Gibson Dunn Leads Groundbreaking SpaceX IPO
Firm News | June 11, 2026
Gibson Dunn is serving as the lead counsel to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on its initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas. Information on the pricing can be found here.
The Gibson Dunn capital markets team is led by partners Hillary Holmes, Harrison Tucker, and Atma Kabad and includes associates Benjamin Blefeld, Muriel Hague, Malakeh Hijazi, Lawrence Lee, Mashoka Maimona, Anna Strong, and Daniel Quesenberry, and of counsel Rodrigo Surcan, Robbie Hopkins, Marie Kwon, and Patrick Cowherd. Partners Julia Lapitskaya and Gerry Spedale, of counsel Rob Kelley and David Korvin, and associates Jenny Chen, Antony Nguyen, and Matthew Dolloff are advising on governance matters. Partners Thomas Kim, Brian Lane, Osman Nawaz, Mellissa Campbell Duru, and Alan Bannister are advising on securities regulation aspects. Partners Gerry Spedale and Collin Cox and associate Jack DiSorbo are advising on Texas corporate and litigation law aspects. Partners Gina Hancock and Krista Hanvey and associate Heather Monte are advising on employee compensation. Partners George Sampas, Rob Little, and Chris Trester are advising on M&A aspects. Partners Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter, Vivek Mohan, and Frances Waldmann and associates Kyle Clendenon and Arjun Rangarajan are advising on AI aspects. Partners Madalyn Miller, Matthew Axelrod, and Lindsay Paulin and associate Chris Mullen are advising on aerospace regulatory aspects. Partner Michael Murphy is advising on environmental aspects and partner Bradley Smith is advising on antitrust aspects. Partners Brian Lutz and Stephanie Brooker and associate Greg Boden are advising on litigation aspects. Partners Michael Cannon and Eric Sloan, of counsel Kate Long, and associate Sophia Helverson are advising on tax aspects.
For the global offerings: In London, partners Steve Thierbach, Michelle Kirschner, Chris Haynes, and Benjamin Fryer, of counsel Thomas Barker, Martin Coombes, and Graham Crocker, and associate Konstantinos Flogaitis are advising on U.K. retail offering aspects. In Madrid, partner Armando Albarrán and of counsel Alfonso Bernar are advising on EU retail offering aspects. In Munich, partner Ferdinand Fromholzer is advising on EU retail offering aspects.