Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe covers all aspects of federal, state, and international tax planning with its non-contentious offering. The team showcases this capability through its noted expertise in highly innovative sectors such as digital infrastructure, technology, renewables, and energy infrastructure. The team frequently handles cross-border acquisitions, energy tax credit issues, public and private funds, corporate restructuring and AI digital services issues. Head of the Tax department Eric Wall is based in San Francisco. He frequently handles the tax aspects of high-value M&A transactions in the technology and digital infrastructure sector and also has steeped experience in partnerships and qualified small business stock tax matters. SeoJung Park, also based in San Francisco, handles tax matters in private equity, venture financings, and M&A, his sector expertise covers SaaS, AI, and life sciences. John Narducci in New York, focuses on securities offerings, restructurings and transactions in the energy sector. Kimberly Loocke, in San Francisco, is also recommended.
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Key clients
- Workday
- K5 Global
- Trucordia
- Coda
- Weights & Biases
- Protect AI
- Beacon
- Grata
- Modernizing Medicine, Inc.
- True Wind Capital
- Aptean
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Centerline Logistics
- DURECT Corporation
Work highlights
Advised Workday, Inc, a California- based enterprise AI platform, in its definitive agreement to acquire Sana and Paradox, with both acquisitions valued at $1billion.
Advised K5 Global, together with a syndicate of other private and public co-investors, on the tax aspects of its acquisition of a management-led minority stake acquisition of Histosonics.
Advised Trucordia on the tax aspects of its $1.3 billion strategic investment from Carlyle's Global Credit platform.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Eric Wall
Other key lawyers
John Narducci; SeoJung Park; Kimberly Loocke; Wolfram Pohl
