Gibson Dunn is advising Gyre Therapeutics, Inc., an innovative, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing fibrosis-first therapies across organ systems affected by chronic diseases, on its acquisition of Cullgen Inc. The all-stock transaction is valued at approximately $300 million.
Our corporate team includes partners Branden Berns and Ryan Murr and associates Evan Shepherd, Lauren Navarro, Hunter Michielson, and Lauren Romagnoli. Partners Pamela Lawrence Endreny and Rachel Kleinberg and associate Elizabeth Johnson are advising on tax aspects, partner Bradley Smith is advising on antitrust aspects, partner David Wolber is advising on international trade aspects, and partner Sean Feller is advising on benefits.
Gibson Dunn advised the underwriters on Targa Resources Corp.’s offering of $1.5 billion of senior notes.
The firm’s corporate team was led by partner Doug Rayburn and included associates Alexis Levine and Tara Adhikari. Senior counsel Gregory Nelson advised on tax aspects; associate Taylor Cathleen Amato advised on environmental aspects.
Law360 [PDF] has reported on a recent $600,000 settlement reached between our client Amin Booker and the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Mr. Booker was held in solitary confinement for more than five years in a New York state prison, confined to a windowless cell for 23 hours a day while missing visits from his family. Mr. Booker said he was the victim of retaliation for whistleblowing on mistreatment by corrections officers.
Partner Justine Goeke explained that Mr. Booker’s settlement is one example of many agreements that New York state and the DOCCS have reached with people in solitary confinement. She said that when the attorney general’s office saw the firm was prepared to go to trial, they quickly offered to settle.
“We have a compelling client that speaks clearly about the abuses of the prison system, we already had a finding of liability by a district court judge on one of the claims — I mean, that set the floor,” Justine said. “When we showed the AG’s office that we were ready to go, they came to the table with a significant settlement offer.”
In addition to Justine, our team included associates Marc Aaron Takagaki, Kate Goldberg, Teddy Kristek, Sophie White, Dennis Ting, and Apratim Vidyarthi.
Gibson Dunn advised Thmanyah Publishing and Distribution Company (Thmanyah), a subsidiary of the Saudi Research and Media Group, on entering into a media rights agreement with the Saudi Professional League, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, and the First Division League. The agreement will grant Thmanyah exclusive broadcasting rights for four sports tournaments — the King’s Cup, Saudi Pro League, Saudi Super Cup, and First Division League — and commercial exploitation across the Middle East and North Africa for a six-year term (2025–2031). The transaction is valued at SAR 2,320,000,000 (approximately $619 million USD).
Our team was led by partners Sean McFarlane and Megren Al-Shaalan and included associates Lojain AlMouallimi, Charlie Peskowitz, and Sloane Ruffa.
The IAM (subscription required) article “UTSA v DTSA: How Claim Selection Is Steering Trade Secret Fight Dynamics” (February 26, 2025) features commentary by partner Angelique Kaounis.
A team at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher led by Harris Mufson secured an injunction for insurance client Marsh against U.K. broker Howden and seven former Marsh managers and account executives based in Florida who left to launch Howden’s Sunshine State operations. According to court filings, Marsh has seen 160 Marsh employees and more than 80 clients move to Howden as part of a mass hire launched last year. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon in Manhattan held this week that Marsh was likely to succeed on its breach-of-contract claims against the former employees and its tortious interference claims against Howden. Rochon barred further solicitation of Marsh employees and clients, or misuse of confidential Marsh information, which she ordered to be returned. The judge, however, stopped short of barring Howden and the former employees from servicing former Marsh clients presently at Howden, finding that such a move would deny customers the brokers of their choice, without any evidence that the customers would return to Marsh.
The Gibson team representing Marsh includes partner Brian Richman and of counsel Amanda Machin.
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Partners Ryan Murr and Charlotte Jacobsen were interviewed by Law360 [PDF] after the team was named a Life Sciences Group of the Year. They discussed recent successes and the reasons why the team’s work stands out for clients.
Gibson Dunn received an Elite ranking in 13 categories in the Chambers Associate Satisfaction Surveys for 2026. The rankings are based on Chambers’ annual interview-based research, where associates “respond to an online survey covering every aspect of law firm life.” The Elite level is the highest of the four categories of recognition.
Our firm was ranked Elite in the following categories: Associate Satisfaction; Benefits and Quality of Life; Pro Bono Experience; Career Development; AI Integration; Work Allocation & Autonomy; Culture; Mid to Senior Associate Satisfaction; New York; Northern California; Southern California; Washington, D.C.; and Texas.
Gibson Dunn is advising Arcosa, Inc. on the sale of Arcosa Marine Products, Inc. to Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. for $450 million.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team includes partners Robert Little and Joe Orien and associates Uyen Tu and Riley Gesling. Partner Andy Chen is advising on financing. Partner Michael Cannon and associate Doug Bresnick are advising on tax aspects. Partner Krista Hanvey and associate Kayoko Fong are advising on benefits. Partner Daniel Angel and associate Andrew Hartman are advising on IP aspects. Partner Rachel Levick and associate Taylor Cathleen Amato are advising on environmental aspects.
A Gibson Dunn deal was recognized at the PFI Awards 2025 in London on February 19, as the PIF Wave 5 & 6 Project was named Global Power Deal of the Year.
Gibson Dunn advised the initial mandated lead arrangers, senior and equity bridge lenders, agency banks and hedge providers on the financing of five utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects to be built in Saudi Arabia. This landmark deal forms part of Saudi Arabia’s National Renewable Energy Program, led and supervised by the Ministry of Energy, and reflects the Public Investment Fund’s commitment to develop 70% of the Kingdom’s renewable energy target capacity by 2030.
The Gibson Dunn attendees accepting the award included partner Ben Shorten, who led the team, and associates Andy Sears-Black, Emily Smith, and Lucrezia De Jorio.
Shout-out to a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher team led by partner Paul Torchia, of counsel Nathan Curtis and partner Jaysen Chung for securing appellate affirmance of an “exceptional” case finding and an award of $4 million in attorney fees for client Dell EMC in patent litigation brought by ACQIS. The Federal Circuit last week upheld a decision finding ACQIS lacked a good faith basis to continue pursuing its infringement claims under patents related to a data transfer standard after an adverse claims construction ruling. The Gibson Dunn team includes Josh Krevitt, Brian Rosenthal, Kate Dominguez, Ben Hershkowitz and Brian Buroker and associate Allyson Parks.
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Partner Matt Axelrod was quoted by WorldECR in an article on the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, saying that it articulates “a different vision for the US role in the world – and putting America’s interests first.”
Gibson Dunn advised Galecto, Inc. on its public offering of common stock, which generated aggregate gross proceeds to the company of approximately $316 million.
Galecto is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics to redefine the treatment paradigm for people living with blood cancers.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team included partners Ryan Murr, Branden Berns, and Melanie Neary and associates Nicholas Linke, Candice Johnson, Lauren Navarro, and Chad Kang.
In a closely watched patent case in the decentralized finance community (or DeFi, for those of you in the know), a team led by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partners Josh Krevitt and Stuart Rosenberg and Latham & Watkins partner Patricia Young scored a defense win for Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation. U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl in Manhattan this week granted their motion to dismiss infringement claims brought by Bprotocol Foundation and LocalCoin Ltd. under two related patents for a “constant product automated market maker” system. The judge found that the patents are directed at the unpatentable abstract idea of calculating currency exchange rates to perform transactions. The Gibson Dunn team representing Uniswap Labs includes partners Kate Dominguez, Ben Hershkowitz and Brian Rosenthal, of counsel R. Scott Roe and associates Ryan Jin and Evan Kratzer. The Latham team representing the Uniswap Foundation includes Gabriel Bell, Sean Gloth and Di Ai.
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Gibson Dunn advised I Squared Capital on its strategic partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in Inkia Energy, a Peruvian private power generation company.
The firm’s corporate team was led by partners Marwan Azzi and Jamal Lama and included of counsel John Kim and associates Vikram Vivek and Maramawit Abera. Partner Kathryn Kelly and associate David Horton advised on tax aspects. Partner Attila Borsos advised on antitrust aspects.
Gibson Dunn was highly ranked in the World Intellectual Property Review’s USA Patents Rankings 2025 – Contentious patent work category. Partners Brian Rosenthal and Charlotte Jacobsen were also both recognized for their patent work. The guide “highlights the firms handling the most consequential matters in the US.”
Partners and Co-Chairs of our Media, Entertainment, and Technology Practice Group Kevin Masuda, Ilissa Samplin, and Brian Ascher recently spoke with Law360 [PDF] about several major cases and deals the team was involved in over the past year. The practice group was recognized as one of Law360’s Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year for 2025.
Partners Kate Dominguez, Josh Krevitt, and Brian Rosenthal spoke to Law360 [PDF] about some of the successes our Intellectual Property Practice Group delivered for clients in 2025. Law360 recently named the team an Intellectual Property Group of the Year for 2025.
Kate and Josh are the Co-Chairs of the practice group.
Gibson Dunn is advising Brookfield Asset Management on the $1.2 billion take-private acquisition of Peakstone Realty Trust.
The Gibson Dunn team is led by transactional partners Drew Flowers, Brian Scrivani, and David Perechocky and includes of counsel Ben Haskins and associate Sarah Sperling on corporate matters; associates Kim Vallot and Taha Sutarwala on real estate matters; partners Doug Horowitz and Michael Weinberger on financing matters; partners Brian Kniesly and Evan Gusler, of counsel Jennifer Fitzgerald, and associate Brady Blouin on tax matters; partner Michael Collins and associate Akiva Reich on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner Meghan Hungate and associates Andrew Hartman and Advait Ramanan on intellectual property and technology matters; partner Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter and associate Amanda Estep on data privacy / cybersecurity matters; partner Abbey Hudson on environmental matters; partner Bradley Smith and staff attorney Clea McClellan on antitrust matters; and partner Stephenie Gosnell Handler and associates Chris Mullen and Natan Sebhat on CFIUS/national security matters.
Gibson Dunn and SolomonSimmonsLaw today filed suit, on behalf of Shanta Isom, the mother of J.I., a Tulsa Public Schools (“TPS” or the “District”) student who was violently attacked by a teaching assistant at a TPS elementary school in February 2024. The lawsuit alleges federal antidiscrimination and constitutional violations against Tulsa Public Schools and the teaching assistant, Nicholas Stowell, who committed the assault.
On February 9, 2024, Nicholas Stowell violently attacked J.I., a seven-year-old first grader, on the playground at his elementary school. The attack was caught on video, showing J.I. playing on the playground with other students when Stowell approached him. Stowell then dragged a limp J.I. by his arm across the playground to a picnic table where Stowell slammed J.I. onto the bench repeatedly and placed him in an apparent headlock before J.I. was able to free himself.
Stowell was arrested that day and charged with felony child abuse. He later pleaded guilty to that charge and is currently serving a six-year noncustodial sentence. TPS publicly defended itself to the press that same day but failed to inform J.I.’s guardian of the assault at the time it occurred—an apparent coverup of the incident to avoid public fallout from the attack. It was not until days later that Ms. Isom was informed of the assault, and due to the delay, J.I. was unable to receive prompt medical care.
The assault also caused regression of J.I.’s condition and exacerbated the manifestations of his disabilities, which TPS was legally obligated to accommodate. TPS further discriminated against J.I. by failing to implement an adequate individualized education program (“IEP”) for J.I., failing to train its staff to properly engage with disabled students like J.I., and illegally refusing his request to reenroll in school the following calendar year.
TPS has a history of abusive and unequal treatment toward students with disabilities, including failing to develop adequate IEPs and a pattern and practice of tolerating mistreatment of special needs students. TPS is currently under formal review for significant racial and ethnic disparities in its discipline of students with disabilities and has been sued repeatedly for alleged physical assaults by TPS employees against children in its care.
Ms. Isom is suing TPS for violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for, among other things, failing to implement legally-required accommodations for J.I., covering up the assault, and denying J.I. his right to education on account of his disabilities in violation of federal law. Ms. Isom has also brought claims under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments against TPS and Stowell for the criminal abuse of her son.
Karin Portlock, partner at Gibson Dunn, stated: “Criminal abuse and discrimination have no place at school. Not only were J.I.’s rights clearly violated by this gruesome assault, but his young life has been tragically altered by mistreatment at the hands of TPS, which failed to serve him as a student with disabilities. Our schools need to protect our children, not endanger them. We are honored to represent Ms. Isom in her fight for justice for her son.”
Damario Solomon-Simmons of SolomonSimmonsLaw also stated: “This case exposes a systemic failure by Tulsa Public Schools to protect a child with disabilities who was entitled to safety, dignity, and meaningful access to education. Instead, J.I. suffered violence, neglect, and exclusion in a place meant to protect him. This lawsuit enforces the basic promise of our Constitution and federal law and seeks to ensure that no TPS student with disabilities is ever placed in harm’s way or quietly pushed out of school again.”
Ms. Isom, stated: “I’m proud to file this lawsuit on behalf of my son and make sure this does not happen to another child.”
The complaint is available here.