Cosmas provides guidance on issues relating to numerous privacy and cybersecurity laws, including:
U.S. state privacy laws
U.S. state breach notification laws
U.S. state consumer health data privacy laws
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC) Act
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Cosmas graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. During law school, he participated in the Berkman Klein Center's Cyberlaw Clinic, completed a clinical placement in the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, and interned with the Special Assistant for Legal & Legislative Matters to the Secretary of the Navy. Prior to law school, Cosmas served as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy.
Cosmas is accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Certified Information Privacy Professional in the United States (CIPP/US).
Matt pairs over fifteen years of hands-on operational experience in the oil and gas industry with a sophisticated, deal-tested legal practice focused on energy-backed structured finance. Before practicing law, he held roles with both integrated majors and entrepreneurial independents, stewarding assets across the entire upstream value chain and gaining the practical insights that now inform his legal counsel.
Clients value Matt’s ability to “speak operator,” anticipate commercial pain points, and translate field-level realities into bankable transaction structures.
His deep project finance experience ranges from renewable energy projects to power, oil and gas, LNG, petrochemicals, infrastructure, telecommunications, and water projects in Asia-Pacific, Australia, the Middle East, Russia, South America and in numerous countries throughout Africa.
Adam has an extensive track record in Southeast Asia and is recognized as a leading practitioner in the market. Chambers Asia Pacific 2024 ranks him as a Band 1 lawyer for Projects, Infrastructure & Energy for Vietnam, and clients comment that “Adam delivered exceptional client service, demonstrating a deep commitment to understanding and addressing our needs with responsiveness and attention to detail.”
Adam relocated to Singapore in 2025 after spending nearly three decades working in key energy and infrastructure hubs in Asia, including Tokyo, Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Tamir’s practice focuses on a range of transactional matters involving intellectual property and innovative technologies, with an emphasis on advanced software applications as well as life sciences. Tamir has significant experience and counsels clients on structuring and negotiating complex technology commercialization agreements, such as SaaS and other software agreements, medical device and pharmaceutical royalty arrangements, and other general corporate and technology dealings.
Prior to joining Orrick, Tamir was an associate in the Technology Transactions Group at Morrison & Foerster in Silicon Valley, where he maintained a technology practice focused on cross-border transactions involving emerging-growth companies and venture capital, and advising startups on their operations, acquisition and exit strategies.
Chris has experience in acquisition, disposition and financing of large portfolios of commercial real estate; distressed debt; negotiation of joint ventures for development projects; construction contracts; data center leasing/co-location; office leasing; and transactions involving multi-family housing.
Chris is very involved in Orrick’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and has served as a co-chair of the San Francisco DEI Committee for many years. She is also involved in diversity efforts at UC Berkeley School of Law and has previously served on its Alumni Board and the Board of the East Bay Community Law Center.
Chris was resident in the firm's Tokyo office from 1999-2002.
With more than 25 years of experience, Adam counsels high-growth companies from formation through exit, guiding them on financings, IPOs, M&A, and other strategic transactions. He regularly works with founders, management teams, and boards on corporate governance and day-to-day matters, as well as structuring and negotiating complex deals.
Adam also represents venture capital, growth equity, and private equity investors in their portfolio investments and exits. His practice spans both buy-side and sell-side M&A, joint ventures, and strategic collaborations across the technology and life sciences sectors.
A former Washington State Attorney General and President of the National Association of Attorneys General, Rob is accomplished in all areas of public policy, appellate law and investigations. He is a Chambers USA Band 1 Partner in Government Relations: State Attorneys General.
Rob represents a wide range of technology, energy, finance and other companies in matters involving cyber security, data privacy, litigation, appellate litigation, regulatory proceedings, state attorney general investigations and legislative issues. His experience, stature and proficiency add essential capabilities for clients seeking coordinated policy advocacy, regulatory compliance and litigation strategies in state capitols across the country and in Washington, D.C., where he has testified before Congress and assisted clients who have been called to testify before Congressional committees. While at Orrick, Rob has represented clients in both state and federal court, typically in cases centered on constitutional questions.
Rob served two terms as Attorney General of Washington, from 2005 to 2013. He successfully argued three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and helped negotiate three of the largest consumer protection settlements in national history, all involving mortgage lending and servicing. He is a recognized leader in the development of data protection and privacy regulation. Rob was the first state Attorney General to build a computer forensics lab to collect evidence of Internet fraud and passed one of the nation's first anti-spyware laws.
Rob served as President of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) from 2011–12 where he co-launched the NAAG Intellectual Property Task Force to advance the national fight against counterfeiting and piracy. While serving as NAAG President, he created and led a national initiative to combat human trafficking which continues to this day. The NAAG human trafficking summit he hosted in Seattle in 2012 led AGs to launch state-level initiatives around the country. His fellow attorneys general honored him in 2011 with the Kelley-Wyman Award for “Outstanding Attorney General” in America.
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