Elisa is an experienced trial lawyer, having successfully litigated several trials as well as domestic and international arbitrations, representing Italian and international clients such as media & entertainment corporations, private equity funds, banks.
She also has broad experience in handling alternative dispute resolutions.
Her practice focuses mainly on corporate and commercial law disputes.
Elisa has extensive experience in corporate governance and international contract law and advises prominent Italian and multinational corporations active in many industries.
Having long represented issuers of asset backed securities and drawing on that experience, today, in addition to issuer representation, Leah’s practice includes a significant focus on investor-side representation. Leah represents both issuers and investors in complex deals of first impression and brings a unique, creative approach to securitization transactions, with deal execution as top priority.
Leah and her team have pioneered proved developed producing (PDP) oil & gas wellbore securitizations, acting as investor counsel on substantially all of the transactions that have been executed in the market to date. Also a pioneer of the C-PACE market, Leah regularly advises the top C-PACE issuers in both 144A and 4(a)(2) transactions, including Greenwork Lending’s first Rule 144A Commercial PACE securitization which was recognized as the 2022 Esoteric ABS Deal of the Year by GlobalCapital. Leah also advises on novel IP securitizations related to musical composition, sound recording copyrights, television and other royalties. Most recently, Leah represented the investors in the groundbreaking securitization by Syco Entertainment of intellectual property in the “Got Talent” franchise.
Leah’s experience further extends to a wide variety of other esoteric assets, including tax liens, diamond receivables, participations, tax credits, solar and wind ground leases and whole business operating company securitizations.
Recognized in Band 1 of Chambers USA Nationwide Securitization: PACE, Leah is described by clients as “one of the best lawyers that I have worked with” and someone who “fights tooth and nail for her clients.” Resources for the Legal 500 USA directory have called Leah “the best there is in esoteric financing products and bonds,” and note they are “incredibly impressed with the gender diversity on the team. Extremely ethical – name carries a lot of weight with investors.”
Adèle is actively involved in the resolution of business law disputes. She advises French and international companies in the amicable or judicial settlement of their disputes.
Prior to joining Orrick, Adèle completed several internships at leading international law firms in Paris.
He advises on a broad range of transactional and corporate matters, starting with initial formation and through to exits, including incorporation, governance matters, venture financings and M&A transactions. Andrew also advises venture capital and private equity firms among other strategic investors.
Anne brings her unique background to bear on federal appellate matters that cut across a range of substantive areas of the law. She has authored petitions for certiorari, briefs in opposition, and amicus briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court in cases involving civil rights, constitutional, veterans, and immigration law. She also advises clients on cutting-edge developments in the financial technology and artificial intelligence sectors, where disruptive technologies continue to raise fundamental legal questions.
For nearly a decade before joining Orrick, Anne served as an officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corp. Her military experiences include prosecuting dozens of criminal cases--including rape and murder--at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Fort Benning, Georgia, advising the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General and other senior Army leaders at the Pentagon on military justice issues, and advising the commander of the Army's only active-duty information warfare brigade in intelligence and operational law in the information and cyberspace domains. Among other distinctions, Anne was awarded the Bronze Star for her service in Afghanistan with the 82d Airborne Division and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Airborne School.
Before joining the Army, Anne practiced in San Francisco with two AmLaw 100 firms. Her representative cases include successfully defending an oil-and-gas company against claims brought under the Alien Tort Statute and customary international law, securing a complete defense verdict at trial on alter ego and agency liability allegations against an insurance company, and successfully defending on appeal summary judgments based on professional responsibility violations and statute of limitations grounds.
Alexis represents technology companies across various sectors including artificial intelligence, healthtech, energy technology, SaaS and fintech. She counsels founders, executives and boards on venture capital financings and regularly collaborates with leading venture capital firms on complex, multi-disciplinary transactions. Alexis also works with Orrick's innovation team to develop tools to drive legal efficiency for the firm's startup clients.
Alexis has represented leading tech companies including Dataiku, K Health, Stripe, Casetext (sold to Thomson Reuters), Sourcegraph, Jasper AI, Apollo Graph, Fireworks, Speak, Khloud, 818, Sprinter Spirits and Expanse (sold to Palo Alto Networks). Alexis also works closely with many companies backed by Y Combinator and South Park Commons, among other accelerators.
In addition to startup representation, Alexis regularly provides pro bono legal advice to local legal aid groups including Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto. Prior to law school, Alexis worked at the Northern California Innocence Project as a case analyst and eShares (now Carta) as a cap table analyst.
Matthew concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and securities transactions. He also counsels clients on corporate governance.
Al represents issuers and underwriters in the issuance of a wide variety of structured product and asset-backed securities, in both the taxable and tax-exempt markets. He has significant experience with both long-term and short-term (money market eligible) securities. He also works with clients entering into various swap agreements, and advises on the Investment Company Act of 1940, risk retention and the Dodd-Frank Act.
Al has been ranked by Chambers and Partners both globally and nationally in the structured products category. Legal500 has noted Al for his work in structured finance, quoting a client who stated that he has "impressive expertise in all facets of securitization in general, which is immensely helpful when we are working on complex transactions." The International Financial Law Review has also recognized Al for his work in structured finance and securitization. Euromoney notes him as an expert in Banking, Financial and Transactional Law: Structured Finance and Securitization.
Chapin focuses on representing high-growth technology companies of all sizes throughout their life-cycles-- from general formation and corporate governance through to venture capital and private equity financings. He also advises investors and venture capital firms in their investments in early and high growth technology companies.
Sarah’s practice focuses on structuring and negotiating the intellectual property aspects of complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, business divestitures, and commercial transactions where software and technology are the principal assets as well as stand-alone strategic licensing matters. Sarah also advises clients on their Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy and roadmap implementation with a focus on the procurement and negotiation of AI contracts.
Sarah routinely advises on carve-outs and business separation transactions and helps clients with structuring and implementing their intellectual property and technology separation and integration roadmaps.
Sarah has counseled several companies in their preparation for a divestiture and understands the issues a buyer is focused on in the context of intellectual property matters. She regularly helps companies implement remediation steps around their intellectual property assets to help them to a successful closing.
She has significant experience advising private equity funds on investments involving companies that are driven by technology and innovation, as well as intellectual property reliant consumer product companies and companies that are stepping into digitalization.
As a member of Orrick’s AI leadership group, Sarah is involved in Orrick’s AI practice strategy and thought leadership projects related to AI matters.
She also has experience serving as corporate counsel managing the activities of insurance appointed defense counsel in large litigations, managing the activities of various other law firms. Sarah has an extensive background in representing clients in high-stakes asbestos and talc litigation and represents corporate clients involved in lawsuits related to natural resource damages and newly emerging contaminants, such as PFAS. She also represented a major financial institution in the defense of claims from alleged injury due to performing clean-up work at the World Trade Center site.
An experienced litigator, Sarah guides clients through the litigation process, managing matters from inception to appeal. She is known for her strong written advocacy skills and has successfully briefed and argued numerous motions in New York State Supreme Court. She is well-versed in all aspects of the discovery process, including e-discovery, taking and defending depositions, preparing clients for trial and has extensive experience with scientific and medical experts. Leveraging her extensive case management and trial planning experience, Sarah also counsels clients on risk mitigation and ways to innovatively settle disputes and avoid protracted litigation
Jay represents high growth technology companies in several areas, including corporate and securities law, formation, and venture capital financings.
Jay received his JD from the University of Michigan in 2017. He is also a 2014 graduate of the University of Alabama where he double majored in Economics and Finance.
Prior to joining Orrick, Jay worked as a Bates Fellow at The Silicon Cape Initiative in Cape Town, South Africa, where he worked to grow the tech and entrepreneurship ecosystem in and around the Western Cape.
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