Noah Delwiche is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. Noah’s practice focuses on administrative law and regulatory practice, appellate and constitutional law, and labor and employment. Representative matters include successfully defending a federal domestic shipping law against a novel constitutional challenge, achieving a trial victory in a deceptive and unfair trade practices lawsuit, and helping clients navigate the changing legal landscape of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-related programs.

Noah graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as a Notes Editor for the Harvard Law Review. He graduated cum laude in field with high honors in Philosophy and a citation in Latin from Harvard College, where he received the Thomas T. Hoopes prize for his senior thesis.

Noah is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

Andrew V. Kuntz is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Litigation, Class Actions, Securities Litigation Practice, and Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation Groups.

Andrew maintains a diverse civil litigation practice, representing clients in complex commercial and securities litigation, as well as private and regulatory consumer protection matters. He has experience in every phase of a dispute, from initial investigation through trial and appeal, in federal and state courts across the country. Andrew’s experience includes representing leading and emerging technology, energy, healthcare, and pharmaceutical companies. 

Select Representative Matters:

  • Represented Meta in a series of putative class actions, government enforcement actions, and shareholder derivative litigation relating to data privacy issues arising out of the Cambridge Analytica events.
  • Represented Prosus N.V.’s edtech investment subsidiary in obtaining a rare pleading-stage dismissal of entire fairness claims filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery regarding Skillsoft Corp.’s allegedly conflicted acquisition of Codecademy.
  • Achieved a favorable settlement for Esperion Therapeutics, successfully resolving a pharmaceutical licensing dispute in the Southern District of New York.

Andrew served as a law clerk to the Honorable Victor Marrero of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Andrew graduated as a James Kent Scholar from Columbia Law School, where he served as Executive Production Editor on the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and a Teaching Assistant to the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff. 

Prior to law school, Andrew served as an AmeriCorps Legal Assistant at a non-profit legal service provider in Rochester, New York. Andrew graduated from the State University of New York at Geneseo with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations.

Andrew is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Judd Littleton is a versatile, creative appellate lawyer with considerable experience representing clients in their most consequential cases at every level of the judiciary, from developing and implementing legal strategy in the district court through appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state appellate courts nationwide. He has built a remarkable record of successful challenges to federal agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act, and excels at handling complex, bet-the-company matters in the areas of appellate litigation, administrative law, and regulatory enforcement. Judd also regularly advises clients on strategic legal issues that precede litigation, including issues related to new laws and regulations and government investigations.

Judd obtained substantial government experience before going into private practice. After serving as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, where he worked on numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals, Judd litigated cases involving a range of high-profile constitutional and statutory challenges to federal government actions in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. For his work in that role, he received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, the Department’s second-highest award for employee performance. Judd clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Judd is a member of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court and the Supreme Court Historical Society. He has been recognized multiple times by Lawdragon as a “Leading Litigator in America” in Appellate and Supreme Court practice and was named a National Law Journal “D.C. Rising Star” in 2019. A frequent speaker on Supreme Court and appellate advocacy, he has also served on Law360’s Appellate Editorial Advisory Board since 2023.

Select Representations*

  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, Texas Association of Business, and Longview Chamber of Commerce in their challenge to the FTC’s rule banning noncompete agreements, securing the first nationwide decision declaring the rule unlawful.
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Investment Council, Business Roundtable, and Longview Chamber of Commerce in their challenge to the FTC’s rule dramatically expanding the documentary requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification form, persuading a court to vacate the new rule.
  • Bayer AG in persuading the en banc Delaware Supreme Court to affirm the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Merck & Co. alleging M&A-related contract claims related to substantial liability for consumer talc product claims.
  • Danske Bank and Standard Chartered Bank in persuading the Second Circuit to reject any liability for allegedly aiding and abetting terrorist organizations, the first major appellate decision on antiterrorism statutes to apply the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Twitter v. Taamneh. Judd was named a runner-up “Litigator of the Week” by The Am Law Litigation Daily for this win.
  • National Association of Private Fund Managers, Managed Funds Association, and Alternative Investment Management Association in obtaining a precedent-setting win from a unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which remanded two SEC rules related to short-selling due to the agency’s failure to consider the economic impact of adopting both rules at once. Judd was named a Law360 “Legal Lion” and runner-up Litigation Daily “Litigator of the Week” for this win.
  • CPI Security in a successful appeal before the Fourth Circuit defending a $180 million jury award in a dispute with competitor Vivint Smart Home Security. Judd was named a runner-up “Litigator of the Week” by The Am Law Litigation Daily for this win.
  • Blockchain Association and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas in obtaining a judgment vacating an SEC rule that sought to substantially expand the definition of who must register as a “dealer” under the Securities Exchange Act. Judd was named runner-up “Litigator of the Week” by The Am Law Litigation Daily for this result.
  • Bank Policy Institute, Kentucky Bankers Association, and Forcht Bank in securing a preliminary injunction and stay of compliance deadlines of the CFPB’s open-banking rule.
  • Boeing and certain of its current and former officers in a securities fraud class action in the Eastern District of Virginia and on interlocutory appeal to the Fourth Circuit under Rule 23(f).
  • Ericsson in an Anti-Terrorism Act litigation concerning allegations of improper payments made in Iraq and other countries.
  • Volkswagen and Audi in an affirmative countersuit against the State of Texas alleging the state failed to comply with mandatory rule review procedures under the Texas Administrative Procedure Act for the rule it sought to enforce against our clients.
  • BP p.l.c., in numerous Fifth Circuit appeals stemming from the Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Settlement.
  • Fiserv and First Data Merchant Services in an agreed resolution with the Federal Trade Commission in connection with allegations regarding insufficient controls and transaction monitoring of a wholesale independent sales organization (ISO) and its downstream merchants and affiliates.
  • Former president of a major U.S. university, in convincing a state appellate court to reverse the trial court and dismiss criminal charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy based on violations of attorney-client privilege by his counsel in connection with the grand jury investigation.
  • HSBC Holdings plc, in the successful resolution with the DOJ related to OFAC sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance.
  • HSBC Holdings plc, in negotiating the settlement of a shareholder derivative lawsuit arising out of HSBC’s 2012 resolutions with the DOJ and other agencies.
  • ING Group, in obtaining dismissal and affirmance on appeal of a $4.9 billion federal RICO and fraudulent conveyance claim filed in the Southern District of New York.
  • JPMorgan Chase, in securities fraud, shareholder derivative, and ERISA litigation in trial and appellate courts arising out of the bank’s 2012 so-called “London Whale” trading losses.
  • MUFG Bank, Ltd., in successfully quashing a post-judgment citation and subpoenas that sought to require MUFG to search for and freeze any Iranian assets held by any of its hundreds of branches in more than 40 countries around the world, including an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
  • Volkswagen and Audi, in numerous consumer and environmental enforcement actions brought by state attorneys general and counties in connection with emissions “defeat devices” in diesel vehicles. Obtained full or partial dismissal of claims in numerous cases at the appellate and trial court levels.
  • Volkswagen, in securing a denial of class certification and full summary judgment against a putative nationwide class action alleging the unlawful sale of “pre-production” and other vehicles used internally by the company before being sold as certified pre-owned to consumers.

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Yaira Dubin leads Gibson Dunn’s New York appellate practice. She previously served for nearly four years as an Assistant to the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice before returning to private practice.

Yaira has argued six cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and briefed more than 100 others across a wide range of subject areas, including copyright, bankruptcy, tax, labor and employment, federal contracting, the First Amendment, and jurisdiction. Clients rely on Yaira to handle complex, high-stakes legal matters and to advise on emerging regulatory and statutory developments, including in artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency. She frequently partners with clients well before cases reach the appellate stage, shaping legal strategy and framing persuasive narratives early in litigation to position matters for success on appeal.

Yaira clerked for Justice Elena Kagan of the U.S. Supreme Court, now-Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and now-Chief Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She has also co-taught the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law School and a Supreme Court seminar at New York University School of Law.

Amith Yedugondla Damerla is an associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisition and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Amith’s practice focuses on advising private equity sponsors and other financial investors on a variety of transactions, including cross-border M&A, bolt-ons, carve outs and minority investments as well as a broad range of equity matters during the life cycle of private equity assets.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Amith worked in the London office of another large international firm.

 

Amith’s experience includes: *

 

  • Inflexion on the transfer of CNX Therapeutics to Inflexion’s new £2.3bn continuation fund, and the implementation of new equity arrangements between the continuation fund and existing CNX management.
  • Apax Partners on the acquisition of Veriforce, a leading supply chain risk management solutions provider, and its integration with Alcumus, a risk management and compliance solutions provided owned by Apax.
  • Ardian on its £2bn sale of Audiotonix to PAI Partners
  • Apax Partners on its acquisition of WGSN Limited, a leading global consumer trend forecaster, from Ascential for a total enterprise value of up to £700 million.
  • Exponent Private Equity on the sale of the Enva group, a leading provider of recycling and resource recovery solutions, to I Squared Capital.
  • Alcumus (a portfolio company of Apax Partners) on the sale of its software division to EcoOnline.
  • Apax Partners on the acquisition of Alcumus, a leader in technology-led risk management and compliance solutions.

 

* Some of these representations occurred prior to Amith’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Savannah S. Hundt is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Groups.

Savannah focuses her practice at both the appellate and trial level on the strategy, briefing, and argument of complex legal issues in a variety of subject-matter areas, including constitutional law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and contract disputes. Savannah maintains an active pro bono practice, partnering with local organizations to secure peace in Dallas neighborhoods and representing individuals fighting for religious liberty. She is involved in the Federalist Society’s Dallas chapter.

Recent Representative Matters:

  • Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to reverse an order holding the head of a major state agency in contempt and imposing $100,000 in daily fines and to reassign the case in long-running institutional-reform litigation; team received shout-out from AmLaw Litigation Daily’s Litigator of the Week.  M.D. ex rel. Stukenberg v. Abbott, No. 24-40248 (5th Cir.).
  • Won unanimous affirmance of summary judgment for AT&T from the Second Circuit in appeal involving complex claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Grosso v. AT&T Pension Benefit Plan, No. 22-1701 (2d Cir.).
  • Representing AT&T in a class action asserting novel claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Scott v. AT&T, 3:20-cv-7094 (N.D. Cal.).
  • Served as the lead associate drafting briefs on behalf of the University of Southern California against a high-profile class action, resulting in a favorable classwide settlement. Munro v. USC, No. 2:16-cv-6191 (C.D. Cal.).
  • Presented argument on behalf of surrounding neighbors in appeal involving a landlord’s eviction of a tenant who was creating nuisances and threatening safety of the neighborhood. McClendon v. Brown, 24-04294 (Dallas County).

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Savannah served as a law clerk for Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and for Judge Brantley Starr of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Savannah graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 2020. She received a Bachelor of Science summa cum laude from Auburn University, where she majored in Quantitative Economics.

Savannah is a member of the Texas bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Fifth Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.

Ting-Wei (Alex) Chiang is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, where his practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, international trade, antitrust, and white collar investigations. Alex has litigated matters involving a broad range of technologies, including artificial intelligence infrastructure, semiconductor equipment, optical lenses, automobiles, and financial services. He also maintains an active pro bono practice representing nonprofit organizations in intellectual property matters.

During law school, Alex served as a judicial intern to Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and as a law fellow at the New York State Offices of the Inspector General. Prior to law school, he worked as a legal affairs officer in the World Trade Organization’s Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division. Alex also practiced law in the Taipei office of a major U.S. law firm, where he leveraged his electrical engineering background to represent clients in patent and trade secret litigation.

Alex earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New York University School of Law in 2025, where he served as a Managing Editor of the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law. He received his Master of Laws degree from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in 2018 and his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 2014, where he was a member of the Network and Multimedia Lab and the Biomedical Engineering Lab.

Alex has published articles in the Georgetown Journal of International Law and the Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal on issues relating to World Trade Organization law and international arbitration. He was named a Google Policy Fellow for his research on digital trade at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Support Unit.

Alex is a native Mandarin speaker and is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia.

Nika Pakravan is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Nika received her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2025, where she graduated summa cum laude. While in law school, she served as a Research Editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, was a Sayre MacNeil Scholar, a member of the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society, and elected to the Order of the Coif. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Accounting.

Nika is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Taylor Hopkins is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. 

Taylor received her Juris Doctor from the University of California – Los Angeles in 2025. While at UCLA, she was a Howard and Irene Distinguished Fellow at the Ziman Center. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of California – Santa Barbara in 2019.

Taylor is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Robert Batista is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn.  He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, and is a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Groups.  Robert’s practice includes appellate and trial litigation involving managed-care issues and challenges to federal and state agency actions.  He also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Representative matters include:

  • Jordan v. Rubio, 795 F. Supp. 3d 46 (D.D.C. 2025):  Appointed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to serve as pro bono counsel in a case involving a claim under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act challenging the State Department’s denial of a passport application.  Presented oral argument and won an order directing the Department to issue the passport.
  • Lakeview Pharmacy of Racine, Inc. v. Catamaran Corp., 2026 WL 661902 (3d Cir.):  Lead author of successful Third Circuit appeal on behalf of pharmacy benefits manager, winning affirmance of summary judgment order dismissing all of plaintiff’s claims.
  • 35 State Street Hotel Partners, LLC v. Loeffler, 2025 WL 870535 (D.D.C.):  Led successful challenge to the Small Business Administration’s denial of loan forgiveness for a loan issued under the Paycheck Protection Program.
  • Bristol SL Holdings, Inc. v. Cigna Health & Life Ins. Co., 103 F.4th 597 (9th Cir. 2024):  Lead author of amicus brief on behalf of trade associations in ERISA preemption appeal.  The court’s reasoning drew heavily from the analysis in the amicus brief.
  • Wit v. United Behavioral Health, 79 F.4th 1068 (9th Cir. 2023); United Behavioral Health v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 2024 WL 4036574 (9th Cir.):  Played a central briefing role in successful Ninth Circuit appeal and subsequent mandamus petition on behalf of claims administrator of ERISA-governed health benefit plans.  Client obtained reversal of a class action judgment that would have required it to reprocess nearly 67,000 coverage decisions, and then a mandamus order barring plaintiffs from trying to re-certify the class.
  • Good Samaritan Medical Center, Inc. v. The Leapfrog Group, No. 25-cv-80526 (S.D. Fla.):  Played a central briefing role in bench-trial victory for five hospitals claiming that an organization’s hospital rating system violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.  Team was recognized as The AmLaw Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week.”
  • National Association of Private Fund Managers v. SEC, 103 F.4th 1097 (5th Cir. 2024):  Played a key role in briefing a successful Fifth Circuit petition for review resulting in vacatur of the SEC’s Private Fund Advisers Rule, which would have fundamentally reshaped the relationship between private funds and their advisers.  Team was named Law360 Legal Lions of the Week and runner-up for The AmLaw Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week.”
  • Riley v. Bondi, 606 U.S. 259 (2025):  Played a key role in briefing an immigration case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court appointed a colleague to defend the judgment of the court of appeals.  The Court adopted the team’s position on an important question regarding the timing of judicial review in the context of expedited removal orders.
  • Owens v. Taliban, No. 22-cv-01949 (S.D.N.Y.):  Helped secure $5 billion judgment against the Taliban for victims of the 1998 U.S. embassy terrorist bombings.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Robert served as a law clerk to Judge Steven M. Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and Judge Trevor N. McFadden on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Robert graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was the Supervising Chair of the Harvard Law Review.  He graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

Robert is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia.

Claire Carter is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn, where she practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Claire earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where she served as Managing Editor for the Harvard National Security Journal, President of the National Security & Law Association, and Training Co-Director for the Harvard Mediation Program. While in law school, Claire interned for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and participated in the Harvard Education Law Clinic. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Sociology from Point Loma Nazarene University.

Claire is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Karsyn Archambeau is a litigation associate in Gibson Dunn’s New York office. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. In addition to general litigation, Karsyn’s practice includes white collar defense and investigations and labor and employment matters. Representative matters include successfully compelling arbitration in a labor and employment dispute, achieving a favorable judgment in a deceptive acts and practices lawsuit, and representing a client in a cutting-edge forfeiture action involving cryptocurrency.  

Karsyn earned her Juris Doctor in 2024 from Columbia Law School. While at Columbia, she worked as an extern for the New York Attorney General’s Office. Additionally, Karsyn was a member of the Gender and Sexuality Moot Court and a member of the Black Law Students Association. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia – Terry College of Business with a B.B.A. in Management.

She is a member of the New York State bar.

Kevin Reilly is a member of several of Gibson Dunn’s practice groups including Litigation, Securities Litigation, Media, Entertainment and Technology, Transnational Litigation, and White Collar Defense and Investigations.

Complex Business Litigation: Kevin has contributed to briefing and strategy for litigation matters for public and private companies in deal litigation, employee disputes, contract disputes, bankruptcy-related litigation, and securities class actions. 

Securities Litigation:  Kevin has litigated U.S. securities law for individuals.  He has contributed to successful dismissal of securities class action complaints and prepared work product and presentations related to SEC and FINRA investigations.

Trials and Discovery: Kevin has taken second-chair roles in a wide variety of civil disputes including in federal court trial, a billion dollar arbitration dispute, and in dozens of depositions. 

Pro Bono: Kevin has contributed to pro bono matters involving immigration law and police violence.

Representative Matters

  • Represents the former CFO of Silicon Valley Bank in a securities class action.
  • Represented Good Samaritan in a Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act action against The Leapfrog Group in the Southern District of Florida.

He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Dharak Bhavsar* is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Denver office and a member of the firm’s International Trade Practice Group.

Dharak advises clients across a diverse range of industrial sectors and geographies on international trade matters. Specifically, he advises clients on the full spectrum of matters relating to U.S. export controls, CFIUS, economic sanctions, outbound investment regulations, and other U.S. legislation implicating similar considerations.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Dharak practiced international trade and mergers and acquisitions with two leading international law firms in New York, Washington D.C. and Hong Kong.

He graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 2016.

* Admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and State of New York only. Practicing in Colorado pursuant to Rule 205.6 under the supervision of a Colorado-licensed attorney.
 

Tom Brower is a partner in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Finance, Private Equity, Aerospace and Defense and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice Groups.

Tom’s practice focuses on advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, corporate borrowers, investment and commercial banks and other financial institutions in a variety of domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions, including leveraged acquisitions and recapitalizations, recurring revenue facilities, sustainability-linked credit facilities, asset-based financings and working capital facilities.

Representative Clients and Transactions

Private Equity Representations

  • Arlington Capital Partners: Financings for its portfolio company Tyto Athene in connection with its acquisitions of AT&T Government Solutions, Qbase, Key Solutions and stackArmor
  • ATL Partners: Financings in connection with its acquisition of Aero Accessories & Repair and its subsequent acquisitions of AOG Technologies, Aero Instruments & Avionics, AirGroup America, Approved Air Parts, New Generation Aerospace and Tri-County Aerospace
  • Aurora Capital Partners:
    • Financings in connection with its acquisition of Inhance Technologies and its subsequent acquisition of Advance Research Chemicals
    • Financings in connection with its acquisition of Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services and its subsequent acquisitions of Sharps Compliance, Go Green Solutions and Oncore Healthcare Solutions
    • Financings in connection with its acquisition of Universal Pure and subsequent acquisition of the high-pressure processing assets of Dora’s Naturals
    • Financings in connection with its acquisition of Impact Environmental Group and its subsequent acquisitions of UK Container Maintenance, Tarp Depot, Capital Compactors, Maxbox and CRD Graphics
    • Financings in connection with its acquisition of Lubrication Engineers and subsequent acquisitions of the industrial brands and products of Royal Purple, RSC Bio and Southwestern Petroleum Lubricants
    • Financing for its portfolio company Spray-Tek
    • Financing for its portfolio company Strategic Retail Partners
    • Financings for its portfolio company Ironsite (formerly known as Automated Gate Services) and its subsequent acquisition of Sloan Security Group
    • Financings for its portfolio company Grace Hill and its subsequent acquisitions of The Shadow Agency, Realync and Hello Data
    • Financing in connection with its acquisition of First Legal
    • Financings in connection with its acquisition of GenServe and subsequent acquisitions of Odyssey Power and Power and Energy Services
    • Financing in connection with its acquisition of Anova
  • Cortina Partners
    • Financing in connection with its acquisition of Idaho Helicopters
    • Financing for its portfolio company Standard Fiber
  • Evergreen Coast Capital:
    • Financing in connection with its take private acquisition of Gigamon and subsequent refinancing
    • Financing for its former portfolio company ASG Technologies
  • L Catterton:
    • Financing in connection with its take private acquisition of Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group (and subsequent spin-off of the Double Eagle Steakhouse and Del Frisco’s Grille businesses to Landry’s)
    • Financings for its portfolio company bartaco
    • Financings for its portfolio companies Barcelona Wine Bar and Corsica Wine Bar
  • Liberty Hall Capital Partners:
    • Financing in connection with its acquisition of Paxia
    • Financing for its portfolio company Dunlop Aircraft Tyres
    • Financing for its portfolio company Accurus Aerospace in connection with its acquisition of Ferra Engineering
  • OceanSound Partners:
    • Financings in connection with its acquisition of Digital Management, subsequent acquisitions of Aurotech and Ambit Group and spin-off of its private sector business segment to Encora
    • Financings for its portfolio company SMX and subsequent acquisitions of Creaol Consulting, Outside Analytics and cBEYONData
    • Financing in connection with its acquisition of Antenna Research Associates
  • Rhône Group: Financing in connection with its acquisition of Copperweld
  • Serent Capital: Financing in connection with its acquisition of ManageAmerica
  • Sumeru Equity Partners: Financings for its portfolio company GoGuardian in connection with its acquisitions of Edulastic and TutorMe
  • Tower Arch Capital:
    • Financing in connection with its acquisition of Documotion Research
    • Financings for its portfolio company Lifeport
    • Financing for its portfolio company Creedence Energy Services
    • Financings in connection with its acquisition of Intelligent Technical Solutions and subsequent acquisition of Digital Seattle
  • TPG: Financing for its former portfolio company DreamBox Learning in connection with its acquisition of Reading Plus
  • Veritas Capital:
    • Financing in connection with its acquisition of Frontgrade Technologies (formerly known as CAES Space Systems) and subsequent acquisitions of Aethercomm, IDSI and Tricom Research
    • Financing for its portfolio company Finalsite

Public Company Representations

  • Academy Sports + Outdoors (NASDAQ: ASO): $1 billion ABL facility
  • CACI International (NYSE: CACI):
    • $3.25 billion term loan and revolving credit facilities
    • $800 million term loan and $500 million senior unsecured bonds to finance the acquisition of ARKA Group
    • $1 billion senior unsecured bonds
    • $750 million term loan to finance the acquisition of Azure Summit Technology
    • $350 million accounts receivable factoring program
  • Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ: CCSI): $225 million delayed-draw term loan and revolving credit facilities
  • Enact Holdings (NASDAQ: ACT):
    • $750 million senior unsecured bonds
    • $435 million revolving credit facility
  • StepStone Group (NASDAQ: STEP): $225 million revolving credit facility in connection with its acquisition of Greenspring Associates
  • Tutor Perini (NYSE: TPC):
    • $600 million term loan and revolving credit facilities
    • $400 million senior unsecured bonds
  • United Therapeutics (NASDAQ: UTHR): $2.5 billion revolving credit facility
  • Welltower (NYSE: WELL):
    • Financing in connection with its acquisition of Quality Care Properties
    • $6.25 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facilities
    • $3.75 billion term loan and revolving credit facilities
    • CAD 2.75 billion delayed-draw term loan facilities
    • $1 billion delayed-draw term loan facility

Arranger/Lender Representations

  • JPMorgan Chase:
    • As lead-left arranger and agent, $3.1 billion term loan and revolving credit facilities in connection with Cohesity’s acquisition of the data privacy business of Veritas Technologies
    • As joint lead arranger, $1.295 billion term loan, delayed-draw term loan and revolving credit facilities in connection with Astrana Health’s (NASDAQ: ASTH) acquisition of Prospect Health System

Publications

  • Author, “Constitutions as Counter-Curses: Revenue Allocation and the Resource Curse,” 24 Journal of Law & Policy 291 (2016)
  • Author, “Reframing Kurtz’s Painting: Colonial Legacies and Minority Rights in Ethnically Divided Societies,” 27 Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law 35 (2016)
  • Author, “The Tide of the Times? A Sectoral Approach to Latin America’s Resistance to the Investor-State Arbitration System,” 56 Virginia Journal of International Law 183 (2016)
  • Author, “Shango Unchained? State (In)Capacity, Urban Bias, and the Power Africa Initiative,” 5 Brazilian Journal of Public Policy, no. 3 (2015)

Speaking Engagements

  • “Financing-Related Provisions in Acquisition Agreements,” BARBRI CLE Webinars (July 29, 2025)
  • “Financing-Related Provisions in Acquisition Agreements,” BARBRI CLE Webinars (March 13, 2024)
  • “Financing-Related Provisions in Acquisition Agreements,” BARBRI CLE Webinars (August 12, 2021)

Tom graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2015, where he was a member of the Submissions Review Board and Managing Board for the Virginia Journal of International Law. While at UVA, he served as a judicial intern in the chambers of The Honorable Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York and as an intern in the Department of Legal Affairs of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (now part of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation). In 2012, Tom received a Master of Arts in Political Science from Indiana University and, in 2008, graduated summa cum laude from Washington & Lee University with degrees in Politics and Economics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Nadin Fallah is an associate in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn, where she practices across the firm’s transactional practice groups.

Nadin earned her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 2025, graduating magna cum laude and as a member of the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Barons. While in law school, she served as the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Editor of the Houston Law Review, worked as a student attorney in the Immigration Clinic, and mentored students as a teaching assistant, legal writing fellow, and research fellow. She received her Bachelor of International Business from the University of St. Thomas in Houston in 2020.

Nadin is admitted to practice in Texas.

Kate Walner is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices with the firm’s Litigation Department.

Kate earned her Juris Doctor in 2025 from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. While in law school, she served as an Articles Editor for the Journal of Constitutional Law, was a Littleton Fellow (teaching Legal Practice Skills), and was a board member for the University of Pennsylvania’s If/When/How Lawyers for Reproductive Justice. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology.

Kate is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Shin Hye (Alicia) Wi is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group.

Alicia received her Juris Doctor and Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation in 2022 from Boston University School of Law, where she was a Notes Editor for the Boston University Law Review and an Edward F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholar.  Alicia received her Bachelor of Science in Economics with First Class Honours from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2013.

Prior to law school, Alicia was a corporate finance associate at a global financial institution in Seoul, South Korea.  Alicia is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Alicia was a tax associate at a global law firm in Boston.

Alicia is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Connell O’Neill is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (NSW) in Hong Kong and a partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He heads Gibson Dunn’s Asia TMT and technology practices, providing strategic counsel across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Leveraging his computer science background, he leads expertise in technology and digital infrastructure M&A, commercial transactions, and regulatory matters, covering towers, data centers, subsea cables, fiber, and satellite, alongside AI, data governance, cybersecurity, fintech, outsourcing, and technology transactions. He acts for major global companies on data-related matters, including product counseling and critical cybersecurity incident management.

Connell advised Miescor Infrastructure Development Corporation (MIDC) on its 2025 merger with PhilTower, forming a leading Philippine digital infrastructure provider. He represented e& on its US$2.2 billion divestment of a 40% stake in Khazna Data Center in 2025, guided PLDT on its 2024 network modernization with Amdocs’ cloud-based OSS platform, and acted for Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation on its multi-lane free flow tolling program contracts with Egis in 2024.

He has been recognized by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, and IFLR1000, and has been named an ALB top 15 TMT Lawyer, an ALB Super 50 TMT Lawyer, an ALB Hong Kong Rising Star, a Euromoney Rising Star (Technology), a Lawdragon 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisor, and a Distinguished Advisor for Cybersecurity & Data Privacy by Financier Magazine. His team has been recognized as The Tech Capital’s Digital Infrastructure Advisory Team of the Year. Clients note in Chambers Greater China that he is “an outstanding lawyer and we always know that we will get the best result when we brief him on our matters,” and praise his team as “a strong group of lawyers, both at partner and associate levels – a world-class team.” Legal 500 Asia Pacific highlights his team’s “unique deep understanding and knowledge on acquisition, implementation, maintenance and managed services for technology.”

Connell holds IT and law degrees from the Australian National University. He is admitted in Australia by the Law Societies of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Chantal Wheatley is an associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.

Chantal has extensive experience advising on complex competition matters, including multi‑jurisdictional merger control and FDI filings, engagement with the CMA and European Commission, and coordinating global counsel on high‑stakes transactions. Her practice spans the full range of competition work, from submissions and information requests to investigations, litigation, settlements, and remedies.

Chantal earned her LL.B. and LL.M. from the University of Leeds and completed the Bar Professional Training Course and LPC at BPP University. She is admitted to practice in England and Wales.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Chantal was an associate at another international law firm in London.