Orrick’s Zac Padgett sat down with Jeff Stoike, co-founder and president of Blue Action, to explore energy innovation and how Blue Action is supporting the next wave of tech-driven solutions. Learn about: Blue Action’s...more
Orrick’s Zac Padgett sat down with Pankaj Tanwar, managing director at CarbonBetter, to explore what’s driving demand in the energy tech market today and and how CarbonBetter is helping companies scale. Learn about: ...more
7/9/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Geothermal Energy ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Renewable Energy ,
Startups ,
Sustainability
Orrick’s Zac Padgett sat down with lawyer-turned-consultant R.C. Rondero De Mosier to discuss GenAI adoption in the legal field and how lawyers can unlock the value of it. Learn about: Aligning incentives to drive AI...more
In this edition of The Download, we dive into insights from SXSW, where we had the chance to talk with Jim Rabuck at the Defense Innovation Unit, Sean Voigt, founder of Austin Climate Hub and David J. Neff, partner at...more
Founders and folks that are really pushing the envelope in this space need to be careful with how they describe their tools when it comes to due diligence.
We're working from an environment where most people are just focused...more
AI diligence is a tricky area right now. There are a lot of people that have their antennae up about companies with big claims about how their tools are going to change the world.
And when you're talking about diligence,...more
01 Do I need to make money to go public?02 A new M&A playbook in the age of AI03 Cyber enforcement forecast post-SolarWinds decision04 Cyber diligence for IPOs with Kroll’s CISO05 The Download Quiz: Venture capital trends...more
The historically illiquid private equity market has found a new path to tradability through the private equity secondaries market and continuation funds. The secondaries market was once a niche market characterized by...more
The surge in use and development of AI systems and products, particularly generative AI, has increased interest in investing in and acquiring companies that offer AI solutions or that have integrated AI into their operations....more
In our third issue, we looked at some focus areas for insurers in the fintech, edtech and healthtech/ medtech sectors. In our fourth and final note, we dig deeper into the areas of underwriting focus for artificial...more
In our second issue, we looked at some focus areas for M&A insurers in the software/SaaS, internet telephony and on-demand sectors. In this note, we dig deeper into key underwriting topics for fintech, edtech and healthtech/...more
1/21/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
EdTech ,
FinTech ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Online Safety for Children
During economic downturns, private technology companies often seek emergency funding from existing VC and growth equity investors. These financings, sometimes called “inside rounds,” create conflicts of interest for boards...more
5/18/2020
/ Business Judgment Rule ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
D&O Insurance ,
Duty of Care ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Entire Fairness Standard ,
Exculpatory Clauses ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Distress ,
Indemnification ,
Personal Liability ,
Venture Capital