas Well Interests
| November.14.2019
Orrick has advised the noteholders in the second rated securitization of oil and gas wellbore interests, issued by Diversified Gas & Oil.
White Collar Team Prevails in Insider Trading Case
| November.11.2019
An Orrick team achieved a dismissal of a five year old case for our client who was charged with insider trading.
Orrick Advises Note Purchasers in First Securitization of Oil and Gas Well Interests
| September.23.2019
Orrick has advised the note purchasers in the first rated securitization of oil and gas well interests, achieving an investment-grade rating and ...
Orrick Advises Natixis S.A. in Bridge Loan Financing for 103 MW Solar Photovoltaic Plant Construction in Italy
| August.26.2019
An Orrick team represented Natixis S.A. in a €44.5 million project financing for the construction of the largest solar facility in Italy.
Orrick’s Real Estate Team Advises on the Two Largest San Francisco Office Sales of 2019
| July.30.2019
We advised a partnership that included developer Gerson Bakar & Associates on the sale of Levi’s Plaza to Jamestown.
Orrick Advises on First-of-Its-Kind Securitization of Renewable Energy Receivables in Italy
| July.24.2019
Orrick assisted WRM Group, acting as arranger and note subscriber, in a first-of-its-kind securitization of performing and non-performing renewable ...
Orrick Advises Stripe and Goodwater Capital in Monzo’s $144 Million Financing Round
| June.25.2019
Orrick has advised both Stripe and Goodwater Capital on a $144 million Series F financing round in Monzo, a U.K.-based challenger bank.
Orrick Advises DURECT on $15 Million Registered Direct Offering
| June.24.2019
Orrick represented DURECT Corporation in its registered direct offering of 29,000,000 shares of common stock.
Insights
Congress Has Passed Phase III of the Federal Coronavirus Relief Legislation: Here’s What You Need to Know about the Legislation’s COVID-19-related Small Business Administration Loan Resources
by Evan C. Hollander and Jonas Robison | March.27.2020
The CARES Act, which has been signed into law, includes a significant payroll protection program to be implemented by the Small Business ...
CARES Act Inches Closer, but Terms for Economic Relief Still Uncertain
by Marc Levinson, Evan C. Hollander and Michael Nicolella | March.24.2020
A brief update on the status of Congressional negotiations on the CARES Act.
What You Need to Know About Proposed and Existing COVID-19-related Small Business Administration Loan Resources
by Evan C. Hollander and Jonas Robison | March.23.2020
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes a Small Business Interruption Loan program.
COVID-19 and Municipal Securities Disclosure
by Alison Radecki, Robert Feyer, Roger Davis, Jenna Magan, Jerry V. Kyle Jr., James Hernandez and Christine Reynolds | March.23.2020
Overview
Many issuers (including conduit borrowers) and others in the municipal market are facing unprecedented financial, operational and other ...
Tax Issues for VRDO Liquidity Problems
by Charles C. Cardall | March.23.2020
Many clients have been asking questions relating to the current market challenges with VRDOs and CP (high interest rates and lack of demand). The ...
COVID-19 and The Defense Production Act
by Nikiforos Mathews and Christopher J. Cariello | March.22.2020
On March 18, President Trump announced that he will invoke the Defense Production Act to cope with shortfalls of essential medical supplies in ...
What You Need to Know About the Proposed Senate Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act
by Marc Levinson, Evan C. Hollander and Michael Nicolella | March.20.2020
The goal of the trillion-dollar Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) introduced yesterday in the Senate is the quick ...
SEC Expands Smaller Reporting Company Relief
| March.17.2020
On March 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the definitions of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer.”
Will COVID-19 Lead to Global Forbearance In Credit Markets? Reflections from Orrick’s Finance Sector Leader
by Justin Cooper | March.15.2020
As COVID-19 spreads and social distancing causes economic activity to slow, interconnected market participants face difficult choices.
Don't Shoot the Mezzenger - Key High-Level Differences Between CRE Loan-on-Loan Facilities And CRE Mezzanine Facilities
by Richard Hanson | February.26.2020
This article highlights key high-level differences between warehouse facilities in the European commercial real estate (CRE) lending market (CRE ...
SEC Committee Makes Recommendations On Municipal Securities Disclosure Practices
by Robert Feyer, Roger Davis, Jenna Magan, Eileen Heitzler, Jerry V. Kyle Jr., Alison Radecki, Christine Reynolds and James Hernandez | February.20.2020
This Alert provides a summary of and comments on recommendations from the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC).
LIBOR Primer
by Howard S. Altarescu and Nikiforos Mathews | February.20.2020
Like Y2K, but for real
Orrick’s LIBOR Primer is intended as a brief introduction to the LIBOR transition issues.
Orrick’s LIBOR Primer is intended as a brief introduction to the LIBOR transition issues.
The Continued Rise of Sustainable Finance in the UK and EU
| February.20.2020
The present and future impacts of climate change, human rights violations, environmental, labor and regulatory violations and poor corporate ...
The LIBOR Transition – What a Legacy!: Legislative Solutions/ Constitutional Law Considerations
by Howard S. Altarescu, Robert Loeb, Daniel A. Rubens, Nikiforos Mathews and Jonas Robison | February.05.2020
A LIBOR discussion on the legislative solutions under consideration and the U.S. Constitutional challenges they may face.
Rolling Back the Impact of the Volcker Rule on CLOs
by Howard Goldwasser, Skanthan Vivekananda, Gaelyn Sharp and Elisa Zheng | February.04.2020
Discussion of proposed amendments to the Volcker Rule as they relate to CLOs
Distress in Commercial Real Estate - Considerations for the CRE Warehouse Market
by Richard Hanson | January.30.2020
There has been increasing use in Europe by non-bank lenders of warehouse finance in the commercial real estate (CRE) lending market. These private ...
News
Law360's "Sealing the Deal" Details Orrick's Role on the Two Largest San Francisco Office Deals of 2019
| February.25.2020
Law360 featured Orrick’s counsel on the two largest San Francisco office transactions of 2019, as part of their Sealing the Deal column.
Orrick Adds Leading European Regulatory Lawyer
| March.04.2020
Orrick announced today that leading regulatory and fintech lawyer Marco Boldini has joined the firm as a partner and Head of its Italian Financial ...
Orrick Adds Leveraged Finance Advisor in London
| January.14.2020
Orrick welcomes leveraged finance and direct lending rising star Anthony Kay as a partner in London. He joins an established finance team in London ...
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Some of the recognition we have received
Global Finance Deal of the Year for African Insolvency and Restructuring
The American Lawyer, 2017
No. 1 Municipal Bond Counsel
The Bond Buyer, 2018
Top 6 Issuer's & Underwriter's counsel ABS, MBS and CMBS
Asset-Backed Alert and Commercial Mortgage Alert, 2015 and 1H 2016
Italy NPL Law Firm of the Year
Legalcommunity, 2017
Project Finance Practice Group of the Year
Law360, 2018 and 5 times
Marc Levinson Named Dealmaker of the Year
The American Lawyer, 2015
Restructuring Group of the Year
Law360 2014
Leading firm for Banking & Finance in France, Italy, Russia and the U.S.
IFLR 1000, 2015
Band 2 for Capital Markets: Securitization in Italy
Chambers Global
Tier 1 for Insolvency in France
Legal 500, 2016
Tier 1 in Project Finance in France
Legal 500, 2016