He is called on by boards and management teams to advise on mergers, divestitures, corporate acquisitions and restructurings as well as litigations and arbitrations. He is the founding partner of the premier French boutique Rambaud Martel, which combined with Orrick’s global platform in 2006.
Jean-Pierre has recently had a hand in the most significant cross-border deals in the French market. His work includes advising the board of Alstom on the $17 billion sale of its power units to General Electric, counseling L’Oréal on buying back 8% of its own capital from Nestlé, associated with the sale of assets, advising Peugeot’s family on the restructuring of Peugeot SA’s capital which involved China’s Dongfeng Motor Group and the French state, the board of Club Méditerranée in the context of competing take-over bids from China’s Fosun Group and Italia’s Bonomi’s Group, the board of Areva in the financial restructuring of the company.
Chambers & Partners recognized Jean-Pierre as an “Individual Star” in Corporate/M&A, noting that he is a “seasoned and highly-respected M&A practitioner whose experience covers a wide range of transactional activities.
Jean-Pierre has also developed very substantial litigation and arbitration experience, being ranked Band 1 by Chambers in Dispute Resolution. Most notably, among his successes, the very high-profile Bernard Tapie Case where he has been assisting Consortium de Réalisation, the French government entity tasked with liquidating the assets of Crédit Lyonnais for the French State. Jean-Pierre won rulings from the Paris Court of Appeal in 2015 that withdrew initial arbitral awards that had required CDR to pay €404 million to Tapie’s liquidators and companies and sentenced them to repay CDR the full amount plus interests and costs. He has just succeeded in obtaining visible Court decisions which have released from any criminal liability charged persons with tax fraud.
Jean-Pierre also serves as an arbitrator in ad hoc, ICC and AFA arbitration proceedings.
He speaks and publishes regularly.
Jean-Pierre is the founder and a member of the board of the Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord Disorders - ICM, a state-approved foundation which is on its way to becoming the leading international research center in Europe in the Neurosciences.
In his previous role at Orrick, Dick was a partner in the New York office, and a member of the Securities Litigation, Investigations and Enforcement Group. His practice focused on accountants’ liability, securities and commercial litigation, as well as arbitration and international and domestic white-collar criminal law. Dick is now Senior Counsel at Orrick, and while he continues to contribute to the work of those groups, his primary focus is on assisting our pro bono client, the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Dick has been involved in litigation in the state and federal courts of the United States, Europe, Asia and the Americas for more than 40 years. From June 1987 to August 1990, Dick served as Special Representative of the Attorney General, located at the United States Embassy in Rome, Italy. There he represented the Department of Justice in Europe and handled extradition and mutual assistance matters throughout Europe and North Africa, among other duties. In August, 1990, Dick’s contributions to the Administration of Justice in Italy were recognized when he was named “Commendatore al Merito della Republica Italiana”, the Italian Legion of Honor.
Prior to transferring to Rome, Dick served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, from January 1980 to June 1987. Dick received numerous commendations for his work in the United States Attorney’s Office, including the Distinguished Service Award from the Department of Justice for his leadership role in the case known as the “Pizza Connection”. Dick has been fluent in Italian since he was awarded an AFS scholarship for the school-year program in Naples, Italy, where he attended Liceo Classico.
Britney is an associate in Orrick’s Technology Companies Group. She advises technology companies on entity formation, venture capital financings, and day-to-day corporate governance, supporting clients from inception to exit.
Britney also works with venture capital firms in connection with their investments in early-stage and high-growth technology companies. Her experience includes supporting companies through financing rounds, drafting and reviewing key corporate documents, and ensuring compliance with corporate laws. She also supports clients with board and stockholder matters, equity compensation, and strategic transactions.
Hugues advises on the development and financing of international projects, with a particular focus on Africa and Europe. He has extensive experience advising sponsors (investors and industrialists), developers, and lenders (export credit agencies, commercial lenders, and development banks), particularly in the energy, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.
Hugues regularly works on transactions in Africa. Through his involvement in numerous large-scale projects, he has acquired in-depth expertise in various national and regional legal systems and regimes, particularly those of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), and the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA).
Hugues is also the author of numerous legal articles published in renowned law journals such as Lexis Nexis (France and Morocco), the Revue de droit bancaire et financier, the Revue Banque, and the Revue Contrats et Marchés Publics. In addition, he co-edits the annual editions of Lamy Droit du Financement and L’Essentiel Droits Africains des Affaires (Lextenso). He has also published the first book devoted to Islamic project financing.
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.
Ken represents issuers, underwriters and selling security holders on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities and liability management transactions, such as exchange offers, tender offers, and consent solicitations. He also guides businesses through all stages of organization and development by advising on ’34 Act and indenture reporting compliance, corporate governance and related regulatory matters, venture capital and growth equity financings, and corporate and securities law matters arising in connection with merger and acquisition transactions and corporate restructurings and reorganizations. Ken has served as counsel to companies in a variety of industries, including information technologies and services, life sciences and biotechnology, fintech, infrastructure, advertising, telecommunications, clean technology, financial services, and consumer products.
Before his law career, Ken managed his own company, consulting for technology startups, financial services firms, and advertising agencies on web-based initiatives.
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