Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP > London, England > Firm Profile

‘The team is super responsive, commercial, pragmatic and always have the best interests of our business at heart.’

‘Dynamic team with patience to manage a diverse group of investors and board members.’

‘Orrick provides world-class, obtainable support to the UK start-up ecosystem. They bring absolute confidence to their early-stage tech clients that their advice is current, accurate and on market.’

‘The reason we use Shawn Atkinson is that he is not only a brilliant lawyer, but he actually knows the commercials and the market extremely well. This gives a huge impact on our negotiation power.’

‘Shawn Atkinson – a real heavyweight with outstanding knowledge of industries and sectors in this space. Huge fun to work with.’

‘Jamie Moore is patient and supportive and also able to share market data so I know how I compare to other founder’s term sheets.’

‘Jamie Moore sees the bigger picture, knowing that by investing early in early-stage founders, he is laying the groundwork for a long-term relationship for the future.’

‘Jamie’s client-facing skills are backed by his experience – he is one of a few junior partners in London to have the ability to face-down any US powerhouses.’

‘Very good team.’

‘Very balanced approach during negotiations and open for reasonable arguments.’

‘Adam Smith was very responsive and always respectful. Very pleasant to work with.’

‘The team has extensive experience within the renewable energy space – in particular within offshore wind power (M&A/transactions, structuring, O&M/EPC/PPA’s, etc.).’

The team have worked together for many years (previously as part of the WFW practice), are very pleasant and easy to work with and have the global presence needed for our firms investments (global renewable energy infrastructure projects).’

‘Solid industry experts who are all easy and very pleasant to engage with.’

‘The team has deep knowledge about the project finance best practices, market precedents, and local market practices.’

‘Shawn Atkinson is a real heavyweight with outstanding industry and sector knowledge. Huge fun to work with.’

‘Their level of expertise and responsiveness is impressive.’

‘Market leaders: quick, technically very capable, with a strong and broad bench.’

‘Exceptional in-depth understanding and analysis of the client’s case and the associated principles.’

‘The Orrick team brings an unusually intelligent approach to every instruction.’

‘Orrick’s team is unrivalled in terms of ability and experience.’

‘Simon Willis is a standout partner – highly intelligent, commercially minded, and a determined advocate for his client.’

‘Simon Willis distils the essentials in a very clear and reassuring manner.’

‘Simon Willis – technically excellent, highly pragmatic and incredibly experienced.’

‘Simon Willis is fantastic. He is completely unflappable and always provides excellent advice.’

‘Amanda Voss is very experienced, and has very strong project management expertise.’

‘Excellent experience and knowledge of fundraising, alongside strong credibility with new and existing investors.’

‘Jamie Moore has lots of experience and can be relied upon to know what is “market”.’

‘Matthew Rose is experienced and trustworthy, always providing excellent and solid work with high quality. Highly technical lawyer who possesses deep industry knowledge.’

‘High experience, excellent skills, good commercial insight as well as very service minded and efficient. Tasks carried out by a lean team with complementary competences and skills, able to provide good and pragmatic advice in complex matters.’

‘Excellent depth of team experience across a wide range of areas. Provides business focused results, understanding the underlying drivers of business, enabling activities to be conducted in a compliant manner. In interactions with regulators they have been very effective.’

‘The individuals on the team provide a no nonsense response, in a timely manner. Jacqui Hatfield as a lead partner is excellent. Marco Boldini as our European lead partner is always available and helps drive effective overall service.’

‘Orrick has tremendous expertise in energy disputes, and a team of highly competent and effective litigators.’

‘By comparison to other lawyers in the UK, the lawyers at Orrick are very responsive, have a sound understanding of international arbitration law, and undertake their tasks efficiently.’

‘Mark Beeley is an accomplished and clever lawyer, who is highly committed to delivering results for the client.’

‘Mark Beeley is fully approachable, a team player, knowledgeable on Middle East matters, and above all practical. He is always available for any type of question and collaborative in his approach, which is necessary when working with very active in-house counsel.’

‘Mark Beeley is recommended to anyone wishing, not only to engage counsel to manage litigation/arbitration, but also to strategise on the best options for settlement (even if it means cutting short billable hours incurred in arbitration proceedings).’

‘Mark Beeley, Sarah Stockley and managing associate Lucy Preston have a good understanding of international arbitration proceedings; and considering they were working for a client in a different jurisdiction, they ensured that the objectives of the client were met.’

‘Lucy Preston is incredibly hardworking, conscientious and astute – nothing gets past her. She has a tonne of experience in complex construction disputes and is beyond reliable.‘

‘Lucy Preston is a real talent and a genuine pleasure to work with.‘

‘Strong technical expertise in employment law – pragmatic, commercial, attentive to clients’ needs.’

‘Nicola Whiteley is highly experienced and knowledgeable, responsive, pragmatic and commercial. Will give strong direction when needed; but can be flexible. Highly recommend.’

‘Nicola Whiteley is superb.’

‘The team is very focused on US UK employer issues. Lots of litigation experience’

‘Although a small team it is highly specialised and expert in dealing with complex and high value litigation as well as non contentious work across a range of industries.’

‘Its clients are in the main high profile global companies.’

‘Nicola Whiteley is the stand out member of the team and well regarded in the employment field. She is an excellent technical lawyer, tactically astute and superb with clients.’

‘Charles Adams and Vanessa Liborio. Two excellent arbitration practitioners.’

‘Excellent firm with outstanding team in Geneva. Very experienced partners.’

‘Orrick’s Geneva international arbitration team is spectacular in many respects. The lawyers in the team are very client oriented, responsive, dedicated and extremely competent.’

‘Charles Adams, Rena Scott and Vanessa Liborio are excellent lawyers. They have very impressive arbitration skills. They always deliver very high-quality legal services, are very responsive, always think about the best strategy for the client.’

‘James Hargrove is an incredible lawyer, very quick thinking and solution focused, very easy to get in touch with, always available for clients. It is very easy and nice to work with him.’

‘Vanessa Liborio: very strong lawyer with a good balance between technical and soft skills. Rena Scott: strong advocate with magnificent drafting skills. Ali Al-Khasawneh: upcoming arbitration star.’

‘James Hargrove – commercial approach, practical, able to explain the matters in layman language, substance knowledge, good approachability, good availability.’

‘Extremely fast responses, with highly qualified team members, which are directly approachable. Orrick understands how to make use of their vast in-house network of experienced lawyers so that clients get tailor-made support.’