Writing for Tax Notes [PDF], partner Saul Mezei and of counsel John Craig analyze the Israel Tax Authority’s practice of inferring taxable intangible-property transfers from post-acquisition changes in the target’s functions, assets, and risks. They argue that while such changes can assist in identifying and pricing specific intercompany transactions, they should not serve as a shortcut that results in imputing enterprise-level value transfers based on post-acquisition outcomes.
Partners Jason Schwartz and Cynthia Chen McTernan and associates Cate McCaffrey, Elvys Morales, and Shreya Sarin have written the Corporate Governance Advisor [PDF] article “Texas Attorney General Declares Public DEI Initiatives Unconstitutional and Warns of Legal Risks from Corporate DEI” (May/June 2026), where they discuss a DEI opinion issued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Gibson Dunn Chair and Managing Partner Barbara Becker recently spoke with Law.com International [PDF] about the firm’s rapid growth in London and how the office has become a true hub, enabling us to bring our full platform to clients across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and beyond.
The article also looks at the firm’s future expansion plans in London and Europe and explores how Gibson Dunn is achieving this growth and what’s driving it: a combination of exceptional lateral and homegrown talent, and a clear focus on client demand.
Why Gibson Dunn? Why London? Why M&A and private equity? Associate Magdalena Augé shares with ICAEW’s Corporate Financier magazine the reasons she chose to join Gibson Dunn’s London transactional team as the next step in her career.
“Gibson Dunn really appealed as its transactional team was expanding. In 2022, they had just hired new partners, and I was excited by the idea of being part of that growth,” Magdalena said, adding: “The firm puts an emphasis on making sure new recruits truly fit with its culture of cooperation, collaboration, and openness – this weighed heavily when making my decision.”
The Compliance Week article “The Dos and Don’ts of Responding to a World Bank Integrity Audit” (subscription required) features commentary from partner Oleh Vretsona and of counsel Pedro Soto. The article discusses the World Bank Group updating its Integrity Compliance Guidelines for the first time in 15 years.
Gibson Dunn advised Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company on its offering of $2 billion in senior notes.
The firm’s corporate team was led by partner Andrew Fabens and included associates Lawrence Lee, Ian Mathenge, and Chad Kang. Partner Jennifer Sabin advised on tax aspects.
The Financial News article, “Secondaries were once an ‘ugly stepchild’. Now lawyers are swamped with job offers” (subscription required) features commentary by partner James O’Donnell about the growing demand for lawyers with secondaries market expertise.
“Everybody is looking for secondaries expertise,” James said. “It used to be that we all felt very happy being described as funds lawyers. Now people want to brand themselves as secondaries lawyers instead.”
The Financial News reports that record deal activity in the $240 billion secondaries market is fuelling a hiring frenzy, but specialists are in short supply.
Gibson Dunn is a finalist for Law Firm of the Year at the prestigious City AM Awards 2026, which celebrate the exceptional leadership and innovation of the City of London in driving the UK’s economy forward.
The firm was shortlisted in recognition of its significant growth over the past year: globally, 42 colleagues were promoted to partner, 31 lateral partners were welcomed, and over 350 associates and of counsel joined the firm. This growth is also reflected in the work of the firm, with more than 1,150 announced or closed transactional deals with an aggregate value exceeding $890 billion.
Gibson Dunn advised a group of sales agents and forward purchasers on an at-the-market offering of up to $1 billion of common stock of Alliant Energy Corporation, a public utility holding company that provides regulated electric and natural gas service to customers in the Midwest.
Our team included partner Andrew Fabens, of counsel Rodrigo Surcan and Adam Lapidus, and associates Lawrence Lee and Ian Mwiti Mathenge. Partner William R. Hollaway Ph.D. and senior counsel Janine Durand advised on regulatory matters. Partner Rachel Levick and associate Taylor Amato advised on environmental matters.
A Gibson Dunn pro bono team secured a unanimous victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on March 20, 2026, in Olivier v. City of Brandon et al., a civil rights case in which our team was supported by a diverse coalition of 11 amicus briefs.
Gabriel Olivier, an evangelical Christian, shared his faith on a public sidewalk near the City of Brandon, Mississippi’s amphitheater during well-attended events. He was silenced when the City adopted an ordinance prohibiting him from communicating his religious beliefs on the public sidewalk, and then arrested him for violating the ordinance by continuing to share his faith. After paying a fine, he sued the city in federal court, challenging the constitutionality of the ordinance.
The district court dismissed his lawsuit without considering the merits, relying on a Supreme Court decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has applied to prevent persons convicted under a law from challenging the constitutionality of that law. The Fifth Circuit affirmed and then declined to revisit its past precedent by a narrow one-vote margin over vigorous dissents.
The Supreme Court justices unanimously agreed that the previous Supreme Court decision does not bar legal challenges such as Olivier’s. Writing for the full court, Justice Elena Kagan said that the previous decision “has no bearing on Olivier’s suit seeking a purely prospective remedy.”
“We’re delighted that the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed Gabe’s right to his day in court,” said Gibson Dunn partner Allyson Ho, who presented oral arguments for Olivier before the Supreme Court in December 2025. “It’s just common sense that a citizen who is arrested under an unconstitutional law should be able to challenge that law. As people of faith, we look to the judiciary to protect our constitutional right to spread the gospel.”
Along with Allyson, our team included partner David Casazza and associates Aaron Smith, Patrick Fuster, Giuliana Carozza Cipollone, Jack Reed, Aly Cox, Andrew Ebrahem, and Savannah Silver.
Gibson Dunn secured a significant victory for National Union in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a high-profile insurance coverage dispute arising from ethylene oxide emissions in Willowbrook, Illinois. The firm’s team successfully argued that coverage for nearly 1,000 underlying lawsuits was barred by the policies’ pollution exclusion. Following a certified question to the Illinois Supreme Court — which ruled unanimously in National Union’s favor and overruled prior precedent — the Seventh Circuit held that no coverage was owed and remanded with instructions to enter judgment accordingly.
The decision is a landmark for insurance law, with broad implications for coverage disputes involving environmental pollution nationwide.
The Gibson Dunn team included partners Tom Dupree and Nick Harper and associates Aaron Hauptman and Aly Cox.
Asia Business Law Journal has named partners Jamie Thomas and Jai Pathak to its 2026 Singapore A-List, which identifies the top 100 lawyers in Singapore based on an extensive survey of leading in-house counsel and partners at international law firms. The list was published on March 15, 2026.
Gibson Dunn received 18 rankings in Chambers Europe 2026: 12 individual rankings and 6 firm rankings. The firm was recommended in the following categories: Arbitration (International) – Europe-wide; Competition: EU – Belgium; Capital Markets: Equity – UK; Competition Law – UK; Corporate/M&A – UK; and Tax – UK.
The following lawyers were ranked individually in their respective categories:
- Sandy Bhogal – UK – Tax
- Attila Borsos – Belgium – Competition: EU
- Benjamin Fryer – UK – Tax
- Chris Haynes – UK – Capital Markets: Equity
- Chris Howard – UK – Restructuring/Insolvency
- David Irvine – UK – Leveraged Finance: Big-Ticket
- Penny Madden KC – Europe-Wide – International Arbitration
- Ali Nikpay – UK – Competition Law
- Christian Riis-Madsen – Belgium – Competition: EU
- Lisa Stevens – UK – Restructuring/Insolvency
- Deirdre Taylor – UK – Competition Law
- Presley Warner – UK – Leveraged Finance: Big-Ticket
The guide was published on March 19, 2026.
An appellate team led by Tom Dupree of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher helped AIG subsidiary National Union fend off claims for coverage stemming from emissions of the carcinogen ethylene oxide over a 35-year period from a medical-supply sterilization plant in Chicago suburb Willowbrook, Illinois. The Seventh Circuit previously routed a question to the Illinois Supreme Court about whether a permit or regulation authorizing emissions had any effect on the pollution exclusions that are standard in general commercial liability policies. After the state high court answered unequivocally in the negative, Seventh Circuit this week found the exclusion applied to the policies in question and remanded the case to the trial court with instruction to enter judgment for National Union. The team representing the insurer includes Gibson Dunn partner Nick Harper, associates Aaron Hauptman and Aly Cox, as well as Gary Svirsky of O’Melveny & Myers and AIG in-house counsel Steven Rosenstein and Nick Schaefer.
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In their article for The Banking Law Journal [PDF], “United Kingdom’s Supreme Court Opts in Favour of Banks in Upholding Competition Appeal Tribunal’s Refusal to Certify FX Class Action” (April 2026), partner Doug Watson and associates Dan Warner and Jack Crichton explain that future class representatives will need to satisfy the Competition Appeal Tribunal at the certification stage that their proposed claims are sufficiently strong in order to obtain the benefit of the opt-out procedure.
Gibson Dunn advised Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. on its acquisition of Genco Power Solutions.
Our corporate team was led by partners Tull Florey and Hillary Holmes and included associates Ashley Whittington, Allan Jeanjaquet, and Mona Kalantar. Partner Shalla Prichard and associates Maithili Bagaria and Iris Hill Crabtree advised on financing aspects. Senior counsel Gregory Nelson and associate Abram Dorrough advised on tax aspects. Partner Krista Hanvey and associate Erik Hays advised on benefits.
Lawdragon has named 10 Gibson Dunn lawyers to its list of 500 Leading Environmental Lawyers. The publication calls these lawyers “the advocates and warriors who fight every day for sustainable practices, remediation from harm and environmental justice for the planet and all of us who live on it.”
Congratulations to: Patrick Dennis, Stacie Fletcher, Elizabeth Ising, Perlette Michèle Jura, Ronald Kirk, Raymond Ludwiszewski, Thomas Manakides, Peter Modlin, Michael Murphy, and Daniel Nelson.
Gibson Dunn is advising Blue Owl and RadiusDC on the acquisition of phoenixNAP’s Phoenix data center and colocation business. The transaction establishes the foundation for an expanded Phoenix campus bringing an additional 18+ MW of critical capacity online starting in the first half of 2028.
Our team is led by real estate M&A partner David Perechocky and corporate associate Jae Kim, and includes corporate associates Kira Dennis and Kevin Runfola; digital infrastructure partner Emily Naughton, of counsel Whitney Smith, and associate Nicole Lauren Heller; real estate partner Stuart Graiwer and associates Charlie Weiss and Julia Kohl; energy regulation partner Tory Lauterbach and associates Jessica Rollinson and John Weed; tax partners Brian Kniesly and Daniel Zygielbaum and associates Abram Dorrough, Nathan Sauers, and Nick Pai; executive compensation and benefits partner Kate Napalkova and associate Spencer Bankhead; intellectual property and technology partner Meghan Hungate and associates Christine Shim, Jacqueline Malzone, and Mona Mosavi; data privacy and cybersecurity partner Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter and associates Ruby Lang and Jennifer Grecco; environmental partner Michael Murphy and associate Taylor Amato; antitrust partners Bradley Smith and Joshua Lipton, associate Alexander Merritt and staff attorney Clea McClellan; and CFIUS/national security partner Stephenie Gosnell Handler and associates Sarah Burns and Chris Mullen.
Gibson Dunn advised Amazon in its concurrent SEC-registered offerings of over $52 billion of notes, comprising its offering of $37 billion USD-denominated notes and its inaugural offering of €14.5 billion Euro-denominated notes.
Our team included partners Andrew Fabens and Stewart McDowell and associates Lawrence Lee, Alan Williams, and Storey Wanglee. Partner Chris Haynes and of counsel Thomas Barker advised on EU and U.K. matters. Partners Edward Wei and Jennifer Sabin and of counsel Kate Long advised on U.S. tax matters. Partner Sandy Bhogal and of counsel Bridget English advised on U.K. tax matters.
Gibson Dunn advised Texas-based energy investment platform IOG Resources III, LLC on the closing of a $125 million joint development partnership in the Powder River Basin with an undisclosed operator.
The firm’s corporate team included partner Rahul Vashi and associates Graham Valenta and Kene Obi. Partner Michael Cannon and of counsel Josiah Bethards advised on tax aspects.