Writing for Corporate Counsel, Chief Wellness Officer Dr. James Keshavarz and partner Robert C. Blume emphasize the importance of mental health and well-being to professional success, arguing that it is “no longer a discretionary benefit, but an ethical imperative intertwined with competence and diligence.”

In their article, James and Robert lay out four practical strategies leaders can employ to foster healthier legal teams, build stronger organizations, and ensure a more sustainable profession: adopting the ABA Well-Being Pledge framework, leading with transformational leadership principles, building trust and psychological safety, and leveraging resources and partnerships.

Gibson Dunn advised Natera, Inc., a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, on its acquisition of Foresight Diagnostics, a leader in ultrasensitive molecular residual disease detection.

Our corporate team included partners Branden Berns, Gina Hancock, and Jin Hee Kim.

Partner and Head of Fund Finance Duncan K. R. McKay was interviewed by Structured Credit Investor (registration required) about his reasons for joining Gibson Dunn, the evolution of the fund finance and structured capital landscape, and why our Firm is particularly poised to lead in the field.

“At Gibson Dunn, my focus is on delivering the highest level of expertise and client service to our asset management, sponsor and direct lender clients, and on building the practice in a way that reflects the evolution of the fund finance industry itself: into a cross-disciplinary, dynamic, global offering that can support clients in their most important and sophisticated transaction – whether that be in the U.S., Europe, Asia or the Middle East,” Duncan said. “Gibson Dunn is exceptionally well-positioned to lead in this next phase of the market’s evolution…Gibson Dunn’s platform positions us to guide clients through both the emerging opportunities and the heightened complexity that accompanies them.”

Partner Christopher Dusseault, recently named to the Daily Journal’s list of Top Antitrust Lawyers, described several of his most challenging cases for a profile in the publication. “My cases often involve products and services that people buy and use every day and that are an important part of their lives,” Chris noted. “My job is to explain to judges and jurors that while these products are important to their daily lives, that doesn’t mean the story they are being told is what actually happened.”

Gibson Dunn is ranked among the top 10 antitrust practices in the 2026 edition of Global Competition Review’s GCR 100 – Global Elite. The Firm is also ranked among the top five private litigation practices and top 10 merger control practices within the Global Elite sub-rankings.

Regionally, Gibson Dunn is ranked as an Elite firm in the United States: California and the United States: Texas jurisdictions; as an Outstanding firm in the United States: Washington, D.C. jurisdiction; and as a Highly Recommended firm in the Brussels, China, United Kingdom, and United States: New York jurisdictions.

Gibson Dunn is advising ACS Group on its joint venture with Global Infrastructure Partners to develop and operate a portfolio of data centers worldwide. The new data center development platform will consist of ACS’s existing 1.7 GW portfolio of data center assets under development in Europe, the U.S., and Australia — assets valued by the transaction at approximately €2 billion, consisting of a cash payment of approximately €1 billion, plus initial earn-outs of up to €1 billion, contingent on achieving predefined commercial milestones. An additional earn-out of up to €200 million may also be earned from additional pipeline projects currently under analysis.

The Gibson Dunn corporate team includes partners Tomer Pinkusiewicz, Daniel Alterbaum, Anita Girdhari, and Toren Murphy; of counsel Ruben Almaraz; and associates Brennan Halloran, Maria Paula Baraya, and Gerald Kimani.

Partner Emily Naughton, of counsel Whitney Smith, and associate Lauren Traina are advising on real estate; partner Tory Lauterbach on energy regulatory aspects; partner Michael Cannon on tax aspects; partner Ekaterina Napalkova on benefits; partner Attila Borsos on competition law and FDI aspects; and partner Stephenie Gosnell Handler on CFIUS aspects.

Gibson Dunn advised Investcorp on its acquisition of Guardian Fire Services, a leading provider of fire and life safety services across the United States, from Northern Lakes Capital.

Our corporate team included partners Sean Griffiths, Christopher Lang, and Maxwell Ball and associates Nicolette Fata, Haley Moritz, and Aliya Zuberi. Partner Edward Wei and associate Josiah Bethards advised on tax aspects, partner Michael Collins advised on benefits, partner Michael Murphy and associate Taylor Cathleen Amato advised on environmental aspects, and partner Meghan Hungate advised on IP aspects.

Gibson Dunn represented Mauser Packaging Solutions in an exchange offer of $2.6 billion in aggregate principal amount of their outstanding 7.875% Senior First Lien Notes due 2027 for newly issued 7.875% Senior First Lien Notes due 2030 and $1.3 billion in aggregate principal amount of their outstanding 9.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2027 for newly issued 9.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2030.

Gibson Dunn also represented Mauser in connection with an amendment to its existing ABL Facility with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent that, among other changes, extends the maturity date of the revolving facility to January 14, 2030, and a refinancing under an amendment to its existing Cash Flow Credit Agreement with Bank of America, N.A. as global administrative agent and collateral agent and Bank of Montreal as revolver administrative agent that, among other changes, refinances and upsizes the existing term loan facility with a new $1 billion term loan facility maturing April 15, 2030 and extends the maturity date of the cash-flow revolver facility to January 14, 2030.

Our corporate team was led by partners Candice Choh and Daniela Stolman. Our capital markets team included partners Peter Wardle and Melanie Neary and associates Alexandria Johnson, Lauren Navarro, and Chad Kang. Partners Doug Horowitz and Melissa Barshop and associates Paul Rafla, Julia Sweitzer, Stephen Berg, and Kaylin Chavez Ervin advised on finance matters. Partner Dora Arash and associates Bree Gong and Eva Gao advised on tax matters.

A Gibson Dunn team has secured a permanent stay pending appeal, from the Second Circuit, of a District Court order that would have distributed the liquidated proceeds of retirement accounts belonging to Evan Greebel to Travere Therapeutics pursuant to a criminal restitution order that formed part of Mr. Greebel’s criminal sentence.

Mr. Greebel and the U.S. had earlier reached a settlement agreement regarding the use of around 60% of the liquidated proceeds from Mr. Greebel’s retirement accounts to in part satisfy his criminal restitution, with the remainder of the liquidated funds set aside to fulfill the tax liability triggered by the liquidation itself. The District Court rejected the settlement and ordered that nearly all the liquidated proceeds be used to fulfill Mr. Greebel’s restitution, which would have left him insufficient funds to cover the associated tax liabilities; the court also rejected the parties’ joint request for a stay pending an appeal. Mr. Greebel then sought an emergency stay from the Second Circuit, pending his forthcoming appeal of the District Court’s rejection of his settlement agreement, to stop the District Court from distributing the liquidated funds. The Second Circuit granted a temporary stay and now has granted a permanent stay pending Mr. Greebel’s appeal. The case is U.S. v. Greebel, No. 25-1361 (2d Cir.).

The Gibson Dunn team included partners Reed Brodsky and Akiva Shapiro and associates Marc Aaron Takagaki, Max Peck, Anthony Cruz, Beshoy Shokralla, Amir Heidari, Michelle Gery, and Shanelle Jones.

Gibson Dunn achieved a major litigation victory at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of client Delta Air Lines, Inc., and its partner Aeromexico.

For nearly a decade, Delta and Aeromexico have operated a joint venture approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), allowing them to fully integrate their operations on flights between the U.S. and Mexico.  In September, the DOT terminated its approval of the joint venture effective January 1, 2026. Delta challenged the DOT’s action in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and sought a stay to avert the severe irreparable harm Delta and Aeromexico would experience if forced to unwind their joint venture. On November 12, the Eleventh Circuit granted a stay of the DOT’s order pending resolution of the litigation.

The Gibson Dunn team representing Delta includes partners Eugene Scalia and Amir Tayrani, of counsel Christine Buzzard, and associates Michael Corcoran, Lavi Ben Dor, and Tamara Skinner.

Gibson Dunn, on behalf of a coalition of leading business organizations, won a major victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The court enjoined California Senate Bill 261 pending appeal, preventing the law from taking effect while litigation over its constitutionality continues.

SB 261 would have required thousands of companies doing business in California to publish extensive “climate-related financial risk” reports under the framework of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) — compelling pages of narrative statements, speculative risk analyses, and policy views on climate change. The law applied even to companies that have never spoken publicly about climate issues or sold products in the state, and it imposed penalties of up to $50,000 per year for noncompliance.

The injunction halts enforcement of SB 261 while the appeal proceeds, ensuring that companies will not be forced to issue compelled climate disclosures by the upcoming January 1, 2026 deadline. This important ruling safeguards businesses from being conscripted into state-sponsored climate advocacy and reinforces the constitutional limits on government-compelled speech.

The case is Chamber of Commerce of the United States et al. v. Sanchez et al., No. 25-5327 (9th Cir.).

The Gibson Dunn team representing the plaintiffs included partners Eugene Scalia, Bradley Hamburger, and Jonathan C. Bond and associate Brian Richman.

Associate Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw spoke to The Export Practitioner about a case involving a California firm agreeing to pay over $3 million as part of a settlement agreement for unlicensed shipments of transistors to Russia.

Lindsay noted that “these items were not licensable before Russia’s invasion, but they became licensable afterwards, as part of the continuously tightening vise the U.S. and allied governments have applied to shipments to Russia” and that the case “hits a concern I think every compliance professional has felt in their soul for the last couple of years: That with such frequent updates to U.S. trade laws, it is possible to miss a big change—and then make a big misstep.”

Associate Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw was quoted by The Export Practitioner on the U.S. Census Bureau issuing a final rule amending the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) to clarify Electronic Export Information (EEI) filing requirements for in-transit shipments that enter the United States before re-export.

“The definitions of ultimate consignee and intermediate consignees are now clearer,” Lindsay said. “For example, the existing definition of ultimate consignee was expanded to potentially capture purchasers of the shipment, not just end users and FPPIs (though the FPPI is likely to be either the purchaser or the end user anyway).”

Gibson Dunn has been honored with the Creditor Law Firm of the Year – Europe award at the prestigious Global Restructuring Review (GRR) Awards.

The recognition celebrates the firm’s exceptional work advising creditors in complex restructuring and insolvency matters across Europe. The GRR Awards recognize “excellence across the restructuring landscape,” with the ceremony honoring “the standout individuals and practices that have made a significant impact over the past year.”

The awards ceremony on November 20, 2025, brought together leading practitioners from around the world to celebrate excellence in cross-border restructuring.

A Gibson Dunn deal, the Changhua 4 project, was recognized at the IJGlobal Investor Awards 2025 – APAC as the Offshore Wind Deal of the Year. Our firm represented Cathay Life in the financing of its $900 million acquisition of a 50% stake in the 583MW project — the largest-ever investment by the local insurance sector in offshore wind development. Our team was led by partner Ben Shorten and included partner Jamie Thomas and of counsel Claude Jiang.

Gibson Dunn represented Tenet Healthcare Corporation in a private placement offering of $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of their 5.500% senior secured first lien notes due 2032 and $750 million in aggregate principal amount of their 6.000% senior notes due 2033. Goldman Sachs & Co LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Truist Securities, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Fifth Third Securities, Inc., and Santander US Capital Markets LLC acted as Initial Purchasers.

Gibson Dunn further represented Tenet Healthcare Corporation in connection with a new ABL Credit Facility under which JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and other lenders will provide an aggregate revolving commitment of $1.9 billion and an amendment to its existing L/C Credit Facility with Barclays Bank PLC.

The Gibson Dunn capital markets team included partner Andrew Fabens, of counsel Rodrigo Surcan and associates Victoria Dodev and Kevin Mills. Partner Aaron Adams and associates Julia Sweitzer and Mackenzie Alpert advised on the ABL financing.​​​​ Partner Jennifer Sabin and of counsel Kate Long advised on tax matters.

Gibson Dunn’s London team has been named Cross-Border Corporate/M&A Law Firm of the Year by TopLegal. The award celebrates the international firm with the best cross-border M&A practice involving Italian parties. It was presented on November 19, 2025, in Milan.

Our Italian desk boasts one of the most active and varied Italy-focused M&A practices in London, representing Italian companies and multinational investment firms in numerous significant and highly complex transactions.

Several Gibson Dunn lawyers recently spoke with Asian Legal Business about the growth in M&A dealmaking across the Asia Pacific market. Partner David Wolber noted that cross-border M&A activity touching both the United States and China has grown increasingly complex.

“Cross-border M&A activity with touchpoints to both China and the U.S. continues to pose a number of regulatory, commercial, political, and reputational risk challenges, particularly in certain high-tech sectors such as artificial intelligence or semiconductors,” David said.

Partner Tyler Cohen said that there has been “an extended uptick in infrastructure-driven activity, both in digital infrastructure and energy transition-related targets.”

Partner Connell O’Neill added that data sovereignty has emerged as a critical consideration that can make or break technology deals. “We are fielding more questions about data sovereignty in tech commercial and M&A deals as this issue influences technology and business direction,” Connell said.

Partners Federico Fruhbeck, Alice Brogi, and Alex Bluett and associate Gisele Zouein are the authors of the U.K. chapter of the latest edition of the Chambers Energy & Infrastructure M&A Global Practice Guide. The guide provides the latest legal information on trends in energy and infrastructure M&A markets around the world; procedures for establishing, acquiring, and selling energy and infrastructure companies; and regulatory requirements affecting transactions in the sector, including labor rights issues, foreign investment restrictions, disclosure, due diligence, and directors’ duties.

Gibson Dunn advised the underwriter on LandBridge Company LLC’s secondary public offering of 2.5 million Class A shares. This is the company’s first offering since its IPO, in which Gibson Dunn also represented the underwriters.

Our team included partners Hillary Holmes and Harrison Tucker, of counsel Robbie Hopkins, and associates Malakeh Hijazi and Chad Kang.