Nolwenn’s practice focuses on debt financing transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings, for private credit funds, private equity sponsors, corporates and special situations funds.
Prior to joining Orrick, she was an associate at another leading US law firm.
Kayla draws on her prior experience as an attorney in the Office of Administrative Judges and Dispute Resolution at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to advise clients on FERC litigation, policy, and procedure. Kayla has extensive knowledge in issues arising under the Federal Power Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, and the Natural Gas Act. She also represents LNG developers and natural gas pipeline companies in all aspects of FERC authorization and certificate matters. Kayla also helps clients navigate FERC-regulated wholesale energy, capacity, and ancillary services markets.
Kayla is recognized as an Associate to Watch by Chambers USA Nationwide (2025), where clients describe her as "a real asset" and that her "knowledge of FERC related matters has been very beneficial."
Mark has a particular focus on the technology sector, having led hundreds of buy-side and sell-side transactions involving prominent high-tech serial acquirers, unicorns and venture back companies. His sell-side work involves multiple acquisitions by Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, VMware, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Adobe, Yahoo! and Twitter. These deals include his high profile work for Mosaic ML on its US$1.3 billion acquisition by Databricks, Cruise Automation in its acquisition by General Motors, Nest Labs in its US$3.2 billion acquisition by Google, and Instagram in its US$1.0 billion acquisition by Facebook, which was ranked one of the top 10 largest valued private tech M&A deals in the U.S. in 2012. In an interview with Bloomberg Law for a “Rainmakers” episode, Mark provided a substantive analysis of the Instagram deal, including its industry precedent and influence (click here).
On the buy-side, Mark has served as lead M&A counsel for top public company acquirers (Yelp, Google, Yahoo! and Intellisync) as well as private company serial acquirers (Stripe, Pinterest and Social Finance).
His practice focuses on negotiating data licenses and other commercial contracts, drafting privacy notices, and providing practical product counseling. With experience managing hundreds of strategic transactions each year, David helps clients streamline compliance efforts and navigate complex regulatory and business challenges.
David’s work spans a range of technology industries, including PropTech, HealthTech, and EdTech among others. He regularly advises clients on privacy policies, terms of service, and data processing agreements, with a particular focus on compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other state privacy laws, state data broker laws, AI regulations, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and cross-border data transfer requirements under the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). David also counsels clients on AI-powered products, on digital advertising, Internet law, and consumer protection, helping clients anticipate and address evolving legal risks.
A founding member of Orrick’s Boston office, David recently returned to Massachusetts after many years in Seattle. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association’s Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Law steering committee. David has also served as an adjunct professor at Harvard Law School, where he taught legal research and writing.
He is Of Counsel and a member of the Technology Transactions practice in Italy.
Andrea is well recognized in the market for his commercial and transactional skills in Tech transactions. He works alongside leading Tech players with a focus on the regulatory aspects of new technologies and the drafting and negotiation of strategic contracts for the launch of new types of services and industry-specific agreements.
As a recognized expert, Andrea is often invited to take part in technical committees established at independent Authorities and Ministries and is a member of several sector-specific associations. He is also regularly invited to give speeches on technology law issues by prestigious Italian Universities.
Andrea is the author of numerous papers and in-depth studies on the matter. He regularly contributes to national and international journals, writing articles on topics related to telecommunications, consumer protection, and technology. He also participates as a speaker in several conferences, seminars, and master's degrees concerning the TMT sector in Italy.
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