Gibson Dunn is advising Infinite Reality on its acquisition of Touchcast, a pioneering agentic AI company, for consideration based on an enterprise valuation of Touchcast of $500 million.
Our New York corporate team is led by partners Matthew Schwartz and Maxwell Ball.
Best Lawyers in Singapore 2026 has recognized three Gibson Dunn partners as leading lawyers in their respective practice areas: Jai Pathak – Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law; John Fadely – Private Equity Law, and Private Funds; and Jamie Thomas – Insolvency and Reorganization Law. The list was published on April 17, 2025.
Gibson Dunn has been honored at the first-ever Chambers France Awards with a win for Restructuring/Insolvency Law Firm of the Year.
Jean-Pierre Farges, head of our firm’s Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice Group in Europe, was on hand with members of the team to accept the award, including fellow partners Bertrand Delaunay, Amanda Bevan-de Bernède, Nataline Fleury, Pierre-Emmanuel Fender, and Benoît Fleury; of counsels Julia-Barbara Michalon and Clarisse Bouchetemblé; and associates Charles Peugnet and David Hania.
Team members not in attendance included associates Martin Guermonprez, Imane Choukir, Guillaume Bismes, Julie Doria, Mélanie Gerrer, and Simon Reibel.
An article in The New York Times describes the findings of a report filed in federal court in Manhattan by partner Mylan Denerstein in her role as court-appointed NYPD Monitor. The report found that NYPD anti-crime units continued to make unlawful stops, frisks, and searches in 2023, and that supervisors failed to rein in the unlawful activity.
Mylan was appointed in 2022 to serve as the independent NYPD Monitor to oversee a court-ordered reform process. She is Co-Chair of the Gibson Dunn Public Policy Practice Group and Co-Partner in Charge of the firm’s New York office.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/nyregion/the-persistent-problem-of-stop-and-frisk.html
A report filed in federal court in Manhattan by partner Mylan Denerstein in her capacity as NYPD Monitor is the subject of a New York Times article. The report found that the NYPD made unlawful stop-and-frisk stops at least a quarter of the time in 2023 and that command-level supervisors had regularly failed to address them.
Mylan is Co-Chair of our Public Policy Practice Group and Co-Partner in Charge of the firm’s New York office. She was appointed in 2022 to serve as the independent NYPD Monitor to oversee a court-ordered reform process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/nyregion/nypd-stop-and-frisk-monitor.html
Gibson Dunn partners Winston Chan (San Francisco), Patrick Stokes (Washington, D.C.), and Oleh Vretsona (Washington, D.C.) discuss California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s recent reminder to businesses operating in California that, despite President Trump pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, making payments to foreign officials to obtain or retain business remains illegal. The Attorney General added that California may step up corruption-related enforcement if federal authorities’ priorities shift to other areas.
In view of these and other developments, the authors conclude that “companies would be well served by reviewing their compliance programs and calibrating their compliance-related risk assessments to mitigate against changing risk calculi and enforcement realities.”
Read their discussion in Law360 [PDF].
A Gibson Dunn team has been named a Law360 Legal Lion of the Week for having an injunction vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit less than an hour after oral arguments were made by partner Paul Torchia. The injunction had barred our client from launching an alopecia drug due to an alleged patent infringement. The Court indicated that the patent-owner plaintiff would not face irreparable harm because its early-stage drug couldn’t be launched until years after the patent expires in 2026.
Alongside Paul, our team included partner Charlotte Jacobsen, partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group Josh Krevitt, and partners Christine Ranney and Blaine Evanson.
Gibson Dunn is ranked in 32 league tables of leading M&A legal advisors in LSEG’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions Review for the first quarter of 2025.
Our ranking highlights, measured by deal volume, include moving into 5th position for completed global deals, 4th for completed deals as global principal advisors, and 5th for completed deals with any U.S. involvement. Our firm also ranked 4th in completed deals with any U.K. involvement, and 5th in completed deals with any European involvement.
Ronald Mueller, James Moloney, Aaron Briggs, Elizabeth Ising, Thomas Kim, Brian Lane, Lori Zyskowski, Mickal Haile, and Matt Staugaard are the authors of “The Passive/Aggressive Investor: Significant New SEC StaffInterpretive Guidance on Schedule 13G Eligibility” [PDF] published by The Corporate Governance Advisor in its May/June 2025 issue.
Global Arbitration Review ranked Gibson Dunn among the 2025 GAR 30, its annual ranking of the world’s leading international arbitration practices. The publication highlighted the firm as “a force to be reckoned with and frequently seen on high-stakes disputes.”
A Gibson Dunn corporate team based in Houston advised IOG Resources II (IOGR II) on its joint development partnership with Elevation Resources LLC, sponsored by Pine Brook Partners. This partnership represents the sixth investment in IOGR II and the 18th investment for the IOG Resources platform.
The Gibson Dunn team was led by partner Rahul Vashi and included associates Chris Atmar and Joseph Kmetz. Partner Michael Cannon and associates Josiah Bethards and Nathan Sauers advised on tax aspects.
Gibson Dunn represented BMO Capital Markets, BofA Securities, Credit Agricole Securities (USA), HSBC Securities (USA), and J.P. Morgan Securities as dealer managers in connection with the tender offer by Vale Overseas Limited to purchase for cash Vale Overseas outstanding 8.250% Guaranteed Notes due 2034, 6.875% Guaranteed Notes due 2039, and 6.875% Guaranteed Notes due 2036.
Vale Overseas accepted for purchase $103,462,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2034 Notes, $171,214,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2039 Notes, and $54,765,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2036 Notes.
The Gibson Dunn team was led by partner J. Alan Bannister and of counsel Rodrigo Surcan and included associates Malakeh Hijazi and Vlad Zinovyev. Partner Michael Q. Cannon and associate Blake Hoerster advised on tax matters.
Gibson Dunn is advising 1PointFive, a subsidiary of Occidental, on its 25-year carbon dioxide offtake agreement with CF Industries and its joint venture partners JERA Co., Inc. and Mitsui & Co., Inc. The agreement calls for approximately 2.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide to be securely stored per year at 1PointFive’s Pelican Sequestration Hub in Louisiana.
Our Houston oil and gas team is led by partner Michael P. Darden and senior associate Graham Valenta and includes associate Joseph Kmetz. Partner Gerry Spedale is advising on corporate aspects, partner Michael Cannon and associate Josiah Bethards on tax, partner Michael Murphy on environmental aspects, and partner Stephenie Gosnell Handler and associate Scott Toussaint on international trade.
Gibson Dunn represented Lobos 1707, the tequila company backed by basketball star LeBron James, in its pending joint venture transaction with Diageo Plc.
Our corporate team was led by partners Kevin Masuda and Sarah Graham and included associates Joey Herman, Haley Moritz, and Elise Widerlite. Partner Sean Feller and associate Kayoko Fong advised on executive compensation; partner Kari Krusmark and associate Nate Hancock on commercial/strategic outsourcing; partner Daniel Angel and associate Maya Hoard on IP; and partner Matt Donnelly and associate Alissa Freltz on tax.
Graham Valenta and Zain Hassan are the authors of “Reining in the Wild West: A Survey of Carbon Capture Legislation in the United States” [PDF] published by the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law in its March 2025 issue.
Gibson Dunn is advising AIP Management on its agreement to invest in Silicon Ranch Corporation, one of the largest independent power producers and developers of utility-scale energy infrastructure projects in the U.S.
Silicon Ranch’s portfolio includes 3.6 GW of operating capacity, 3.7 GW in construction or under contract, and a near- and mid-term development pipeline of more than 12 GW. Under the agreement, AIP will join an existing shareholder group including Shell, Manulife Investment Management, and TD Asset Management.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team is led by partner Nick Politan and includes of counsels Ata Dinlenc and Jessica Basil and associates George Hang and Vlad Zinovyev. Partner Michael Cannon and associates Josiah Bethards and Nathan Sauers are advising on tax; partner William Hollaway and senior counsel Janine Durand on energy regulatory matters; partner Michael Murphy on environmental matters; partner Michael Collins on employment; counsel Andrew Cline and of counsel Michelle Weinbaum on antitrust and foreign investment; associate Lauren Traina on real estate; and associate Matthew Goldstein on offtake and other commercial arrangements.
Gibson Dunn was honored at the recent Global Competition Review Awards in Washington, D.C., with its win for Litigation of the Year – Cartel Defence. Our team was recognized, along with counsel for several of our co-defendants, for our role in obtaining the complete dismissal at the Ninth Circuit of a high-profile antitrust class action against our client UBS and other major international banks (McCarthy v. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. et al., commonly referred to as the ICE LIBOR interest rate benchmark class action).
Our winning team included partners Jefferson Bell and Eric Stock and associates Katie Salvaggio and Ina Kosova.
India Business Law Journal has named Jai Pathak to its 2025 International A-List, which highlights “the most recommended India-focused lawyers at international law firms.” The list was published on March 31, 2025.
Jai Pathak has extensive experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, dispositions, privatizations, joint ventures, licensing, infrastructure development, as well as private equity and structured finance transactions. He has significant experience in the telecommunications, technology, banking, hospitality, oil/gas, pharmaceutical, FMCG and chemical industries. His clients have included governments, financial institutions, investment banks, multinational companies and U.S., European, and Asian companies.
Partner Krista Hanvey has been named by the Dallas Business Journal to its 40 Under 40 list of “next-generation North Texas leaders” for 2025. “Not only do they excel in their day jobs,” writes the Journal, “they also take time to mentor coworkers, advocate for others and empower communities.”
Krista is Co-Chair of our firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group and Co-Partner in Charge of our Dallas office. She also oversees the Dallas office’s pro bono adoption program.
Gibson Dunn advised ReliaQuest and KKR on ReliaQuest’s new funding round of more than $500 million led by EQT, KKR, and FTV Capital, with participation from other existing investors Ten Eleven Ventures and Finback Investment Partners.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team was led by partners Wim De Vlieger, Christopher Harding, and Andrew Fabens and of counsel Soren Kreider.
M&A Deal Team:
- Wim De Vlieger
- Christopher Harding
- Soren Kreider
- Mickal Haile
- Chris Ayers
- Sam Shapiro
- Willem van Hootegem
- Chad Kang
Capital Markets:
- Andrew Fabens
- Clinton Eastman
- Kevin Mills
Employment/FLSA:
- Michael Collins
- Ryan Stewart
- Kurtis Michael
Intellectual Property:
- Meghan Hungate
- Sarah Scharf
Tax:
- Matt Donnelly
- Bree Gong
Antitrust/FDI/CFIUS:
- Christian Riis-Madsen
- Kristen Limarzi
- Andrew Cline
- Claire Shepherd
- Francois Vanherck