A Gibson Dunn team that helped National Public Radio secure permanent injunctive relief in a consolidated case that prevents the Trump administration from defunding NPR and PBS was featured in an article in The National Law Journal [PDF]. Partner Ted Boutrous said: “The ruling is important not just to NPR and PBS. It demonstrates that the First Amendment is a barricade against interference with newsgathering and news reporting and speech from the executive branch’s efforts to squelch it, so we think it’s a very important ruling.”
Eight Gibson Dunn partners have been named to Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2026, which recognizes “the trusted counselors of the town’s top talent and companies, helping them navigate a fast-changing landscape.” Congratulations to Brian Ascher, Ted Boutrous, Sarah Graham, Kevin Masuda, Benyamin Ross, Ilissa Samplin, Orin Snyder, and Steve Tsoneff.
Gibson Dunn secured the #1 spot for Global Principal Advisors Announced in Q1 per LSEG’s M&A Legal Advisors, while also claiming the #2 spot in Bloomberg Law’s Q1 Global M&A League Tables, having advised on 59 deals valued at over $334 billion. This accomplishment was the result of our clients trusting us on a number of highly complex megadeals, including SpaceX’s merger with xAI — the largest M&A transaction in history. The firm was also ranked #2 in U.S. M&A and #2 in Global and U.S. Private Equity by Bloomberg, further cementing Gibson Dunn’s position as a leading M&A platform.
Gibson Dunn led the field in Q1 M&A deal value rankings across the Asia Pacific region, reports Law.com International [PDF].
New data from the London Stock Exchange Group for the first quarter of 2026 shows that Gibson Dunn topped the law firm rankings in APAC with the highest total deal value: approximately $37.2 billion across nine deals.
Law.com International reports that “the firm’s strong showing comes amid continued investment in its Asia platform, particularly in Singapore, where it has been building out its corporate bench. In February, the firm hired private equity and M&A partners Nigel Gleeson and Jon Bowden.”
Gibson Dunn announced today that Omar Samji, one of the market’s leading power and renewables dealmakers, has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group, based in Houston.
Omar began his legal career at Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles and Dubai, making his return to the firm a homecoming that reflects its continued investment in top-tier energy and infrastructure talent. He advises energy companies, infrastructure sponsors, and investors on complex M&A, private equity and debt investments, and project development across the energy transition.
“The power and renewables market is growing in both scale and complexity — driven by AI-related load growth, energy transition demands, and a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape — and Omar brings the sophisticated transactional experience clients need to navigate these opportunities,” said Tomer Pinkusiewicz, Co-Chair of the Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group. “Our lawyers know firsthand the caliber of partner and colleague Omar is, and we are thrilled to welcome him back.”
“With Texas standing as the largest and most dynamic power market in the country, and Houston as a leading global hub for energy and infrastructure investment, Omar’s experience advising on strategic acquisitions, large-scale projects, and energy transition matters is invaluable to our clients,” said Hillary Holmes, Co-Partner in Charge of the firm’s Houston office.
“I’m excited to return to Gibson Dunn,” said Omar. “The firm has built a market-leading, integrated energy and infrastructure platform — spanning power and renewables, oil and gas, energy transition, and digital infrastructure. That breadth, combined with deep transactional and regulatory capabilities, gives clients a distinct advantage in executing complex, next-generation projects. Houston is an extraordinary hub for this work, and I look forward to delivering results for clients alongside this exceptional, highly collaborative team.”
Omar’s arrival further strengthens Gibson Dunn’s preeminent Energy and Infrastructure Practice. The multidisciplinary team advises on complex transactions across all major infrastructure asset classes — including digital, social, and transportation — with capabilities spanning financing (including capital markets), project development, strategic M&A and private equity, fund formation and fund financing, regulatory and compliance, as well as disputes and litigation.
About Omar Samji
Omar’s practice focuses on the acquisition, development, and deployment of a broad range of energy and infrastructure assets spanning power and renewable solutions that support AI-driven load growth, electrification, and net-zero objectives, as well as conventional energy. He regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project development, and financings of large-scale energy transition and infrastructure projects. He also advises on the negotiation of key commercial agreements — including supply, offtake, interconnection, and procurement arrangements. His practice covers the spectrum of energy technologies, with a focus on the commercialization of advanced geothermal, longterm energy storage, and Small Modular Reactor nuclear technologies.
Prior to rejoining Gibson Dunn, Omar was a partner at an international law firm.
Gibson Dunn advised Elliott Investment Management on the antitrust and foreign investment aspects of its significant investment in Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), in the context of Toyota Fudosan’s tender offer to acquire TICO.
The firm’s team was led by partners Attila Borsos and Alana Tinkler.
Gibson Dunn has advised Goldman Sachs Alternatives on its investment in and financing of the acquisition of Urban Campus Group (UCG), a France-headquartered co-living and co-working real estate provider and management company.
Goldman Sachs Alternatives has committed €550 million of equity to support UCG’s plans to develop and operate a portfolio of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation assets across France.
The Gibson Dunn team was led by London and Paris partners Alice Brogi, Ariel Harroch, Rob Carr, and Amanda Bevan-de Bernède; of counsel Gisele Zouein and Frédéric Chevalier; and associates Romain Tourenne, Alison Pereira Martins, James Cox, and Marie Gosset.
Gibson Dunn advised Resultant, a leading data and technology consulting firm, on its acquisition of Liberty Advisor Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm specializing in M&A advisory services for private equity firms and Fortune 500 companies.
The firm’s corporate team included partners Sean Griffiths and Christopher Lang and associates Kristen Lee, Emily Harvey, and Manahil Zafar. Partner Edward Wei and of counsel Josiah Bethards advised on tax aspects. Partner Meghan Hungate and associate Jacqueline Malzone advised on IP aspects. Partner Michael Collins advised on benefits.
Gibson Dunn is advising Korsana Biosciences on its merger with Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc. and concurrent $380 million financing.
The firm’s corporate team includes partners Ryan Murr and Branden Berns and associate Evan Shepherd.
A Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher led by partners Allyson Ho, Michael Raiff and associate Elizabeth Kiernan represented energy generators and retailers associated with Luminant Energy Company and Vistra Corp. in Texas multidistrict litigation stemming from Winter Storm Uri. The Gibson Dunn team took the lead in briefing on behalf of all generator defendants seeking to uphold an intermediate appellate court decision below knocking out all the personal injury and property claims stemming from the storm. The Texas Supreme Court last week upheld the generator defendants’ win below without issuing an opinion. The decision brings the five-year litigation that potentially involved billions in claims to a close on the pleadings without discovery. The Gibson Dunn team included associates Stephen Hammer, Rebecca Roman and Arjun Ogale.
Shout-out to teams at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld representing the Public Broadcasting Service and at Gibson Dunn representing National Public Radio that secured an injunction against an executive order forcing all federal agencies to refrain from funding NPR and PBS. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss last week found that the executive order violated the First Amendment since it “singles out two speakers and, on the basis of their speech, bars them from all federally funded programs.” The Akin team representing PBS was led by Julius Chen and Pratik Shah. The Gibson Dunn team representing NPR was led by Ted Boutrous, Miguel Estrada and Katie Townsend and of counsel Sophia Brill.
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Six Gibson Dunn lawyers have been selected to serve on Law360 Editorial Advisory Boards for 2026. Congratulations to:
Atma Kabad (partner, Houston) – Capital Markets
Stacie B. Fletcher (partner, Washington, D.C.) – Environmental
Scott Toussaint (associate, Washington, D.C.) – International Trade
Anne Devereaux (of counsel, Los Angeles) – Tax Authority International
Prerak Shah (partner, Houston) – Texas
Jordan Estes (partner, New York) – Trials
The editorial advisory boards provide feedback on Law360’s coverage and expert insight on how best to shape future coverage.
Gibson Dunn advised Guild Garage Group on its partnership with Oak Hill Capital, a thematic, middle-market private equity firm.
The firm’s corporate team was led by partner Phillip Sanders and included of counsel Haresh Prasad and associates Willow Stowe and Emily Harvey. Partner Kathryn Kelly and associate Eytan de Gunzburg advised on tax aspects. Partner Ekaterina (Kate) Napalkova and associate Erik Hays advised on benefits.
Gibson Dunn is advising Publicis Groupe on its acquisition of 160over90, the premier global sports and culture-first agency.
The firm’s corporate team is led by partner Quinton Farrar and includes associates Sanzana Faroque, Kira Dennis, and Julia Alonzo. Partners Jamie France, Bradley Smith, and Attila Borsos and associates Mike Buchwald and Tina Asgharian are advising on antitrust aspects. Partner Meghan Hungate and associates Jacqueline Malzone, Krystal Egbuchulam, and Ruby Lang are advising on IP aspects. Partner Michael Cannon and of counsel Josiah Bethards are advising on tax aspects. Partner Michael Collins is advising on benefits.
Gibson Dunn represented L Squared Capital Partners in connection with the formation of LSCP BTX CV, a single asset continuation fund for BTX Precision, a leading high-precision manufacturer of mission-critical components and assemblies. The continuation fund was led by HarbourVest Partners with participation from a syndicate of global investors and a new commitment from L Squared Fund IV. Evercore served as exclusive financial advisor to L Squared.
The firm’s team included Kate Timmerman, Edward Sopher, Candice Choh, Evan M. Gusler, Kevin Lafferty, Jeff Xu, Colleen Bazak, Tim Dragonette, Jennifer A. Fitzgerald, Brian T. Smith, Juliana R. Stone, Chelsea Werner, Fiona Xin, and Jason Zhang.
On April 1, Gibson Dunn partners Reed Brodsky and Amer S. Ahmed scored a total defense victory in the Southern District of New York, putting an end to a billion-dollar civil RICO claim launched over eight years ago by major real estate developers with the blessing of the U.S. government.
In 2017, plaintiffs—18 joint venture entities between the U.S. Army and Air Force, on the one hand, and private real estate developers, on the other—filed suit seeking approximately $1 billion in damages and attorney fees from Danny Ray and his co-defendants, Jefferies, Ambac Assurance Corporation, and a former Ambac employee, Chetan Marfatia. Between 2002 and 2012, the plaintiff entities had negotiated and obtained multi-hundred-million dollar commercial loans from Mr. Ray’s former employers to redevelop military housing bases nationwide pursuant to the Military Housing Privatization Initiative Act of 1996 (MHPI). Mr. Ray, a former U.S. Army Captain turned mortgage banker, led the lenders’ teams in bidding for the opportunity to provide financing for these privatization projects, competing with major Wall Street players like Goldman Sachs and Bank of America. Although these deals were negotiated by highly sophisticated advisers on both sides and exhaustively memorialized in fully disclosed loan documents, plaintiffs alleged a decade later that the defendants engaged in a RICO conspiracy to extract “hidden” profits from the commercial deals through inflated interest rates on the loans, overstated pricing for credit insurance, and undisclosed fees.
In a 79-page opinion, Judge Paul G. Gardephe granted in full the motions for summary judgment filed by Gibson Dunn client Danny Ray and his former employer, Jefferies, bringing to a close nearly a decade of scorched-earth litigation over alleged fraud in the loans used to privatize military housing. Drawing on millions of documents and the testimony of over 70 witnesses, the Court ruled that the developers’ allegations of fraud failed on statute-of-limitations grounds because they have long known about what they had claimed was concealed from them. The court’s published decision reinforces the strength of statute-of-limitations defenses in civil RICO cases post-discovery and provides a clear framework for establishing “actual or inquiry notice” in the Second Circuit.
The Gibson Dunn team that represented Mr. Ray was led by Reed Brodsky and Amer S. Ahmed and included Joseph Rose, Nathan Strauss, Hannah Kirshner, Cullinan Williams, and Carson Whitehurst, as well as Anne Champion and Nicholas Pulakos.
On March 30, 2026, Gibson Dunn secured a major victory on behalf of client Meta Platforms, Inc., convincing Judge P. Casey Pitts of the Northern District of California to deny class certification in a data-privacy class action against Meta relating to third-party websites’ use of its free Pixel code, which allows websites to send data to Meta and receive analytics about their users. Meta’s terms preclude those websites from sending any sensitive information through the Pixel.
The plaintiffs in this case alleged that the Pixel was installed by various tax-filing websites, including H&R Block and TaxAct, and that those websites sent users’ tax-filing information to Meta, in violation of Meta’s terms. But discovery revealed that Meta received no tax-filing information about any of the plaintiffs. Plaintiffs then pivoted, seeking to certify far broader classes of all people who ever visited the tax sites.
Gibson Dunn convinced Judge Pitts to deny class certification. Judge Pitts accepted Meta’s argument that plaintiffs could not broaden the class definition beyond the class proposed in the complaint, reasoning that class members outside the original definition lacked timely claims and could not benefit from tolling. He also ruled that to the extent Meta had received any tax-filing information about any putative class members, identifying those people would require burdensome individualized inquiries that would predominate over common questions.
Gibson Dunn partner Lauren Goldman argued the case for Meta; the firm’s winning team includes partners Elizabeth K. McCloskey, Darcy C. Harris, Abbey A. Barrera, and Trenton J. Van Oss.
In a recent OpEd in the Houston Chronicle (subscription required), Trey Cox, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s global Litigation Practice Group and Co-Partner in Charge of the firm’s Dallas office, and Robert Ahdieh, Dean of the Texas A&M School of Law, explain why companies want to incorporate in Texas: the state “has been reforming its … corporate laws to strike a better balance between accountability and value creation.”
At the heart of the Texas reform effort, the authors write, are the creation of the Texas Business Court — a dedicated court for business issues — and changes to the Texas corporate law designed to enhance predictability — specifically, the codification of the business judgment rule, “a foundational doctrine in corporate law that presumes directors and officers are acting in good faith and in a company’s best interest.”
“The developing ecosystem in Texas has already produced striking results,” the authors add: between 2015 and 2025, the number of businesses registered in Texas more than doubled, and some 200 companies have relocated to the state since 2020, including Fortune 500 companies and iconic American brands like Chevron, Oracle, and Caterpillar.
Writing about “Texas Corporate Developments: What Officers and Directors Need to Know” [PDF] in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, partners Hillary Holmes, Gerry Spedale, Gregg Costa and Ronald Mueller note that Texas has recently “attracted headline‑making redomestications, launched multiple nationally significant stock exchanges, and expanded the reach and influence of the Texas Business Court” — developments that “reflect Texas’s accelerating rise as a premier jurisdiction for corporate governance, capital formation, and high‑stakes commercial dispute resolution” and that signal the state’s emergence as an alternative to traditional corporate jurisdictions.
Associates Jack DiSorbo and Muriel Hague also contributed to the article.
Gibson Dunn advised Diversified Energy Company on the pricing of its secondary offering of common stock. The company focuses on acquiring, operating, and optimizing cash generating energy assets.
The Gibson Dunn team included partners Hillary Holmes and Cynthia Mabry, of counsel Patrick Cowherd, and associates Lauren Guzman and Lauren Romagnoli.
Partner Cynthia Chen McTernan and associate Sonia Ghura have co-authored with Sim Singh Attariwala, Director of the Anti-Hate Program at Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the New York Law Journal article “ICE Fraud and Abuse: Growing Concerns and a Path for Accountability.” [PDF] The article outlines emerging trends in race-motivated impersonation and abuse of immigration enforcement mechanisms and discusses challenges and opportunities for improvement in the existing legal frameworks to hold perpetrators of these behaviors accountable.
Associates Albert Tian, Stacey Lee, and Elaine Tsui also contributed to the article.