Jillian Victoria Kaltner Senior Associate
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Jillian Victoria Kaltner Senior Associate
Silicon Valley
Before joining Orrick, Jillian clerked at the San Francisco Superior Court, where she honed her skills and passion for civil litigation.
Jillian graduated Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif from UC Hastings College of the Law. During law school, Jillian won multiple awards for both brief writing and oral advocacy with the school's nationally-ranked Moot Court program. Jillian also served as the Executive Editor of the Hastings Women's Law Journal.
Practice:
- Antitrust & Competition
- Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
Dr. Benedikt Kamann Associate
Düsseldorf
He advises companies on German and European antitrust and competition law, in particular on merger control, compliance, internal investigations, cartels and abuse of dominance.
Furthermore, Benedikt advises on foreign trade law issues, in particular on investment review proceedings before the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Prior to joining Orrick, he worked as a research assistant at a leading German law firm and as a trainee lawyer in the antitrust team of a leading international law firm, at a U.S. law firm in its Los Angeles office, and at the German Federal Parliament in the department for EU policy issues.
Practice:
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Technology Companies Group
- Corporate Governance
Jamie Kamen Baroff Senior Associate
New York
Jamie's practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, advising companies on formation and equity financings, and corporate governance matters.
Dieynaba Kane Associate
Paris
Dieynaba assists French and international companies before French and European courts and competition authorities, in case covering all aspects of competition laws (cartels, abuse of dominant position, merger control, State aid).
Prior to joining Orrick, she was a lawyer in a French renowned law firm.
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Technology Companies Group
- Funds
- Blockchain and Virtual Currency
Larry Kane Partner
San Francisco
Larry's typical representations range from formation and early stage corporate counseling, angel and venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships to angel and venture fund formations and lending and other commercial transactions. Larry's practice focus on a range of technology companies focused on education technology and education services, software and SAAS based businesses, consumer products to semiconductor businesses.
Practice:
- Technology Companies Group
- Technology & Innovation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Andrew Kang Senior Associate
New York
Andrew advises technology companies throughout their lifecycles, including on company formations, day-to-day corporate matters, financing transactions and liquidity events.
Andrew received his JD from Columbia Law School. Prior to joining Orrick, Andrew worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP where he advised on M&A and securities transactions and general corporate matters.
Sundeep Kapur Partner
Washington, D.C.
Sundeep Kapur Partner
Washington, D.C.
Sundeep is also a leading advisor in the rapidly evolving advertising ecosystem and possesses an in-depth technical and legal understanding of adtech across all channels (e.g., connected TV, linear TV, over-the-top media, desktop, mobile web, mobile app). He participates in adtech working groups and is a key contributor to the development of industry-wide privacy compliance solutions. He advises on compliance with self-regulatory regimes developed by the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). The IAB named him Outstanding Contributor to Legal Affairs in 2024 for his significant impact on the adtech ecosystem through his work on such industry-wide initiatives.
Sundeep is accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Certified Information Privacy Professional in the United States (CIPP/US). He is also a member of Law360's 2025 Cybersecurity & Privacy Editorial Advisory Board.
Marianna Karapetyan Senior Associate
Düsseldorf
She advises companies in all stages of growth, from pre-IPO start-ups to unicorns and investors to international corporations on a wide range of labor law matters. In addition to day-to-day employment law advice, this includes assisting companies with complex transactions, restructurings, and redundancies.
Her practice also focuses on employment law issues, such as employee leasing, service contracts for the management board or advice in the conclusion and negotiation of shop agreements.
Most recently, she has advised leading global technology companies such as Pinterest and Snap on various labor law issues and has been an important contact for many young technology companies since their foundation.
Marianna has been with Orrick since 2019.
Aria Kashefi Partner, Technology Companies Group
San Francisco
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Technology Companies Group
Aria Kashefi Partner
San Francisco
Aria Kashefi is a Partner in Orrick’s Technology Companies Group. Aria’s practice focuses on advising emerging technology companies and investors in a variety of transactional matters in the U.S. and internationally, including venture capital financings, exit transactions, technology licensing, corporate reorganization, governance and corporate and securities law.
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
- White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
Konstantin Kasyan Special Legal Consultant
Washington, D.C.
Rene Kathawala Pro Bono Counsel
New York
Rene works with other pro bono counsel and legal services nonprofits to increase the quantity and quality of pro bono representation that is being provided to indigent clients in each of the cities worldwide where Orrick has a presence. In addition, he supervises and directly works on cases in such diverse areas as immigration law, family and matrimonial law, housing law, public benefits law, employment law counseling, impact litigation and nonprofit advice and counseling. Rene has worked on many substantial matters in the federal and state systems over his career that are reported as precedent. He also works with firm attorneys to strengthen the firm's innovative Impact Finance team that he founded and that provides representation in diverse transactional areas to nonprofit, for profit and hybrid organizations dedicated to providing basic services to poor persons around the world in areas including microfinance, water, education, energy, housing and health.
Based on his long-standing commitment to access to justice issues, Rene has been appointed to serve as co-chair of the New York City Bar Association Race Equity in the New York State Courts Working Group, co-chair of the Association of Pro Bono Counsel Transactional Law Working Group, as member of the New York City Bar Association Right to Counsel Task Force, as member of the New York City Bar Association Family Court Judicial Appointment & Assignment Process Work Group, as member of Sanctuary for Families' Narkis Golin Initiative, and as member of the Kids in Need of Defense's New York Advisory Committee. In recognition of his exemplary work in family law, United States District Judge Bloom appointed Rene as a special master in a federal court family law matter in 2014 in the Eastern District of New York in case number 07-cv-02565-ARR-LB, styled Garmhausen et al v. United States Department of Justice et al. Rene also appeared in a documentary with wide release, called "The Accidental Spy," about his pro bono immigration client, Mr. Blerim Skoro, for whom Rene spent six-years in the New York City immigration court and gained deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture for the client.
Spencer Kau Associate
Silicon Valley