Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP‘s practice is noted for its ’global reach’ and has experience advising on the share scheme-related aspects of significant transactions, including financings and acquisitions. The tech and life sciences industries are the sectors that team head Anna Humphrey has particular expertise in, advising on the array of employee incentives matters; she is well-regarded by clients for her ‘superior knowledge’.

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  • ‘The firm has global reach which is very helpful for companies like ours which operates in multiple jurisdictions. The team is very connected and responsive.’

  • ‘Anna Humphrey is a delight to work with. Her knowledge is superior.’

  • ‘Anna Humphrey has fantastic industry knowledge and networks which is crucial in an area like incentives. She takes the time to understand your business and her advice is always pragmatic and commercial.’

Key clients

  • Anthropic
  • Dogmates
  • Eilla AI
  • Eurazeo Digital
  • Extrinsica
  • Griffin Bank
  • Protect AI
  • Replicate

Work highlights

  • Advised a client on the employee share scheme aspects of its £280m financing from a new investor and an existing investor.
  • Advised AI safety and research company Anthropic AI on its incentivisation and share schemes arrangements, including aspects of its financing from Amazon Web Services.
  • Advised Protect AI on the employee share scheme aspects of its acquisition of 418sec Ltd.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anna Humphrey

Other key lawyers

David Walder