Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Chairman: Mitch Zuklie

Managing Partners: Mark Beeley (UK), Emmanuel Benard & Jessie Gaston (France), Patrizio Messina & Guido Testa (Italy), Oliver Duys & Christoph Brenner (Germany), Vanessa Liborio (Switzerland)

Number of lawyers worldwide: 1,100+

Firm Overview:  

Orrick is a modern, inclusive, global law firm focused on serving the Tech & Innovation, Energy & Infrastructure and Finance sectors. Based in 25+ markets worldwide, we help our clients grow and innovate, we protect them and we help them win. We prioritize diversity (Mansfield Plus Certified for four years in a row), innovation (Financial Times Top 3 Most Innovative firms for seven years in a row) and being a best place to work (Fortune Best Companies To Work For also for eight 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: 

Tech & Innovation: 

In Tech & Innovation, we help clients compete globally and thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic landscape. Our clients include more than 3,700 tech and life sciences companies, 6 of the 10 largest public tech companies, 300+ VC investors and 80+ unicorns. We partner with clients on virtually every transaction type – formation through going public – and achieve outstanding litigation and regulatory outcomes for them. And as dedicated business partners, we focus 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.

Energy & Infrastructure: 

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.

Finance: 

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.