Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The firm: Founded in San Francisco more than 150 years ago, Orrick is a leading global law firm with a particular focus on serving companies in the technology & innovation, energy & infrastructure and finance sectors. The firm is recognized worldwide for delivering the highest quality, commercially oriented legal advice and has more than 25 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.

In Germany, Orrick has more than 60 lawyers in Düsseldorf and Munich, advising on all major areas of commercial law.

One focus is on M&A and private equity transactions as well as growth, expansion and venture financing. In this area, Orrick advises on the entire relevant spectrum of complex acquisitions and disposals, often with an international element, LBOs and MBOs, minority shareholdings, joint ventures and strategic cooperations, as well as capital market transactions such as public takeovers.

Another strength of the German offices is dispute resolution team, which conducts litigation before state courts and arbitration tribunals in all areas of business law, in particular in the fields of energy & infrastructure, post-M&A and corporate law.

Also recognised as a leading practice is the German team for data privacy and data innovation, which assists clients in particular with compliance and in connection with cyber breaches.

In addition, Orrick covers other (transaction-related) areas in Germany, such as tax law, employment law, IP/licensing as well as antitrust, competition and investment law, with high caliber teams.

Orrick has been ranked by PitchBook as the firm advising on more venture transactions in Europe than any other firm for 28 consecutive quarters (Q4 2022). In 2021, Orrick was nominated as one of five law firms for the JUVE Award in the category Law Firm of the Year for Private Equity & Venture Capital. In 2020, Orrick won the JUVE Award as Law Firm of the Year for Dispute Resolution in Germany.

Other offices: Austin, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Paris, Portland, Rome, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Seattle, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Washington DC, Wheeling.