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Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Technology Transactions
- Technology Companies Group
- Blockchain and Virtual Currency
- Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
Allen Babajanian Senior Associate
Los Angeles
Allen focuses on technology and intellectual property-related transactions, with a particular emphasis on drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including:
- hardware, software, content, and data licensing agreements;
- IT-focused services agreements, including consulting, development, hosting, and cloud computing agreements, including software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service arrangements; and
- technology and intellectual property development, acquisition, and disposition agreements.
In addition, Allen counsels clients on intellectual property issues in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions.
Practice:
- Technology Transactions
- Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
Ariel Simmonds Associate
New York
Ariel represents clients at all stages of their life cycles as they innovate and scale. Ariel counsels clients in a variety of technology-driven industries, including artificial intelligence, SaaS and media. Ariel has experience drafting commercial, licensing and other intellectual property and technology agreements. She also assists clients with intellectual property issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions.
Ariel is active in pro bono matters, focusing on licensing and corporate matters for historically underrepresented clients. Through her law school clinic, Ariel filed trademark registrations for early-stage startup clients on a pro bono basis.
Prior to joining Orrick, Ariel spent over two years interning with a property-tech startup and then a cruise line, supporting their respective marketing teams on CAN-SPAM and TCPA compliance. Ariel also draws on her experience in the business valuation and SBA 7(a) financing industry when advising on mergers and acquisitions.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Offshore Wind
- Renewable Energy
- Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
April Lord Senior Associate
London
April’s experience includes advising on acquisitions and disposals of solar farms and wind projects as well as on joint venture arrangements and other commercial contracts across a range of renewable and conventional energy companies.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Real Estate
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
- Real Estate
- Public Finance Renewable Energy
- Banking & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- United Kingdom
- Hydrogen
- Offshore Wind
Simon Folley Partner
London
He regularly counsels clients on a broad range of real estate matters, including the acquisition and disposal of investment property across asset classes; advice to corporate occupiers on lettings and office moves; real estate development; and the property aspects of corporate and financing transactions.
Simon also has extensive experience in the energy sector, where he has advised on the acquisition, sale, development and financing of a variety of projects. He has particular knowledge in renewable energy, with significant experience in offshore and onshore wind, solar and biomass. He is a member of the Orrick team that is adept in the disposal of offshore transmission assets as part of the OFTO tender process run by Ofgem.
Nicola Whiteley Partner
London
Leading a “straightforward and solutions-focused” team in London who are “exceptionally good and very highly respected globally”, Nicola is listed and noted for her “business-oriented approach” in Lexology Index and recognised by Chambers and Partners as “an excellent lawyer” who is “extremely responsive, commercially astute and pragmatic” and “an absolute pleasure to work with”, with clients praising her “solution orientated” nature, “very good sense of customer service” and her ability to “get to the heart of a legal problem very quickly” and “simplify complex legal matters into understandable chunks”.
Nicola is also recognised as a Leading Partner by Legal 500 UK. Clients describe her as "responsive, quick, pragmatic, and a joy to work with," making in-house counsel's life "a lot easier." Her calm and sensible advice has been invaluable in stressful employment disputes, earning her the reputation of an "outstanding employment law practitioner." Nicola's strong technical expertise, deep understanding of her clients' businesses, and commercial pragmatism make her a "pleasure to work with."
Furthermore, Nicola is lauded as "superb – clever, technical, accessible, commercial, and a thoroughly decent lawyer and human being," with tremendous respect from peers and clients alike. Her broad range of experience and cost-effective solutions are highly valued, as is her ability to provide expert legal advice and counsel tailored to the practical needs of businesses. Nicola is also trusted for independent investigation work and legal ethics-related advice.
She is a member of the International Committee of the Employment Lawyer's Association.
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Technology Transactions
- Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
- Technology & Innovation
Julia Apostle Partner
Paris
Julia counsels on compliance issues in relation to European and French tech and data regulations, including the GDPR, the Digital Services Act, the regulation of AI, the Data Act and other new and emerging legislation impacting online platforms, technology developers, and eCommerce businesses. She advises companies of all sizes on a wide range of compliance matters, ranging the drafting of internal policies, to assisting with regulatory investigations, and product counseling.
In the context of strategic transactions covering significant and complex technological issues, she is involved in the drafting and negotiation of agreements relating to data transfer, IT, software, content and brand licensing.
Qualified to practice in the UK and France, Julia is deeply familiar with the commercial considerations’ clients face, having practiced in-house at Twitter, Financial Times and CBS for more than a decade prior to joining Orrick.
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Technology Transactions
- Technology Companies Group
- Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
Noa Dreymann Senior Associate
Silicon Valley
Noa regularly partners with her clients on the contracts that drive their businesses, including:
- software, data, and content licensing agreements;
- master services agreements;
- professional services and development agreements;
- research collaboration agreements;
- influencer and sponsorship agreements;
- reseller and referral agreements; and
- end-user license agreements and terms of service.
Noa’s additional experience in venture capital financings and mergers and acquisitions informs her commercial work and enables her to advise her clients on what potential investors and acquirors are looking for in their targets’ commercial and intellectual property strategies, as well as on what they consider red flags.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Energy
- Infrastructure
- Renewable Energy
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Power
- Hydrogen
- Wind Energy
- Offshore Wind
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Employment Law & Litigation
- Whistleblower & Corporate Investigations
- Internal Investigations
- Trade Secrets Litigation
- Wage and Hour
- Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
- Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Pay Equity
Mike Delikat Partner
New York
He is also the founder of the firm’s Whistleblower Task Force. He previously served as the Managing Director of Orrick’s Litigation Division. The practice group under Mike’s leadership was chosen as one of the top national employment law practices by Law 360.
Chambers USA and Chambers Global has ranked him in Band 1 since it began publishing its rankings, noting he is "a giant of the employment bar, widely regarded as an expert in whistleblowing matters and sex harassment claims,” “sought out by premier clients to handle high-stakes employment litigation and investigations,” and "one of the best lawyers on the East Coast for financial institutions."
Mike has an active trial, arbitration, and appellate practice and handles a number of high-visibility class action and impact cases. He is regularly retained by boards of directors and audit committees to conduct high exposure internal investigations of corporate wrongdoing.
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Intellectual Property
- Patents
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- 3D Printing
- Internet of Things
Richard F. Martinelli Partner
New York
He has litigated patents at trial, before the ITC, and on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Rich has counseled clients and rendered opinions on patent validity, infringement and freedom to use. He is a registered patent attorney with experience drafting patents and practicing before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Rich’s patent work has involved a wide range of technologies including image processing, 3d graphics, audio / video compression, computer hardware and software, e-commerce, network technologies, digital rights management and encryption.
Rich also helps companies address the novel litigation and transactional IP issues that arise when developing and working with AI and is a frequent lecturer on these topics.
Bill Hughes Partner, Capital Markets, Technology Companies Group
San Francisco; Silicon Valley
Practice:
- Capital Markets
- Technology Companies Group
- Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
Bill Hughes Partner
San Francisco; Silicon Valley
Bill counsels public and late-stage private companies on general corporate and transactional matters, including advising on initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, direct listings, investment grade debt offerings and convertible debt offerings. He also regularly advises companies on disclosure and reporting obligations under U.S. federal securities laws, corporate governance issues and stock exchange listing obligations.
Additionally, Bill advises founders and companies in connection with public listings through SPAC merger. Among other engagements, Bill represented Getaround, Inc., a connected carsharing marketplace, Clover Health Investments, Corp., a next-generation Medicare Advantage insurer, and the founders of DraftKings Inc., a digital sports entertainment and gaming company, in the respective de-SPAC transactions of those entities.
Chambers USA has ranked Bill for his expertise in Capital Markets Debt & Equity and noted that "He's a great lawyer, really technically sound."
Amy Padgett Partner, Energy & Infrastructure, Mergers & Acquisitions
Washington, D.C.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure Sector
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Public Power Financing
- Renewable Energy
Amy Padgett Partner
Washington, D.C.
She represents leading sponsors, developers, investors and electric utilities in cash equity and tax equity financings, joint ventures, M&A, private placements and a broad range of corporate matters for renewables projects across the United States and Canada.