Kelly focuses her practice on capital markets transactions, including public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, and on corporate governance and securities law compliance. She also has experience in transactions involving special purpose acquisition companies, including SPAC initial public offerings and de-SPAC transactions.
Montana primarily represents emerging growth companies, venture capital funds and other strategic investors in a wide array of corporate matters, including early and late-stage venture funding rounds, formation and corporate governance, securities issuances and mergers and acquisitions. Montana's practice spans commercial industries, with significant experience representing frontier technology companies and "dual use" companies such as those in the defense, nuclear and space industries.
Prior to practicing law, Montana served in the U.S. Air Force.
Select engagements Montana has advised on include:
Represented Stripe in its $6.5 billion Series I financing
Represented Radiant Nuclear in its $12.6 million Series A, $40 million Series B and $160 million Series C financings
Represented Castelion in its $14.2 million Series Seed and $100 million Series A financings
Represented Firehawk Aerospace in its Series C financing
Represented Supabase in its $30 million Series A, $80 million Series B and $200 million Series C financings
Represented Speakeasy Labs ("Speak") in its Series A, Series B (and follow-on) and $78 million Series C financings
Represented Solugen in its $350 million Series C and $200 million Series D financings
Represented Zeno Power in its $45 million Series B financing
Represented Merama in its $225 million Series B and $80 million Series B follow-on financings and its $45 million Series C financing
Represented Next Insurance in its $250 million Series C financing, $250 million Series D financing and $250 million Series E financing
Represented Coatue Management in its investment in the $100 million Series B financing of Mercury Technologies
Represented D1 Capital Partners in its investment in the $450 million Series D financing of Anduril
Represented Inspire Semiconductor in its $2.5 million Series A financing and acquisition of Greenfield Acquisition (TSX:GAC.P), a publicly-traded SPAC, by way of a reverse merger
Represented Codecademy in its $525 million acquisition by SkillSoft (NYS: SKIL), a New Hampshire based provider of educational software
Represented Gym Class in its $8 million Series Seed financing and in collaborative licensing deal with the NBA
Represents Squadra Ventures, Decisive Point and other venture investors on defense and frontier technology investments
*Please note: Montana’s experience includes that prior to joining Orrick.
Anne represents clients in product liability cases with high potential damages, multiple jurisdictions and plaintiffs, and significant risk to critical product lines. She also assists clients with risk analyses involving product liability exposure related to expansions in distribution areas, cross-border sales, and new product lines.
Anne is a member of teams representing product liability clients that include a Fortune 500 chemical company, a European pharmaceutical distributor, and a key defendant in asbestos litigation across the country. She is experienced in matters involving a wide variety of issues, including medical monitoring, stream of commerce liability (including across international borders), premises liability, and successor liability.
Anne also works with Orrick's Public Policy group assisting clients with developing strategies to solve high-stakes issues in state legislatures, and with state Attorneys General. Anne works with teams representing clients that include the country's biggest telecommunications company and an industry-leading satellite TV company.
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