Orrick offices in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft antitrust partner Amy Ray—part of the team involved in securing regulatory approval for several recent high-profile Microsoft Corp. acquisitions—has left the firm to join Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Washington, D.C.-based Ray, who had been at Cadwalader for over 10 years, played a role in Microsoft's $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business, and its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype. She will continue working with Microsoft at Orrick, which was recognized last year as the top performing partner in the technology company's Law Firm Diversity Program. Microsoft is a fantastic company that really has religion in terms of doing the right thing antitrust wise," Ray said. 2017 report [civil investigative demand] or a subpoena on my desk and feel confident in my ability to handle it," she said. "You gain confidence only by taking on bigger amounts of responsibility." Jones Day Crowell & Moring The Orrick team has a good depth of experience interacting with the Asian competition authorities, which is where some of the more difficult negotiation and remedies packages take place in global transactions these days," Ray said. joined the firm in August 2016 lost antitrust leader Charles “Rick” Rule Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison profits dramatically rise in 2017