Héctor González Medina is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Department and is a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Finance practice groups.
Representative Experience:
- Platinum Equity in its carve out acquisition of Rehlko (formerly known as Kohler Energy), a global leader in distributed energy solutions, from Kohler Co.
- IPI Partners in its sale of its business to Blue Owl Capital Inc., a leading alternative asset manager.
- Aurora Capital Partners in its acquisition of First Legal, the largest independent provider of outsourced litigation support services across the United States.
- Wafra in its strategic investment in Citation Capital, a private equity firm specializing in partnering with founder- and family-led businesses.
- BMO Capital Markets, BofA Securities, Credit Agricole Securities, HSBC Securities and J.P. Morgan Securities, as underwriters' counsel in connection with Vale Overseas Limited's and Vale S.A.'s registered note offering.
- Oncoclínicas do Brasil Serviços Médicos S.A., as U.S. counsel in its offer and sale of shares of common stock to qualified institutional buyers in the United States.
- Asset-based, subscription-based, hybrid credit facilities and other investment fund leverage for investment fund clients, including Leonard Green & Partners, Madison International Realty and Stockdale Capital Partners.
Héctor also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on education and immigration matters. He recently won a lawsuit against the California Department of Education for unlawfully denying hundreds of thousands of dollars appropriated by the California Legislature to a school in Los Angeles that serves high-needs young women facing challenges like homelessness, poverty, teen pregnancy, abuse and trauma.
Héctor earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School and his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, with a minor in Portuguese, from Stanford University.
Héctor is admitted to practice law in the State of California.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of Michigan - 2022 Juris Doctor
- Stanford University - 2014 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar