Gibson Dunn represented ESAB Corporation on a private placement offering of $700 million in aggregate principal amount of their 6.25% notes due 2029. The transaction closed on April 9, 2024.
The Gibson Dunn team included Andrew Fabens, Rodrigo Surcan, and Tom Caruso. Darius Mehraban provided assistance on finance matters, and Loren Lembo provided assistance on tax matters.
Gibson Dunn advised Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, in its partnership with Indigo Group, a global player in parking and urban mobility, to form a new Canadian joint venture to invest in parking assets.
The Gibson Dunn team consisted of Tomer Pinkusiewicz, Brennan Halloran and Ignacio Concha. Michael Cannon and Josiah Bethards advised on tax aspects; and Shukie Grossman advised on fund aspects.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has advised ArcelorMittal on its €955 million acquisition of an approximately 28.4% stake in Vallourec, a manufacturer of premium tubular steel products.
The acquisition of approximately 65.2 million common equity shares from funds managed by Apollo Global Management Inc. will increase ArcelorMittal’s exposure to the downstream, value-added tubular market. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of this year, subject to regulatory approvals.
The Gibson Dunn team advising ArcelorMittal comprised partners Anna Howell (London) and Patrick Ledoux (Paris), and included partners Bertrand Delaunay and Benoit Fleury, of counsel Clarisse Bouchetemble, and associates Josephine Rolland and Agathe Joyce (corporate, Paris); partner Attila Borsos (antitrust, Brussels), and associates Claire Shepherd and Elsie Stone (antitrust, London); and partner Stephenie Gosnell Handler and associate Chris Mullen (international trade, Washington, D.C.).
Gibson Dunn represented Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ), one of the world’s largest snack companies, in its SEC-registered offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 4.750% Notes due 2029. The notes offering closed on February 20, 2024. BBVA Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as joint book-running managers in the notes offering.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team was led by partner Andrew Fabens and included of counsel Rodrigo Surcan and associates Lawrence Lee and Lily Paulson Stephens. Partner Jennifer Sabin advised on tax aspects.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Benjamin Rapp will join the firm in Germany as a tax partner.
Commenting on the hire, Sandy Bhogal, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Tax Practice Group, said: “Benjamin is a rising tax star in Germany and a go-to advisor for private equity and multinational clients. With his technical excellence, he will be a natural fit for our busy European tax practice.”
Dirk Oberbracht, Partner in Charge of the Frankfurt office, commented: “We are excited to welcome Benjamin—who is an excellent addition to our growing transactional and private equity practice in Germany—to Gibson Dunn.”
Benno Schwarz, Partner in Charge of the Munich office, added: “We look forward to working with Benjamin and to offering our clients the benefit of his extensive experience.”
Gibson Dunn has over 55 lawyers across its offices in Munich and Frankfurt. In the past two years, the firm has promoted lawyers Kai Gesing (Antitrust and Competition), Katharina Humphrey (White Collar Defense), Sonja Ruttmann (M&A) and Jan Schubert (M&A) to its partnership, and hired lateral partner Lars Petersen (Public Law and Regulatory) and of counsel Peter Gumnior (Labor and Employment).
Benjamin will join Gibson Dunn in the next few months, although his precise commencement date is to be confirmed.
About Benjamin Rapp
Benjamin is a certified tax advisor, practicing domestic and international tax law, with a focus on private equity and M&A. He also advises on restructurings in distressed situations, corporate reorganizations, and the structuring, implementation, and maintenance of complex management incentive schemes for financial investors. He is a recommended lawyer for Tax in Germany in The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 and The Legal 500 Deutschland 2023.
He obtained a business degree from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 2008 and a BA in Business & Management from the University of Hull in 2006.
About Gibson Dunn’s Tax Practice Group
The Gibson Dunn Tax Practice Group advises large multinational corporations, publicly traded and private companies, sovereign wealth funds, investment funds, partnerships, joint ventures and start-ups on their most complex matters. The group advises clients in connection with a broad range of business transactions and investments, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and dispositions, insolvency restructurings, business combinations, capital markets offerings, and investment fund formations.
Gibson Dunn recently advised Gran Tierra Energy Inc. in the issuance of an additional $100,000,000 of its 9.500% Senior Secured Amortizing Notes due 2029. This offering is in addition to Gran Tierra Energy Inc.’s previous offering on October 20, 2023 of $487.6 million aggregate principal amount of notes in the same series.
Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (GTE: NYSE, TSX) is an independent international energy company currently focused on international oil and natural gas exploration and production with assets currently in Colombia and Ecuador.
The transaction involved multiple Gibson Dunn offices across the United States, and complex cross-border considerations including international securities, finance, and tax issues.
The Gibson Dunn team included Houston partner Hillary H. Holmes, New York of counsel Rodrigo Surcan, Houston of counsel Justine Robinson, and Houston associates Malakeh Hijazi and Matthew Goldstein. Houston partner Shalla Prichard advised on financing. New York partner Pamela Lawrence Endreny and associate Kate Long advised on tax aspects. London partners Chris Haynes, Hugo Hernández-Mancha, and Kavita Davis, and associate Martin Coombes advised on UK law matters. Singapore associate Alexandra Jones advised on Singapore law matters.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Stuart Delery has rejoined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where he will serve as partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Crisis Management Practice Group and its Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group. Stuart most recently served as White House Counsel for President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
“We are thrilled to have Stuart rejoin the firm,” said Barbara Becker, Chair and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “During his tenure as White House Counsel, Stuart was well known for his innovative thinking and his ability to navigate court challenges, changes in the law, Congress, and investigations—all while keeping an eye on workable solutions. His insight and experience will be invaluable to our clients and teams as we partner together on cutting-edge issues.”
“We are delighted to welcome Stuart back to Gibson Dunn,” said Helgi Walker, Co-Chair of the firm’s Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group. “What sets us apart is our ability to offer our clients deep expertise in how and why the government regulates, how it makes and enforces the law, and what the best response to adverse government action is, whether negotiation or litigation. We have an unparalleled bench of exceptional lawyers with prior service in key government agencies that affect our clients’ businesses. Stuart’s return further strengthens our ability to give our clients the most current perspective on the government’s regulatory and related litigation efforts.”
“It was an honor to serve as White House Counsel, and I am excited for my next chapter at Gibson Dunn,” said Stuart. “I know firsthand that this is a world-class law firm, and I look forward to working collaboratively with colleagues across the firm to build on our robust litigation, regulatory and crisis management platforms.”
Stuart’s return highlights a period of growth for Gibson Dunn, as the firm continues to attract top talent from government. The firm’s team includes senior officials from the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies at the forefront of consumer protection, competition, white collar investigations, transactional, and policy areas. Recent additions to the firm include Katlin McKelvie, who joined after serving senior roles at the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Health and Human Services, Gus Eyler, who served as Director of the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch, Svetlana Gans, who served as Chief of Staff at the Federal Trade Commission, and former federal judges Gregg Costa and George Hazel.
About Stuart Delery
Stuart Delery is an experienced appellate and district court litigator who brings 30 years of experience at the highest levels of government and the private sector to help clients navigate major matters that present complex legal and reputational risks, particularly matters involving difficult statutory, regulatory and constitutional issues. His practice focuses on representing corporations and individuals in high-stakes litigation and investigations that involve the federal government across the spectrum of regulatory litigation and enforcement.
Stuart served as White House Counsel for President Biden from 2022-2023. As Counsel to the President, he advised the President on the full range of constitutional, statutory, and regulatory legal issues, including on questions of presidential authority, domestic policy, and national security and foreign affairs. He managed responses to high-profile congressional and other investigations, and he assisted the President in nominating and confirming federal judges. Stuart also served as Deputy Counsel to the President from 2021-2022. Throughout his time in the White House, he was deeply embedded in the administrative law and regulatory process, working closely with Cabinet secretaries, agency general counsel, and the Department of Justice on policy development and defending litigation challenging Administration actions. Previously, Stuart also served as the Acting Associate Attorney General of the United States, the third-ranking position at the Department of Justice, and as the Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division, the Department of Justice’s largest litigating division.
Stuart received his law degree from Yale Law School, where he served as an articles editor of The Yale Law Journal. He clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Byron White and for Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Gibson Dunn advised UCK Partners, a Seoul-headquartered private equity firm, on the formation of its third Korea-focused fund, UCK Partners III, at KRW1.1 trillion in commitments.
Our investment funds team was led by Hong Kong partner Albert Cho and included Registered Foreign Lawyers (NY) Brian Ham and Keira Su, and associates Christina Fong and Kathy Wen.
New York partner Evan Gusler, London partner Sandy Bhogal, New York of counsel Loren Lembo, and Los Angeles associate Rebecca Friedman, Washington, D.C. associates Alissa Fromkin Freltz and Laura Pond, and London associates James Chandler and Isabella Fladée advised on tax aspects.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Katlin McKelvie has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, where she will practice in the firm’s FDA and Health Care Practice Group. Katlin was previously Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and served in senior roles at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and on the U.S. Senate HELP Committee.
“We are excited to welcome Katlin to the firm,” said Gustav Eyler, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s FDA and Health Care Practice Group. “With her significant government experience handling matters across FDA-regulated product categories – including food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics – Katlin is an excellent addition to Gibson Dunn’s leading regulatory, litigation, and policy team. Her versatility to handle issues across the FDA-regulated spectrum will be an exceptional complement to our capabilities and an invaluable asset to our clients.”
“Through her prior senior posts at HHS, FDA, and the Senate, Katlin has seen the FDA and regulated-product issues from all angles,” said Greta Williams, Co-Partner in Charge of Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office. “Her background and unique experiences, including related to the life sciences, health care, and technology spaces, will help our clients navigate the complex landscape of laws, regulations, and policies affecting those industries.”
“I am thrilled to be part of the talented team at Gibson Dunn,” said Katlin. “The firm’s dedication to providing world-class client service, along with a commitment to staying at the cutting edge of regulatory and policy developments, offers an opportunity to help clients across FDA-regulated sectors.”
Gibson Dunn has award-winning practices dedicated to helping life sciences, health care, and consumer product companies. The firm’s team includes senior officials from the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies at the forefront of consumer protection, competition, white collar investigations, transactional, and policy areas. Those former officials include several who recently joined the firm, including Gus Eyler, who served as Director of the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch, Svetlana Gans, who served as Chief of Staff at the Federal Trade Commission, and former federal judges Gregg Costa and George Hazel.
About Katlin McKelvie
Katlin has extensive experience spanning all FDA product categories, with a particular focus on drug regulatory matters. At Gibson Dunn, Katlin will provide regulatory advice to companies engaged in manufacturing, distributing, marketing and selling FDA-regulated products. She will also advise FDA-regulated companies on issues related to enforcement, compliance, and litigation, corporate transactions, as well as legislative policymaking and agency regulatory strategy.
Before joining the firm, Katlin served as Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services. Prior, she served as Deputy Health Policy Director and Senior FDA Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for Chair Patty Murray. During her career, she also served as Associate Chief Counsel for Drugs in FDA’s Office of the Chief Counsel and as Regulatory Counsel in the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion in FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
Katlin graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2001, where she served as Executive Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal. She clerked for Judge Douglas P. Woodlock in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jocelyn Williams has joined its Litigation, Global Financial Regulatory, and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups as an of counsel in the Hong Kong office.
“We are excited to welcome Jocelyn to Gibson Dunn,” said Sébastien Evrard, Partner in Charge of Gibson Dunn’s Hong Kong office. “She is an accomplished practitioner, and the breadth and depth of her experience will further bolster our formidable disputes and regulatory offering in Asia.”
Brian Gilchrist, partner and member of the firm’s Litigation and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups, added: “Her experience in managing the litigation and regulatory enforcement docket at one of the world’s largest financial institutions makes her skillset particularly valuable in navigating the market. She is an excellent addition to the firm.”
Jocelyn’s hire follows two internal promotions within the Hong Kong office’s Global Financial Regulatory, and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups. As of 1 January, Emily Rumble (Global Financial Regulatory) and Ning Ning (White Collar Defense and Investigations) are the office’s newest of counsel. The hire of Jocelyn, and promotions of Emily and Ning, reinforces Gibson Dunn’s market-leading regional disputes and regulatory teams, with over 30 members across Asia.
About Jocelyn Williams
Jocelyn has 20 years of multi-jurisdictional disputes experience advising a range of banks, securities firms, Big Four accounting firms and corporates on litigation, contentious regulatory and insolvency matters. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Jocelyn served as in-house counsel for nine years at Deutsche Bank, where she headed its Asia-Pacific Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement team, covering 15 jurisdictions. In that role, she advised senior management across all business lines within the bank on all dispute related matters, including in respect of regulatory enquiries and investigations, high stakes litigation, mis-selling and breach of duty claims, antitrust issues, debt enforcement, fraud, insider dealing, operational incidents and misconduct.
She has extensive recent experience managing domestic and cross-border litigations, regulatory investigations by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Hong Kong Competition Commission, enquiries by the Hong Kong Police, Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) and Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), and internal investigations arising out of systems and controls failures, employee misconduct and whistleblowing.
Jocelyn is qualified to practice in both Hong Kong and Australia.
About Gibson Dunn’s Disputes and Regulatory Practices in Asia
In recent years, Gibson Dunn has grown its Disputes and Regulatory practices in the region significantly. Adding to its already well-established and top-ranked White Collar Defense and Investigations practice, the firm made a number of hires to complete its now full-service offering. Leading Hong Kong litigators Brian Gilchrist and Elaine Chen brought in a team from their previous firm in 2020. Later that same year, Connell O’Neill joined to spearhead the region’s Privacy and Cybersecurity team. William Hallatt joined with his cross-border Hong Kong/Singapore Financial Regulatory team in 2021. In 2022, David Wolber joined in Hong Kong from HSBC to lead the firm’s International Trade practice in the region. Jocelyn has joined what has become a formidable team with the ability to provide clients with the customized advice they need, as well as the highly-valued international perspective Gibson Dunn is known for.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that it has appointed Benno Schwarz as the new Partner in Charge of its Munich office.
Barbara Becker, Gibson Dunn’s Chair and Managing Partner, said: “Benno is already an important leader for our firm in Germany, and I look forward to working with him in this new role. We are continuing to expand Gibson Dunn’s presence throughout Europe, and the world more broadly, and the office stewardship of our Partners in Charge is particularly important as we grow.”
Commenting on his appointment, Benno said: “I am excited to serve as Partner in Charge of the firm’s Munich office. My focus will be the continued enhancement of our global solutions for the ever changing challenges facing our German and international clients.”
Benno follows Ferdinand Fromholzer as Partner in Charge of the Munich office.
Gibson Dunn has over 55 lawyers across its offices in Munich and Frankfurt. In the past two years, the firm has promoted lawyers Kai Gesing (Antitrust and Competition), Katharina Humphrey (White Collar Defense), Sonja Ruttmann (M&A) and Jan Schubert (M&A) to its partnership, and hired lateral partner Lars Petersen (public law and regulatory).
About Benno Schwarz
Benno Schwarz is a partner in the Munich office of Gibson Dunn and Co-Chair of the firm’s Anti-Corruption & FCPA Practice Group. He focuses on white collar defense and compliance investigations in a wide array of criminal regulatory matters. For more than 30 years, he has handled sensitive cases and investigations concerning all types of compliance issues, especially in an international context. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in Germany in the areas of white collar crime, corporate advice, compliance, and investigations by publications such as Chambers, The Legal 500, and JUVE. He was named one of four Leading Individuals in Internal Investigations in Germany by The Legal 500 in 2023.
About Gibson Dunn’s Munich Office
Gibson Dunn’s Munich office was opened in 2002 and focuses on corporate transactional advice and private equity transactions, white collar defense and compliance investigations, litigation, and antitrust. Other areas of practice include technology and intellectual property, data protection, sanctions and export controls, and ESG-related advice. The team advises German and international clients from a range of industries, including blue-chip corporations, DAX®, MDAX®, and TecDAX® companies, medium-sized companies (SMEs), financial institutions, and private equity and venture capital investors. Our lawyers in Munich work closely with Gibson Dunn’s Frankfurt office and other offices around the world to provide seamless legal advice across all practice areas and jurisdictions.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Lisa Stevens—who was an associate at the firm from 2011 to 2015— will rejoin the firm as a partner in its Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group in London.
Commenting on the addition, Scott Greenberg, Global Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group, said: “2023 was an extremely busy year in the restructuring space, and 2024 shows no signs of slowing down. Lisa’s addition bolsters our practice and capabilities in the UK, and continues to make our practice a destination for new and existing clients in the US, and across the UK, Europe and Asia.”
Ali Nikpay, Co-Partner in Charge of Gibson Dunn’s London office, said: “We are delighted to welcome Lisa back to the firm. Our office has been growing and expanding our offerings to support our clients. Lisa’s talent and skills are an excellent complement to our platform.”
Lisa’s arrival is another step in the expansion of Gibson Dunn’s premier restructuring practice, following the arrival in 2023 of partners Lee Wilson and Joe Zujkowski in New York, and Chad Nichols in Houston.
About Lisa Stevens
Lisa advises clients on complex cross-border restructuring and special situations transactions. She has deep experience as a leveraged finance lawyer and with cross-border financing structurings involving loans and bonds. Her clients include capital solutions funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, other large asset managers and corporates. She earned her Bachelor of Laws from the University College, London.
About the Gibson Dunn Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group
The 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. 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. The group is well-known for crafting cutting-edge and practical solutions, including complex out-of-court workouts and in-court restructuring. Gibson Dunn was named in the Global Restructuring Review GRR 100 2023, the annual guide to “the world’s leading law firms for cross-border restructuring and insolvencies.”
Gibson Dunn represented Asia Partners, a Singapore-based growth equity investment firm, on the final close of its second fund, Asia Partners II LP, at US$474 million in commitments.
Asia Partners is focused on the intersection of three key themes: (i) the long-term growth potential of Southeast Asia, (ii) the rapid growth of innovative technology and technology-enabled businesses in the region and (iii) the scarcity of growth equity capital for these companies, particularly in the US$20 million to US$100 million investment size range.
The Gibson Dunn investment funds team was led by Singapore partner John Fadely and included Hong Kong of counsel Youjung Byon, Singapore associate Xuanyi Liu, Hong Kong associates Kathy Wen and Keira Su, and Singapore associate Zan Wong. Washington, D.C. partner Daniel Zygielbaum and New York associate Annie Lin advised on tax aspects.
Gibson Dunn represented JPMorgan as dealer manager in connection with Perrigo’s tender offer for up to $300 million of its outstanding 3.9% senior notes due 2024. Gibson Dunn also represented JPMorgan as Administrative Agent and as a lead arranger in connection with Perrigo’s $300 million incremental term loan, the proceeds of which were used to finance the tender offer.
The Gibson Dunn team was led by Doug Horowitz, with Alex Plaia and Melody Karmana on the incremental term loan and Harris Quraishi on the tender offer.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP acted for The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in connection with a US$ 11,000,000,000 Senior Unsecured Term Loan Credit Facility coordinated and arranged by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Dubai (DIFC) Branch. It is the largest loan in EMEA in 2023.
The Gibson Dunn team was comprised of partners Mahmoud Abdel-Baky, Laleh Shahabi and associate attorney, Galadia Constantinou.
Last month, Gibson Dunn announced the opening of its Riyadh office with a team that included seven partners, each of whom has extensive experience working with clients in Saudi Arabia. The firm has significantly expanded its presence in the Gulf in the last 12 months, adding 14 new partners and 19 new associates, the largest investment made in the region by any international firm during this time.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Spano, partner with the firm’s Paris and London offices, as Co-Chair of its Artificial Intelligence Practice Group. Spano will serve as Co-Chair of the group alongside fellow Co-Chairs Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter and Vivek Mohan in the Palo Alto office, and Eric Vandevelde in the Los Angeles office.
“Robert has unique experience in cutting-edge regulatory and litigation matters in the field of EU law and digital rights, and we are thrilled to have him help us co-lead Gibson Dunn’s thriving Artificial Intelligence practice,” said Vivek Mohan, Co-Chair of the Gibson Dunn’s Artificial Intelligence Practice. “As the field of artificial intelligence continues to develop at a blistering pace, we are committed to providing the best level of service possible for our clients who do business across borders, and Robert’s appointment is testament to that.”
“Given the international reach of AI-related legal issues and importance of global regulation, having a practice leader in the European market has been a top priority for us.” said Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Artificial Intelligence Practice. “Robert has deep experience on the fast-evolving intersection between the EU’s fundamental rights laws and AI regulation to best serve our international client base with proactive, practical strategies to navigate these complex issues.”
“The European Union has been at the forefront of AI regulation and has just adopted a provisional agreement on a new AI Act. It is now clear that the AI Act will require businesses to perform a fundamental rights impact assessment before a high risk AI system is placed on the market. This is a paradigm shift in the law at European level, and we are very well placed to offer our clients cutting-edge solutions in this space,” said Spano. “I am excited to become one of the leaders of Gibson Dunn’s AI practice group and use my background in European Union law, fundamental rights and tech policy to advise our clients in this fast-changing and global environment of AI regulations.”
Robert joined Gibson Dunn in January 2023 and is partner in the London and Paris offices, where he practices in the field of international dispute resolution and advises on regulatory matters. He is a member of the firm’s Transnational Litigation, International Arbitration, Environment, Social and Governance (ESG), Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation, Technology Regulatory and Litigation, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Policy Practice Groups.
An expert in public international law and EU law, Robert is the former president of the European Court of Human Rights and he sits on the Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
About the Artificial Intelligence Practice Group
Gibson Dunn’s Artificial Intelligence Practice is made up of attorneys from across the firm, including in the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation, Labor & Employment, and Technology Regulatory practices to engage with companies across sectors in counseling, regulatory response, litigation, and transactional matters. The AI Practice counsels companies at the cutting edge of developing AI technologies, as well as with companies looking to understand and respond to dynamic legal framework as they deploy these tools.
Our AI Practice works with our clients in all industries, including high tech, healthcare, finance, consumer goods, and industrial. Whether the concern is forward looking legal exposure, response to regulatory inquiries, acquisition or transfer of data and intellectual property rights, data privacy and security, AI policy and ethics, or litigation, our Gibson Dunn attorneys are at the forefront of handling these issues.
Gibson Dunn represented PT Asianet Media Teknologi (Asianet), a Lightstorm Group entity, in the joint acquisition by Asianet and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison of PT MNC Kabel Mediacom, a leading fiber-based network services provider in Indonesia.
Following this transformational acquisition for Asianet, it will have a network of more than 15,000 kilometers of fiber and more than 1.5 million home passes across ten key cities in Indonesia, making it one of the largest carrier-neutral FTTH operators in the country.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team was led by partner Saptak Santra and included of counsel Marcus Tan and associates Kai Wen Chua and Amanda Ng in Singapore; partner Patricia Tan Openshaw in Hong Kong; and partner Rob Dixon and of counsel Natalie Lamb in London. Partners Jamie Thomas and Patricia Tan Openshaw led the financing team, which included associate John Cheah and attorney Chee Jun Ann.
The New York State Supreme Court–Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department has unanimously reversed the denial of a resentencing application filed by Gibson Dunn’s pro bono client in a precedent-setting victory under the state’s recently enacted Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA).
Under the DVSJA, domestic violence survivors convicted of offenses for which their abuse was a significant contributing factor are eligible for reduced sentencing based on specific statutory considerations. This is only the second such appeal to reach the Third Department since the DVSJA’s enactment, and the first successful appeal under the law by a domestic violence survivor.
Before Gibson Dunn joined the case, the lower court had denied the survivor’s resentencing application in part on the ground that her history of domestic violence had already been “factored in” to her plea agreement—and thus that she was attempting to “double dip” by applying for statutorily authorized relief. As a matter of first impression in the Third Department, our lawyers argued that the lower court’s denial of the application on this and other grounds constituted reversible legal error.
On November 22, 2023, a unanimous Third Department panel sided with our client, concluding that the lower court committed multiple legal errors in denying the application. Importantly, the court held that whether the domestic violence history was “factored in” to her plea agreement was “not relevant to the application of the DVSJA,” confirming the remedial purpose of the statute and its availability to all eligible survivors, regardless of the disposition of their underlying cases. In a significant step, the Third Department modified the sentence itself rather than remanding to the lower court, broadening the appellate court’s authority under the law to provide relief for future survivors. Because our client has already served more than the amended sentence, she will be immediately released from prison as a result of this ruling.
New York partner Karin Portlock led the team and argued the case before the Third Department, with valuable assistance from associate Brian Yeh. The team received outstanding support from our pro bono partners Professor Kate Mogulescu of Brooklyn Law School and Michael Baker of the Broome County Public Defender’s Office.
Gibson Dunn represented funds advised by Neuberger Berman as lead investors of continuation series funds organized by J-STAR, a Japan-focused private equity sponsor. This transaction is understood to be the first ever successful continuation fund transaction in Japan. The continuation series funds held a successful closing with aggregate capital commitments of JPY 17.9 billion. The continuation series funds invested alongside certain other shareholders into Renatus Co., Ltd., a newly formed holding company which acquired certain companies operating in the waste treatment and recycling industry from earlier vintage J-Star Series Funds.
The Gibson Dunn team was led by our team in Singapore, partner John Fadely and associates Xuanyi Liu and Zan Wong, and supported by Washington, D.C. partner Daniel Zygielbaum and associate Jennifer Fitzgerald on tax, and New York partner Edward Sopher and associate Chris Reszczynski on funds.
Gibson Dunn partnered with PwC on Japanese tax and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu on Japanese legal matters.
Gibson Dunn represented energyRe, LLC in a $1.2 billion capital raise that includes equity commitments from Glentra Capital and Elia Group.
energyRe, LLC is an independent leader in the development of clean energy. The company is at the forefront of the energy transition, having built a diverse portfolio of renewable assets including solar, wind and utility-scale transmission and storage. energyRe, LLC is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team included New York partners John Gaffney, Daniel Alterbaum and Nicholas Politan and Dallas associate Jonathan Sapp. Dallas partner Michael Cannon and associate Josiah Bethards advised on tax aspects. Brussels partner Attila Borsos advised on antitrust aspects. Washington, D.C. partner William Hollaway advised on regulatory aspects. New York partner Darius Mehraban advised on financing. Washington, D.C. partner Michael Collins advised on benefits.