Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

London Managing Partner: Mark Beeley

Chairman (Firmwide): Mitch Zuklie

Number of partners: 32

Assistant solicitors: 88

Other legal staff: 10

Total no of lawyers internationally: 1,150+

CONTACTS 

Arbitration/Dispute Resolution: Mark Beeley

Banking & Finance: Sushila Nayak

Capital Markets: Ed Lukins

Commercial Litigation & Investigations: Simon Willis

Corporate & M&A: Shawn Atkinson

Employment: Nicola Whiteley

Energy & Infrastructure: Evan Stergoulis

Financial Services Regulatory & Fintech: Dan Jones

Tax: Jonathan Rosen

Venture Capital/Technology: Chris Grew

Firm Overview: 

Orrick is a modern, inclusive, global law firm focused on serving the Technology & Innovation, Energy & Infrastructure, Finance and Life Sciences & HealthTech sectors. Based in 26+ markets worldwide, we help our clients grow and innovate, we protect them and we help them win. We prioritize diversity (Mansfield Plus Certified for six years in a row), innovation (Financial Times Top 3 Most Innovative firms for eight years in a row) and being a best place to work (Fortune Best Companies to Work For also for nine years in a row). And these values help us attract and develop top talent and inspire collaboration in order to provide forward-thinking advice to the world’s most innovative companies.

Main Areas of Practice: 

In Technology & Innovation, the firm helps clients compete globally and thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic landscape. Our clients include 4,500+ venture-backed companies, 13 of the 25 largest public tech companies, and the most active PE/VC funds and underwriters in the tech ecosystem. Orrick partners with clients on virtually every transaction type – formation through going public – and achieves outstanding litigation and regulatory outcomes for them. And as dedicated business partners, the firm focuses with them on setting their strategic agendas, shaping key employment strategies, managing cyber risk, lobbying for innovation-friendly public policy and establishing effective ESG oversight.

We offer a comprehensive global Energy & Infrastructure platform – working across renewables, power, oil & gas and infrastructure. Clients turn to us for revolutionary projects in energy transition and energy technology, and we guide them in the development of some of the most impactful infrastructure modernization projects across the planet. We are a pioneer in the infrastructure and Public Private Partnership markets globally and work hand in hand with governmental agencies to realize their transformational and sustainable energy, infrastructure and mobility roadmaps. And we deliver strong results across litigation, arbitration, regulatory and proactive compliance engagements.

We have a long and rich history of serving the Finance sector. We've acted for global banks, funds and leading financial institutions at the forefront of innovation in the private and public sectors – from creating new financial products to resolving high-stakes litigation, enforcement and compliance matters. Harnessing the talents of our diverse finance, restructuring, securitization, real estate, M&A, capital markets and tax lawyers, we partner with our clients to develop strategies for bespoke challenges and opportunities in today's fast-paced financial markets. We combine our market knowledge with a deep bench of leading trial, appellate, regulatory and compliance lawyers to help financial institutions navigate complex litigation and enforcement matters.

The firm helps life sciences, biopharma, healthtech, medical device, digital health and healthcare innovation providers protect their innovations, scale and invest. Clients include 12 of the 20 largest biopharma companies by market cap in the U.S. and 350+ venture-backed companies and leading investors in the sector. Orrick provides holistic advice on venture and strategic financings, IP and regulatory considerations, and brings the technical knowledge to understand life sciences clients’ inventions and how to explain them to juries and judges.