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O’Melveny & Myers LLP CSR Advisory Group November 2020 Eric Rothenberg (Chair) Partner New York tel: +1 212 326 2003 [email protected] Contents EHS and Energy Conservation Tech 3 Paul Sieben 4 EHS Stewardship 6 Kelly McTigue 7 Geoff Yost 9 Environmental 11 Eric Rothenberg, CSR Advisory Group Chair 12 FCPA and White Collar 16 David L. Kirman 17 Greta Lichtenbaum 22 Food and Product Safety 28 Hannah Y. Chanoine 29 Impact Funds 33 Alicja Biskupska-Haas 34 Labor Stewardship 36 Aparna B. Joshi 37 Adam Karr 41 Privacy and Security 45 Lisa Monaco 46 Real Estate 51 O’Melveny & Myers LLP 1 Michael D. Hamilton 52 Renewable Energy Stewardship 57 Junaid Chida 58 Water Stewardship 64 Matt Kline 65 Heather Welles 69 O’Melveny & Myers LLP 2 EHS and Energy Conservation Tech O’Melveny & Myers LLP 3 Paul Sieben Partner Silicon Valley D: +1-650-473-2613 [email protected] Paul Sieben, Head of O’Melveny’s Silicon Valley office, Admissions represents all stages of technology companies as well as numerous venture capital firms, other investors and market Bar Admissions participants. Paul’s practice is focused on M&A, venture capital, California private equity, early liquidity transactions, spin-offs, recapitalizations, public equity offerings and private debt Education transactions. Paul has served as lead counsel on hundreds of University of California, Los Angeles, venture capital, angel and private-equity financings, more than a J.D., 1998: Order of the Coif; Corpus hundred and fifty M&A transactions of all sizes, and a significant Juris Secundum Awards in Tort Law number of recapitalizations, public offerings and other and Civil Procedure transactions — many on behalf of, or opposite, major tech University of California, Santa companies, venture capital and private equity firms. Barbara, B.A., 1995: High Honors; Paul’s practice stems from his relationships with a combination of Dean’s List early and late stage venture capital firms, large public technology companies and from his startup company practice, where he handles formation, founder-related matters, seed investments and venture capital financings for early-stage companies and then continues to represent them in various matters including later stage financings, M&A and corporate governance matters as they grow into larger private and public companies. His clients include companies in a wide range of technology markets, including security, storage, mobile, gaming, cloud, big data, software, wearables, media, social, Internet and clean technology. Paul also has significant cross-border experience, particularly with Cayman entities doing business in China. Paul has been recognized by several publications for his work, including, the International Financial Law Review 1000 (which has named Paul one of its leading lawyers for private equity), O’Melveny & Myers LLP 4 Legal 500 US (which has recognized him as a leading lawyer in its Venture Capital and Emerging Companies category, citing the “extraordinary support” he provides to clients and his ability to “produce very high-quality work on short timelines”) and Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” list of Northern California’s best young attorneys in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions. Prior to joining O’Melveny, Paul was an associate in the Palo Alto office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Experience • $800 million financing and related tender offer of private social media company • Over $1.0 billion spinout and sale of mobile gaming company • $200 million financing of a leading mobile payments company • $200 million acquisition of advanced authentication company • Scores of private company tender offer and other "early liquidity" transactions on behalf of both investors and large private technology companies • Formation, financing and ultimate sales of multiple social media, cyber-security, e-commerce and enterprise software companies to the world's largest public and private Internet and software companies • Spin-out, financing, public offering and sale of authentication device and software provider • Private-equity buyouts of international and domestic data center switching, health-care services, solar and telecommunications companies • Multiple joint venture transactions involving clean technology companies • $350 million sale of private data-loss prevention company • Multiple Nasdaq public offerings of flash memory companies • Nasdaq initial public offering of a U.K. automation company • Multiple PIPE transactions and Nasdaq public offerings for storage and data backup company Professional Activities Member • California Bar Association Speaker • Emerging Manager Venture Summit, “Managing Partial Liquidity – A Map through the Minefield” • Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel (SVAGC): “Trends in Technology Mergers & Acquisitions” • Dow Jones VentureWire Technology Showcase, “Finding an Exit”; VentureBeat, “Downturn Roundtable” • Entrepreneurs Forum, North America Chinese Semiconductor Association (NACSA) Honors & Awards • International Financial Law Review 1000, Leading Lawyers for Private Equity • Legal 500 US, Recommended in Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Category • Legal 500 US, Recommended in M&A - Middle-Market Category • Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” Northern California, Mergers & Acquisitions O’Melveny & Myers LLP 5 EHS Stewardship O’Melveny & Myers LLP 6 Kelly McTigue Partner Los Angeles D: +1-213-430-6297 [email protected] Martin J. (“Kelly”) McTigue’s practice covers a wide range of Admissions environmental issues, including water quality and supply, air quality including climate change and greenhouse gas regulation, Bar Admissions reporting obligations, permitting issues, and the regulation and California remediation of hazardous substances and natural resource damages. He also directs national and international Education environmental diligence associated with mergers, acquisitions Southwestern University School of and financings. The relationships with environmental regulatory Law, J.D., 1990: cum laude; agencies he established throughout his career enable Kelly to Southwestern University Law Review anticipate the environmental and water issues likely to confront University of Idaho, B.S., 1981: his clients, and provide advice tailored to their unique Business Management circumstances. Kelly’s experience with Superfund and hazardous waste law, as well as the redevelopment, transfer, and cleanup of contaminated property, includes representation of clients at several major groundwater contamination Superfund sites in California and Arizona, as well as other remediation sites in Washington, Oregon and Idaho along with federal and state locations. He represents clients across a variety of industries, including mining, waste management, property development, ports, airports, energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, biotechnology and entertainment. Kelly also provides environmental compliance, water resources and diligence advice to energy industry clients and has experience with most types of power plants, including thermal, cogeneration, and such alternative technologies as wind, solar, and geothermal. Kelly frequently negotiates with, and participates in public hearings before, federal and state environmental agencies, such as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Bureau of O’Melveny & Myers LLP 7 Reclamation, the Army Corps of Engineers, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Cal-EPA’s Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Department of Health Services, the Air Resources Board and the various local air districts, the State Water Resources Control Board and its various Regional Boards, the California Energy Commission, and the California Coastal Commission, and other states’ counterpart agencies. Kelly also is a frequent speaker and author on environmental law issues. He is recognized in Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America as one of the leading US environmental lawyers. Professional Activities Member • State Bar of California, Environmental Law Section Co-Author • “California Environmental Law Handbook,” Gov’t Institutes (4th Ed. 1990 – 6th Ed. 1992) Editor • “Environmental Spill Reporting Handbook,” Thompson-West (2006 Ed.) Honors & Awards • Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2020 for Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental in Los Angeles, CA; Kelly has been listed in Best Lawyers® since 2008. • The Legal 500: United States (2018-2019) • AmLaw - Top Rated Lawyer in Energy/Environmental (2013) • Chambers USA - Americas Leading Lawyers for Business (2008-2020) • Who’s Who Legal - Recommended in Environment (2018-2019) • Los Angeles Business Journal - Who’s Who of Environmental Lawyers (2008) O’Melveny & Myers LLP 8 Geoff Yost Partner San Francisco D: +1-415-984-8724 [email protected] Geoff brings more than 21 years of experience to his practice, Admissions which focuses on high-technology patent, antitrust, and commercial litigation, as well as environmental litigation, including Bar Admissions contamination disputes, toxics issues, government enforcement, California and water and other natural resources disputes. He is also a Court Admissions member both of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, practice and its Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment and Southern Districts of California practice and has extensive experience with patent litigation, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit environmental citizen suits, Proposition 65, and cleanup cost recovery actions. U.S. Court of Federal Claims Geoff’s clients span a wide range of industries