Alexander L. Orr is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where his practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Orr advises public and private companies, private equity firms, boards of directors and special committees in a wide variety of complex corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, joint ventures, equity and debt financing transactions and corporate governance matters, including securities law compliance.

Mr. Orr has been named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers each year since 2017, and in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, for his work in mergers and acquisitions.

Selected representations include the following:

• Motive Capital Corp in its $2 billion merger with Forge Global
• CACI in its contested $7.2 billion bid for CSRA, its $750 million acquisition of LGS Innovations, and several other acquisitions
• Eaton Corporation in transactions including the $3.3 billion sale of its hydraulics business to Danfoss, the $1.4 billion sale of its lighting business to Signify N.V., its $920 million acquisition of Souriau-Sunbank from TransDigm, and the formation of a $1.2 billion joint venture with Cummins Engines for the production of automated transmissions
• Towers Watson & Co. in its $18 billion merger of equals with Willis Group, which resulted in the formation of Willis Towers Watson
• Marriott International in several transactions, including its contested $13.6 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, the spin-off of its vacation ownership business, Marriott Vacations Worldwide, and the formation of a joint venture with Accor, IHG, Hilton and other investors
• CoStar Group, Inc. in its acquisitions of Apartments.com for $585 million, Apartment Finder for $170 million and of several other internet-based real estate service providers
• The conflicts committee of the board of directors of Hess Midstream Partners in connection with its acquisition of assets, IDR simplification transaction, and conversion to an Up-C corporate structure
• The special committee of the board of directors of TNS, Inc. in its $860 million sale to Siris Capital
• A prominent private equity firm in its acquisition of a private target for approximately $1.4 billion
• Neustar, Inc. in its acquisitions of MarketShare Partners for $450 million, Targus for $650 million, and various other acquisitions

Mr. Orr received his law degree with high honors from the Emory University School of Law, where he served as an Articles Editor for the Emory Law Journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif.  Prior to attending law school, Mr. Orr graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.

Mr. Orr is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.