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Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Real Estate
  • Capital Markets

Patrick Tardivy Partner

Paris

An M&A and private equity lawyer, Patrick advises French and international companies and investors on all aspects of corporate law in the context of acquisitions, disposals, mergers, reorganizations, including business carveouts and strategic alliances.

Patrick is particularly active in the energy and infrastructure fields as well as the tech sectors, working alongside investment funds, French and foreign groups, on both domestic and cross border transactions. Patrick also has significant experience in M&A projects with a focus in the real estate sector where he acts as lead counsel on high-profile transactions.

Recognized by the major international ranking guides, Patrick is described by his clients as as "[ ] very smart and has a constructive approach and a deep knowledge of the law", "highly business-oriented with strong commercial awareness" and “always able to find solutions.”  (Chambers Global 2025 – Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability).

Patrick formerly served as co-chair of Orrick's global M&A and Private Equity practice.

Prior to joining Orrick in 2016, Patrick was a partner in a Magic Circle law firm.

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Practice:

  • IP Counseling & Due Diligence
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Technology & Innovation
  • Intellectual Property
  • Technology Transactions

Thomas Seward Associate

London

He supports clients ranging from early-stage startups to established enterprises throughout the technology lifecycle – from software development and procurement to digital transformation, outsourcing, and strategic alliances.

His work includes drafting and negotiating technology service agreements, website terms and conditions, and intellectual property Iicensing agreements, ensuring contracts evolve with each stage of growth.

Tom also helps clients acquire, protect, and commercialise intellectual property, advising on cross-border licensing, due diligence, and compliance with copyright and data protection laws.

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Practice:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Real Estate
  • Data Centers
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy & Infrastructure

Conor Mannix Associate

Seattle

Conor's experience covers all facets of real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, development, joint ventures, leasing, financing, easements, property management, and subdivisions. His practice is particularly focused on land development issues, such as negotiating site control documents, coordinating and mediating easement disputes, title insurance policies, and surveys, as well as coordinating a wide range of title curative work. Conor has successfully represented a diverse clientele, ranging from major institutional landlords to small businesses and individuals, helping them navigate their real estate needs with precision and care.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Banking & Finance
  • Private Credit

Matthew Shellenhamer Senior Associate

New York

Matthew is a senior associate in Orrick's New York office and a member of the Banking and Finance Group. He advises major financial institutions, public and privately owned companies, sponsors and private credit funds in effectively assessing legal risks in complex secured and unsecured commercial finance transactions. His experience extends to a wide variety of finance transactions, including broadly syndicated loans, asset-based financings, private equity acquisition financings, debt restructurings, dividend recapitalizations and project financings. Matthew also supports other practice groups, including the Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity group, the Technology Companies Group and the Energy and Infrastructure group, on various financing matters for clients.

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Banking & Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity

Adam Ross Partner

Washington, D.C.

He represents venture-backed companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, public companies, and lenders, in a wide variety of financing transactions, across the capital structure and in a range of industries. He has significant experience advising on venture debt transactions, acquisition financings, recapitalizations and restructurings.

Practice:

  • Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Robert Owen Sr Litigation Career Associate

Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)

Prior to joining Orrick, Robert was a Senior Associate in the Pittsburgh, PA office of the global law firm Reed Smith LLP and a Senior Attorney at Houston Harbaugh, P.C., also in Pittsburgh.  At Reed Smith and Houston Harbaugh, Robert represented clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation, with a focus on product liability, mass/toxic tort defense, and commercial contract disputes, including insurance coverage matters.  Robert has represented numerous companies in environmental, toxic tort, and asbestos litigation on a national level.  Robert also has represented both policyholders and insurers in insurance contract litigation.  He has extensive experience litigating complex matters in state and federal courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Technology Transactions
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • California Consumer Privacy Act
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Matthew E.S. Coleman Partner

New York; Boston

Matthew helps clients comply with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and state breach notification, biometric privacy, and cybersecurity laws. He counsels on self-regulatory privacy programs, including Binding Corporate Rules, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cross-Border Privacy Rules (APEC CBPRs); programs covering online behavioral advertising, including the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA), the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI); and programs covering payment card processing. Matthew also provides compliance solutions for emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and blockchain.

Matthew’s federal regulatory experience helps clients stay compliant and avoid regulatory scrutiny. His comprehensive data management knowledge helps him counsel beyond the letter of the law and facilitates worldwide expansion, interoperable business processes, and innovative uses of consumer data while maintaining user trust. His all-encompassing, risk-based approach involves developing and executing internal and external policies for the collection, use, disclosure, sharing, retaining, transferring, and destruction of personal information. This includes managing contractual relationships with vendors, employees, acquired entities, and creditors as well as building privacy into companies’ product development life cycle and change management strategies.

Prior to joining Orrick, Matthew was an Enterprise Privacy Solutions Manager for TrustArc (formerly TRUSTe), a San Francisco-based privacy consulting and certification firm, and an adjunct law professor of Privacy Law at Santa Clara University. Matthew is a Certified Information Privacy Manager and a Certified Information Privacy Professional with a specialization in United States privacy law.