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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has bolstered its global energy and infrastructure offerings with the hire of a nine-lawyer team in Paris led by partner Darko Adamovic, and including of counsel Vincent Poilleux and Alex Bluett, along with Pauline Portos, Romain Marchand, Etienne Paletto, Youssef Berrada, Emma Lavaysse di Battista and Farida Ouriachi.

The team advises on project development and finance in the energy and infrastructure sectors, both in France and internationally.

“The addition of Darko and his team – together with the recent expansion of our teams in London led by Federico Fruhbeck, in Dubai led by Marwan Elaraby, and in Abu Dhabi led by Renad Younes – represents yet another important step in cementing our market-leading and comprehensive infrastructure product offering around the world,” said New York-based Tomer Pinkusiewicz, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group.

Commenting on the hires, Co-Partner in Charge of Gibson Dunn’s Paris office, Amanda Bevan-de Bernède, said: “We are pleased to welcome Darko and the entire team to the Paris office, and to offer our clients the benefit of their significant energy and infrastructure transactions experience.”

“We believe the team will fit perfectly at the firm, and are excited to add their notable talent to our platform,” added Bernard Grinspan, Co-Partner-in-Charge of the Paris office.

“Gibson Dunn has a fantastic global platform, with an enviable and growing energy and infrastructure practice,” said Darko. “The team is looking forward to working with members of the firm’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group, as well as with colleagues across practices and offices worldwide.”

The addition of Darko and the team follows a period of extensive growth for Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group, along with the firm’s energy practices. Recent high-profile hires in these spaces include Marwan Elaraby, Renad Younes, Laleh Shahabi, Jade Chu and Samuel Ogunlaja in the UAE, Federico Fruhbeck, Alice Brogi, Trinh Chubbock, Rob Dixon and Ben Shorten in London, and Rahul Vashi in Houston.

About Darko Adamovic

Darko advises on major domestic and international infrastructure, telecommunications, energy transition, and conventional energy (including renewables) and transport projects, including in the electric vehicle (EV) sector. He has significant experience advising sponsors, lenders, multilateral institutions, contractors and host governments on the development, structuring and financing (including loans, bonds, hybrid and derivatives financings) of major projects in France and internationally.

Additionally, he has significant experience in M&A transactions in the infrastructure and energy sectors. His clients include sponsors, lenders, multilateral institutions, contractors, and governments on the development of major projects in France and internationally, including financing.

Darko is ranked as a leading individual in Chambers Europe for Projects & Energy, and also ranked in Legal 500 EMEA for Project Finance in France.

About Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group

Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group has in-depth knowledge and experience ranging from green field project development, major disposals, and acquisitions, across energy and infrastructure and complex asset restructurings. The group advises all stakeholders, from government, corporate and financial sponsors, through to lenders and other credit providers.

About Gibson Dunn’s Energy Practice Group

The Energy Practice Group has a wide array of experience across all parts of the sector – from traditional sources of energy such as oil and gas, and electric utilities, to renewable forms such as solar and wind. The firm has handled energy-related matters involving numerous practice areas, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; debt and project finance; capital markets; joint ventures; fund formation; dispute resolution; commercial arrangements; and all manner of energy-related regulatory and antitrust issues.

About Gibson Dunn Paris

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Paris office advises on all aspects of business law, such as corporate transactions (M&A, joint ventures and private equity), restructuring/insolvency, finance, compliance, technology, and innovation. We also have practices in litigation, tax and real estate. The Paris office opened in 1967 as the firm’s first outside the United States, and its team of approximately 45 dual- and triple-qualified lawyers is distinctively positioned to advise clients on French and international matters that require a coordinated cross-border response.

International law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is expanding its Projects and Infrastructure team with the hire of two leading industry practitioners, Ben Shorten and Trinh Chubbock, who have joined the firm in London. Ben Shorten will serve as the head of Gibson Dunn’s EMEA Project Finance team.

Commenting on the hires, Barbara Becker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Chair and Managing Partner, said: “We have been focused on growing our stellar EMEA projects and infrastructure team, and are thrilled to welcome Ben and Trinh to the group and to the firm.”

Federico Fruhbeck, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group, said: “Ben and Trinh are both fantastic additions to our team. Ben is a leading practitioner who has extensive project finance experience and, having been based in London, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore, has a unique, global perspective. Trinh, likewise, brings considerable energy and transitional sector experience, particularly on the commercial side.”

The addition of these two partners follows a period of extensive growth for Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group, along with the firm’s energy practices. Recent high-profile hires in these spaces include Marwan Elaraby, Renad Younes, Laleh Shahabi, Jade Chu and Samuel Ogunlaja in the UAE, Federico Fruhbeck, Alice Brogi and Rob Dixon in London, and Rahul Vashi in Houston.

Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group has in-depth knowledge and experience ranging from green field project development, major disposals, and acquisitions across energy and infrastructure and complex asset restructurings. The group advises all stakeholders from governments, corporate and financial sponsors, through to lenders and other credit providers.

About Ben Shorten

Ben’s practice is focused on the development and financing of complex, large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, with a particular focus on energy transition, conventional power and water, and oil and gas projects. He regularly advises both sponsors and lenders on innovative, “first-in-kind” projects and has worked with the biggest clients in the energy sector in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

He received his BA from the University of Cambridge and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. He is consistently ranked in Chambers Global for projects, infrastructure and energy, where he has been recognized for the past decade.

Ben was at his previous firm for 23 years, where he served as Global Project Development & Finance Practice Group Leader.

About Trinh Chubbock

Trinh’s energy practice is focused on project developments, M&A transactions, and commercial contracts. She has a broad practice covering the full value chain from upstream oil and gas to downstream sectors, with experience in midstream work and LNG. She also focuses on renewable energy and energy transition.

She received her BA from Boston College and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. She is named a key lawyer in The Lawyer 500 UK for power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables).

The Daily Journal named San Francisco partner Ernest Hsin among its 2023 Top Intellectual Property Lawyers. His profile was published on May 17, 2023.

Ernest Hsin is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s National Intellectual Property Practice Group. Ernest specializes in high-tech and life sciences patent litigation, representing his clients as lead or co-lead counsel in federal district courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the International Chamber of Commerce.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the firm has appointed new Partners-in-Charge in its Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York offices.

“These outstanding partners have demonstrated leadership qualities and dedication to advancing the firm’s strategic vision,” said Barbara Becker, Chair and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “We look forward to working with them in these new roles, as well as continuing our work with the Partners-in-Charge of the firm’s other offices around the world.”

The firm’s new Partner-in-Charge appointees are as follows:

Renad Younes was named as the founding Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Abu Dhabi office, which was opened in January. For more information about Gibson Dunn’s recent expansion in the region, please click here.
Marwan Elaraby was named as Partner-in-Charge of Gibson Dunn’s Dubai office.
Collin Cox and Hillary Holmes were appointed as Co-Partners-in-Charge of the Houston office, following Michael P. Darden in the Partner-in-Charge role.
Candice Choh and Kahn Scolnick have been named as Co-Partners-in-Charge of the firm’s Los Angeles and Century City locations, following Jay Srinivasan and Peter Wardle’s tenures in these roles.
Andrew Fabens has been named Co-Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s New York office, succeeding Andrew Lance in the role. Fabens will co-lead the office alongside Mylan Denerstein, who will continue her service in this role.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Chad Nichols has joined the firm as a partner in the Houston office, where he will continue his finance practice.

“We are excited to bring Chad on board,” said Scott J. Greenberg, Global Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. “Much of what we do has a heavy emphasis on finance. Chad has significant experience in financings in the rescue and distressed space and his skill set will strengthen the talent and experience we currently have to keep up with the inflow of new work in this area.”

“Chad is a talented lawyer with finance analytical skills and market experience,” said Aaron F. Adams, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Global Finance Practice Group. “In particular, he will enhance our capacity in three distinct areas that are becoming increasingly critical in finance transactions: distressed financing, sponsor-side acquisition financing, and direct lending and private credit transactions. Chad’s capabilities across these important areas will continue to position the firm well into the future.”

“Chad is a terrific addition to the firm,” said Hillary Holmes, Co-Partner-in-Charge of the Houston office of Gibson Dunn. “He is a versatile finance lawyer with a diverse practice that will work well with our busy Texas-based Corporate and Private Equity practices and strengthen the finance capabilities of our thriving Business Restructuring and Reorganization group.”

“Gibson Dunn is a world-class firm in finance, energy, private equity and restructuring, and this integrated platform is a perfect fit for the next chapter of my career,” said Nichols. “I look forward to working alongside my exceptional colleagues at Gibson Dunn and continuing to build a broad-based finance practice, both in Texas and nationally.”

Nichols’ addition to Gibson Dunn’s partnership further strengthens our top-flight finance and bankruptcy practices and follows on the heels of a number of other recent high-profile partner hires in the restructuring and distressed finance space, including bankruptcy litigator Lee Wilson, bankruptcy partner AnnElyse Gains, and finance partners Frederick Lee and Jim Hee Kim. Gibson Dunn’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group brings extensive experience to companies in financial distress, their creditors and investors, and parties interested in investing in distressed debt and equity, such as hedge funds, private equity funds and financial institutions, in a rapidly evolving global economy. The firm excels in the innovative use of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to implement restructuring of highly complicated, multijurisdictional, non-U.S. companies and is a leader in U.S., European and cross-border insolvencies and workouts. Additionally, the group is well-known for crafting innovative and practical solutions, including complex out-of-court workouts and in-court restructuring.

About Chad Nichols

Nichols represents credit funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and other alternative capital providers, as well as companies (both public and sponsor-backed) in a wide range of financing transactions. He focuses on stressed, distressed, rescue and other special situations financings and transactions, and in-court and out-of-court restructurings, as well as bespoke private credit transactions and high yield bond deals.

Nichols earned his J.D. cum laude from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He also received a Master of Accounting with honors from the University of Southern California.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has announced the hire of banking and finance partner Laleh Shahabi, who will join the firm’s newly opened Abu Dhabi office.

The news comes as part of significant investment and expansion for Gibson Dunn in the Middle East. Last month the firm announced the opening of its Abu Dhabi office and the hire of partners Renad Younes and Samuel Ogunlaja (Abu Dhabi) and Jade Chu (Dubai). The firm also hired capital markets partner Marwan Elaraby in Dubai last October, and promoted two additional Dubai lawyers – private equity lawyer Hanna Chalhoub and international arbitration lawyer Nooree Moola – to its partnership this year.

Commenting on the hire, Renad Younes, Partner-In-Charge of Gibson Dunn’s Abu Dhabi office, said: “We are seeing tremendous client demand and opportunities in the region and the hiring of Laleh, who is an accomplished banking and finance partner with experience working with corporate sponsors, financial institutions, and government entities, is a continuation of the investment the firm is making in the region to further strengthen our offering on the ground.”

About Laleh Shahabi

Laleh Shahabi advises on a wide range of banking and financing transactions, including project financing and refinancing, leveraged and acquisition financing, direct lending, and investment grade corporate financing. She is experienced in representing corporate sponsors, governments, government related entities, and financial institutions in a wide range of financing transactions in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She has a particular focus on the transitional energy, renewables and oil and gas sectors.

The Daily Journal named Los Angeles partners Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Richard Doren, and Theane Evangelis to its annual list of Leading Commercial Litigators. The list honors lawyers who have served as lead counsel on major litigation that substantially impacted California. Their profiles were published on January 25, 2023.

Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. has represented clients in the federal and state appellate courts throughout the nation in a wide spectrum of cases. He has argued hundreds of appeals, including before the Supreme Court of the United States, 12 different federal circuit courts of appeals, 10 different state supreme courts and a multitude of other appellate and trial courts in complex civil and constitutional matters.

Richard Doren has extensive experience leading complex civil litigation matters in state and federal courts around the country, and has argued appeals in numerous appellate courts. He has successfully tried cases involving many different substantive areas, including antitrust, unfair competition, breach of contract, healthcare fraud, false advertising, wrongful death, partnership disputes, insurance coverage, and wrongful termination, among others.

Theane Evangelis is Co-Chair of the firm’s global Litigation Practice Group. She has served as lead counsel in a wide range of bet-the-company appellate, constitutional, class action, labor and employment, media and entertainment, and crisis management matters in trial and appellate courts across the country.

Gibson Dunn has been recognized in 22 categories in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. The Beijing office was ranked in the Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms category. The Hong Kong office was ranked in the Antitrust and Competition, Banking & Finance, Corporate (including M&A), Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Domestic and International Corporate Tax, Investment Funds, Private Equity, Private Client and Family, Projects and Energy, Regulatory, Regulatory: Anti-Corruption and Compliance, and TMT categories. The Singapore office was ranked in the following Foreign Firms categories: Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Energy, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory, International Arbitration, and Restructuring and Insolvency. Additionally, the firm was ranked for its work in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Michael Nicklin was named to the Hall of Fame in the Hong Kong: Banking & Finance category; and Brian Gilchrist was named to the Hall of Fame in the Hong Kong: Dispute Resolution: Litigation category and also named a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Domestic and International Corporate Tax category. Kelly Austin was named as a Leading Lawyer for Hong Kong: Regulatory: Anti-corruption and Compliance; Elaine Chen was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Hong Kong: Domestic and International Corporate Tax categories; Albert Cho was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Investment Funds category; Troy Doyle was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: Restructuring & Insolvency – Foreign Firms category; Sébastien Evrard was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Antitrust and Competition category; William Hallatt was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Regulatory category; Scott Jalowayski was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Private Equity category; Patricia Tan Openshaw was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Philippines: Foreign Firms category; John Fadely was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: Investment Funds category; Jai Pathak was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms category; Brad Roach was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: Energy – Foreign Firms and Indonesia: Foreign Firms categories; Brian Schwarzwalder was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Private Equity category; Paul Tan was named a a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: International Arbitration category; Jamie Thomas was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: Restructuring & Insolvency – Foreign Firms, Singapore: Banking & Finance – Foreign Firms, and Indonesia: Foreign Firms categories; Graham Winter was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Corporate (including M&A) category; and Fang Xue was named as a Leading Lawyer in the China: Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms category. Grace Chong was also named as a Next Generation Partner in the Singapore: Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory – Foreign Firms category, and Oliver Welch was named as a Next Generation Partner in the Hong Kong: Regulatory – Anti-Corruption and Compliance category. Additionally, Youjung Byon was named as a Rising Star for Hong Kong: Investment Funds, and Emily Rumble as a Rising Star in the Hong Kong: Regulatory category.

The rankings were published on January 11, 2023.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Beijing office is dedicated to servicing the needs of our clients establishing operations and doing business in China and those of our Chinese clients in their international transactions. The Beijing office works closely with lawyers in our Hong Kong office, enabling us to provide Hong Kong law capability where relevant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Hong Kong office provides an extensive range of U.S., Hong Kong and English legal advice to global and Asia-based clients. We offer our clients all the advantages of deep local expertise combined with the strengths of a global firm. Our Hong Kong lawyers handle some of the most challenging and complex transactions and regulatory matters across Asia.

Gibson Dunn’s Singapore lawyers deliver exceptional service to our international clients doing business in the region and our Asia-based clients with respect to their international matters. Our lawyers have lived and worked extensively in the region and possess U.S., English, Singapore and Indian law qualifications and experience. Furthermore, having been awarded a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) license by the Singapore Ministry of Law in 2013, we are one of the few firms that are able to provide our clients with local Singapore law advice in permitted areas.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that C. Lee Wilson has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Wilson will continue to focus his practice on bankruptcy, M&A, and shareholder-related litigation.

“We are delighted to welcome Lee to the firm,” said Scott J. Greenberg, Global Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. “We are already seeing accelerated growth in the bankruptcy practice and do not expect that to subside any time soon. With his deep experience and sophistication in this field, Lee is well-suited to help us meet this demand and will enhance our Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group’s position as a market leader. I am excited to be reunited in working with Lee, and look forward to welcoming him to the Gibson Dunn family.”

“Not only is Lee deeply knowledgeable in bankruptcy litigation, but he also has significant M&A litigation experience. Lee is extremely well-versed in complex commercial transactions and financial instruments,” said Reed Brodsky, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Litigation Practice Group. “He will be a tremendous asset to our transactional disputes practice, and will also support our transactional practices more broadly, both in New York and firmwide.”

“I am excited to join the team at Gibson Dunn,” said Wilson. “I look forward to collaborating with practices across the firm’s platform, and am delighted to once again be working alongside Scott Greenberg, whom I have long regarded as one of the preeminent practitioners in the restructuring bar.”

About C. Lee Wilson

Wilson focuses on bankruptcy-related litigation, M&A-related litigation, shareholder litigation, corporate governance disputes, and contractual litigation. He also frequently advises on securities and regulatory investigations and litigation, arbitrations, and other matters. He regularly advises on contractual drafting and interpretation and potential litigation exposure in advance of M&A, private equity, and finance transactions.

In 2006, he graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served on the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. He served as law clerk for Chief Judge Danny Julian Boggs on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

London partner Alice Brogi was named to The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2023 list, which features the “crème de la crème of the legal world,” who have “just two things in common … The first is excellence. … The second is relevance.” The list was published on January 23, 2023.

Alice Brogi practices private equity M&A, representing sponsors in cross-border transactions across a number of sectors with a focus on infrastructure and hard assets. She advises clients on investments across a number of sectors, including telecom, construction, financial services and technology sectors.

Global Investigations Review ranked Gibson Dunn No. 1 in its 2022 GIR 30, its “ranking to the best law firms for complex multijurisdictional corporate investigations” for the fifth consecutive year. The publication noted that “the firm’s investigations practice consistently lands roles on the most complex of international cases and brings them to a successful resolution for their clients. It also is regularly parachuted into matters to supplement existing counsel.” The GIR 30 was announced on November 17, 2022.

Gibson Dunn’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group defends businesses, senior executives, public officials and other individuals in a wide range of investigations and prosecutions. The group is composed of more than 250 lawyers practicing across our U.S. and international offices and draws on the expertise of more than 75 of its members with extensive government experience.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has elected 37 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1, 2023.

Commenting on the new partners, Gibson Dunn Chair and Managing Partner Barbara L. Becker said: “We have promoted these exceptional lawyers to our partnership in recognition of their excellent client work and significant contributions as ambassadors of our community. We look forward to their continued leadership and success in the years to come.”

The newly elected partners are:

Daniel S. Alterbaum (Mergers and Acquisitions / New York) represents buyers and sellers in a wide variety of transactions in the private equity, fintech, renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. He received his JD from Yale Law School in 2012.

Russell Balikian (Appellate and Constitutional Law / Washington, D.C.) has significant experience litigating high-stakes appeals and regulatory challenges in the U.S. Supreme Court, D.C. Circuit, and other courts across the country. He received his law degree from Yale Law School in 2012.

Hanna Chalhoub (Private Equity / Dubai) advises institutional investors, asset managers, and corporations on a wide range of complex cross-border transactions. He received his LLM from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2009 and his law degree from Saint Joseph University of Beirut in 2004.

Jaysen S. Chung (Intellectual Property / San Francisco) focuses on patent and appellate litigation, and has extensive experience in a diverse range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and virtualization technologies. He received his JD from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2011.

Martie Kutscher Clark (Litigation / Palo Alto) represents Silicon Valley technology companies in all stages of litigation, with a focus on high-stakes, bet-the-company matters, including founders’ disputes, consumer class actions, data privacy actions, securities actions, and trade secret disputes. She received her law degree from Columbia Law School in 2012.

Christine Demana (Litigation / Dallas) has deep trial-court experience in the technology industry and in litigating and counseling clients on high-profile commercial matters involving misappropriation of trade secrets/restrictive covenants, breaches of contract, securities and other frauds, and the press. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2011.

Naima L. Farrell (Litigation / Washington, D.C.) represents clients in a wide range of high-stakes employment litigation matters, including cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage-and-hour violations. She received her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2013.

Amy Feagles (Antitrust and Competition / Washington, D.C.) has a wide range of experience in internal investigations, regulatory and criminal investigations by U.S. and international agencies, and complex commercial litigation. She graduated from Duke University School of Law in 2013.

Jason J. Fleischer (Energy, Regulation and Litigation / Washington, D.C.) focuses on energy litigation, regulatory and transactional matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, other federal agencies and the federal courts. He graduated from the American University Washington College of Law in 2006.

Jonathan D. Fortney (Securities Litigation / New York) has experience in a wide range of complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on securities litigation, corporate control contests, and shareholder actions alleging breaches of fiduciary duties. He received his JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2009.

Justine Marie Goeke (Litigation / New York) has substantial frontline trial and complex commercial litigation experience, including in tech, trade secrets, and bankruptcy matters. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2013.

Sarah L. Graham (Mergers and Acquisitions / Los Angeles) represents strategic and financial buyers, sellers and investors in public and private M&A, joint ventures, investments, and other business transactions, with a focus on the media and entertainment, private equity, technology, and gaming industries. She received her law degree from Columbia Law School in 2011.

Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda (Mergers and Acquisitions / Los Angeles) focuses on public and private company mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, equity investments, restructuring transactions and general corporate governance. She received her law degree from Harvard Law School in 2011.

Tiaunia Henry (Litigation / Los Angeles) is an experienced trial attorney who focuses primarily on high-stakes complex business litigation, including antitrust, breach of contract and transnational cases. She received her JD and her LLM in Comparative and International Law from Duke University School of Law in 2007.

Brad G. Hubbard (Appellate and Constitutional Law / Dallas) represents clients in their most complex, high-stakes, and high-profile matters before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and state and federal appellate courts throughout the nation. He earned his JD from the University of Chicago Law School in 2013.

Katharina E. Humphrey (White Collar Defense and Investigations / Munich) advises clients in connection with complex cross-border internal investigations and compliance management systems. She received her law degree from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 2010.

Ashley E. Johnson (Litigation / Dallas) represents corporate clients across industries in complex, high-profile employment and antitrust disputes. She earned her law degree from Vanderbilt Law School in 2004.

Angelique Kaounis (Litigation and Intellectual Property / Century City) represents clients in a range of commercial litigation, with a focus on trade secret misappropriation cases, business torts, and contract disputes. She earned her JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2000.

Daniel Landy (Real Estate / Los Angeles) represents real estate funds, lenders, and institutional and non-institutional investors in all areas of real estate. He graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 2013.

Christopher Lang (Mergers and Acquisitions / New York) represents both public and private companies and financial sponsors in connection with M&A, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments, recapitalizations, and other complex corporate transactions. He received his JD from the New York University School of Law in 2013.

Casey J. McCracken (Litigation / Orange County) practices complex commercial litigation, with particular experience in technology litigation, including patent litigation, software copyright, contract disputes, and licensing. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 2009.

Nooree Moola (International Arbitration / Dubai) represents clients in commercial and investment disputes, energy disputes, and anti-corruption matters in international arbitration and litigation. She received an LLB from the Queensland University of Technology in 2008 and an LLM from the University of Queensland in 2012.

Eve Mrozek (Investment Funds / New York) advises private capital sponsors on the formation and operation of their funds across a variety of strategies, including real estate, buyout and growth equity, and also represents clients on strategic secondary transactions and investments. She received her JD from Villanova University in 2013.

Joe Orien (Mergers and Acquisitions / Dallas) advises a diverse set of private and public clients in negotiating and completing complex business transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, growth and venture investments, minority investments, leveraged acquisitions, exits, and complex strategic and commercial agreements. He earned his law degree at Brigham Young University in 2013.

Alexander L. Orr (Mergers and Acquisitions / Washington, D.C.) advises public and private companies, private equity firms, boards of directors and special committees in a wide variety of complex corporate transactions. He received his law degree from the Emory University School of Law in 2010.

Piers Plumptre (Litigation and International Arbitration / London) focuses on international arbitration and enforcement, complex commercial litigation, financial services disputes, and international fraud and white collar crime. He received his Graduate Diploma in Law from Oxford Institute of Legal Practice in 2010.

Karin Portlock (White Collar Defense and Investigations / New York) focuses on the full spectrum of internal corporate and government investigations, including highly sensitive workplace investigations and independent inquiries, as well as regulatory enforcement matters and criminal defense. She graduated from Columbia Law School in 2008.

Joseph R. Rose (Litigation / San Francisco) focuses on high-stakes employment disputes, commercial litigation, class actions, antitrust matters, and law firm defense. He received his JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2011.

Benjamin Saltsman (Land Use and Development / Los Angeles) focuses on land use and real estate matters, with an emphasis on successfully obtaining land use entitlements for major real estate development projects in California. He earned his law degree from Loyola Law School in 2014.

Jan Schubert (Private Equity / Frankfurt) advises private equity firms and strategic investors on domestic and cross-border private M&A transactions, joint ventures, management investment programs and venture capital financings. He received his JD from University of Potsdam in 2012.

Matthew Schwartz (Private Equity / New York) focuses on representing sponsors, and public and private companies, in mergers and acquisitions and represents clients in the sports and entertainment industry in a wide variety of transactions. He received his JD from the University of Chicago Law School in 2012.

Jeremy S. Smith (Litigation and Class Actions / Los Angeles) represents clients in complex litigation and class actions in both trial and appellate courts across numerous areas of law, including privacy, consumer fraud, constitutional law, and insurance law. He graduated from Cornell Law School in 2011.

Harrison Tucker (Capital Markets / Houston) represents public and private businesses in a broad range of corporate and securities matters, including equity, debt and Rule 144A offerings, reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, stock exchange compliance, and beneficial ownership reporting matters. He received his JD from the University of Houston Law Center in 2008.

David C. Ware (Securities Enforcement / Washington, D.C.) represents issuers and audit firms in SEC, PCAOB and other regulatory and criminal investigations and enforcement actions and conducts internal investigations in the areas of auditing, accounting, and securities compliance. He received his JD from Harvard Law School in 2002.

Chris Wilson (Antitrust and Competition / Washington, D.C.) assists clients in navigating DOJ, FTC, state attorney general, and international competition authority investigations as well as private party litigation involving complex antitrust and consumer protection issues. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 2009.

Betty X. Yang (Litigation / Dallas) practices complex civil litigation, with a focus on bet-the-company trials. She received her JD from Duke University School of Law in 2009.

Charline O. Yim (International Arbitration / New York) has extensive experience representing clients in investment treaty and international commercial arbitrations, including in the energy, telecommunications, construction, consumer products, financial services, and banking sectors, and advising clients on public international law matters. She earned her law degree from Harvard Law School in 2011.

The German weekly FOCUS recognized Gibson Dunn’s Frankfurt and Munich offices in its annual special issue, “Law and Advice.” The firm is recommended as “Top-Wirtschaftskanzlei 2022″ [top commercial law firm] in the Compliance, Corporate Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions categories. The feature was published on September 10, 2022.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Robert D. Giannattasio has joined the firm as an of counsel in the New York office. Giannattasio will serve as a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group.

Giannattasio has a broad corporate and capital markets practice representing issuers and underwriters on a variety of public and private debt and equity offerings, including acquisition financings, investment-grade and high-yield debt offerings, IPOs and follow-on equity offerings, and liability management transactions.

He has extensive experience with registered offerings, green, social and sustainability bonds, foreign currency transactions, and works in a range of industries, including industrials/automotive, media/telecom, energy, healthcare/biotech, crypto, consumer retail, and financial institutions. He has led a number of complex cross-border transactions and regularly advises companies on securities law and corporate governance matters, SEC reporting, and disclosure issues.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Giannattasio was a member of the Capital Markets group at Shearman & Sterling LLP.

“We are thrilled to have Rob join the Gibson Dunn team and bring his broad experience representing major investment banks and public companies to the firm,” said Andrew Fabens, Chair of the Capital Markets Practice Group.

Giannattasio received his law degree cum laude from Boston College Law School in 2013. He received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Master of Science in Taxation from the Fordham University Schools of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New York and is admitted to the bar in New York, California, Massachusetts, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Who’s Who Legal named four Gibson Dunn partners to its 2022 Environment guide. Los Angeles partner Patrick Dennis was recommended in Environment; New York partner Anne Champion was recommended in Climate Change, San Francisco partner Peter Modlin was recommended in Environment, and Washington, D.C. partner Raymond Ludwiszewski was recommended in Environment. The guide was published in September 2022.

Patrick Dennis has extensive experience representing clients in general manufacturing, energy, banking, aerospace, real estate, construction, electronics, oil and gas, cement making, and lead recycling in a wide range of environmental matters.

Anne Champion has played a lead role in a wide range of high-stakes litigation matters, including trials. Her practice focuses on complex international disputes, including RICO, fraud, and tort claims, and includes federal and state court litigation and international arbitration.

Peter Modlin’s practice focuses on environmental, health & safety, toxic tort and products liability litigation and counseling. He has represented clients in a wide variety of federal and state litigation, including mass tort actions, product liability claims, cost recovery cases, citizen lawsuits, natural resource damages and enforcement actions.

Raymond Ludwiszewski joined the firm after spending eight years in senior legal positions in the United States government dealing with environmental regulatory issues and litigation in the Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department. Some significant matters he has handled include the defense of complex toxic tort “contaminated community” cases, the defense of important environmental civil enforcement cases; the successful challenge of major environmental regulations; the defense of large environmental criminal matters; and the prosecution of litigation against the United States.

Who’s Who Legal named six Gibson Dunn partners to its 2022 Business Crime Defence Global guide. Washington, D.C. partner F Joseph Warin was named a Global Elite Thought Leader. The guide also recommended London partner Sacha Harber-Kelly; Los Angeles partner Debra Wong Yang; New York partner Mylan Denerstein; San Francisco partner Charles Stevens; and Washington, D.C. partner Richard Grime. The guide was published September 2022.

Who’s Who Legal named five Gibson Dunn partners as National Leaders in its 2022 Mainland China & Hong Kong SAR guide. Kelly Austin was recommended in Business Crime Defence & Investigations, Albert Cho was recommended in Private Funds, Sébastien Evrard was recommended in Competition, John Fadely was recommended in Private Funds, and Brian Gilchrist was recommended in Asset Recovery, Commercial Litigation, and Commercial Mediation. The guide was published in September 2022.

Gibson Dunn’s Beijing office is dedicated to servicing the needs of our clients establishing operations and doing business in China and those of our Chinese clients in their international transactions. Our Hong Kong office provides an extensive range of U.S., Hong Kong and English legal advice to global and Asia-based clients. We offer our clients all the advantages of deep local expertise combined with the strengths of a global firm. Our lawyers handle some of the most challenging and complex transactions, regulatory matters and disputes across Asia.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Gregg Costa will join the firm’s Houston office as a partner in October. Costa, formerly a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, will serve as Co-Chair of the Global Trial Practice Group and focus on building a civil trial, white collar defense, and investigations practice.

“We are thrilled to welcome Gregg to Gibson Dunn and that he has chosen our litigation platform as the foundation of his practice,” said Barbara Becker, Chair and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “Gregg earned a stellar reputation during his time as a prosecutor, and his reputation only grew while on the bench. We look forward to welcoming him back to private practice and having him join our team.”

“There are few litigators today who have Gregg’s experience and perspective, as a former federal prosecutor and judge,” said Veronica Moyé, a Dallas partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. “His insights will be invaluable to our clients, and we are fortunate to be able to continue our Texas litigation expansion with Gregg at the helm.”

“By any measure, Gregg is the most sought-after trial lawyer in the Texas market in years,” said Houston litigation partner Collin Cox. “He has a sterling reputation with credentials that represent the apex of achievement in our profession. We are confident that he will easily transfer his experience as a phenomenal jurist and prosecutor to become a nationally renowned trial lawyer in private practice.”

“I’m excited to begin the next chapter of my career at Gibson Dunn,” said Costa. “I left the federal bench because I missed the competition and teamwork that comes with trying cases. Gibson Dunn is the perfect home to try cases, work as a member of a collaborative litigation team, and build a winning practice. The firm’s national litigation practice is second to none. Its Houston litigation team is off to a tremendous start with Collin Cox and Sydney Scott, and I look forward to working with them to make Gibson Dunn the go-to litigation group in the city.”

About Gregg Costa

Costa previously served for more than 10 years as a federal trial and appellate judge. He served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 2014 to 2022, following his nomination by President Obama and confirmation by the U.S. Senate with a vote of 97-0. He first served as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 2012 to 2014. When he took the bench, he became the youngest-sitting federal judge, at age 39.

Costa served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas from 2005 to 2012. During his tenure, he received the John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation and the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service. Costa tried more than 15 jury trials, including the prosecution of Allen Stanford for orchestrating a multibillion-dollar, international fraud scheme. Costa began his legal career as an associate in the Houston office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Costa graduated with a B.A. in 1994 from Dartmouth College. After college, he taught elementary school for two years in Mississippi through Teach for America. He then attended law school, graduating from the University of Texas School of Law with highest honors in 1999. Costa served as a law clerk for Judge Raymond Randolph on the D.C. Circuit from 1999 to 2000, was a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General from 2000 to 2001, and served as a law clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the U.S. Supreme Court from 2001 to 2002.

Benchmark Litigation named 12 Gibson Dunn partners to its 2022 lists of the Top 10 Women in Litigation, Top 250 Women in Litigation, and 40 & Under. Dallas partner Veronica Moyé was named to Benchmark’s Top 10 Women in Litigation list. The Top-10 Women are nominated on the strength of historical and unwavering peer and client review, as well as proven achievements. Additionally Los Angeles partners Theane Evangelis, Perlette Michèle Jura and Deborah Stein; New York partners Anne Champion, Mylan Denerstein and Andrea Neuman; Orange County partner Meryl Young; and Washington D.C. partners Elizabeth Papez and Helgi Walker were named to Benchmark’s Top 250 Women list where selection is based on “individual litigators’ professional activities as well as client feedback surveys.” The publication also named Houston partner Sydney Scott and New York partner Gabrielle Levin to its 40 & Under list, which identifies the top emerging talent in litigation. The lists were published in July and August 2022.