Gibson Dunn Expands Global Energy and Infrastructure Team With Return of Jamal Lama From Ares Management
Firm News | December 1, 2025
Gibson Dunn announced today that Jamal V. Lama has rejoined the firm in its New York office, where he will serve as a partner in the Energy & Infrastructure Practice Group, working closely with the private equity and M&A teams. Formerly in-house counsel at Ares Management, Jamal is an experienced dealmaker who has advised on a broad range of complex transactions spanning mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and preferred equity and other structured financings across sectors, including digital infrastructure and energy.
“Jamal’s extensive private practice deal experience, coupled with his in-house perspective, provides clients with both technical legal skill and a deep commercial understanding of how private equity sponsors and infrastructure funds assess value, manage risk, and execute transactions,” said Tomer Pinkusiewicz, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Energy & Infrastructure Practice Group. “His addition underscores our continued commitment to expanding our world-class team and staying ahead of our clients’ needs amid strong demand for sophisticated transactions across asset classes and geographies. We are thrilled to welcome him back to the firm.”
“I’m excited to be coming home to Gibson Dunn and rejoining a team I know firsthand is exceptionally talented, collaborative, and growth-oriented,” said Jamal. “The firm’s dynamic global platform and deep experience across the full lifecycle of infrastructure investments give it a distinct market advantage. As I return to private practice, Gibson Dunn’s entrepreneurial energy and exceptional platform provide the ideal foundation to build on and serve clients at the forefront of the evolving infrastructure, private equity, and energy markets.”
Jamal’s arrival marks the continued expansion of Gibson Dunn’s preeminent Energy & Infrastructure Practice. Our multidisciplinary practice advises on transactions across all major infrastructure asset classes—including digital, social, and transportation—and spans financing (including capital markets), project development, strategic M&A, and private equity, fund formation and fund financing, regulatory and compliance advice, and disputes and litigation. Recent additions to the global team include Simon Tysoe in London and Dorothée Griveaux in Paris.
About Jamal V. Lama
Jamal will focus his practice on advising companies and private equity firms across a wide range of industries, with an emphasis on energy and infrastructure investments across geographies and asset classes. Jamal’s practice will include domestic and cross-border public and private M&A, joint ventures, preferred equity financings, and other strategic transactions.
Before rejoining Gibson Dunn, Jamal served as in-house counsel at Ares Management, a leading global alternative investment manager. At Ares Management, Jamal provided guidance to investment professionals within the Infrastructure Opportunities, Infrastructure Debt, and Alternative Credit strategies on a range of complex transactions spanning various sectors, including fiber, data centers, renewable energy, midstream oil & gas, wastewater treatment, renewable natural gas, and power generation.