Fahad Ali is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Fahad earned his law degree summa cum laude in 2021 from the University of California, Irvine, where he was a Research Fellow for Professor Henry Weinstein’s First Year Lawyering Skills course and a Research Assistant to Professor Gregory Shaffer. While in law school, he served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Troy L. Nunley of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and was on the Executive Board for the International Refugee Assistance Project.

Prior to law school, Fahad worked at the California State Auditor’s Office, where he conducted performance audits for the California state legislator, reviewing various state agencies and cities to ensure compliance with laws and regulations and foster efficient use of public funds. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Merced, with honors, in 2012.

He is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Spencer Bankhead is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Orange County office and a member of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group.

Spencer advises public companies, private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, boards of directors, and management teams on the executive compensation, employee benefits, and employment issues that arise in complex corporate transactions, including private equity-sponsored leveraged buyouts, public company mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, spin-offs, joint ventures, and initial public offerings. He advises on compensation and benefits issues from diligence through signing, closing, and post-closing integration, including purchase agreement terms, equity award treatment, employee benefit plan liabilities, management equity rollovers, retention and severance arrangements, management incentive plans, and post-closing transition matters.

Spencer also advises public companies, boards of directors, and compensation committees on compensation-related corporate governance, securities disclosure, and compliance matters. His work includes executive compensation disclosures for proxy statements, annual reports, registration statements, and other SEC filings; equity plan approvals and share reserve matters; Section 16 reporting and compliance; director and officer compensation matters; management transitions; and compensation-related governance considerations involving shareholder engagement, proxy advisory firm policies, say-on-pay, pay-versus-performance, clawback policies, insider trading policies, and related SEC disclosure requirements.

Spencer’s practice also covers the tax, ERISA, securities, corporate governance, and employment law considerations that affect executive compensation and employee benefits arrangements. He advises on qualified and nonqualified retirement and deferred compensation plans, 401(k) plans, health and welfare plans, equity and cash incentive compensation, executive employment and separation arrangements, change-in-control protections, Sections 280G and 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, compliance with COBRA, WARN Act, and OWBPA, and related compensation and benefits issues.

Spencer earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and his MBA from the Darden School of Business, where he received the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence. While in law school, Spencer served on the managing board of the Virginia Law & Business Review. Prior to attending law school, Spencer worked in the pre-seed venture capital space.

Spencer is admitted to practice law in the State of California.

Selected Representive Matters

  • Advised on benefits, compensation and employment matters in SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI, creating a combined entity valued at approximately $1.25 trillion.
  • Represented ACS Infrastructure in its approximately $2.3 billion data center joint venture with Blackrock’s Global Infrastructure Partners.
  • Advised on benefits and compensation issues in connection with Western Digital’s mult-billion dollar public spin off of Sandisk, which listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
  • Regularly advises numerous Fortune 500 companies and their boards of directors on management transitions and SEC disclosure requirements.

Selected Publications

  • An Employer’s Guide to Key Compensation and Benefits Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (July 24, 2025).
  • Considerations for Preparing Your 2024 Form 10-K and 2025 Proxy Statement (December 20, 2024).

You Quan is an associate in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups.

You Quan advises financial sponsors, their portfolio companies, and multinational corporate clients on complex cross-border transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings and reorganizations, and joint ventures.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, You Quan was an associate with an international law firm in London. He also trained with a leading Singapore law firm.

You Quan received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from New York University School of Law and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) with First Class Honors from the National University of Singapore, where he was placed on the Overall Dean’s List. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York and Singapore.

Eve Mrozek is a corporate partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group.

Eve specializes in the formation, structuring, and operation of private equity and real estate funds, co-investment vehicles, and continuation funds, including advising sponsors on the marketing and structuring of these funds across a variety of asset types. Her practice spans a diverse range of clients — from multi-billion-dollar fund managers to middle- and lower-middle-market firms and managers raising their first institutional fund.

Eve regularly counsels private equity sponsors and institutional investors on major strategic matters, including incentive arrangements, governance, succession planning, fund recapitalizations and restructurings, GP-leds, LP stake sales and other secondary transactions and GP stakes investments. She also has significant experience advising on revenue share arrangements, joint ventures and other strategic partnerships.

Eve has been recognized as a leading lawyer by Private Funds CFO (Legal Rising Star, 2023) and Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation (2023, 2024, and 2025).

Her relevant experience includes advising:

  • RXR Asset Management on its inaugural high-yield credit fund and various SMAs and joint ventures.
  • Berkshire Residential Investments on the formation of its debt and equity funds.  
  • RidgeLake Partners as investor in GP stakes investments.
  • Strategic Partners with respect to numerous LP stake trades.
  • American Landmark Apartments on its real estate funds, as well as a number of co-investments and joint ventures.
  • Constellation Wealth Capital on its inaugural $1 billion fund and multiple co-investments.
  • Brasa Capital Management on its real estate funds.
  • Blue Owl on its open-end real estate fund.
  • Multiple Sovereign Wealth Funds on their fund investments in secondary transactions, co-investments and primary investments.

Jeremy Robison is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office and Head of Antitrust Investigations. A member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups, he is known for advising clients in high-stakes antitrust investigations, including complex cartel and enforcement matters.

Jeremy defends companies and individuals involved in investigations by U.S. and international enforcement authorities, conducts confidential internal investigations, and advises on the creation and enhancement of corporate compliance programs. His practice is primarily focused on criminal antitrust matters involving alleged price fixing, customer allocation, bid rigging, and no-poach agreements. Recognized for his expertise in cartel enforcement, he is currently ranked by Chambers USA in the nationwide category of Antitrust: Cartel.

Jeremy has represented clients involved in cross-border government investigations in the United States, the European Union, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Brazil, Korea, and numerous other jurisdictions. For example, he represented a global financial institution in connection with the international investigations into LIBOR and foreign exchange trading conducted by the Criminal and Antitrust Divisions of the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.K. Financial Services Authority, and numerous other international criminal, competition, and regulatory authorities. Jeremy has also defended more than a dozen companies and individuals involved in criminal investigations involving a diverse range of industries, including financial services, international shipping, generic pharmaceuticals, auto manufacturing, biotechnology, and promotional products.

Jeremy also represents clients engaged in complex antitrust litigation in federal and state court. Notably, he has defended companies facing Sherman Act and state law claims in multi-district litigation (MDLs) related to the LIBOR-based financial instruments, foreign exchange trading, and generic pharmaceuticals. Jeremy also participated in defending Hudson News against claims that it conspired to monopolize magazine wholesale markets in Anderson News, L.L.C. v. American Media, Inc. et al (S.D.N.Y.).

Jeremy frequently represents pro bono clients in human trafficking and domestic violence matters. For example, he secured a favorable settlement for a human trafficking victim after litigating various claims under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (“TVPA”) in Cruz v. Maypa (E.D. Va.), including a successful appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Cruz v. Maypa, 773 F.3d 138 (4th Cir. 2014).

Jeremy received his law degree magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as Managing Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal and was a member of the Order of the Coif. He also received the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Advocacy Award for his work with Georgetown’s Domestic Violence Clinic. In 2010, he published the heavily cited article “Free at What Cost?: Cloud Computing Under the Stored Communications Act” in The Georgetown Law Journal. More recently, Jeremy served on the Editorial Board for the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Developments 2018 Annual Review.

Before joining the firm, Jeremy served as the Associate Director of Homeland Security and Public Safety for the Mayor of Los Angeles. In that position, he managed the office responsible for oversight of the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, and the Emergency Preparedness Department and their combined 17,500 employees and $1.7B budget. Jeremy had previously served as a senior legislative deputy for three elected officials in Los Angeles and Sacramento.

Robert is a partner in the London and Paris offices and the Co-Chair of the firm’s Geopolitical Strategy and International Law Practice Group, Artificial Intelligence Practice Group, and of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice Group. He is a Barrister before the Courts of England and Wales, a member of the Paris Bar and the Icelandic Bar.

Robert is one of Europe’s leading platform and technology litigators for multinational companies before the Court of Justice of the European Union and leads a multidisciplinary team on regulatory compliance and strategic engagement with regulators in the field of digital rights, online platform regulation, data protection and on the intersection between artificial intelligence and fundamental rights. He is among Europe’s foremost experts on the EU’s Digital Services Act and the EU AI Act. He leads a team that coordinates cross-border disputes with local counsel before the national courts of the United Kingdom and Member States of the European Union.

He is a leading expert in geopolitical strategy and international law, in particular advising multinational companies and sovereigns navigating the interplay between the United States and the law and regulatory structure of the European Union. He is one of the world’s leading authorities in public international law, business and human rights and the law of the European Convention on Human Rights, principles of business and human rights (ESG, environment, social and governance) and governmental affairs and policy, bringing unparalleled experience from senior roles in the judiciary, private practice and academia. Clients have stated that “Robert Spano is a highly authoritative figure in public international law, who draws effectively on his wealth of experience as the former President of the European Court of Human Rights”.

Robert is ranked by Chambers and Partners as a Global Market Leader in Business and Human Rights Law in its 2026 Global Guide, clients emphasising his ability to bring his human rights expertise into the corporate context. He is listed in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom as a leading lawyer for Human Rights and Public International Law. He is also recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2025 for International Arbitration, Public International Law, TMT, Administrative and public law, Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity, ESG and Artificial Intelligence. He is also named to Lawdragon’s 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors (2024-2026) and 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers lists (2024-2025).

He is the former president of the European Court of Human Rights, the youngest judge ever to be elected to the presidency in the Court’s 60 year history. When leaving the Court his colleagues published a Liber Amicorum in his honour stating that ‘during his term as president he demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities, showing creativity and imagination in improving the functioning of the Strasbourg institution”.

Robert sits on the Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and is an honorary bencher of the Middle Temple.

Recent and ongoing representations include:

EU Litigation, Platform Regulation/Compliance and Artificial Intelligence

 

 

  • Counsel of Record for a multinational tech company before the Court of Justice of the European Union in a challenge against the European Commission’s designation of the company as a Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act (Case T-91/26, C-40/26 P, and T-367/23 R).
  • Counsel of Record for a multinational tech company on appeal before the Court of Justice of the European Union challenging the imposition by the European Commission of a supervisory fee under the Digital Services Act (Case C-745/25 P).
  • Counsel of Record for a multinational tech company challenging the imposition by the European Commission of a supervisory fee under the Digital Services Act before the General Court of the European Union (Case, T-91/26).
  • Advising a multinational tech company in a number of investigations by the European Commission (Preliminary Findings) under the Digital Services Act.
  • Advising a multinational tech company on EU/ECHR law in competition proceedings before the German national courts.
  • Advising a number of global online platforms on regulatory compliance in the implementation of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
  • Advising a number of multinational companies on EU/ECHR law aspects in tax and competition proceedings before national EU authorities and courts. 
  • Advising Kronospan AG on EU/ECHR law aspects in appeal proceedings before the Polish Supreme Court. 
  • Representing Kronospan AG on EU law aspects in the tax field before the European Commission.
  • Advising a multinational tech company in appeal proceedings under the GDPR (‘General Data Protection Regulation’) before the Luxembourg Court of Appeal and the French Council of State.
  • Advising a multinational company on the intersection between artificial intelligence and fundamental rights under EU law.
  • Advising a multinational company on the interplay between the EU AI Act and the GDPR.
  • Advising a multinational company on AI governance and the use of generative AI in product development.
  • Advising a multinational company in the EU consumer protection field on access to documents before national authorities and the European Commission.

Geopolitical Strategy and International Law, the European Convention on Human Rights, Climate Change law, Business and Human Rights and International Arbitration

 

  • Advised a multinational finance institution on EU/ECHR law in criminal proceedings before the French national courts.
  • Advising a multinational bank in proceedings before the United Nations’ Global Compact under international human rights law.
  • Advising a global petrochemical company on issues under EU climate law, ECHR law and international climate law.
  • Advising a multinational bank in tort proceedings before the US Federal Courts on issues under public international law and international human rights law.
  • Advising a multinational company in the oil & gas industry on litigation and regulatory compliance issues under EU law and international climate law.
  • Advising a US multinational company in cross-border tort litigation before the Dutch national courts.
  • Advising a number of multinational companies on regulatory compliance issues under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (‘CSDDD’).
  • Counsel for the defendant in an international commercial arbitration in the aluminium and energy sectors.
  • Provided an independent expert opinion in enforcement proceedings under the ICSID-Convention.
  • Provided an independent expert opinion in an ongoing dispute between Sovereign States under public international law and international human rights law. 
  • Advising a sovereign state in the establishment of a new international treaty-based organisation for the promotion of regional economic and environmental collaboration.
  • Advising the National Power Company of Iceland (Landsvirkjun) on its compliance with the minimum safeguards criteria of the EU Taxonomy Regulation.
  • Advising multinational companies on disclosures under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (‘CSRD’).
  • Advising multinational companies on business and human rights obligations under EU law and international human rights law.
  • Advising a multinational company on the legal status of its employees resident in a third-state under international human rights law.
  • Drafted a report, at the request of the Prime Minister of Iceland, on amendments to the human rights chapter of the Constitution of the Republic of Iceland.

Robert is a visiting professor of law at the University of Oxford and also serves part-time as a tenured professor of law at the University of Iceland, where he served as dean of the faculty before being elected to the international judiciary.

Robert graduated with a Magister Juris Degree in European and Comparative Law from the University of Oxford where he was awarded the Clifford Chance Prize (proxime accessit) and the Civil Procedure Prize for his scholastic achievements. Prior to his studies at Oxford, he studied international trade law and EU law at the University of Leuven, Belgium, and graduated with a Candidatus Juris Degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland.

Robert is admitted to the Icelandic Bar (EEA lawyer) and is a registered foreign lawyer in the United Kingdom.

He is fluent in English, French, Italian, Danish and is a native Icelandic speaker.

Professional activities and pro-bono service

  • Member, Board of the Register of Damage for Ukraine.
  • Arbitrator, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators, World Bank.
  • President of the Board of Patrons, Gender Champions in the Judiciary Network.
  • Visiting Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford.
  • Member, Board of the Academy of International Affairs (NRW), Bonn.
  • Patron, ELSA (European Law Student’s Association) Law Review.
  • Member, Advisory Board, ECHR Law Review.
  • Member, Advisory Board, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool.

Derek Kraft is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on class action defense. Derek is recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Criminal Defense: White Collar.

He defends clients in high-stakes federal and state court litigation. He has also defended clients facing civil and criminal investigations by federal and state regulators, and has advised companies on sensitive internal investigations.

Representative class action matters:

  • Defeated class certification in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in federal court in New Jersey brought on behalf of tens of millions of putative class members. The lawsuit alleged that a major consumer products company engaged in deceptive marketing and product labeling practices.
  • Represented auto manufacturer in an innovative $700 million class action settlement that was synchronized with parallel regulatory settlements and was characterized by the New York Times as “a fraction of what Volkswagen paid.”
  • Represented retailer in class action MDL involving alleged pest infestation at distribution center. Helped secure favorable settlement resolving all claims.
  • At pleading stage, obtained dismissal of alleged mislabeling claims brought against manufacturer of baby wipes.
  • Secured favorable settlement of mislabeling and false advertising claims against a leading consumer products manufacturer under a D.C. law allowing non-profits to sue on behalf of D.C. consumers.

Other representative experience:

  • Won an arbitration trial as defense trial counsel. Examined three key witnesses, including cross-examination of a former CEO whose declaration was a central piece of evidence underlying claimant’s case.
  • Representing a corporate defendant in ongoing litigation in Delaware Chancery Court over the governance of student loan trusts.
  • Represented a technical instruments producer in FCPA investigations by SEC and DOJ, and helped the client secure a written declination from both agencies to conclude their long-running investigations.
  • Defended health care services provider in nationwide criminal and civil investigation by DOJ, HHS OIG, and various states’ Attorneys General relating to alleged fraud and quality of care issues.
  • Represented corporate executive in FCPA investigations by SEC and DOJ, which concluded without any action taken against the client.
  • Represented demand review committee of the board of a major corporation in conducting internal investigation and addressing shareholder litigation demands.

Derek graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as an editor on The Georgetown Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree cum laude from Radford University.

He is admitted to practice law in Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Erin Williams is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department.

Erin earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School, where she served as Lead Article Editor of the Stanford Environmental Law Journal. During law school, she participated in the Stanford International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic, and she served as Mentorship Chair of the Women of Stanford Law School. She also holds a Master of Science in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Cultural Anthropology from Duke University.

She is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the Northern District of California and the Eastern District of California.

Rachel Levick is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of the Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort and the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice Groups.

Rachel represents companies across multiple industries in a wide range of federal and state litigation, agency enforcement actions, and administrative rulemaking proceedings. She works with her clients to assess compliance, navigate enforcement actions, and defend against litigation under a variety of federal statutes and programs, including the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. In addition to her federal experience, Rachel helps clients address environmental compliance and enforcement issues with state regulators, particularly in California. She also advises clients in a variety of corporate, private equity, finance and real estate transactions, identifying environmental risks and negotiating transactional documents for buyers, sellers and investors of manufacturing, service, technology, aerospace, petroleum, energy, and financial industry clients.

In 2025, Rachel was selected by the National Law Journal as a D.C. Rising Star. She has also been recognized by Law360 as an Environmental “Rising Star,” in the Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation edition, and by Best Lawyers as “One to Watch” in Environmental Litigation.

Representative engagements include:

  • Successfully obtaining on behalf of eBay Inc. Rule 12 dismissal of claims by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging violations of three major federal environmental statutes. United States v. eBay Inc., No. 23-CV-7173, 2024 WL 4350523 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2024).
  • Representing Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC in investigation and civil enforcement action regarding compliance with Clean Air Act requirements governing emissions controls and in related settlement of civil claims with the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Attorney General, the California Air Resources Board, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. United States v. Daimler AG, No. 20-2564 (D.D.C.).
  • Advising a multinational oil company in the defense of a $1.8 billion civil lawsuit regarding oil remediation in Indonesia, resulting in the complete dismissal of the plaintiff’s claims by the trial court, subsequently affirmed on appeal.
  • Representing various clients in developing substantial regulatory comments to major EPA proposed regulations under the Clean Air Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.
  • Defending a major Fortune 500 biomedical manufacturing company in state enforcement action concerning multimillion dollar remediation of groundwater contamination.
  • Representing coalition of major automotive manufacturers as intervenors in consolidated challenges to NHTSA’s rulemaking finding that state greenhouse gas emissions regulations are preempted by federal law, and to EPA’s parallel rulemaking revoking California’s Clean Air Act preemption waiver. Union of Concerned Scientists v. NHTSA, No. 19-1230 (D.C. Cir.).
  • Prosecuting $250 million CERCLA cost recovery action against the United States, resulting in a significant recovery after multi-week bench trial in federal court. Lockheed Martin Corp. v. United States, 35 F. Supp. 3d 92 (D.D.C.).

Rachel was an associate at Gibson Dunn from 2013 to 2014. From 2014 to 2016, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Amy Berman Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She rejoined the firm in 2016.

Rachel received her law degree cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2013, where she was a recipient of the Levy Scholarship. During law school, she served as a Senior Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and as a Louderback Legal Writing Instructor. Rachel earned her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010.

Rachel is admitted to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Liam A. Fine is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. His practice focuses on complex, high-stakes commercial litigation and investigations for clients across a range of industries, including securities and financial services, insurance, and technology. Liam also maintains an active pro bono practice focused largely on constitutional claims and gun safety. In 2024, he helped represent the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in a successful administrative law challenge seeking to compel the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to sufficiently regulate AR-style “ghost guns.” Liam also serves as a member of Gibson Dunn’s Associates Committee.

Liam served as a law clerk to the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Liam received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2023, where he was recognized as a James Kent Scholar. Liam also served as the Media Editor of the Columbia Law Review, which published his Note on climate resilience in the electric utility industry. Prior to law school, Liam worked as an investment banking analyst at Lazard, where he focused on Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings in the Power, Energy, and Infrastructure sectors.

Liam received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in 2017, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and double majored in Economics and Political Science.

Liam is a member of the New York Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Stephanie Silvano is an Assistant General Counsel based in Gibson Dunn’s New York office.  Prior to joining the Office of General Counsel, Stephanie practiced in the Firm’s Litigation Department and Labor & Employment Practice Group, where she represented a diverse range of clients in complex employment and commercial matters in all phases of litigation.  Stephanie was a key member of Gibson Dunn’s trial team that successfully defended a major health care company in a federal jury trial against claims of age discrimination.  She also has substantial experience representing clients in government and internal investigations, with a focus on employment issues. 

Stephanie earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Fordham University School of Law in 2015.  While in law school, she served as an Articles & Notes Editor of the Fordham Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board. Stephanie graduated, summa cum laude, from The George Washington University in 2012, with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

She is admitted to practice in the States of New York and New Jersey and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and District of New Jersey.

Allison Hellreich is an Of Counsel in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the Energy Regulation and Litigation Practice Group. She has developed a comprehensive practice providing practical regulatory and transactional advice across the energy industry. As a member of the firm’s Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure practice, Allison advises data center developers, investors, and lenders regarding delivering electric power to data centers. She also has experience providing regulatory counsel to electricity sector participants, including solar and wind developers, battery storage owners, nuclear generators, an Independent System Operator (ISO), and gas-fired electric generators. Her practice also encompasses natural gas interstate pipeline regulatory work before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), including providing effective counsel on issues ranging from multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline rate litigation at FERC, including preparing, filing, and leading discovery response efforts on some of the largest recent section 4 rate cases that presented innovative and novel rate proposals, to large and complex non-public FERC enforcement and audit proceedings.  Allison also has experience advising clients on transactional matters, including various pipeline service agreements, interconnection agreements, and other pipeline contracts. 

Allison received her J.D., with honors, from the George Washington University Law School, and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Lafayette College in International Affairs, with a minor in Economics and Business. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Allison was a counsel in the D.C. office of an international law firm.

Allison is admitted to practice in D.C. and New York as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and D.C. Circuit. 

Tom Gorrard‑Smith is Of Counsel in Gibson Dunn’s Dispute Resolution Group in London. Tom’s practice spans white-collar investigations, complex compliance advisory matters and digital regulation. 

Tom brings extensive senior in‑house legal experience advising on complex, high-stakes contentious, regulatory, commercial, and compliance matters across the UK and EU. He has distinct experience supporting on range of issues which impact clients operating in the technology, logistics, consumer goods, retail, and online marketplace sectors, with depth in issues affecting large‑scale operations and businesses operating in highly regulated environments.

Prior to joining the firm, Tom was at another international law firm and then spent several years at Amazon, where he served in senior legal leadership roles supporting Amazon’s retail and operations business functions across UK and EU. In these roles, Tom regularly handled complex disputes, high‑stakes regulatory investigations, public inquiries, and high‑profile media escalations. He has handled investigations and inquiries from a number of regulators, including the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), HM Revenue & Custom (HMRC), the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), the Environment Agency (EA) and the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA). He served as the designated compliance officer for Amazon and Whole Foods Market under the UK’s Groceries Supply Code of Practice regime (GSCOP) and managed its GSCOP compliance function. He also supported Amazon’s expedited launch of its in‑house COVID‑19 testing laboratory in the UK.

Tom has significant experience designing and implementing compliance frameworks, leading internal audits, and collaborating closely with regulators and government bodies on development of new regulations and enforcement. He is particularly adept at navigating complex regulatory regimes and advising on risk management in fast‑moving and high‑risk environments where technology has outpaced regulation.

Tom received his law degree from the University of Leicester and completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, London. He is admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales.
 

Marija Bračković is of counsel in the London office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation, White Collar Defense and Investigations, Fintech and Digital Assets and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Groups.
 
Marija has substantial experience in both domestic and international dispute resolution, including litigation and investigations, and regulatory compliance and counselling across sectors, with a focus on fintech and emerging digital regulations. Her practice has an emphasis on high-profile and politically sensitive matters, such as cases relating to bribery, money laundering and allegations of cross-border and international crimes. Marija regularly advises on complex regulatory and compliance issues, including the scope and implementation of the emerging digital regulatory regime across the UK and EU, including the Digital Services Act, Online Safety Act and EU AI Act. 
 
Marija has acted in matters in the UK, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Cambodia, representing diverse clients including governments, political parties, non-governmental organizations and private individuals. She has particular experience in acting for major technology companies, banks, crypto firms and financial institutions. 
 
Marija is recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2026 for Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime and is highlighted for being “particularly knowledgeable and add[ing] significant value.” She has also been recognised by the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom as “One to Watch” for International Arbitration and Litigation.
 
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Marija was an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team of another international law firm. She previously practiced at a leading set of barristers’ chambers in London and completed secondments at the Serious Fraud Office and a major retail bank. Called to the bar in 2010, Marija is an experienced advocate and has appeared in all manner of proceedings, including jury trials, court martial and tribunal hearings, as both a sole and junior advocate.

Wenyi Hua is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Hua was an associate in the Tax Group at a global law firm in New York.

Ms. Hua received her Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School, cum laude, where she served as a Notes Editor on Cornell Law Review. Ms. Hua earned her undergraduate degree in International Relations from Tsinghua University and a master’s degree in political theory from the University of Chicago.

Ms. Hua is admitted to practice law in the state of New York.

Lloyd S. Marshall is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Houston office. He practices in the Firm’s Litigation Department and has advised and represented clients in state and federal proceedings in a wide range of subject matters, including technology, energy, and white collar defense.

Recent Representative Matters

  • Trial counsel for Mesquite Energy, Inc. in the Texas Business Court’s second-ever trial. 
  • Counsel for wind farm operator Enel Green Power in a suit brought in the Northern District of Oklahoma by the U.S. government and the Osage Nation. Hired on the eve of a damages trial after an adverse liability ruling in a case chronicled by the Wall Street Journal, the Gibson Dunn team convinced the court to strike the plaintiffs’ main expert as unreliable and award less than 1% of the damages sought. Lloyd also represents Enel Green Power in related appellate proceedings before the Tenth Circuit.
  • Counsel for Cassava Sciences, Inc. in securities litigation in the Western District of Texas related to alleged misrepresentations in connection with Phase 3 clinical trials. Lloyd also represents Cassava in related appellate proceedings before the Fifth Circuit.
  • Trial counsel for a private equity firm in an arbitration win involving the termination of a management company.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Lloyd was an associate in the San Francisco office of another leading law firm, where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation and government investigations. From 2018 to 2019, he served as a law clerk to Judge Paul V. Niemeyer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Lloyd earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was an Articles Editor of the Stanford Law Review. He also participated in the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and the Stanford Religious Liberty Clinic. Before entering law school, Lloyd served as a Teach For America corps member, teaching 8th-grade math and coaching football in Canton, Mississippi. He graduated summa cum laude from Texas A&M University with a B.B.A. in Finance.

Lloyd is admitted to practice law in Texas and New York.

Lanie Halpern is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.

Lanie advises public and private companies, boards of directors, private equity sponsors and management teams on executive compensation and employee benefits matters arising in connection with various corporate transactions. Her practice also includes the negotiation, and drafting of employment, equity, incentive compensation, severance, retention and consulting agreements as well as advising clients on compensation-related corporate governance and tax considerations.

Lanie received her Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 2022 and her Bachelor of Science, Sports Management, cum laude, from New York University in 2017. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she was an Executive Compensation associate at an international law firm in New York.

Lanie is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Noam E. Zolty is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. His practice covers a broad range of real estate transactions, including financings, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, and leasing matters.  

Noam received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2022, where he was recognized as a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He received his Bachelor of Science from Yeshiva University in 2019. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Bryston Gallegos is a trusted advocate for high-stakes disputes at all stages of litigation.  He represents clients in a wide array of subject matters and has successfully litigated cases involving partnership, limited liability company, and fiduciary-duty disputes; arbitration; products liability; antitrust; contracts; trade secrets; constitutional law; and state enforcement actions.  In each of his representations, he focuses on developing pragmatic, winning strategies to resolve even the most complex, time-sensitive disputes.

Bryston is a fast-rising trial lawyer.  He has won multiple trials and handled matters of national significance covered by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Financial Times, among others.  In 2025, Bryston and Gibson Dunn’s Texas litigation teams secured record-setting jury verdicts exceeding $1 billion for their clients and twice earned national recognition as AmLaw’s “Litigators of the Week.”

Bryston also has significant experience with high-stakes briefing, shaping cases from the earliest pretrial phase to the court of last resort.  He has briefed appeals and critical motions in federal and state courts across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and across a wide range of issues.

Bryston maintains a robust pro bono practice, with a focus on religious liberty issues and crime victims’ rights.  He recently persuaded the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals to vacate a preliminary injunction that prevented a pastor from continuing his ministry.  And his work on behalf of crime victims—ensuring the voiceless are given a voice in the U.S. Supreme Court—includes representing a mother in a case about whether the men who murdered her 17-year-old son for his car stereo were properly ordered to pay her $14,895.78 in restitution, the amount she paid to bury her son.  Bryston also serves as an adjunct professor at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, where he teaches Evidence Advocacy Practicum, an innovative course focused on making winning arguments in pretrial proceedings.

Recent Representative Matters:

  • Trial counsel for Energy Transfer LP and Dakota Access LLC in a landmark trespass and defamation action against Greenpeace that culminated in a $667 million jury verdict—the largest in North Dakota history.  The American Lawyer recognized the trial team with its “Litigator of the Week” honors (March 2025).
  • Trial counsel for Arizona real estate development companies Gray Development and Gray Services in a 12-day trial that resulted in a sweeping victory and a $296 million jury verdict—the full amount of damages sought.  The American Lawyer recognized the trial team with its “Litigator of the Week” honors (October 2025).
  • Trial counsel for wind farm operator Enel Green Power in a suit brought in Oklahoma federal court by the U.S. government and the Osage Nation.  Hired on the eve of a damages trial after an adverse liability ruling in a case chronicled by the Wall Street Journal, Bryston and the trial team convinced the court to strike the plaintiffs’ main expert as unreliable and award less than 1% of the damages sought.
  • Secured supervisory writ from the North Dakota Supreme Court—ordering the trial court to issue the first foreign antisuit injunction in North Dakota history— to block Greenpeace from using the European Union’s novel anti-SLAPP directive to nullify the unanimous jury verdict Bryston and the trial team secured for Energy Transfer LP and Dakota Access LLC.
  • Persuaded U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to grant summary judgment to GE Vernova International on more than $400 million in claimed damages in a fraud case involving failed plans to construct power plants using adapted jet engines.
  • Secured emergency stay pending appeal, reversal of preliminary injunction, and ultimate victory on the merits rejecting a city’s attempt to shutter church’s 24/7 Rest and Refresh in the Lord ministry.
  • Reversed MDL court’s refusal to compel 22 independent pharmacies to arbitrate their claims against leading provider, ensuring they comply with their contractual commitment to arbitrate claims involving hundreds of millions of dollars in reimbursements.
  • Defeated multiple attempts to displace a court-appointed receiver who was put in place to protect nearly $50 million in partnership assets, including by obtaining an emergency order staying the Court of Appeals’ own order—entered one business day earlier—temporarily removing the receiver.
  • Secured emergency stay pending appeal, avoiding preliminary hearing and ending a deposition mid-stream, for leading energy investment firm in arbitration case.
  • Represented LIV Golf and professional golfers in major antitrust litigation against the PGA Tour.
  • Defended GameStop in a suit in the federal district court of Delaware brought by Boston Consulting Group over the validity of hundreds of millions of dollars of consulting services contracts.

Before joining the firm, Bryston served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bobby R. Baldock of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and to the Honorable Sean D. Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Bryston earned his law degree in 2019 from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he received the Kenneth L. Smith Award for having the highest GPA in the class through five semesters and the Melanie Hardaway Memorial Award for making the greatest overall contribution to the law school during his academic tenure.  He served as an Articles Editor of the Denver Law Review  and was elected to the Order of the Coif.  Bryston also graduated magna cum laude from Oklahoma Christian University with a Bachelor of Arts in History.

Bryston is a member of the Texas bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits.

Robert Dixon is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups.

He advises private equity and corporate clients on M&A, joint ventures, equity investments and commercial contracts. He has extensive experience in cross-border M&A, with a particular emphasis on TMT transactions.

Client commentary in Legal 500 describes him as “exceptional…completely committed, always responsive, solution-orientated…” and notes in particular that he “brings legal firepower combined with commercial sensibilities”.

His recent experience includes advising:

  • RedBird IMI on the sale of its interests in Telegraph Media Group to Axel Springer
  • RedBird IMI on the sale of its interests in The Spectator magazine to OQS Media
  • Wrexham A.F.C. and its owners on the investment in the club by Apollo Sports Capital
  • Otro Capital on its investment in Two Circles, the global sports and entertainment marketing business
  • Driven Brands on the sale of IMO, the international car wash business, to Franchise Equity Partners
  • KKR on the acquisition of a 30% equity stake in the fibre unit of Telenor ASA, a telecommunications operator in Norway
  • Helios Towers plc on its acquisitions of telecom tower portfolios and on related master services, build-to-suit and equity investment agreements
  • KKR on the sale of European Locomotive Leasing, a leading pan-European provider of electric locomotive leasing solutions, to AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets and Crédit Agricole Assurances.