Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Chairman/CEO: Mitchell Zuklie

Number of lawyers: 1150+

Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Firm Overview:  

Orrick is a global law firm focused on serving the Technology & Innovation, Energy & Infrastructure, Finance, and Life Sciences & Healthtech sectors. Founded more than 150 years ago in San Francisco, Orrick today has offices in 26+ markets worldwide. For the past nine years, Fortune has named Orrick to its list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, and for the past 8 years, Financial Times has named the firm among the top 3 most innovative law firms.

Main Areas of Practice:  

Orrick is helping fintech innovators fulfil their visions and create the next financial products and markets. The firm serves the fintech sector across the entire spectrum of legal needs, from corporate and finance to regulatory, compliance and litigation. The firm works with fintech companies of every kind, including marketplace lenders; challenger banks and remittance firms; payments, consumer finance, proptech, insurtech, and financial services IT companies; venture funds; underwriters and traditional lenders playing in the fintech space; as well as players in adjacent crypto and blockchain spaces.

Orrick offers top-tier capabilities in the areas that drive fintech:

• Venture Capital – No. 1 for Venture Capital in Europe, Top 4 globally and Top 6 in the U.S. (PitchBook)
• Mergers & Acquisitions – Top 10 Global, US and Europe M&A, PE and VC by Combined Deal Count (Pitchbook)
• Technology Transactions – Global team focused at the intersection of technology and IP in fintech
• Capital Markets – Advising on transformational ‘go public’ transactions, including on traditional IPOs, SPACs and direct listings
• Compensation & Benefits – Trusted advisor in structuring and implementing executive compensation and benefits programs that help fintech clients attract, retain and incentivize their top talent
• Asset-Backed Securitization – Dedicated consumer lending and credit card securitization practice, Top 10 Issuer Counsel for ABS/MBS (Asset Backed Alert)
• Cybersecurity & Privacy – Leading global strategic advisory, consumer privacy and data breach litigation and regulatory compliance and enforcement practice
• Bank Regulatory – Team led by a former in-house counsel at several leading financial institutions, with strong fintech counseling experience
• Securities Litigation – Practice that bridges technology and finance with recent victories in securities class actions involving leading fintechs
• Public Policy – Unique state-level practice advocating for fintech-friendly policy with legislatures and AGs
• NFTs – One of the only firms that offers an integrated NFT approach addressing the concerns of minters and marketplaces alike
• Intellectual Property Litigation – Tech-centric practice, with recent patent and trademark successes for numerous fintech clients

Key Clients:  

Orrick’s fintech clients include:

• 4 of the top 20 fintech unicorns globally
• 7 of the top 20online lenders by valuation globally
• Venture finance firms that fund fintech startups

Contacts:  

Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain: 

Contact: Joseph Perkins (US)

Email: [email protected]

Marketplace/P2P/Online Lending Platforms/Securitization:  

Contact: Robert Moyle (US)

Email: [email protected]

Regulatory:  

Contact: Behnam Dayanim (US), Clint Rockwell (US), and Dan Jones (UK)

Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Venture Capital & M&A:  

Contact: Shawn Atkinson (Europe)and Josh Pollick (US)

Email: [email protected], [email protected]