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Jason Grube Managing Associate

Seattle

Jason is a member of Orrick's technology companies practice group. He works with both early-stage and late-stage companies and assists with all aspects of formation and venture capital financing. He provides advice to companies seeking exit transactions such as mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings, or SPAC transactions. Jason also advises investors planning to invest in tech companies in various industries and markets.

Prior to joining Orrick, Jason served in the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer and as a Military Intelligence officer.

Kayla Delgado Grundy Senior Associate

San Francisco

Companies are often unwittingly out of compliance, particularly those which operate in states such as California, which have rapidly evolving, employee-friendly regulations. To prevent individual discrimination or harassment allegations from spiraling into class actions, Kayla finds innovative solutions to quickly and quietly resolve such matters. She applies that same finesse when handling highly sensitive trade secret matters, which also require quick and decisive action to preserve her client’s reputation.  

In addition to resolving problems before they escalate, Kayla also helps clients succeed in litigation when necessary. Undaunted by opposing counsel, government agencies or difficult fact patterns, she successfully defends clients from a variety of employment claims in state and federal court. Kayla has particular expertise in defending against large-scale class actions, including those based on systemic discrimination and pay equity claims or on wage and hour claims.

Kayla has an active pro bono practice where she counsels local non-profit organizations and helps navigate difficult employment issues so that the leaders of those organizations can focus on fulfilling their purpose and providing services to the community.

Amy Grunske Head of International Pro Bono, Sustainability & Community Responsibility

London

Amy works with a variety of international, national and local non-profit organisations and charities to identify their legal needs and to develop and facilitate tailored pro bono legal training, assistance, advice and representation. She also builds strong partnerships and networks with these clients and other partners such as law centres, academic institutions, government institutions and UN agencies to collaboratively develop high impact pro bono projects that use the law, policy and advocacy as tools for social change and development in the areas of human rights, conservation, rule of law and access to justice.

Amy also leads on the further development of the impact finance and social enterprise pro bono practice across the international offices, facilitating legal services to clients seeking to achieve positive social and environmental impact alongside financial returns.

Amy contributes to the continued development of the pro bono sector in the UK, helping to lead on initiatives such as the UK Collaborative Plan for Pro Bono and UKAdemy Pro Bono Training Programme. She also works to involve the firm's commercial clients as trusted partners in select pro bono projects, supporting the development of in-house pro bono.

Amy has many years’ experience advising the private legal sector on the strategic development and management of pro bono programmes across a number of jurisdictions. An Australian qualified lawyer, Amy holds graduate and post-graduate degrees in the areas of law, human rights, international development and psychology.

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.

Anik Guha Partner

San Francisco; Santa Monica

Anik Guha, a partner in Orrick’s Technology Companies Group, represents high-growth technology companies in many industries through all stages of the life cycle. Anik has advised companies on hundreds of financing transactions, dozens of mergers and acquisitions, and numerous strategic and governance matters.

Anik’s clients include Betterment, Blokable, Carrot Fertility, Clutter, Confluent, Convoy, Desmos, Expanse, Frontier Car Group, GoldieBlox, HashiCorp, Heap, HingeTo, Hustle, Inspire Energy, Jibe, Lambda School, Mux, Mylio, Nanotronics Imaging, Oiselle, Pinterest, Sourcegraph, Two Chairs and Waking Up. Selected companies that Anik represented through exit include Connectifier, Cove, Credible Labs, Doppler Labs, Elance, Gowalla, Nest Labs, Powerset, Upworthy, Wavii and Yammer. Anik regularly represents Kapor Capital in investment matters. He has been recognized by The Legal 500 for his work with technology companies. Anik helped open Orrick’s tech-focused office in Santa Monica, and led the opening of a workspace in Oakland to better serve Orrick clients located in the East Bay. 

Anik is on the advisory board of Peer Resources, an organization that serves high school and middle school students in the San Francisco Unified School District. A native Ohioan and former New Yorker, Anik now lives with his family in Berkeley.

Lauren Guilford Managing Associate

San Francisco

Lauren advises clients on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters such as equity-based compensation, deferred compensation arrangements, and 280G compliance, especially as these issues arise in mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions. 

Emin Guseynov Partner

New York

Emin’s practice focuses on advising direct lenders in connection with a variety of finance transactions, including leveraged acquisitions and corporate financings. He also advises investment banks and other lending institutions in leveraged finance, marketplace lending and structured finance transactions. In addition, Emin represents Orrick’s corporate clients in connection with corporate finance transactions, project financings and debtor in possession financings.

Prior to joining Orrick, Emin was an associate at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP.

Jonathan Guy Senior Counsel

Washington, D.C.

Chambers USA has variously described Mr. Guy as someone who is a "zealous advocate for his clients," is "valued for his quick and practical advice," "makes fantastically impressive presentations in court," is able to "listen to a large amount of information" in court and "reduce an argument to its essence," and is an "expert in commercial and bankruptcy-related litigation."

Mr. Guy is ranked in Chambers USA as a Senior Statesperson for District of Columbia Bankruptcy/Restructuring and in the Thomson Reuters Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers category for business litigation. He is the former Chair of the Community Responsibility Committee for the Washington, D.C. office and was long active in numerous pro bono cases.