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Dr. Benedikt Kamann Managing Associate

Düsseldorf

He advises companies on German and European antitrust and competition law, in particular on merger control, compliance, internal investigations, cartels and abuse of dominance.

Furthermore, Benedikt advises on foreign trade law issues, in particular on investment review proceedings before the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

Prior to joining Orrick, he worked as a research assistant at a leading German law firm and as a trainee lawyer in the antitrust team of a leading international law firm, at a U.S. law firm in its Los Angeles office, and at the German Federal Parliament in the department for EU policy issues.

Jamie Kamen Baroff Senior Associate

New York

Jamie's practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, advising companies on formation and equity financings, and corporate governance matters.

Larry Kane Partner

San Francisco

Larry's typical representations range from  formation and early stage corporate counseling, angel and venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships to angel and venture fund formations and lending and other commercial transactions. Larry's practice focus on a range of technology companies focused on education technology and education services, software and SAAS based businesses, consumer products to semiconductor businesses.  

Andrew Kang Senior Associate

New York

Andrew advises technology companies throughout their lifecycles, including on company formations, day-to-day corporate matters, financing transactions and liquidity events.

Andrew received his JD from Columbia Law School. Prior to joining Orrick, Andrew worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP where he advised on M&A and securities transactions and general corporate matters.

Sheryl Kang Managing Associate

New York

Sheryl’s practice focuses on cross-border employment law, advising multinational employers on a wide range of international workforce matters. She assists clients with international employment contracts, global employment policies, restrictive covenants, executive agreements, equity compensation, and HR compliance across multiple jurisdictions. She also advises on the employment aspects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including employment due diligence, employee transfers, and post-closing integration.

Prior to joining Orrick, Sheryl practiced in the international employment group of a global law firm and in the private equity and M&A group of a leading firm as an employment specialist. Her combined experience in international employment counseling and transactional employment matters provides her with a nuanced understanding of the complex legal and operational challenges that multinational employers face when managing a global workforce.

Aaliya Kapadia Associate

Santa Monica

Aaliya's practice focuses on general corporate counseling and venture capital financings. She represents innovative startups in a wide variety of industries and venture capital firms in their investments in technology companies.

Prior to her career in corporate law, Aaliya worked in the public interest field as a paralegal at a deportation defense and asylum relief immigration law firm.

Sundeep Kapur Partner

Washington, D.C.

Sundeep is also a leading advisor in the rapidly evolving advertising ecosystem and possesses an in-depth technical and legal understanding of adtech across all channels (e.g., connected TV, linear TV, over-the-top media, desktop, mobile web, mobile app). He participates in adtech working groups and is a key contributor to the development of industry-wide privacy compliance solutions. He advises on compliance with self-regulatory regimes developed by the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). The IAB named him Outstanding Contributor to Legal Affairs in 2024 for his significant impact on the adtech ecosystem through his work on such industry-wide initiatives.

Sundeep is accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Certified Information Privacy Professional in the United States (CIPP/US). He is also a member of Law360's 2025 Cybersecurity & Privacy Editorial Advisory Board.

Aria Kashefi Partner

San Francisco

Aria Kashefi is a Partner in Orrick’s Technology Companies Group. Aria’s practice focuses on advising emerging technology companies and investors in a variety of transactional matters in the U.S. and internationally, including venture capital financings, exit transactions, technology licensing, corporate reorganization, governance and corporate and securities law.

Konstantin Kasyan Special Legal Consultant

Washington, D.C.

Zachary Katene Managing Associate

New York

Zachary advises municipalities, DOTs, federal agencies, project sponsors, lenders, and buyers across the full lifecycle of large-scale infrastructure projects. He is adept at drafting and negotiating concession agreements and complex construction contracts, as well as preparing procurement and bid documentation. He coordinates debt and equity financings, facilitates joint ventures arrangements, and guides clients through acquisitions of major projects.

Zachary has particularly deep experience with transportation projects, including toll roads, rail, and aviation. He also counsels clients on water infrastructure and has advised on a wide range of vertical construction matters, such as luxury hotels, high-rise residential towers, and convention center developments.

Zachary combines a sharp commercial focus with a practical understanding of procurement, delivery, and financing structures to drive projects from concept to close.

Rene Kathawala Pro Bono Counsel

New York

Rene works with other pro bono counsel and legal services nonprofits to increase the quantity and quality of pro bono representation that is being provided to indigent clients in each of the cities worldwide where Orrick has a presence. In addition, he supervises and directly works on cases in such diverse areas as immigration law, family and matrimonial law, housing law, public benefits law, employment law counseling, impact litigation and nonprofit advice and counseling. Rene has worked on many substantial matters in the federal and state systems over his career that are reported as precedent. He also works with firm attorneys to strengthen the firm's innovative Impact Finance team that he founded and that provides representation in diverse transactional areas to nonprofit, for profit and hybrid organizations dedicated to providing basic services to poor persons around the world in areas including microfinance, water, education, energy, housing and health.

Based on his long-standing commitment to access to justice issues, Rene has been appointed to serve as co-chair of the New York City Bar Association Race Equity in the New York State Courts Working Group, co-chair of the Association of Pro Bono Counsel Transactional Law Working Group, as member of the New York City Bar Association Right to Counsel Task Force, as member of the New York City Bar Association Family Court Judicial Appointment & Assignment Process Work Group, as member of Sanctuary for Families' Narkis Golin Initiative, and as member of the Kids in Need of Defense's New York Advisory Committee. In recognition of his exemplary work in family law, United States District Judge Bloom appointed Rene as a special master in a federal court family law matter in 2014 in the Eastern District of New York in case number 07-cv-02565-ARR-LB, styled Garmhausen et al v. United States Department of Justice et al.  Rene also appeared in a documentary film with wide release, called "The Accidental Spy," about his pro bono immigration client, Mr. Blerim Skoro, for whom Rene spent six-years in the New York City immigration court and gained deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture for the client.

Austin Katz Associate

Washington, D.C.

Austin practices complex commercial and class action litigation in federal and state courts. He maintains a lively pro bono practice.

Prior to joining Orrick, Austin clerked for the Honorable Greg Gerard Guidry in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In law school, he externed for the Honorable Roger T. Benitez in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Austin received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.