Energy & Infrastructure: Building the Future

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Orrick

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 25+ markets worldwide. Financial Times named Orrick among the top 10 most innovative law firms globally for the past 20 years. American Lawyer named Orrick as a finalist for the 2023 and 2025 IP Litigation Department of the Year. 

Technology & Innovation: Our global tech platform helps clients to thrive in this fast-paced and dynamic landscape. Orrick has ranked Top 5 for venture capital globally for the past 8 years, and No.1 in Europe for the past 9 years (Pitchbook 2024). We have advised on $36B+ in venture financings and 70+ M&A transactions for AI companies and investors in the past 20 months. Additionally, we have been named 5-time Technology Practice Group of the Year (Law360 2024). 

Energy & Infrastructure: We advise investors, developers and sponsors on all aspects of alternative energy projects and help drive innovations in battery storage, carbon capture and hydrogen fuel cell technology. We hold a Band 1 practice and individual rankings within Power, Infrastructure, Energy Transition, Renewables, and Oil & Gas Regulatory & Litigation (Chambers 2025). We are the No.1 firm for Power Purchase Agreements and No.2 Energy Transition firm globally (Inspiratia 2024). 

Finance: For over a century, Orrick has acted for global banks, funds and leading financial institutions at the forefront of innovation in the private and public sectors. Harnessing the talents of our diverse finance, restructuring, securitization, real estate, M&A, capital markets and tax lawyers, we partner with our clients to develop strategies for bespoke challenges and opportunities in today’s fast-paced financial markets. Our Finance Teams have earned Fintech and Banking & Finance Practice Groups of the year (Law360 2022).

Life Sciences & HealthTech: We serve 12 of the 20 largest biopharma companies in the U.S. and dozens of fast-growing public companies. Cutting-edge therapeutics, digital health and healthcare innovation are being developed at a record pace. Global leaders and disruptors alike are contributing to this transformation, and Orrick is helping them to protect their innovations, invest and scale. 

Pro Bono: Orrick’s pro bono program is led by two full-time pro bono lawyers, Rene Kathawala in the U.S. and Amy Grunske internationally, who maximise the impact for our clients, communities, and team. They help our lawyers find projects which personally interest and inspire them and lead numerous initiatives with in-house client teams and legal aid partners. We ranked among the top 6 in the U.S. for the breadth of our commitment and top 5 for pro bono impact internationally on the AmLaw 2025 Pro Bono Scorecard (7 years running), and our lawyers devoted more than 67,500 hours of pro bono service in 2024.