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Olivia acts as global strategic counsel for her clients, helping them address risks arising from geopolitical tensions, resolve global investigations and allegations of misconduct, and manage global litigation threats. In the course of this work, she develops a full understanding of key inflection points and an effective response to them; runs teams that include numerous specialists, local counsel, experts and others; and supports clients’ PR and public policy efforts. \nOlivia represents clients in the technology, energy, financial services, and other industries. She has deep experience advising clients on litigation and investigations arising from global crises, geopolitical tensions or changing regulations and in investigating and remediating allegations of bias, fraud, sanctions and anti-money laundering violations, theft of trade secrets and other issues. She has extensive experience working with money transmitters on BSA/AML risks and fraud detection.\nOlivia represents clients in affirmative and defensive litigation and defends clients before the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, State Attorneys General, the New York State Department of Financial Services, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and other regulators.\nOlivia has served as a member of the Development Committee of the Board of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association. She is also a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Federal Bar Council Inn of Court. Olivia has been recognized by Crain’s New York Business Notable Women in Law, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal for her work.\nPrior to joining King \u0026amp; Spalding, Olivia was the New York managing partner of a large law firm and a member of its global board. Olivia earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Kent Scholar and served as a Managing Editor of the Columbia Law Review. Upon graduation, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert D. Sack of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Prior to her legal career, Olivia earned a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and spent five years as an investment banker. Partner “Recommended” for Dispute Resolution – White Collar Criminal Defense The Legal 500 United States “Rising Star”  Legal 500 “Rising Stars”  Who’s Who Legal Notable Women in Law  Crain’s New York Harvard University Harvard Law School Columbia University Columbia University School of Law New York Development Committee of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association Fellow of the American Bar Foundation Member of the Federal Bar Council and New York City Bar Association Law Clerk, Judge Honorable Robert D. 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Kristin\u0026rsquo;s practice focuses on corporate and regulatory matters in the healthcare and life sciences industries.\u0026nbsp; She represents a broad range of prominent healthcare and life science\u0026nbsp;clients\u0026nbsp;on mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, general health law questions, and complex corporate governance and contracting matters. 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Kristin\u0026rsquo;s practice focuses on corporate and regulatory matters in the healthcare and life sciences industries.\u0026nbsp; She represents a broad range of prominent healthcare and life science\u0026nbsp;clients\u0026nbsp;on mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, general health law questions, and complex corporate governance and contracting matters. 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I always enjoy working with her.\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"She is extremely knowledgeable, responsive and always able to navigate the most complex matters\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"Kristin really understands our business well. She doesn't miss anything and is highly responsive.\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"On the Rise Award\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Texas Lawyer, 2020\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"Top Ranked Lawyer, Healthcare\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA, Texas (2021-2025)\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"She's very wise with her advice, as well as being detail-oriented and organized.\\\"\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"Chambers USA\"}{{ FIELD }}Kristin Roshelli is a partner in King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Houston Healthcare practice. Kristin’s practice focuses on corporate and regulatory matters in the healthcare and life sciences industries.  She represents a broad range of prominent healthcare and life science clients on mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, general health law questions, and complex corporate governance and contracting matters. She has extensive experience structuring transactions, particularly as to complex arrangements involving health systems, physician practices, and academic medical centers.  Kristin has helped establish the legal and operational framework in connection with the startup of three new medical schools and multiple new health systems.  She is also a go-to lawyer for leading pharmaceutical, biotech, organ procurement and other large companies for assistance with complex collaboration arrangements with third parties and in establishing and negotiating their supply chain and other key contracts.  Her life sciences work often involves advising on product supply and manufacturing agreements, licensing arrangements, commercialization and distribution agreements, specialty pharmacy agreements, research agreements and other complex collaboration arrangements and key service and supply contracts. \nShe is Chambers-ranked for healthcare in Texas and has been recognized by Legal 500 as a “Recommended Key Lawyer,” by Texas Super Lawyers as a healthcare rising star, and by Texas Lawyers with an “On the Rise Award,” which recognizes lawyers under the age of 40 who have wielded influence in their practice areas in Texas and beyond.  Prior to entering the legal field, Kristin served as a nurse in the United States Air Force, worked in the general counsel’s office of a large academic medical center, and practiced as a registered nurse in a medical intensive care unit. \nPublications\n\n2016 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Top Ten List Reimbursement Advisor, Vol 32, No. 6, February 2017\n“The Plot Thickens for the Medicare Narrative Requirement,” Law360, February 2015\n“When is a Hospital a ‘New Hospital?,’” Reimbursement Advisor, Vol. 30, No. 4, December 2014\n Kristin Roshelli lawyer Partner \"Kristin is very calm and intelligent, and extremely responsive. I always enjoy working with her.\" Chambers USA \"She is extremely knowledgeable, responsive and always able to navigate the most complex matters\" Chambers USA \"Kristin really understands our business well. She doesn't miss anything and is highly responsive.\" Chambers USA On the Rise Award Texas Lawyer, 2020 Top Ranked Lawyer, Healthcare Chambers USA, Texas (2021-2025) \"She's very wise with her advice, as well as being detail-oriented and organized.\" Chambers USA University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Law School St. John's University St. John's University School of Law U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York New Jersey New York Texas American Bar Association (2014) American Health Lawyers Association (2011) New York State Bar Association (2011) Houston Young Lawyers Association (2014) Law Clerk, P. 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In re Nat’l Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litig., 923 F.3d 96 (3d Cir. 2019).{{ FIELD }}Filed amicus curiae briefs in the United States Supreme Court in the matters:{{ FIELD }}Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Case No. 19-7;{{ FIELD }}Raymond J. Lucia Companies v. SEC, Case No. 17-130;{{ FIELD }}Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, Case No. 19-511; and{{ FIELD }}Barr v. America Association of Political Consultants, Inc., Case No. 19-631.{{ FIELD }}Prevailed on an appeal in a class action brought by landlords alleging short term vacation rentals violated local rent control ordinances and California’s Unfair Competition Law, Bus. \u0026amp; Prof. Code § 17200. See Alexis v. Airbnb, Inc., 2019 WL 4183934 (2019).{{ FIELD }}Successfully represented the Santa Monica Rent Control Board against due process and takings challenges to Santa Monica’s rent-control law before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Court of Appeal.{{ FIELD }}Represented a group of the world’s largest retailers in filing an amicus curiae brief regarding the enforceability of certain clauses in commercial real estate leases in the California Court of Appeal case Grand Prospect Partners v. Ross Dress for Less.{{ FIELD }}Filed amicus curiae briefs on behalf of a hedge fund in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals cases, Raymond J. Lucia Companies v. SEC and PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.{{ FIELD }}Michael Roth is an accomplished civil litigator whose practice focuses on complex business and entertainment litigation, and cases brought under California’s consumer protection laws. He also leads scores of consumer class action matters across California in state and federal courts, and has been hailed as a \"17200 guru\" by clients.  In addition, Michael is often called on to represent clients through the appellate process and has obtained successful results on numerous appeals before the federal circuit courts and the California Court of Appeal.\nBefore attending law school, Mr. Roth worked for several years in the music industry as the Director of Alternative Music at an internationally known record label before starting his own independent record company.\nSpeaking Engagements\nMarketing Mayhem: Recent Supreme Court Decisions \u0026amp; Litigation Trends, August 2020 Marketplace Risk, Presenter\nCurrent State of the Law in Litigation Finance, 2d Annual LF Dealmakers Forum 2019, Panelist\nPersonal Jurisdiction Issues After Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2018 Bridgeport Class Action Litigation Conference, Presenter\nToo Good to Be True: Sellers Beware of Section 17200, CLE Presenter\nThe Defense Strikes Back: Litigating Under the anti-SLAPP Statute, CLE Presenter\nJourney to the Center of the Administrative State (or There and Back Again), CLE Presenter\nConflict? 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Defeated summary judgment for a plaintiff in a breach of fiduciary duty case concerning the rights to one of the world’s largest private collections of Ansel Adams photographs. In an idea-theft case regarding the television show The Talk, obtained a complete dismissal on an anti-SLAPP motion for the television studio, producers, and creators of the show. Obtained a permanent injunction for a handbag manufacturer in a multimillion-dollar trade dress dispute with a competitor. Won an anti-SLAPP motion on behalf of a client in a $15-million lawsuit alleging claims of extortion and obtained a dismissal of a related action after succeeding on demurrer. Obtained summary judgment for a defendant in Air2Water v. AquaSciences Inc., a case alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, and other business torts against a company that has developed a cutting-edge technology to generate potable water out of the ambient humidity in the air. In a pro bono representation for acclaimed artist Gretchen Ryan, recovered more than $300,000 of artwork that was misappropriated by a rogue gallery that had previously represented Ms. Ryan as her art merchant. In a pro bono representation regarding financial elder abuse, worked with Bet Tzedek Legal Services to successfully obtain the return of client’s real property and money that had been stolen by a caregiver. For his work on the matter, Michael received the California State Bar’s Wiley W. Manuel Award for pro bono legal services. In the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, obtained a reversal of a decision voiding all cash advance agreements between class members in the NFL’s concussion suit and litigation funding companies. In re Nat’l Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litig., 923 F.3d 96 (3d Cir. 2019). Filed amicus curiae briefs in the United States Supreme Court in the matters: Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Case No. 19-7; Raymond J. 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As a partner in our corporate practice, David counsels clients in a variety of business transactions. With more than 35 years of experience, his representative transactions include various complex asset-based financings, project developments, dispositions and acquisitions. He also has particular experience in business and investment fund formation, business acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, debt restructuring, energy outsourcing and derivative transactions. David Runnels lawyer Partner Recognized as a Stand-out Lawyer Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers, 2026 Recognized as a Stand-out Lawyer Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers, 2025 Recognized as a Stand-out Lawyer  Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers, 2024 Recognized as a Leading Energy Lawyer in The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers Lawdragon, 2024 Recognized as a Best Lawyer 2024 in Corporate Law and Energy Law  The Best Lawyers in America, 2024 Recognized as a Best Lawyer 2023 in Corporate Law and Energy Law  The Best Lawyers in America, 2023 Recognized as a Super Lawyer 2017  Super Lawyers, 2017 Profiled as a leading Real Estate lawyer  Legal 500 US, 2014–2016 Who’s Who in Law, Energy  Houston Business Journal, 2015 Rated as AV Preeminent  Martindale-Hubbell, 2015 Profiled as a leading Project Finance lawyer  Legal 500 US, 2014 Profiled as a leading Renewables and Alternative Energy lawyer  Legal 500 US, 2014 Profiled as one of Texas’ Top Rated Lawyers in Real Estate  ALM, 2012 The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas School of Law The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas School of Law Texas Houston Bar Association Duchesne Academy – Board of Trustees (2006-2012) Post Oak Bank - Advisory Board Member (2005-2019) Texas General Counsel Forum - Board Member (2001-Present) Houston Bar Foundation - Past Board Member and Treasurer Law360 - Energy Editorial Advisory Board Member (2019) Representation of General Motors in its relocation from the Renaissance Center to the Hudson’s building and related transactions. Representation of LyondellBasell in the sale of its ethylene oxide and derivatives business to INEOS Americas. Acquisition of the third largest wind farm in the U.S. in 2021. Greenfield development of methanol plants in Louisiana and Texas. Joint Venture representing an equity investor in a wind farm in development in Oklahoma. Disposition of 6 gas fired power plants in California for a private equity client. Acquisition of 6 wind farms in New York state for a private equity client. Development of the world's largest post-combustion industrial scale carbon capture and sequestration project together with an enhanced oil recovery component. Acquisitions and dispositions of intrastate and interstate pipelines. Representation of equity investors and developers in wind and solar energy generation, battery storage and financing transactions across the U.S., including the greenfield development of the largest contracted wind farm in the U.S. in 2012. Acquisition and development of healthcare industry business and assets. Decommissioning of a gas fired cogeneration power plant. Acquisitions and dispositions of healthcare industry businesses and assets. Development of natural gas to gasoline and methanol facilities in Louisiana, Texas and Illinois. Acquisition of one of the largest mortgage loan servicers in the U.S. Restructuring of cogeneration facility arrangements, including the sale of NOx emissions reduction credits. Representation of an equity provider in investment in oil and gas properties, including structuring of complex multiparty partnership agreement. Implementation and financing of a multiuse integrated office infrastructure project with payments totaling over $4 billion. Development and financing of a mixed use Westin franchised residential, hotel and garage using a commercial condominium structure. Fund formation and domestic and international energy industry acquisitions for investment fund principals. Negotiating power purchase agreements, derivatives and renewable energy credit purchases for a retail electric provider. Taking renewable energy collateral in securing an energy trading arrangement for an energy investor. Project and construction financings of over $6.0 billion. Representation of equity providers and developers in the hospitality industry. Formation of blind pool equity funds for real estate. Acquisition of construction industry-related businesses. Acquisition of a currency exchange business. Site acquisition and evaluation of mineral rights and entitlements for a master planned residential development for a national developer. Refinancings of over $3.1 billion in office properties for a national property owner. Greenfield development of three power plants in midwestern U.S. for a Fortune 500 company. Structuring incentive-based compensation arrangements for portfolio acquisitions for a national investment company. 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