Andy advises high growth technology companies, startup founders, private funds and other institutional investors on a broad range of corporate transactions across industries. He has extensive experience in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, advising companies from formation to exit on formation, governance, and financing matters, and private funds and institutional investors on venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments. Andy works closely with clients to provide strategic insights and outside general counsel services, advising clients on day-to-day governance, equity compensation and general commercial matters.
Andy also has extensive experience advising sponsors of private investment funds on their formation, regulatory compliance, and fundraising activities, as well as institutional investors in connection with various aspects of their investment programs, including investments in private investment funds, co-investments and complex secondaries transactions.
She is formerly an Energy & Infrastructure attorney and her practice focused on project finance, mergers and acquisitions and project development for both traditional and renewable energy projects. Prior to joining Orrick, Dao was a legal fellow at TechSoup Global, a nonprofit technology organization. She also has previous experience working as an editor and contributing writer for Yahoo!, Inc.
Kaitlyn is experienced in Hatch-Waxman litigation and inter partes review proceedings, including disputes involving drug treatments for cancer, therapeutic antibodies, and medical devices. Kaitlyn also has significant experience in IP due diligence and licensing associated with high-profile acquisitions.
Mark counsels clients on access to the U.S. public markets, including advising on registered and 144A/Reg S debt and equity offerings, IPOs, private placement transactions and general securities law matters. He also provides counsel to underwriters and issuers on various offerings.
He also represents clients on public and private acquisitions, mergers and divestitures, private equity transactions, strategic investments, joint venture disputes, long-term commercial arrangements and general corporate matters, as well as advising financial institutions in negotiating credit facilities with investment grade and non-investment grade borrowers.
Orion’s practice has a special focus on representing warehouse lenders and borrowers, forward flow and static pool loan purchasers, as well as issuers, underwriters, and investors in designing bespoke financial transactions in the capital markets.
He covers public and private conduit and term transactions backed by structured asset classes. These encompass a diverse array of financial instruments, ranging from consumer loans and residential mortgages to commercial mortgages, student loans, solar loans, marketplace lending, auto loans, credit cards, shipping, and municipal bonds.
Notably, Orion has structured creative solar securitization programs, underscoring his commitment to innovative solutions within the industry.
Before joining Orrick, Orion was a partner in Chapman and Cutler's Asset Securitization Department. Earlier in his career, he spent time at a major investment bank and was an analyst at one of the top three rating agencies.
Joshua often works on cross-border disputes and has represented clients from the UK, US, Uruguay, Italy, Switzerland, Singapore and various other offshore jurisdictions. He has acted in arbitrations under the main arbitration rules including the ICC and LCIA, and on disputes governed by the laws of numerous countries including England & Wales, Italy and the British Virgin Islands.
He is also a published author and frequently writes about developing areas of law. Most recently, he wrote about the changes to the UK’s sanctions regime and DIAC’s arbitration rules.
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