Job Title Category: Associate

  • Matthew Adams

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    Matthew Adams

    Associate

    Los Angeles

    Areas of focus

    Matthew Adams focuses his practice on corporate advisory and transactional matters, with a particular concentration on real estate transactions.

    While in law school, Matthew served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Elaine Lu at the Los Angeles Superior Court and as a summer associate at McDermott. He also was a literary citation editor for the Pepperdine Law Review.

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    Credentials
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    • Pepperdine University School of Law, JD, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
    • Pepperdine University, BA, magna cum laude
    Admissions
    • California
    Languages
    • English
  • Natalie C. Abrams

    Natalie C. Abrams

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    Natalie C. Abrams

    Associate

    San Francisco

    Areas of focus

    Natalie C. Abrams focuses her practice on corporate advisory and transactional matters.

    While in law school, Natalie worked as a law clerk at a California law firm that specializes in labor, employment, and immigration law and as a summer associate at McDermott.

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    Education
    University of California Berkeley School of Law, JD, Business Law Certificate, 2024
    University of Oregon, BS, 2021

    Admissions
    California

    Languages
    English

    Credentials
  • Oliver Cheng

    Oliver Cheng

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    Oliver Cheng

    Associate

    San Francisco

    Areas of focus

    Oliver Cheng focuses his practice on corporate advisory and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions and general corporate and governance matters. He also advises clients on venture capital and growth equity matters, representing both investors and companies in connection with equity financings. Oliver also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing a variety of clients, including nonprofits.

    While in law school, Oliver served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Nathanael Cousins of the US District Court for the Northern District of California and as a summer associate at McDermott. He also was a senior symposium editor and a staff editor for the UC Law Journal and served as vice president of finance for the UC Law Business Society. He currently serves as a member of the UC Law Journal Alumni Board (2026-2028).

    At the Firm, Oliver is an active member of the Bay Area Associates’ Committee and the Bay Area Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

    Results
    • Represented Texture, an energy software company, in its Series A financing
    • Represented SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) in its strategic acquisition of SmartRecruiters, a talent acquisition platform
    • Represented Tether in its tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Adecoagro S.A. (NYSE: AGRO), a leading sustainable production company in South America, for approximately $615.5 million
    Recognitions

    Super Lawyers, Northern California Rising Star, 2026

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    • Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, member
    • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, member
    Credentials
    Education
    • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, JD, cum laude
    • University of California, Santa Cruz, BA, magna cum laude, with highest honors
    Admissions
    • California
    Languages
    • English
  • Eliza S. Clark

    Eliza S. Clark

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    Eliza S. Clark

    Associate

    Los Angeles

    Areas of focus

    Eliza S. Clark focuses her practice on renewable energy-related transactional and regulatory matters.

    While in law school, Eliza served as a legal intern for the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office and as a judicial extern to Justice Jon B. Streeter of the California Courts of Appeal, First District. She also was a summer associate at McDermott.

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    • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, JD
    • Villanova University, BA, cum laude
    Admissions
    • California
    Languages
    • English
  • Marie-Lou Pichoux

    Marie-Lou Pichoux

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    Marie-Lou Pichoux

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Marie-Lou Pichoux focuses her practice on corporate transactional matters, with a focus on private equity transactions (notably LBO transactions). She regularly advises financial private equity sponsors on mid and small-cap LBO transactions, as well as corporate / strategic entities on mid and small-cap private M&A transactions.

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    Education
    • University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master 2 Financial Law, Bachelor of Laws, Magistère de Droit des Activités Economiques
    • University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Double Degree in Business Law ( )
    • Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
    Admissions
    • Paris
    Languages
    • English
    • French
  • Wondha Cadet

    Wondha Cadet

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    Wondha Cadet

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Wondha Cadet focuses her practice on US and international tax issues that arise during mergers and acquisitions, securitizations, restructurings, and other strategic transactions. She particularly advises public and private clients on various tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including tax structuring considerations, debt/equity determinations, and general tax compliance.

    Results
    • Represented an insurance company in its $2.2 billion sale of a variable annuity block of insurance*
    • Represented a retirement services company in its $11 billion business combination and redomestication*
    • Represented a public company in its $2.65 billion stock purchase*

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    Recognitions
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    • American Bar Association, member
    Credentials
    Education
    • University of Chicago Law School, JD
    • Bentley University, BS, magna cum laude
    Admissions
    • Illinois
  • Rachele Lajoie

    Rachele Lajoie

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    Rachele Lajoie

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Rachele Lajoie focuses her practice on litigation matters.

    While earning her law degree, Rachele served as a student attorney and externed at both the Joint Committee on Public Health of the Massachusetts State House and the Legal Action Center. She also was the senior articles editor for the American Journal of Law & Medicine. 

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    Education
    • Boston University School of Law, JD, magna cum laude,
    • Connecticut College, BA, magna cum laude,
    Admissions
    • Massachusetts
    Courts/Agencies
    • US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
    Languages
    • English
    • Italian
  • Arielle Ahrendts

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    Arielle Ahrendts

    Associate

    Washington, DC

    Areas of focus

    Arielle Ahrendts focuses her practice on litigation matters.

    While earning her law degree, she was a student attorney at Boston University School of Law’s Civil Litigation Clinic and served as the president of Boston University’s Black Law Student’s Association

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    Credentials
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    • Boston University School of Law, JD
    • Northeastern University, BA, summa cum laude
    Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    Languages
    • English
    • French
    • Haitian Creole
  • Allison Emge

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    Allison Emge

    Associate

    Los Angeles

    Areas of focus

    Allison Emge focuses her practice on regulatory matters, with an emphasis on privacy and cybersecurity.

    Prior to law school, Allison was a Fulbright Scholar in Madrid, Spain, and worked for an mergers & acquisition tax consulting firm. While earning her law degree, Allison served as an editor of the Columbia Law Review and externed at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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    Credentials
    Education
    • Columbia Law School, JD, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
    • Stanford University, BA, with distinction
    Admissions
    • California
    Languages
    • English
    • Spanish
  • Andréa Londoño López

    Andréa Londoño López

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    Andréa Londoño López

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Andréa Londoño López focuses her practice on public, administrative, and regulatory law with a particular strength in contentious proceedings. She has advised and represented private clients as well as public entities before the Conseil d’État, administrative tribunals, French administrative agencies, and the ECJ and ECHR. She is highly experienced in the telecommunications, medical, transportation and energy sectors, as well as in government contracts (public procurement and public service concessions).

    Results
    • Advised a transportation company in litigation regarding GDPR and ePrivacy compliance*
    • Advised and represented a major city in multiple urban planning and administrative contract litigations*
    • Advised a pharmaceutical company in litigation challenging marketing authorizations for medicinal products*
    • Represented a professional union in a preliminary ruling before the ECJ on organic fertilizer regulations*
    • Advised a company in litigation regarding the French demand response mechanism (NEBEF)*

    *Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

    Recognitions
    • Laureate, Pleading Competition of the Conférence du stage des avocats au Conseil d’Etat et à la Cour de cassation, 2021-2022
    Capabilities and industries
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    Credentials
    Education
    • IFRAC (Institut de Formation des Avocats aux Conseils), Paris, Training Certificate
    • Columbia Law School, LL.M., New York
    • Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Master II European Comparative Public Law
    • École normale supérieure – PSL, Paris
    Admissions
    • New York
    • Paris
    Languages
    • English
    • French
    • German
    • Spanish