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Practice:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Power
  • Energy & Infrastructure

Alejandra Garcia Earley Partner

Chicago

Alejandra advises sponsors, lenders and agents on all aspects of a project, from drafting, negotiation and review of traditional project documents, including EPCs, O&Ms and MSAs through procuring construction financing and term loans for the operation and maintenance of the asset. Her tax equity practice includes drafting and negotiating the traditional tax equity partnerships (for PFlip and TFlip structures) documentation, tax credit transfer agreements and advising construction and back leverage lenders in connection with tax equity portfolios.

Alejandra’s experience spans a range of power generating technologies and projects, from solar, wind and hydro to biofuel, carbon capture, oil and gas and LNG projects. She has also led financings for major international infrastructure projects such as airports, water treatment, power generation and toll roads.

A native Spanish speaker, Alejandra has worked extensively across Latin America, including Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic and Colombia.

Practice:

  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
  • FCPA & Anti–Corruption

Lise K. Guerrier-Louis Managing Associate

Washington, D.C.

Lise assists clients with determining, ameliorating, and eliminating risk though either the channels of litigation or investigations. She possesses comprehensive knowledge of civil litigation and the process of discovery from filing of the initial complaint all the way through trial. Her work has spanned across industries and subject matters. Most recently, Lise was the only junior associate on a trial team that lead Zillow Group, Inc. in a successful full defense verdict against Real Estate Exchange, Inc. ("REX"). 

Lise's work also focuses on government-initiated investigations of corporations and individuals. She conducts internal investigations on behalf of boards, audit committees, and senior management. She has handled an array of matters, including FCPA violations, False Claims Act, insider trading, fraud, misconduct, and similar subjects in locations such as Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, Russia, and more.

Prior to law school, Lise developed a robust knowledge of FCPA investigations and enforcement action working as a paralegal for matters involving technology and pharmaceutical corporations. She also has developed extensive technology-based legal experience working in-house at a multinational telecommunications conglomerate.

While at Orrick Lise has also served as a fellow at the Legal Aid Society of Washington D.C. where she advocated for clients affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency. During this time, she independently handled an expansive docket of clients and secured numerous victories litigating in both administrative court as well as the D.C. Court of Appeals.

Practice:

  • Supreme Court and Appellate

Cesar Lopez-Morales Counsel

Washington, D.C.

He is a skilled brief writer who focuses on simplifying complex concepts and crafting a compelling story that frames factual and legal issues in a way that is more likely to produce favorable results for clients. Cesar routinely drafts briefs in federal and state courts of appeals and in the U.S. Supreme Court, and is often embedded at the trial level to brief dispositive motions and to make sure that issues are preserved with an eye towards appeal.

Cesar advises clients on how to analyze executive actions and handles government-facing litigation, including challenges to the legality of federal and state laws and regulations. His work covers a wide range of substantive areas, including constitutional and administrative law, statutory interpretation, complex commercial litigation, federal preemption, and the False Claims Act. And although Cesar handles high-stakes cases across an array of subjects, his work tends to focus on the firm’s technology and life sciences sectors.

Before joining Orrick, Cesar was an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, where he represented the United States and its agencies in dozens of cases involving challenges to the legality of federal laws, actions, and programs. He argued and won dispositive motions in federal district courts nationwide. His experience included litigating cutting-edge matters involving the Appointments Clause; the Spending Clause; the Territory Clause; the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments; the separation of powers; the Administrative Procedure Act; the Federal Vacancies Reform Act; the Freedom of Information Act; and the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act.

He also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing immigrants and veterans in their appeals to the federal courts of appeals and filing amicus briefs in precedent-setting cases of public interest. He is especially passionate about advancing the rights of the residents in the U.S. territories.  

Cesar served as a law clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor in the October 2023 Term.  Before that, he clerked for Judge José A. Cabranes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and then-Presiding Judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, Judge Rosemary M. Collyer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and Judge Jay A. Garcia-Gregory of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

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Practice:

  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
  • Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Emily Luken Senior Associate

Washington, D.C.

Emily routinely handles all aspects of civil and class action litigation, from early motions practice to trial before a jury or arbitration panel. Her extensive litigation practice concentrates on antitrust and competition law, and she has represented plaintiffs, defendants, and third parties in high-stakes matters.

In addition to her litigation practice, Emily also advises clients on a spectrum of critical antitrust and competition matters, spanning government investigations, merger clearance, and strategic counseling. She adeptly navigates clients through the intricacies of regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions, specifically from the FTC and DOJ. She represents clients across a diverse range of industries, including technology, healthcare and life sciences, automotive, oil & gas, and professional membership organizations.

Notably, Emily has developed a focus on issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on standards-essential patents (SEPs) subject to a commitment to license on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms (FRAND). In addition to representing clients in licensing negotiations, litigation matters, and government outreach with respect to SEPs and FRAND, she has authored extensive thought leadership on this topic.

Prior to law school, Emily worked as a research assistant and project coordinator at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.