Orrick Launches Santa Monica Office to Further Build Global Tech Practice

March.07.2017

Orrick today announced the launch of an office in Santa Monica to serve the exploding Silicon Beach tech market. This will be the firm’s third office in Southern California and continues the expansion of our global tech practice.

The 13-lawyer Santa Monica office will provide a local base to serve an emerging tech hub in Southern California, the nation’s fourth-largest venture capital market. The Santa Monica team will be led by partners Andrew Erskine and Daniel Kim, along with senior associate Josh Pollick. John Bautista, one of Orrick’s leading advisors to global tech companies, will spend significant time there along with partner Anik Guha, as will other Orrick tech companies partners.

“We are thrilled to be right in the center of this exciting and growing market, enabling us to better serve our local entrepreneur and investor clients and grow our practice,” John said. “The market is home to some of the most dynamic companies in the media, aerospace and software development spaces.”

“Santa Monica is a perfect fit and complement to our Southern California strategy, which is already focused on the tech and media sectors,” said William Molinski, leader of Orrick’s 70-lawyer Los Angeles office, who will also spend time in Santa Monica. “We’ve seen the accelerating tech growth in Silicon Beach, and we’re excited to be in the heart of it.”

In addition to venture capital work, Orrick’s new office will advise on intellectual property and litigation matters.

The launch of the Santa Monica office is the latest growth in Orrick’s global tech platform. Since 2015, the firm has added partners in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Houston, London, Paris and Milan. Last month, Orrick added two leading tech-focused partners in Silicon Valley, Matteo Daste and Glynna Christian (who now co-heads Orrick’s Technology Transactions team), and earlier this year Ylan Steiner joined in London.

The Recorder’s Corporate Department of the Year for Emerging Companies, Orrick provides comprehensive counseling to more than 1,600 high-growth companies in markets worldwide, including numerous unicorns and leading venture capital firms. In 2016, the firm helped clients raise more than $5 billion in venture capital in 35 countries worldwide.

Click below to read The Recorder's article on our Santa Monica office launch.

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Andrew Erskine Partner, Technology Companies Group, Mergers & Acquisitions

Santa Monica; Los Angeles

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Technology & Innovation Sector
Technology Companies Group
Mergers & Acquisitions

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Andrew Erskine Partner

Santa Monica; Los Angeles

Andrew works closely with founders, directors and venture capitalists in L.A., Silicon Valley and other U.S. tech hubs on the formation, operations, fundraising and successful exits of technology and other venture-backed companies. Leveraging a unique professional background and skill set as well as the premiere, full suite of services of our global law firm to devise strategic and creative solutions for his clients, Andrew shares their vision for change, and helps them build the vessel that delivers that vision to the world.

Prior to joining Orrick, Andrew served as a legislative adviser to Congress, a lobbyist for the University of Illinois, and a tax fellow for Deloitte advising companies on Sarbanes-Oxley tax compliance and building internal control systems.

Daniel S. Kim Partner, Technology Companies Group, Mergers & Acquisitions

Santa Monica; Los Angeles; Orange County

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D:+1 310 633 2803
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Practice:

Technology & Innovation Sector
Technology Companies Group
Mergers & Acquisitions
Capital Markets
Blockchain and Virtual Currency

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Daniel S. Kim Partner

Santa Monica; Los Angeles; Orange County

Dan has a general business and corporate law practice, representing both emerging and public companies in a variety of matters, including corporate and securities law, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, de-SPAC transactions, day-to-day general corporate matters, structured liquidity programs, public offerings, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance and corporate governance.

Dan began his legal career in Silicon Valley and works with a significant number of clients in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. Dan is also an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School.

Dan’s current and former representations include:

Beyond Meat
Ceradyne
Compellent Technologies
GitHub
Luminar Technologies
Momentus
Outward
Pinterest
Planet Labs
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
ZestFinance

Dan also has represented numerous venture capital and private equity investors including Founders Fund, Kapor Capital, Storm Ventures, Warburg Pincus, Wicklow Capital and many others.

Representative matters include:

VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCINGS

Represented Luminar Technologies in its $250 million worth of venture capital financings and $184 Series X Preferred Stock financing
Represented Pinterest in its $150 million Series H Preferred Stock financing
Represented a developer of therapeutics for acute and chronic cardiovascular, and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases in its $60 million Series C Preferred Stock financing
Represented the lead investor in the $96 million Series D-2 Preferred Stock financing of a leading cloud provider of tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes
Represented a strategic investor in the $73.5 million Series E Preferred Stock financing of a fuel-cell manufacturer
Represented the lead investor in a $52 million Series D Preferred Stock financing of a renewable oil and bioproducts company
Represented a specialty pharmaceutical company in its $45 million Series C Preferred Stock financing
Represented a provider of mobile marketing solutions in its $22 million Series E Preferred Stock financing
Represented a women’s healthcare company in its $15 million Series C Preferred Stock financing
Represented a data analytics company in its $15 million Series A-1 and Series A-2 Preferred Stock financing
Represented a provider of biological software in its $15 million Series E Preferred stock financing
Represented the lead investor in the $15 million Series C Preferred Stock financing of an advertising technology company
Represented a provider of converged cloud storage and application optimization products in its $12 million Series B Preferred Stock financing
Represented the lead investor in the $6.5 million Series C Preferred Stock financing of a manufacturer of devices designed to optimize rapid perfusion and clot removal in the treatment of patients suffering from ischemic stroke
Represented a provider of imaging solutions for the home furnishings industry in its $6.5 million Series A Preferred Stock financing
Represented the lead investor in the $5 million Series B Preferred Stock financing of a SaaS wellness company
Represented the lead investor in the $5 million Series A Preferred Stock financing of a producer of advanced cell separation tools and accessories to support regenerative medicine workflows
Represented dozens of other technology companies, venture capital firms, strategic investors, and angel investors in various preferred stock financings, convertible note financings and other private company capital-raising transactions.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Represented Luminar Technologies in its $3.4 billion SPAC merger with Gores Metropoulos
Represented Momentus in its $1.2 billion SPAC merger with Stable Road Acquisition Corp
Represented Planet Labs in its acquisition of Terra Bella Technologies from Google
Represented Yes in its sale to Twitter
Represented a publicly-traded, commercial-stage biotechnology company in its acquisition of a biopharmaceutical company for $45 million in cash and stock, and future earn-outs of up to $195 million
Represented Ceradyne in its sale to 3M Company for $860 million in an all-cash tender offer
Represented Compellent Technologies in its sale to Dell for $940 million
Represented ZestFinance in its joint venture with JD.com in China
Represented a managed services provider in its carve-out acquisition of the managed IT services division of a full-lifecycle spatial systems integrator
Represented a leading designer of mobile device accessories in its acquisition of an emerging mobile device accessories company
Represented a premier supplier of advanced technology products for the ruggedized electronics military market in its sale to a publicly traded, global manufacturer of aircraft products
Represented and successfully defended Qualstar Corporation against a hostile tender offer and defeated an activist shareholder in a proxy contest
Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a nationally branded dental laboratory and in its three follow-on acquisitions of leading dental laboratories
Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a platform chiropractic software company and in its follow-on acquisition of a leading chiropractic software company
Represented a portfolio company of a private equity firm in its strategic acquisition of a provider of contact center solutions and managed services
Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of an independent provider of innovative communications solutions
Represented Cortex Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition by merger of Pier Pharmaceuticals
Represented a venture capital firm in its acquisition of the assets of a biopharmaceutical company in an assignment for the benefit of creditors proceeding, and in its subsequent sale of such assets to a clinical-stage, publicly traded biopharmaceutical company
Represented a publicly traded leader in high performance computing in its acquisition of a Japanese sales and service organization
Represented various other companies and institutional investors in buy-side and sell-side engagements, involving both public and private company targets and acquirers

PUBLIC OFFERINGS & PIPEs

Represented Luminar Technologies in its going public de-SPAC transaction with Gores Metropoulos
Represent Momentus in its going public de-SPAC transaction with Stable Road Acquisition Corp.
Represented Beyond Meat in its initial public offering
Represented Silvair in its initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (a case of first impression)
Represented First Foundation Inc. in its initial public offering
Represented underwriter Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the $98.7 million follow-on offering of InterMune
Represented Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its contemplated initial public offering
Represented Pacific Mercantile Bancorp in three secondary offerings of common stock
Represented Pacific Mercantile Bancorp in its $11.2 million and $26.3 million PIPE offerings
Represented various other issuers in follow-on offerings and PIPE offerings including XenoPort, NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, and Anesiva

PUBLIC COMPANY REPORTING AND SEC COMPLIANCE

Prepared SEC filings and advised on various securities law and corporate governance matters for dozens of publicly traded companies including Anesiva, Avigen, Ceradyne, CKE Restaurants, Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Deckers Outdoor Corporation, EMCORE Corporation, NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, Power Integrations, Qualstar Corporation, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and XenoPort

John Bautista Partner, Technology Companies Group, Mergers & Acquisitions

San Francisco; Santa Monica; Silicon Valley

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Practice:

Technology & Innovation Sector
Technology Companies Group
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Governance
Fintech
Blockchain and Virtual Currency

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John Bautista Partner

San Francisco; Santa Monica; Silicon Valley

John focuses his practice on advising emerging companies and investors, and represents both public and private high-tech and life sciences companies in many areas, including corporate and securities law, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, public company representation and technology licensing.

The Recorder named John the “2019 Innovator of the Year” for his work as the chief lawyer on the Long-Term Stock Exchange, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission-approved exchange designed to change the paradigm of traditional stock markets by rewarding entrepreneurs and investors committed to long-term business strategies. Financial Times recognized John as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Individuals of the Year in 2017, calling him “one of the most influential lawyers in the technology ecosystem of Silicon Valley.” He is ranked Band 2 by Chambers USA California, for Venture Capital and Chambers USA Nationwide, ranked him Band 3 for Startups & Emerging Companies.

John is a Board member and co-founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, which is creating a new stock exchange for public companies supporting long-term investors, as well as an advisor and co-founder of Clerky.com, a company automating legal work for early-stage companies. He is also recognized for his work with Y Combinator companies.

Prior to joining Orrick, John was a founding attorney of Venture Law Group and served on the Executive Committee. John previously practiced at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. John also served as Mayor of the City of Cupertino, California and a council member from 1993-1997, where he helped build important public partnerships, including with Apple Computer, the Mid-Peninsula Open Space Preserve, and San Jose and California Water Companies.

Josh Pollick Partner, Technology Companies Group, Mergers & Acquisitions

Santa Monica

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Practice:

Technology & Innovation Sector
Technology Companies Group
Mergers & Acquisitions
Fintech

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Josh Pollick Partner

Santa Monica

Josh represents high-growth technology companies and venture capital firms in many areas, including corporate and securities law, corporate formations, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, secondary offerings and SPAC transactions.

Josh has been recognized by Chambers and Partners USA, Legal500, and Super Lawyers for his work representing startups and venture capital funds.

Josh’s company-side representations include Dave, Deel, FabFitFun, Grow Therapy, Retool and Stripe.

In addition to his company-side representations, Josh has represented leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors, including Coatue, Darsana Capital and D1 Capital.

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