Law360 [PDF] reported on our naming the largest partner class in firm history.

The American Lawyer [PDF] reported on the firm’s hiring of Duncan K.R. McKay as partner and Head of Fund Finance.

A Private Funds CFO article [subscription required] discusses the hiring of Duncan K.R. McKay as partner and Head of Fund Finance.

An article in Law Middle East [subscription required] highlights how our firm has become “a dominant force” in the region.

Gibson Dunn represented Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. in a private placement offering of $600 million in aggregate principal amount of their 8.250% senior secured notes due 2031. The transaction closed on February 2, 2026.  Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC and UBS Securities LLC acted as Initial Purchasers. 

Gibson Dunn further represented Petco in connection with an amendment to its existing Term Loan Credit Facility with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, which, among other changes, refinanced the existing term loans for new term loans, extending the maturity to the fifth anniversary of the amendment closing date. The Amendment to the Term Loan Credit Facility closed on February 2, 2026.

The firm’s capital markets team included partners Andrew Fabens and Harrison Tucker and associates Lawrence Lee, Kevin Mills, Spencer Becerra, and Storey Wanglee. The finance team included partner Aaron Adams and associates Paul Rafla, Melody Karmana, and Lily Paulson Stephens. Partner Julia Lapitskaya advised on securities regulation and corporate governance matters. Partner Edward Wei advised on tax aspects.

Gibson Dunn represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA., in connection with the Fifteenth Amendment to its Credit Agreement with Garda World Security Corporation, to (i) increase its term loan by an aggregate principal amount of approximately $63 million to $2.35 billion; and (ii) to reprice and reduce interest rates by 0.25% with respect to the Term Loan and by 0.75% with respect to the revolving credit facility.

Our finance team was led by partner Doug Horowitz and included associates Paul Rafla, Ray Andrada, Mackenzie Alpert, and Nathan Halaney. Partner Jennifer Sabin and associate Bree Gong advised on tax matters.

Associate Audi Syarief was a guest on LawHub’s “I Am the Law” podcast, where he discussed how sanctions shape international business.

Gibson Dunn advised global investor EQT on its investment in Mews Systems B.V., a leading hospitality technology company.

EQT acted as lead investor in Mews’ $300 million Series D financing round, alongside existing investors. The transaction valued Mews at $2.5 billion.

Our corporate team was led by partner Wim De Vlieger and included partner Jakob Egle and associates Andreas Rief and Vladimir Konchakov. Additional support was provided by partner Joel Harrison and associates Chris Puttock and Ioana Burtea (IP/IT); partner Michelle Kirschner (financial regulatory matters); partners Christian Riis-Madsen and Kristen Limarzi and associate Jonas Jousma (antitrust/competition matters); partner Melissa Farrar and associate Victor Tong (anti-bribery and corruption); associates Irene Polieri and Zach Kosbie (sanctions); and partner Ben Rapp and associate Daniel Reich (tax).

Jordan Estes is a partner at Gibson Dunn and former Southern District of New York assistant US attorney. She defended Archegos Capital founder Bill Hwang at his 2024 Wall Street fraud trial and, as a prosecutor, secured the 2022 fraud conviction of ex-Nikola CEO Trevor Milton. She’s currently representing businessman Josh Wander in a $500 million fraud case.

Estes told me how she earned the nickname “sniper” and where to hobnob during court breaks.

MV: Your biggest mistake in early years of practice was—?

JE: Not speaking up. There were many times when I had something to say but I didn’t, because I was insecure about whether my opinion mattered. I remain grateful that after one meeting, a senior attorney pulled me aside and encouraged me to speak up next time.

How much do you consider the specific judge you’re in front of when prepping?

Knowing your audience is key, so if I’m not already familiar with a judge, I spend substantial time researching their approach. But in a jury trial, the judge is not your only audience. Sometimes you need to object for the jury’s benefit, or as a signal to your witness, even if you know the judge will overrule you.

Is it better to be a bulldog or underestimated?

As a petite woman from Mississippi, I’ve spent the better part of my life being underestimated. I use it to my advantage. In the Bill Hwang trial, I handled the first cross, of a bank witness. I’m fairly certain he wasn’t worried when I stood up. That changed quickly. By the end of the cross, my trial team had given me the nickname “sniper.” No one saw me coming.

What did you learn from that trial?

To cross an expert effectively, you have to become an expert yourself. By becoming an expert, you can highlight when expert witnesses get out over their skis.

One of the government experts — a witness from the SEC — testified extensively about trading matters even though she had never been a trader. During cross, I asked her a basic question about Melvin Capital, the hedge fund that famously shorted GameStop. She was forced to concede she had never heard of the fund.

It’s the court lunch break and you’re famished. Where to?

If I’m in 500 Pearl, the cafeteria. I’m a light eater during the trial day — usually a granola bar and some coffee.

But I love the cafeteria for the scene: defense attorneys poring over outlines, civil attorneys preparing for arguments, reporters trying to glean anything they can. My favorite stretch there was the summer of 2024,when three blockbuster trials were happening: Bill Hwang, Senator Menendez, and Miles Guo. The cafeteria was absolutely buzzing.

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The Global Investigations Review article “Fallen Chips Part III: The Fault Lines of the US-China Tech War” (January 28, 2026) features commentary by Gibson Dunn partner Matt Axelrod.

Pete Usher has become the third member of Gibson Dunn’s London team to secure a secondment to The Takeover Panel, following in the footsteps of partners Will McDonald and Jonathan Griffin. This latest move further strengthens Gibson Dunn’s depth of experience in U.K. public M&A and P2Ps and enhances the practical expertise which it can offer clients on these complex transactions.

The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, commonly referred to as The Takeover Panel, is the U.K. regulatory body charged with administering The Takeover Code and U.K. takeovers.  Established in 1968 and located in London, the Panel ensures that all shareholders are treated equally during takeover bids.

Gibson Dunn is advising Modine, a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, in a Reverse Morris Trust, including the spin-off and combination of Modine’s Performance Technologies business with Gentherm, a global market leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies.

Our corporate team is led by partner Andrew Kaplan and includes of counsel Alisa Babitz and associates Willow Stowe, Jae Kim, Kira Dennis, and Becca Pecora. Partners Aaron Adams and Dean Masuda are advising on financing. Partners Pamela Lawrence Endreny and Rachel Kleinberg and associate Doug Bresnick are advising on tax aspects. Partners Kate Napalkova and Gina Hancock and associate Zoe Watcher are advising on benefits. Partner Meghan Hungate and associate Jacqueline Malzone are advising on IP aspects. Partner Stewart McDowell advised on capital markets aspects.

Gibson Dunn, along with its co-counsel Homburger AG, announced today that it has successfully persuaded the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland to overturn a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) that stripped Gibson Dunn client Jordan Chiles, a two-time U.S. Olympic gymnast, of the bronze medal she earned in the women’s gymnastics floor event following the Summer 2024 Olympic Games. The Swiss Court’s historic decision confirms that Chiles’s bronze medal was unjustly revoked through a rushed arbitration process that deprived Chiles of the critical opportunity to present key video evidence confirming that her bronze medal was rightfully earned. The Court ruled that the video evidence in question “is conclusive” and if considered by the CAS, may have “le[d] to a modification of the award in favor of” Chiles. Chiles will now have the opportunity to fully prepare and present her defense of the bronze medal—for the first time—in a new arbitration proceeding in the coming months.

In August 2024, Chiles earned an Olympic bronze medal in the women’s gymnastics floor event—joining Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade and Chiles’ U.S. teammate Simone Biles on the podium as part of a historic and much-celebrated medal ceremony in Paris. That victory was facilitated by a scoring change by event judges, who accepted an inquiry by Chiles’ coach that boosted Chiles’ score from 13.666 to 13.766—thus putting her in third place. But Chiles’s victory was short-lived: the Romanian Federation of Gymnastics, whose athletes had placed fourth and fifth in the event, initiated an arbitration in which they argued for the revocation of Chiles’ medal. Due to issues with the notification process, Chiles, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), and U.S.A. Gymnastics were given less than a day’s notice of the arbitration and they received no notice of key information, including a timekeeping report that purported to show that a scoring inquiry by Chiles’ coach had been recorded 64 seconds after the official posting of Chiles’ score. The CAS erroneously concluded that Chiles’ scoring inquiry had been submitted four seconds too late, despite acknowledging that the available evidence was inconclusive.

The day after the CAS issued its ruling rescinding Chiles’ bronze medal, Chiles and U.S.A. Gymnastics obtained and submitted to the CAS video evidence that conclusively showed that Chiles’ coach had made the scoring inquiry on time. The evidence in question—footage from a documentary crew associated with the production company Religion of Sports, which was recording the women’s gymnastics floor finals in connection with a documentary series on Chiles’ teammate Simone Biles—proves that the CAS’s prior decision rested on a critical factual error regarding the timeliness of the coach’s verbal inquiry.

In its decision, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court confirmed that its five-judge panel had watched the new video evidence and considered it “conclusive” on the issue of whether Chiles’ scoring inquiry was submitted on time. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court also recognized the inconclusive nature of the evidence that the CAS ruling had relied on, including the timekeeping report that reflected only the time at which the inquiry was recorded, rather than the time at which it was lodged. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court recognized that Chiles was unable to present that video evidence at the arbitration proceeding in August 2024 because she was subjected to “extraordinary time pressure” and deprived of fair notice of the Romanian Federation of Gymnastics’ arguments and evidence due to a “major and repeated notification error attributable to the CAS” that “not only caused an imbalance between the parties, but also significantly aggravated the time constraints on” Chiles and U.S.A. Gymnastics.

Today’s decision by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court vacates the arbitration award by the CAS and sets the stage for a new arbitration proceeding—one at which Chiles will have a full and fair opportunity to present her case, including the “conclusive” video evidence that establishes her scoring inquiry was submitted on time, thereby confirming that her bronze medal was rightfully earned and unjustifiably revoked.

Maurice M. Suh, a Gibson Dunn partner and counsel for Chiles, said: “We are delighted that the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has righted a wrong and given Jordan the chance she deserves to reclaim her bronze medal. As the Court recognized, there is ‘conclusive’ video evidence that Jordan was the rightful winner of the bronze medal.

We also appreciate the Court’s recognition that ‘extraordinary time pressure’ and notification defects prevented Jordan from presenting this important evidence in August 2024. We appreciate that Jordan will receive a full and fair opportunity to defend her bronze medal. She is ready to fight vigorously, and we look forward to helping her achieve that result.”

Chiles is represented by Maurice M. Suh, Al Suarez, and Zachary C. Freund of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP and Gabrielle Nater Bass of Homburger AG.

Gibson Dunn’s mentoring program has been featured by Law360 [PDF], highlighting how the firm sets attorneys up for success. The publication spoke with current mentors and mentees about the program, which has been in existence for some 20 years. The article coincides with National Mentoring Month.

Associate Joseph Woodward wrote about California’s cap-and-trade emissions market for the Boston Political Review.

Gibson Dunn will relocate its London office to One Exchange Square in the heart of the City, underscoring the firm’s long-term commitment to the London market and strengthening its ability to serve clients at the center of the U.K. and European financial and business communities.

“London remains a critical market for Gibson Dunn,” said Barbara Becker, Chair and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “We have grown our presence here tremendously in recent years, and this new space will allow us to continue to do so for years to come.”

The firm has experienced substantial growth over the past five years, more than doubling its London lawyer headcount from 84 in 2020 to 218 in 2025, with its partnership increasing from 31 to 49. In 2025 alone, the London office welcomed eight partners across its Business Restructuring and Reorganization, Energy and Infrastructure, Finance, Investment Funds, Labor and Employment, Real Estate, and Transportation and Space practices.

Gibson Dunn has also seen expansion from its home-grown talent in London. At the start of the year, 11 lawyers in the city were promoted to partner, the highest ever number of promotions in London for the firm.

To support this growth, the firm’s new 155,000-square-foot office is more than double the size of the firm’s current 75,000-square-foot premises at Telephone House.

Rob Carr and Osma Hudda, Co-Partners in Charge of Gibson Dunn’s London office are thrilled about the move. “It’s fitting that One Exchange Square is a redesigned space rather than an entirely new structure—it mirrors our nearly 50-year presence in London,” noted Hudda. “We’ve modernized, adapted, and grown while maintaining our identity and culture. Moving to One Exchange Square is the next chapter in our story in the city.”

Carr added: “Our new office in the City will enhance client access, strengthen collaboration, and position us at the heart of the industries we advise.” One Exchange Square, though newly designed, retains much of the previous building’s structure, thereby considerably reducing its carbon impact. The reimagined building exceeds the Greater London Authority’s carbon targets and will be 100% electric and net-zero-carbon in operation.

Partner Jason Schwartz is quoted in a Washington Post article about a discrimination lawsuit filed in federal district court in New York (subscription required).

The Tax Notes article “Tax Pros Dissect Court’s Ruling on Limited Partner Exception” (January 27, 2026) features commentary by Gibson Dunn partner Eric Sloan (subscription required).

The Gibson Dunn Business Restructuring and Reorganization practice retained its “lead counsel crown” in Debtwire’s 2025 full-year league table, with 43 mandates, marking the second consecutive year the firm topped the ranking as lead overall counsel. Gibson Dunn was also the #1 lenders’ counsel, for the fourth consecutive year (2022-2025).

The firm’s BRR practice specializes in representing creditor and stakeholder groups in the largest and most complex restructurings and is a pioneering leader in the liability management space.

Chair and Managing Partner Barbara Becker has been named to The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2026, which recognizes excellence and relevance in the legal sector.

The Lawyer describes how it is Barbara’s “ability and willingness to connect the dots which has underpinned Gibson Dunn’s expansionist platform” and states that “2026 is already gearing up to be another power period.”