Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised Mesquite Energy, Inc., a privately-held independent oil and gas exploration and production company, on the sale of its Eagle Ford Catarina Ranch assets to Black Mountain Oil and Gas.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team includes of counsel James Robertson, partners Hillary Holmes and Gerry Spedale, of counsel Adam Whitehouse, and associates Nathan Zhang, Luke Strother, Michael Holmes, Stella Tang, Mason Gauch and Caitlyn Fiebrich. Partner Shalla Prichard and associate Laura Edwards are advising on financing. Partner Michael Cannon and associates Josiah Bethards and Emily Brooks are advising on tax aspects, and partner Krista Hanvey and associate Fanny Patel are advising on benefits. Partner Peter Modlin is advising on environmental aspects.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised Mesquite Energy, Inc., a privately-held independent oil and gas exploration and production company, on the sale of its Western Eagle Ford assets to Crescent Energy Company for $600 million.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team includes of counsel James Robertson, partners Hillary Holmes and Gerry Spedale, of counsel Adam Whitehouse, and associates Nathan Zhang, Luke Strother, Michael Holmes, Stella Tang, Mason Gauch and Caitlyn Fiebrich. Partner Shalla Prichard and associate Laura Edwards are advising on financing. Partner Michael Cannon and associates Josiah Bethards and Emily Brooks are advising on tax aspects, and partner Krista Hanvey and associate Fanny Patel are advising on benefits. Partner Peter Modlin is advising on environmental aspects.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is advising Berkshire Hathaway Energy on its purchase of Dominion Energy’s 50% limited partnership stake in the Cove Point LNG, LP business. The transaction is valued at $3.3 billion.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team includes New York partners Andrew Kaplan and Christopher Lang, and associates Patrick Li and Ellie Song. New York partner Eric Sloan and associate James Jennings are advising on tax, and Washington, D.C. partner William Hollaway and senior counsel Janine Durand are advising on regulatory aspects.
Gibson Dunn advised Murphy Oil Corporation, a NYSE listed US-based independent oil and natural gas exploration company, on the negotiation of Production Sharing Contracts for 5 blocks offshore Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) with the Ivory Coast government and the associated Joint Operating Agreements with its partner, state-owned oil company, PETROCI. Block CI-103 contains the Paon discovery that was discovered by former operator Anadarko Petroleum, and four of these blocks are just west of the deep-water Baleine oil field discovered by Eni in 2021, which is estimated to hold 2.5 billion barrels of oil and 3.3 trillion cubic feet of associated gas. The blocks extend over 1.5 million gross acres, which is equivalent to 256 Gulf of Mexico blocks.
The Gibson Dunn team was led by Singapore partner Brad Roach and included Paris partner Benoît Fleury, Washington, D.C. partner John Chesley, Singapore associate Alexandra Jones, and Paris associate Agathe Joyce.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Greg Nelson has joined the firm as a Senior Counsel. Greg serves as a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group.
“Greg’s deep tax experience, particularly in the energy industry, will be of immense value to our clients. Greg has a reputation for true excellence and professionalism, and we are excited to welcome him to the team,” said Hillary Holmes, Co-Partner in Charge of Gibson Dunn’s Houston office.
“I have long admired Gibson Dunn’s premier tax platform, and I look forward to collaborating with my new colleagues in providing our clients the best results for their most significant transactions,” said Greg.
Greg concentrates his practice on federal income taxation, with particular emphasis on the tax issues that relate to corporations and partnerships in the energy sector. He regularly counsels clients regarding tax issues related to private equity transactions and publicly traded partnerships. He also works on the tax-efficient structuring of corporate mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, including taxable sales and tax-free reorganizations.
Greg received his law degree from the University of Virginia Law School. He is admitted to practice in Texas, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States Tax Court.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Greg served as a partner in the tax department of an international law firm.
Greg’s arrival further builds on Gibson Dunn’s talent magnet effect in Houston, as demonstrated by recent additions, including M&A partner Rahul Vashi, private equity partners Michael Piazza and Jesse Myers, capital markets partner Cynthia Mabry, investment funds partner James Hays, bankruptcy partner Chad Nichols, and litigation partner Gregg Costa.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised EQT Exeter on the formation of EQT Exeter Industrial Value Fund VI, which closed on $4.9 billion of capital commitments.
The Gibson Dunn investment funds team was led by New York partner Roger Singer and included partner Eve Mrozek and associates Rachel Spinka and Curtis Vella. Washington, D.C. partner Daniel Zygielbaum and associate Laura Pond advised on tax aspects.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Weinberger will join the firm’s New York office as a partner. Michael will continue his real estate finance practice, which is focused on commercial mortgage-backed securitization (CMBS), balance sheet, mezzanine and construction loan originations, restructurings, and secondary market transactions.
“We are delighted to welcome Michael to the Gibson Dunn team,” said Mylan L. Denerstein, Co-Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s New York office. “He is a proven star, and his practice will further complement our market-leading real estate group.”
“We are thrilled to have Michael join our Gibson Dunn real estate practice,” said Eric M. Feuerstein, Co-Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group. “He is one of the most respected practitioners in the field, admired by counsel and clients alike, and the top lender-side lawyer in the country. His experience, particularly on real estate financing, is simply unparalleled and will serve as a tremendous asset for the Gibson Dunn real estate platform.”
“I am excited to begin the next chapter of my career at Gibson Dunn,” said Michael. “I look forward to working alongside this terrific group of colleagues to help our clients navigate their most complex transactions. I couldn’t be happier to join this very talented team.”
Michael’s addition continues a period of steady growth for Gibson Dunn, as the firm continues to attract top talent, including: real estate partner Lauren Giovannone in Los Angeles; private equity partners Jesse Myers and Michael Piazza; investment funds partners James Hays in Houston and Kira Idoko in New York; M&A partner Rahul Vashi in Houston; restructuring partners Chad Nichols in Houston, C. Lee Wilson and Joseph Zujkowski in New York, and AnnElyse Scarlett Gains in Washington, D.C.; finance partners Frederick Lee in Houston and Douglas Horowitz and Jin Hee Kim in New York; and FinTech and financial institutions partners Jason Cabral in New York and Sara Weed in Washington, D.C.
About Michael Weinberger
Michael focuses on real estate finance, including mortgage, mezzanine, and construction loan originations, restructurings, syndications, and secondary market transactions. He regularly represents major institutional lenders and borrowers in transactions involving hotels, shopping centers, office buildings, industrial properties, condominiums, multi-family properties, life science centers, storage facilities, movie studios, and other property types. Michael is top-ranked in Chambers USA, which has noted that he is “the best of the best for commercial real estate finance” and “quite simply unparalleled.”
Michael graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991 and subsequently clerked for the Judge Leonard I. Garth on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in Economics in 1988.
International law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is expanding its Projects and Infrastructure team with the hire of two leading industry practitioners, Ben Shorten and Trinh Chubbock, who have joined the firm in London. Ben Shorten will serve as the head of Gibson Dunn’s EMEA Project Finance team.
Commenting on the hires, Barbara Becker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Chair and Managing Partner, said: “We have been focused on growing our stellar EMEA projects and infrastructure team, and are thrilled to welcome Ben and Trinh to the group and to the firm.”
Federico Fruhbeck, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group, said: “Ben and Trinh are both fantastic additions to our team. Ben is a leading practitioner who has extensive project finance experience and, having been based in London, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore, has a unique, global perspective. Trinh, likewise, brings considerable energy and transitional sector experience, particularly on the commercial side.”
The addition of these two partners follows a period of extensive growth for Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group, along with the firm’s energy practices. Recent high-profile hires in these spaces include Marwan Elaraby, Renad Younes, Laleh Shahabi, Jade Chu and Samuel Ogunlaja in the UAE, Federico Fruhbeck, Alice Brogi and Rob Dixon in London, and Rahul Vashi in Houston.
Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group has in-depth knowledge and experience ranging from green field project development, major disposals, and acquisitions across energy and infrastructure and complex asset restructurings. The group advises all stakeholders from governments, corporate and financial sponsors, through to lenders and other credit providers.
The Energy Practice Group has a wide array of experience across all parts of the sector – from traditional sources of energy such as oil and gas, and electric utilities, to renewable forms such as solar and wind. The firm has handled energy-related matters involving numerous practice areas, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; debt and project finance; capital markets; joint ventures; fund formation; dispute resolution; commercial arrangements; and all manner of energy-related regulatory and antitrust issues.
About Ben Shorten
Ben’s practice is focused on the development and financing of complex, large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, with a particular focus on energy transition, conventional power and water, and oil and gas projects. He regularly advises both sponsors and lenders on innovative, “first-in-kind” projects and has worked with the biggest clients in the energy sector in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
He received his BA from the University of Cambridge and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. He is consistently ranked in Chambers Global for projects, infrastructure and energy, where he has been recognized for the past decade.
Ben was at his previous firm for 23 years, where he served as Global Project Development & Finance Practice Group Leader.
About Trinh Chubbock
Trinh’s energy practice is focused on project developments, M&A transactions, and commercial contracts. She has a broad practice covering the full value chain from upstream oil and gas to downstream sectors, with experience in midstream work and LNG. She also focuses on renewable energy and energy transition.
She received her BA from Boston College and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. She is named a key lawyer in The Lawyer 500 UK for power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables).
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kevin Bettsteller will join the firm’s Los Angeles office. He will be a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group, and will continue his investment funds regulatory practice, which is focused on advising clients on a wide variety of investment management and securities law matters.
“We are delighted to welcome Kevin to Gibson Dunn,” said Shukie Grossman, Co-Chair of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group. “The Gibson Dunn investment funds platform has grown significantly in the last few years, and Kevin’s addition will further enhance our ability to meet the increased market demand for skilled advisors who can provide pragmatic solutions in this space.”
“Kevin will be a strong addition to the Gibson Dunn team,” said Candice Choh, Co-Partner in Charge of the firm’s Los Angeles office. “Kevin’s experience guiding private investment fund sponsors through evolving regulatory requirements will prove invaluable to our clients.”
“I am excited to begin the next chapter of my career at Gibson Dunn,” said Kevin. “I look forward to adding my experience to the Gibson Dunn platform to help our clients navigate what is certain to continue to be a heightened regulatory environment. Moreover, the firm’s reputation for having a truly collaborative culture precedes it, and I look forward to being a part of this very talented team.”
Kevin continues a period of extensive growth for Gibson Dunn’s Investment Funds Practice Group. Recent high caliber additions include partners Kira Idoko, Eve Mrozek and Roger Singer in New York, A.J. Frey in Washington, D.C., and James Hays in Houston.
About Kevin Bettsteller
Kevin will continue his investment funds regulatory practice focused on representing financial services companies, such as private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, venture capital and hedge fund sponsors, and other asset managers, REITs, registered investment companies, business development companies and their independent directors, SPACs and their sponsors, and broker-dealers on a wide variety of investment management and securities law matters.
He has significant experience in the structuring, formation, offering and operation of private investment funds and other investment products, agreements with service providers, fund restructurings, and asset manager M&A transactions, including GP minority investments. He also advises on regulatory, compliance, governance, and operational matters, including preparing for and responding to SEC exams and enforcement inquiries.
Kevin graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 2006.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is advising Otro Capital and its partner RedBird Capital in their investment in Alpine Racing Ltd., a world class F1 team that finished top 4 in the 2022 F1 World Championship. The investment values the team at approximately $900 million and is being made along with Maximum Effort Investments (led by Ryan Reynolds) and its co-investors Michael B. Jordan and Rob McElhenney, and includes participation from the Huntsman Family and Main Street Advisors.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team is led by partners Stefan dePozsgay and Nick Tomlinson and includes associates Sarah Leiper-Jennings, Sarah Reder and Percy Gao. Partners Sandy Bhogal and Kathryn Kelly and associates Bridget English, Ryan Rott and Isabella Fladée are advising on tax aspects. Partner A.J. Frey and associates Curtis Vella and Fiona Xin are advising on investment funds aspects. Partner Chris Haynes is advising on capital markets aspects. Partner Daniel Angel and associates Jacqueline Malzone and Libby Pica are advising on IP aspects. Partners Michael Collins and James Cox are advising on executive compensation and benefits aspects. Partner Attila Borsos and associate Ben Nunez are advising on competition and foreign investment aspects.
The Pro Bono Committee is thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s Frank Wheat Memorial Awards. This year’s winners demonstrated an unfailing dedication to pro bono, a commitment to excellence, and a passion for service, exemplifying the very best of Gibson Dunn. As in previous years, this year’s winners and nominees worked on a wide variety of matters—including both high-stakes individual pro bono representations and large-scale projects with far-reaching impacts—that reflect the breadth of Gibson Dunn’s pro bono practice.
Frank Wheat, a former Los Angeles partner, was a superb transactional lawyer, SEC commissioner, and president of the Los Angeles County Bar. He was also a giant in the nonprofit community, having founded the Alliance for Children’s Rights in addition to serving as a leader of the Sierra Club and as a founding director of the Center for Law in the Public Interest. He exemplified the commitment to the community and to pro bono service that has always been a core tenet of the Gibson Dunn culture. The Frank Wheat Award is given annually to individual lawyers and teams that have demonstrated leadership and initiative in their pro bono work, obtained significant results for their pro bono clients, and served as a source of inspiration to others. Recipients of the Frank Wheat Memorial Award each receive a $2,500 prize to be donated to pro bono organizations designated by the recipients.
In 2021, a year that presented countless challenges, Gibson Dunn remained committed to pro bono work, devoting more than 140,000 pro bono hours valued at approximately $128 million to hundreds of projects firmwide. Our attorneys averaged more than 90 pro bono hours per attorney in the United States and more than 80 pro bono hours per attorney worldwide.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised Ovintiv Inc., an oil and gas producer, on the financing of its $4.275 billion acquisition of Midland Basin Assets from EnCap Investments L.P., an energy-focused private equity firm.
The Gibson Dunn team included Houston partners Cynthia Mabry and Shalla Prichard, Dallas partner Doug Rayburn, and Houston associates Justine Robinson, Laura Edwards, Malakeh Hijazi, Mason Gauch, William Bald and Adri Langemeier.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is advising Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. on its $5.4 billion merger with NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team is led by Houston partner Tull Florey and includes associates Dallas associates Jonathan Sapp and William Altabef and Houston associates Michael Holmes and Gerald Kimani. Dallas partner Michael Cannon and associate Josiah Bethards are advising on tax aspects, and Dallas partner Krista Hanvey and New York associate John Curran are advising on benefits. Washington, D.C. partner Stephen Weissman and of counsel Ryan Foley are advising on antitrust aspects.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented GE HealthCare Technologies on its secondary offering of 25,000,000 shares, priced at $78.00 per share.
The Gibson Dunn corporate team consists of New York partner Andrew Fabens, of counsel Marie Kwon and associate Tom Caruso. New York partner Pamela Lawrence Endreny is advising on tax aspects
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Fairfax Financial Holdings and other purchasers in the acquisition of a $5.4 billion real estate construction loan portfolio from Pacific Western Bank.
The Gibson Dunn real estate team included Century City partner Farshad Morè, Los Angeles partners Danielle Katzir and Deborah Cussen, Orange County of counsel Jon MacDonald, San Francisco associate Prerna Soni, Houston associate Andrea Siso, Los Angeles associates Lynne Howard and Zak Baron, and San Francisco associate Samantha Noh. New York partner Jason Cabral advised on financing. New York partner Brian Kniesly advised on tax aspects. Los Angeles partner Jeffrey Krause advised on restructuring aspects. Los Angeles partner Abbey Hudson advised on environmental aspects.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that L. Kieran Kieckhefer will join the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner.
“We are delighted to welcome Kieran to Gibson Dunn,” said Ernest Hsin, Co-Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. “She is an accomplished first-chair trial lawyer whom clients regularly hire to handle their most important patent and trade secret cases, particularly in the tech industry.”
“I am thrilled to join one of the best IP litigation trial teams in the country,” said Kieran. “I look forward to working with my new colleagues in high-stakes and cutting-edge patent, trade secret, and copyright cases that arise in the tech industry in the Bay Area and elsewhere.”
The firm’s Bay Area offices have recently added some of the most sought-after litigation talent in the country, including many in the technology industry. Recent additions to these offices include Ashlie Beringer, who returned to Gibson Dunn after serving as Facebook’s Deputy General Counsel and is now Co-Chair of the firm’s Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group and its FinTech and Digital Assets Practice Group; Elizabeth McCloskey, a litigator focused on complex litigation and white collar matters, with a concentration in tech investigations; Vivek Mohan, who previously worked at Apple Inc., where he was a senior attorney on the company’s global privacy law & policy team and head of information security law, and now serves as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Practice Group; Rosemarie Ring, a nationally recognized litigator who represents leading technology companies; and Jessica Valenzuela, a well-known securities litigator.
About L. Kieran Kieckhefer
Kieran practices intellectual property litigation, with a focus on patent, technical trade secret and copyright litigation in federal district courts. She is an experienced first-chair trial litigator whose work spans a variety of technologies, including semiconductors, software, consumer electronics, networking, and cybersecurity.
Kieran graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2007 and received a B.S. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its Antitrust and Competition Practice Group with two new lawyers in the Washington, D.C. office: Ryan Foley has joined the firm as of counsel, and Zoë Hutchinson is a new lateral associate.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Ryan served as Senior Counsel, Antitrust Americas, at Novartis, where he managed antitrust and competition law issues for both North and South America, counseling on complex transaction, litigation, government investigation, and compliance strategies across the company’s branded, generic, and retail businesses. Prior to that, Ryan worked as an antitrust associate at two other international law firms, specializing in complex merger clearances, including Boehringer Ingelheim’s $8 billion asset swap with Sanofi. He received his law degree from the George Washington University Law School, where he was a Thurgood Marshall Scholar.
Zoë comes to Gibson Dunn as a seasoned antitrust associate who was previously at Latham & Watkins LLP and before law school was a senior consultant at FTI Consulting. She focuses on representing companies in antitrust investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, and was part of the team defending GRAIL in its acquisition by Illumina, Inc. and American Airlines in defense of its North East Alliance with JetBlue. Zoë graduated cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as online editor of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.
“We are excited to have Ryan and Zoë on our team,” said Rachel Brass, a San Francisco partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. “Each is a well-rounded antitrust lawyer who can pivot readily from investigations, to mergers, to counseling, and will bring depth of skill and experience to our clients.”
“Gibson Dunn’s antitrust team is experiencing unprecedented demand across all of our offices and the hiring of top-notch talent like Ryan and Zoë reflects our commitment to remaining well-equipped to guide our clients through this aggressive antitrust climate,” said Stephen Weissman, global Co-Chair of the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.
Gibson Dunn’s worldwide Antitrust and Competition Practice Group handles leading-edge competition matters on U.S. and international competition issues, including government review of mergers and acquisitions, cartel investigations and the defense of cartel prosecutions, class action treble damage litigation, private antitrust litigation in the United States and Europe, and defense of private sector clients in antitrust actions before government authorities. Our antitrust team includes former high-ranking officials from the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office and the European Commission, as well as Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Rahul Vashi has joined the firm as a partner in the Houston office, where Rahul will serve as Co-Chair of the firm’s Oil and Gas Practice Group.
“We are excited to welcome Rahul to the firm,” said Michael P. Darden, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Oil and Gas Practice Group. “Having worked across from him on a number of complex transactions, I have been impressed not only with Rahul’s technical skills and creative problem solving, but also with his proficiency in the substantive oil and gas field and in energy M&A, including in the carbon capture and sequestration area, which is a growing practice within our firm. He is a fantastic addition to, and will be a valuable leader for, our global oil and gas group.”
“We are thrilled to have Rahul on board,” said Hillary H. Holmes, Co-Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Houston office. “He is a natural fit for our Houston based team and the complex energy transactions we are regularly handling. I am proud of the incredible team we have built in Houston, and Rahul’s addition will further strengthen our impressive corporate bench in Texas and firmwide.”
“Gibson Dunn has a stellar reputation in the market. The firm is known for its collegiality and exceptional client service,” said Rahul. “I am looking forward to working with my new colleagues to continue the success of the firm’s preeminent oil and gas practice.”
Rahul’s arrival builds upon substantial growth in the firm’s corporate team in Houston, including with private equity partners Michael Piazza and Jesse Myers, capital markets partner Cynthia Mabry, investment funds partner James Hays, and bankruptcy partner Chad Nichols.
Rahul is also the latest addition to Gibson Dunn’s energy practices, which span offices in the U.S., London, Asia, and the Middle East. Over the past several months, the firm has also invested in these practices with the opening of an office in Abu Dhabi and the addition of partners Renad Younes, Samuel Ogunlaja, and Laleh Shahabi there, along with Marwan Elaraby and Jade Chu in Dubai.
About Rahul Vashi
Rahul’s practice focuses on M&A in the energy industry, with an emphasis on acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures involving the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. He has substantial experience in the formation of drilling partnerships, joint development arrangements, farmout and participation agreements, and other joint venture arrangements, the acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas assets and companies, mergers of companies, oil and gas special situations and alternative financing transactions.
Rahul received his J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 2010.
About Gibson Dunn’s Oil and Gas Practice Group
Gibson Dunn’s Oil and Gas Practice Group advises the world’s leading oil and gas exploration, development and production companies, oil-field services and equipment companies, pipeline and other midstream companies, and downstream entities. The firm also represents financial institutions, private equity firms and government entities active in the oil and gas sector. Our internationally recognized team brings multidisciplinary, multijurisdictional knowledge and experience to a full spectrum of oil and gas assignments. The lawyer in the group are experienced in handling legal and business issues across all segments of the oil and gas value chain. These include upstream exploration and production (conventional, unconventional, onshore and offshore); midstream (gathering, storage, transportation and processing); downstream (storage, refining, marketing and petrochemicals); oilfield services; LNG; and infrastructure.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised Spanish clean energy engineering company Técnicas Reunidas on its capital increase of approximately €150 million.
The transaction will consist of the issue of 24,405,265 new shares, equivalent to 43.7% of the current share capital. The capital increase has the support of the Lladó family and Cobas Asset Management, which together account for 43% of the company’s share capital and have already made an irrevocable commitment to participate in the capital increase.
The Gibson Dunn team acted as US counsel to Técnicas Reunidas, with London partners Hugo Hernández-Mancha and Federico Fruhbeck leading the team. London associate Magdalena Augé supported the team on this capital increase.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Christopher Rosina has joined the firm’s New York office as an of counsel. Rosina serves as a member of the firm’s Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation and Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Practice Groups.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Rosina worked as a senior member of Apple’s legal team, where he was the principal architect of Apple’s global privacy compliance program, including in preparation for GDPR and CCPA, and served as the primary counsel to Apple’s Data Protection Officer. In this capacity, Rosina provided strategic counsel across Apple’s business units, relating to almost all of Apple’s products and services, in addition to managing global regulatory responses and filings. In addition to his role advising Apple’s consumer-facing business, Rosina provided extensive guidance to the company’s internal teams on matters related to corporate infrastructure and employee privacy. Prior to his work at Apple, Rosina was Global Privacy and Security Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where he served as the legal department’s principal adviser on privacy and cybersecurity issues and led development of the company’s privacy compliance programs.
At Gibson Dunn, Rosina advises clients on all aspects of privacy and cybersecurity, including product counseling, compliance, advocacy, policy issues, and regulatory response in a dynamic legal landscape.
Rosina graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2011.
Rosina’s arrival further builds on Gibson Dunn’s talent magnet effect, as demonstrated by the firm’s recent additions from the ranks of key growth industries, including Ron Hauben (formerly Americas Vice Chair and General Counsel at Ernst & Young), Jane Horvath (formerly Apple’s Chief Privacy Officer), Kira Idoko (formerly Senior Vice President, Private Funds at Brookfield Asset Management), and David Woodcock (formerly Assistant General Counsel – Corporate at ExxonMobil Corporation).