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408599

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Technology Companies Group

Andy Bloom Senior Associate

Boston

Andy advises high growth technology companies, startup founders, private funds and other institutional investors on a broad range of corporate transactions across industries. He has extensive experience in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, advising companies from formation to exit on formation, governance, and financing matters, and private funds and institutional investors on venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments. Andy works closely with clients to provide strategic insights and outside general counsel services, advising clients on day-to-day governance, equity compensation and general commercial matters.

Andy also has extensive experience advising sponsors of private investment funds on their formation, regulatory compliance, and fundraising activities, as well as institutional investors in connection with various aspects of their investment programs, including investments in private investment funds, co-investments and complex secondaries transactions.

Anna Booth Associate

Boston

Anna advises clients on meeting the complex requirements of federal, state, and international privacy frameworks, with particular focus on the needs of cross-border projects.

Prior to joining Orrick, Anna practiced as a barrister in London for ten years, representing clients in cross-border disputes and enforcement proceedings, both in court and international arbitration. Her experience has included matters in India, Japan, Russia, Egypt, Australia, Thailand, and Europe.

740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Public Finance

Devin Brennan Partner

San Francisco; Boston

Such transactions have involved both long- and short-term, fixed and variable rate obligations, public-private partnerships (P3s), commercial paper, swaps, credit and liquidity enhancement, and revenue bonds for transportation and utility issuers, as well as a number of sizable special purpose financings. Devin has also represented multiple clients in connection with chapter 9 bankruptcies, restructurings and other workouts.

Devin is a partner in Orrick’s San Francisco office and chairs the Firm’s Transportation Finance Group. Devin has served on the Hiring and Summer Program Committees in the San Francisco office, and helps organize the firm's annual summer surf trip to Capitola Beach. Devin is a past Chair of the Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference, and is currently a member of the Strategy Council for OneJustice, an organization dedicated to transforming the delivery of legal services to Californians in need.

454161

Practice:

  • FDA & Healthcare Regulatory
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Technology & Innovation

Emily Brodkin Associate

Boston

Providing counsel focused on both preventing and solving problems, she has represented established and emerging digital health companies, hospitals, health systems, and pharmaceutical and device manufacturers. Emily’s experience includes involvement in fraud and abuse issues, data privacy, telehealth, and scope of practice matters.

420512

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Fintech

Tony Chan Partner

Washington, D.C.; Boston; New York

Tony regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity, growth equity, and venture capital transactions, as well as on corporate governance, joint ventures and corporate finance.

His clients include global strategic buyers and sellers, as well as financial sponsors and their portfolio companies in the life science, healthcare, investment management, technology and video game industries.

Tony has been recognized for his life sciences and M&A work by a number of notable publications, including The Legal 500 US, Law360, IFLR1000 and Legal Media Group. In particular, Law360 highlighted his work in navigating the complex life sciences industry and key partnership negotiations between biotechnology and drug companies.

In addition, Tony sustains an active pro bono practice, serving as counsel to nonprofit organizations such as Aequitas, APAI Vote, Chefs Stopping Asian American Hate, Rebuilding Together Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Film Society, and the Harvard Asian Alumni Alliance. Tony also serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School where he has taught Takeovers, Mergers and Acquisitions since 2015.

378636

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 Senior Associate

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.

409530

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Energy

Catherine Conners Associate

Boston

Catherine's practice focuses on buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, both domestic and cross-border. She practices across a variety of industries, including energy, technology and software, healthcare and life sciences. As a member of the firm's EnergyTech team, Catherine focuses on advising companies developing next-generation technologies in energy storage, carbon capture, alternative fuels and agtech.

378940

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Technology Transactions
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

David Curtis Senior Associate

Seattle; Boston

David drafts and negotiates data licenses and other commercial contracts in which privacy and security issues are a key concern. In addition, he regularly advises clients on privacy policies, website terms and conditions and data processing agreements. David also counsels clients on digital advertising, Internet law and consumer protection, with a particular focus on compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), restrictions on unfair and deceptive trade practices and app store privacy requirements. David helped develop Orrick’s CCPA Readiness Assessment Tool, which enables companies to test how ready they are to comply with the CCPA as a first step to constructing a strategic compliance roadmap.

Before joining Orrick, David was an associate at Ropes & Gray LLP and an adjunct professor at Harvard Law School, where he taught legal research, writing and analysis. David clerked for Justice Barbara Lenk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

383139

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Kathryn "Katy" de Visscher Managing Associate

Boston

Katy assists clients in their data breach investigations and cybersecurity incident response, including advising clients on data breach notification responsibilities and providing strategic advice on how to manage cybersecurity risks. She advises on enhancing existing privacy and information security policies and procedures, such as online privacy notices.

Her work includes counseling on compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for day-to-day business operations and the development of new products.

Katy graduated from Boston College Law School. During that time, she externed in the Data Privacy & Security Unit at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office where she supported consumer protection enforcement actions. She also interned with The Future of Privacy Forum and in-house with a leading cloud-based software company.

384583

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • California Consumer Privacy Act
  • General Data Protection Regulation
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Tori Downey Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Innovation Attorney

Boston

Tori advises clients on enhancing their data privacy and security profiles and building comprehensive global data protection programs. She provides guidance on issues relating to a vast array of state, federal and international privacy and cybersecurity laws, including:

  • Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
  • EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act
  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
  • U.S. surveillance-related laws
  • U.S. state data breach notification laws
  • U.S. state privacy laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia (CCPA, CPRA, CPA, CTDPA, UCPA, VCDPA)

Tori also supports clients in developing strategies to reduce the risk of security incidents, regularly advises on general consumer protection issues, and counsels on sweepstakes, marketing, and advertising matters.

Prior to joining Orrick, Tori served as an in-house data privacy and security law clerk at a pharmaceutical company in Boston, at a large nonprofit corporation in New York City, and at an international oil and gas company in Beijing. She also worked on data privacy matters in the Office of the General Counsel of Northeastern University. Having worked across diverse business sectors, including life sciences, technology and energy, Tori brings an in-house perspective to her client matters.

379111

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Finance Sector
  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Global Compliance & Regulatory
  • Government Investigations and Enforcement Actions
  • Technology & Innovation
  • Fintech
  • Responsible Business
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Heather Egan Partner

Boston

Heather partners with clients to reduce the risk of privacy and security incidents. In the event of an incident, she helps companies respond, successfully guiding them through investigation, remediation, notification and any ensuing government inquiries. She provides comprehensive crisis management support and companies rely on her to manage their response to catastrophes, investigations and government probes involving conduct by employees, contractors and third parties.

To help clients navigate complicated global regulatory compliance challenges, she leads comprehensive cybersecurity and privacy assessments worldwide, vets risks in corporate transactions, conducts internal investigations stemming from data incidents, and drafts and negotiates contracts concerning data-related vendors and arrangements. She regularly counsels businesses on how to mitigate risks associated with the collection, use, retention, disclosure, transfer and disposal of personal data. Outside of the U.S., she manages teams of talented counsel around the world to deliver seamless advice for clients that operate across many jurisdictional lines, developing comprehensive privacy and cybersecurity programs that address competing regulatory regimes.

379263

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Technology Transactions
  • Automotive Technology & Mobility
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Nicholas Farnsworth Senior Associate

Boston

Nick provides compliance guidance on both proposed and effective laws on a federal and state level in the United States, including:

  • Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM)
  • Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
  • Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and other biometric privacy laws
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
  • Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
  • Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC) Act
  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
  • U.S. state breach notification laws
  • U.S. state privacy laws
  • U.S. artificial intelligence laws

He also counsels clients on the impact of international laws from a U.S. perspective, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive (ePD), and the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.

Nick helps clients develop flexible governance frameworks for the development and use of artificial intelligence in the face of ever evolving AI legislation. He also advises clients on strategies, policies and procedures for the sourcing of AI training data, the responsible use of AI by employees, the assessment of risks presented by AI tools, the design of consumer-facing AI, the negotiation of AI-related contracts and the handling of AI-related regulatory inquiries and investigations.

Nick also devotes a portion of his practice to innovative client solutions and community engagement. He was part of the Orrick team that developed Orrick’s AI Resource Center, EU AI Act reference guide, U.S. AI Law Tracker and Gen AI Policy Builder. His pro bono practice has included representing clients in immigration and innocence matters and assisting small businesses with their legal needs.

Nick has obtained the Certified Information Privacy Professional -/ United States (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) and Privacy Law Specialist (PLS) designations from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).