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Rob Carr serves as co-partner in charge of the London office at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate and Finance Practice Groups.

Rob advises lenders and borrowers across the market on real estate backed financing transactions in the UK and continental Europe acting for investment banks, private equity funds and other alternative lenders and has particular expertise in representing private equity and other top tier sponsors on their borrowing transactions. He has advised on a wide variety of real estate financings spanning the last decade including loan originations, debt trades and restructurings.

Rob is ranked by The Legal 500 UK 2026 as a “Leading Individual” for Real Estate Property Finance. He is also ranked by Chambers UK 2026 for Real Estate Finance. He was also named in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2024 list, which recognizes “the UK’s most adventurous, most innovative and most dynamic lawyers.” He was also recognized in Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers” in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Will Summers is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Private Equity Practice Group.

Will’s practice focuses on advising financial sponsors on complex cross-border transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, capital investments and restructurings.

Will is ranked by the Chambers UK 2026 guide for Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above; and is described as a “generational talent” in The Legal 500 UK 2026 for Private Equity: Transactions – High-Value Deals (£500m+), where he is also recognised.

Will received a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in Law with Another Legal System (Hong Kong) from UCL in 2011 and completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in 2012. He is admitted to practice in England and Wales.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Will was a partner in the private equity practice group of another major international law firm, where he completed secondments to the firm’s Hong Kong office and to Oaktree Capital Management.

Will’s experience includes advising: *

RedBird IMI on the €8bn merger of All3 Media with Banijay Entertainment, creating the world’s largest independent content producer and distributor
The Carlyle Group on its acquisitions of intelliflo, Meopta, Incubeta, Tescan, LiveU, 1E, disguise and Phrase; and its investment in Unifrutti Group
Eurazeo on its acquisition of Mapal; and its £1.75bn acquisition of BMS
Oaktree Capital Management on its acquisitions of LED Group, OEG Group and atomos; its $1.1bn disposal of OEG Group; and its disposals of OSMT, Avenga, MWH Treatment, Kadans Science Partner, Groupe Kley and Zodiac Milpro
Oaktree Capital Management on its establishment of a dedicated life sciences fund; and its subsequent acquisitions of 17 Colombus Courtyard and HTCE
A global financial sponsor on its £1.2bn disposal of a UK healthcare business
Anchorage Capital Group on its €600m disposal of Ideal Standard; its £500m disposal of phs Group; and its disposal of LS Retail
Goldman Sachs on its disposal of Trackunit; and its investment in Twiga Foods
MidEuropa on its €1.8bn disposal of Profi
Graanul Invest on its sale to funds managed by the affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Hg on its acquisition of Raet
Avast (following an investment by CVC), on its £2.4bn IPO and admission to the Premium Listing Segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
An ad hoc group of lenders on the €1.9bn leveraged buyout debt restructuring of a global communications supplier
Noble Group on its $3.5bn debt-for-equity restructuring

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

Emma Mintern 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.

Emma advises on private M&A and cross‑border transactions across a broad range of industries. Her experience includes advising corporates, private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on strategic M&A, private equity investments, corporate restructurings, and general corporate advisory matters.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Emma worked in the Dublin and London offices of Ireland’s leading corporate law firm. She is dual-qualified in Ireland and in England & Wales.

Michael Corcoran is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department where he is a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Groups.

Michael represents clients in high-stakes matters at all levels of the judiciary, with a particular emphasis on appeals and administrative law issues. He has been recognized by AmLaw Litigation Daily as a “Litigator of the Week” for his nationally recognized defeat of the FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” rule, in which Michael represented seven different trade associations and a small business in convincing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to vacate the rule. Michael has also been recognized as a Litigator of the Week “Runner-Up” for securing an unprecedented writ of mandamus from the Fifth Circuit against the FTC for violating the federal lottery statute that governs many challenges to agency actions. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Michael served as a law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Stephanos Bibas on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and Judge Jerry E. Smith on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Michael also practiced as a litigation associate at another national law firm, where he litigated appeals and complex commercial disputes.

Representative litigation matters include:

Representing Delta Airlines in obtaining a stay from the Eleventh Circuit of a Department of Transportation order terminating approval of a joint venture between Delta and Aeromexico, and ongoing litigation against the Department regarding that order.
Represented a major energy company in successfully resolving a substantial antitrust lawsuit in Louisiana state courts.
Represented a major Digital Asset Treasury company in successfully persuading a prominent index provider against de-listing DATs from its indices.
Representing the Central American Bank for Economic Integration before the D.C. Circuit in litigation concerning RICO claims against its former Executive President.
Representing Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., in defending against a proposed nationwide class action seeking antitrust damages before the Third Circuit.
Representing a major financial services company defending against multiple lawsuits that concern the intersection between state and federal regulation of event contracts traded on commodities markets.
Successfully persuaded the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to hold that a significant amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution was unconstitutionally enacted, with the Court determining that the amendment itself was void.*

Michael also maintains a robust pro bono practice, focusing on religious liberty, administrative law, and criminal procedure issues. Among other things, Michael has represented a prison inmate before the Third Circuit and filed amicus briefs* on behalf of multiple members of Congress, religious liberty professors, and litigation advocacy organizations in a wide variety of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal courts of appeals, and state supreme courts.

Michael graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2017, where he was a member of Order of the Coif and received the Roger and Madeleine Traynor Prize for the best written work by a graduating student. While there, he also served as an Articles Editor for the Virginia Law Review. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Villanova University in 2014.

He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple other federal courts.

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Kevin S. Masuda is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn and is Co-Chair of the firm’s Media, Entertainment and Technology and Betting and Gaming Practice Groups. He regularly represents content companies including motion picture studios and music companies, technology companies, gaming companies, private equity funds, sports and talent agencies, and other clients in various types of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, restructurings, equity capital raises, licensing agreements, sponsorships, and other strategic agreements.

Kevin is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, and Sports Law Practice Groups.

Representative transactions* include representations of: SpringHill Entertainment in significant capital raises and merger with Fulwell Entertainment; the National Football League (NFL) in its strategic partnership with Skydance Media for the formation and operation of Skydance Sports; Block, Inc. in its acquisition of a majority stake in TIDAL; the artist Drake in the sale of his music catalog to the Universal Music Group; SC Holdings in its acquisition of the iconic Santa Pier and its related businesses; the independent directors of DreamWorks Animation in the sale of DreamWorks Animation to NBCUniversal for $3.8 billion; Beats Electronics and Beats Music in various equity and debt financings and the companies’ $3 billion sale to Apple; Hackman Capital Partners in the acquisition of CBS Television City and certain studio operations for $750 million; Lobos 1707, a tequila company backed by LeBron James, in its strategic partnership with Diageo; Tornante in the sale of the Topps Company businesses; Klutch Sports Group in sale to United Talent Agency; MGM Resorts International in the acquisition of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City and in a strategic joint venture with GVC Holdings for sports betting and online gaming; Major League Pickleball in its merger with the Professional Pickleball Association; Ladder, a nutritional supplement company founded by LeBron James and Arnold Schwarzenegger, in its formation and sale to Openfit; Eros Innovations in its joint venture with Mike Tyson and the formation of the Legends Only League; LeBron James in various investment and endorsement deals, including with Canyon Bikes and Crypto.com; Serena Williams in her investment in, and partnership with, the WNBA Toronto Tempo team; Talento Uno Music in a sale to Saban Music Group; Eros International in its merger with STX Entertainment; 88Rising in capital raises and related strategic matters; Deluxe Entertainment Services Group and its parent, MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated, in various acquisition transactions of post-production companies and services agreements; Wasserman Media Group in the rollup of various sports agencies (10+); Independent Sports & Entertainment in equity investments and debt transactions; Hugh M. Hefner and his trust in the sale of the Playboy Mansion and to the sale of his interest in Playboy Enterprises; NTWRK,, a content company focused on e-commerce sales and hosted by celebrities, in its formation, capital raises, and acquisition of Complex Networks; Cannery Casino Resorts, the Ruffin Companies, Fertitta Gaming, the Nine Group, and private equity funds in acquisitions, investments, restructurings, and other strategic transactions in the gaming industry; United Talent Agency, ICM Partners, and Paradigm Talent Agency in restructurings, employment agreements, and general corporate matters; Nederlander Concerts, a leading concert promoter, in various strategic venue transactions; The Yucaipa Companies in various PIPE transactions, private investments in media and entertainment companies, and restructuring transactions; Universal Music Group and Universal Music Publishing Group in various strategic transactions, including the acquisition/formation of music labels and music management companies (20+), venture capital/strategic investments, and various acquisitions and dispositions of business lines and assets; investors in purchasing interests in major sports franchises (Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Boston Red Sox, Washington Commanders, and Minnesota Timberwolves); and the San Diego Chargers in the team’s Los Angeles relocation.

Kevin was recently ranked by Chambers USA as a leading corporate M&A practitioner, as well as a leading transactional Media and Entertainment practitioner and described as “extremely knowledgeable, exceptionally responsive and an excellent strategic thinker.” Kevin was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2024 and prior editions of The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Corporate Law. He was also recognized in Variety’s Legal Impact Report in 2026 and prior years, and has been regularly included in the Dealmakers Impact Reports as one of the top attorneys in entertainment and media. In 2019 and prior years, the Los Angeles Business Journal named him among its Most Influential Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles, featuring 62 “stellar minority attorneys in the LA region.” In addition, the Los Angeles Business Journal named him to its 2022 Top 100 Lawyers in Los Angeles list. Kevin was also listed in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 and prior Power Lawyers List, which features 100 of the most influential entertainment attorneys in the industry, and was featured in Law360′s Dealmakers Q&A. In 2026, Kevin was named among the 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers by Lawdragon.

Kevin serves on the Board of Advisors for the Ziffren Center for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports at UCLA School of Law and on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Children’s Rights. He also served as president for five years of the Society to Aid the Retarded Inc., a non-profit corporation that provides housing and other services to mentally challenged adults and is an adjunct professor of law at Loyola Law School, where he teaches mergers and acquisitions.

Kevin received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1992 from Harvard Law School. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in 1988 from the University of California at Berkeley.

*Includes representations prior to Kevin’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Sarah Graham is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn, where she practices in the firm’s Transactional Department. She regularly represents private equity funds, strategic and financial investors, media and entertainment companies, technology companies, gaming companies, and other clients in various types of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments and restructurings. Sarah is a member of the following Gibson Dunn practice groups: Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Media, Entertainment and Technology, Betting and Gaming, and Sports Law.

Sarah received her law degree from Columbia Law School, where she served as Notes Editor of the Columbia Law Review and was named a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Sarah was named among the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America by Lawdragon in each of 2024 and 2025, and among the 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers by Lawdragon in 2025 and 2026. She was also recognized by Variety on their Legal Impact Report in 2025 and 2026 and on their list of the top dealmakers in Hollywood in each of 2023 and 2024. She has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as One to Watch in Entertainment and Sports Law. In addition, she was recognized for her Mergers and Acquisitions work, particularly in the Media and Gaming industries, in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation list, a guide highlighting attorneys “who will define where the legal profession of our country goes” and whose “leadership will be called upon by businesses and individuals when they face their crossroads. She has also been named a Southern California Rising Star in mergers and acquisitions by Super Lawyers magazine. In 2025, Sarah was named an Entertainment Business Visionary by LA Times Studios.

Representative Transactions:

Platinum Equity Advisors in various transactions, including its $5.25 billion acquisition of Solenis and the combination of Solenis and Sigura Water valued at approximately $6.5 billion, its acquisition of PLI Holdings, Inc. and its acquisition of the water care business of Lonza AG.
Contango Oil & Gas Company in its all-stock merger with KKR & Co’s Independence Energy, valued at $5.7 billion.
The National Football League in its joint venture with Skydance Media to form Skydance Sports, a premier global multi-sports production studio.
The North Road Company, a global multi-genre film and TV studio founded by Peter Chernin, in its formation, investment transactions, and the acquisition of various production companies and assets, including Words + Pictures and the U.S. assets of Red Arrow Studios.
SpringHill Entertainment, the production company founded by LeBron James, in significant capital raises and its merger with leading UK production company Fulwell 73.
Lobos 1707, the tequila company backed by LeBron James, in its pending joint venture transaction with Diageo Plc.
Iconic Artists Group in connection with a strategic investment by HPS Investment Partners.
NTWRK in its acquisition of Complex Networks and in connection with Universal Music Group’s investment in NTWRK.
Fortress Investment Group in its acquisition of Vice Media, together with Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital.
Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop, founded by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Lovine and Main Street Advisors, in connection with formation and financing matters.
Rich Paul in the sale of interests in Klutch Sports Group to United Talent Agency, and in the negotiation of arrangements for Rich Paul’s role as UTA’s Co-Head of Sports.
Candle Media in the sale of its subsidiaries Exile Music and Exile Podcast to HYBE, to form HYBE’s Latin American music division.
Universal Pictures in various strategic transactions, including its partnership with Will Packer Productions.
Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) in its acquisition of a majority stake in Tidal, the streaming and entertainment platform founded by Jay-Z.
Aubrey Drake Graham (artist Drake) and his affiliated entities in various joint venture and other transactions.
James & Company in its sale to United Talent Agency.
A Saudi Arabian investment fund in an investment in a large, independent film and television production company.
MGM Resorts International in a strategic joint venture with GVC Holdings to form BetMGM, one of the premier platforms in the United States for sports betting and online gaming.
Ladder, LLC, a health and wellness company formed by LeBron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Main Street Advisors, in formation and financing matters.
An internationally recognized artist in the sale of a significant portion of the artist’s publishing catalog, as well as strategic buyers of various music publishing catalogs.
Main Street Advisors in various investments and other transactions.
The Chernin Group in acquisition and investment transactions.
The Tornante Company, the investment firm of Michael Eisner, in various media, entertainment and sports investments and acquisitions, including the acquisition of Portsmouth FC football club.
Beats Electronics and Beats Music in the companies’ $3 billion sale to Apple.
The independent directors of DreamWorks Animation in the company’s acquisition by NBCUniversal for $3.8 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway in various transactions, including its $37.2 billion acquisition of Precision Castparts Corp. and its $28 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Company.

* Includes representations prior to Sarah’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Suzanne Span is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group.

Suzanne’s practice focuses on complex corporate restructurings, including bankruptcy proceedings, distressed debt acquisitions, and bankruptcy-related litigation. She has represented financially distressed companies and lenders, both in out-of-court restructurings and in prepackaged, pre-arranged, and freefall chapter 11 cases. Suzanne has also advised purchasers on acquisitions of assets through bankruptcy sales and out-of-court foreclosure proceedings. Additionally, Suzanne maintains an active pro bono practice, including representations involving immigration appeals, adoptions, and bankruptcy-related advising of government and nonprofit entities.

Suzanne earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2021, where she was a six-time recipient of Harvard Law School’s Dean’s Scholar Prize for top academic performance in subjects ranging from regulation of financial institutions to constitutional law. While attending law school, she was an editor of the Harvard Law & Policy Review and a student lawyer in Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and its International Human Rights Clinic. Following her first year, Suzanne was a law clerk in the Consumer Protection Section of the California Department of Justice. She received her B.S. in Business Administration with high honors from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Suzanne was an associate in the restructuring practice group at another international law firm in Los Angeles. She also completed a fellowship at the Western Center on Law & Poverty, where she assisted with impact litigation relating to public benefits programs.

Suzanne is a member of the bars of the State of California and the District of Columbia, and she is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Representative Clients and Transactions*

An ad hoc group of secured creditors to Endo International plc, a specialty pharmaceutical company with approximately $8 billion in funded debt, in chapter 11 proceedings in which the first lien creditors purchased substantially all of the debtors’ assets pursuant to an innovative plan sale, ending a multiyear effort to resolve opioid liabilities.
An ad hoc group of secured lenders in the $1.6 billion chapter 11 reorganization of ConvergeOne Holdings, Inc.
An insurer in the chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a Catholic diocese facing legacy sexual abuse liabilities.
An ad hoc group of secured lenders in the pre-arranged chapter 11 cases of Cano Health, Inc.
An ad hoc group of lenders in the pre-arranged chapter 11 cases of Thrasio Holdings, Inc.
Ventec Life Systems, a respiratory care device developer and manufacturer in a successful out-of-court merger transaction with an affiliate of React Health (formerly 3B Medical, Inc.).
Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust Inc., a fully integrated financing company focused on the reverse mortgage industry, in its chapter 11 cases.
Modern Land (China) Co., Limited in the restructuring of its $1.3 billion offshore dollar-denominated notes implemented through a scheme of arrangement in the Cayman Islands and parallel recognition proceedings under chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
A fashion industry CEO in his purchase at a bankruptcy auction of a “megamansion” in Los Angeles.

* Includes matters handled prior to Suzanne’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Publications

Author, “Subrogated guarantors should get all the fruits of underlying obligations,” Daily Journal (March 17, 2022)

Gisele Zouein is a corporate Of Counsel in the London office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Infrastructure Practice Groups.

Gisele regularly advises clients on complex cross‑border M&A and private equity transactions, with a particular focus on infrastructure and real assets, technology, and growth investments. Her practice also includes joint ventures, co‑investments, corporate reorganizations, and general corporate matters, and she acts for financial sponsors and strategic investors across the full investment cycle, including minority and growth investments, buyouts and exits. Gisele previously served as General Counsel to a major Middle Eastern conglomerate. She also completed a secondment at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Gisele earned her Ph.D. in Corporate Law from Panthéon‑Assas University (Paris II), where her doctoral thesis received the prestigious Revue des Contrats Prize and was published by LGDJ‑Lextenso in France. Gisele holds an LL.M. from Harvard University, where she was awarded the Victor Brudney Prize for Corporate Governance. She also earned an Executive MBA from the American University of Beirut and a Master of Laws and Bachelor of Laws from Saint‑Joseph University.

Gisele is a member of the New York State Bar and the Beirut Bar. She is fluent in English, French, and Arabic.

Recent Experience Includes advising:

Goldman Sachs on its investment in Urban Campus Group (UCG), a French-headquartered co‑living and co‑working real estate provider and management company.
Goldman Sachs on its investments in tech companies Navina, Armis (and its subsequent sale to ServiceNow), and Neural Concept.

KKR on its investment in Gulf Data Hub, one of the largest independent data center companies in the Middle East, creating a landmark strategic partnership to invest $5 billion in the region.

Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure on its disposal of seven European colocation data centre assets to Apollo.

KKR on the launch of a new power-to-X platform with IGNIS, a leading integrated global renewable group based in Spain, to develop green hydrogen and ammonia projects.
KKR on its investment in Dukes Education, a UK-based premium school operator.
KKR on its investment in Northumbrian Water, a UK water and waste-water services company controlled by CK Group.
KKR and Inovia Capital on their investment in Guesty, a leading property management platform.
A client on their bid to acquire Spanish leading data centre platform, Nabiax from Asterion and Telefonica.
A client on their bid to acquire a co-control stake from Iliad in OpCore, a leading operator of data centres in France and Poland.
John Laing and KKR on John Laing’s agreement to acquire HICL Infrastructure PLC’s interest in four UK public-private partnership projects (the Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital PFI Project, the Queen’s Hospital PFI Project, the South Ayrshire Schools PFI Project and the Priority Schools Building Programme North East Batch) and a 37.5 per cent stake in the Hornsea II offshore transmission assets.
H.I.G. Capital on its carve-out acquisition of Valeo’s thermal commercial vehicles division.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and ADNOC Gas on the IPO of ADNOC Gas on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).
KKR Health Care Growth Fund II on its investment in German biopharmaceutical research and development company Coriolis Pharma.
A client on their bid to acquire a stake in green hydrogen-to-steel pioneer, H2 Green Steel.
KKR-backed Biosynth on its acquisition of VIO Chemicals.
A.P. Moller on its investment in inventory tracking solution provider, Verity AG.
Dawn Biopharma, a KKR healthcare investment platform, on various investments.
Kuwait Investment Authority on various investments.

Grant Glander is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. He represents clients in real estate finance, acquisitions and dispositions, and commercial leasing matters. Grant has negotiated and closed all matters related to financing agreements, commercial leases, and purchase and sale documents. He has a multifaceted practice, with experience working on shopping centers, hospitality, multifamily, and a range of other asset types throughout the United States.

Grant is an alumnus of University of California Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) and University of California, Santa Cruz.

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

Sarabeth Westwood is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Her practice covers a broad range of complex commercial real estate transactions, with deep experience in joint ventures, financings, development, acquisitions and dispositions and leasing. She represents developers, operators, investors, and borrowers in connection with a wide variety of real estate assets, including office, residential, industrial, and mixed-use properties.

She completed a six-month secondment in 2022 with one of the most prominent real estate developers in the United States, known for large-scale, mixed-use urban projects.

Sarabeth received her Juris Doctor, with honors, in 2015 from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was a recipient of the Rex Lee Scholarship. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics, magna cum laude, in 2011 from Davidson College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, received the W. Kendrick Pritchett Award in Classics and was a two-year captain of the Division I volleyball team.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Sarabeth was a real estate associate at Baker Botts LLP in Houston, Texas. She is admitted to practice law in the State of California and the State of Texas.

Joe LoPresti is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. Joe practices in the litigation group, focused on areas including technology, privacy, and securities. He also maintains an active pro bono practice, focused on direct representation of asylum seekers.

Joe began his legal career at Gibson Dunn in 2020. Following his service as a law clerk to the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano of the Eastern District of New York, he returned to Gibson Dunn in 2023.

Joe received his Juris Doctor in 2020 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Law & Politics and Director of Communications of the Lambda Law Alliance. He received his Bachelor of Arts in public policy, cum laude, from Princeton University in 2015.

Joe is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Omar Samji is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Omar advises clients on the acquisition, financing, and development of low- and zero-carbon energy projects, specifically targeting the increased baseload power generation required to meet AI-driven load growth, electrification, and net-zero goals.

Omar represents energy companies and investors in equity and debt investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and project development. His practice covers the spectrum of energy technologies, with a focus on the commercialization of advanced geothermal, long-term energy storage, and Small Modular Reactor nuclear technologies.

Consistently ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA and Chambers Global, Omar is recognized by clients for delivering “fantastic results” and being a “very measured,” “technically polished” lawyer who brings a “high level of legal sophistication” to complex transactions.

Representative Experience*

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Financings

The Energy and Minerals Group (EMG) in its disposition of minority interests in the Rover and ORS systems for $2.25 billion
Goldman Sachs Alternatives in its $440 million preferred equity investment in BrightNight Power
Corporate subsidiary of a publicly-held master limited partnership in its acquisition of $50 million investment tax credits generated by a battery energy storage system in Texas
The Energy and Minerals Group and Vision Blue Resources in their investment in Serra Verde, a Denham Capital portfolio company, that is developing an integrated rare earth element mining and processing operation
NextEra Energy’s decarbonization venture in its acquisition and financing of multiple data centers
ESM Acquisition Company in its $300 million public stock offering to seek to acquire a low-carbon energy business
Hut 8 Corp in its acquisition of Rocky Butte Power from Priority Power Management, LLC
DT Midstream in multiple acquisitions of infrastructure supporting North American energy and industrial markets totaling $5.7 billion in value
WhiteHawk Income Corporation in multiple transactions, including its take-private of PHX Minerals and its IPO filing
Titan Energy in its sale of substantially all its assets through a series of transactions post-chapter 11 restructuring
Phoenix Park Energy Marketing in its acquisition of Twin Eagle’s energy markets trading business
MidAmerican Renewables, LLC in connection with its acquisition of the 550 MW Topaz solar power project
MidAmerican Renewables, LLC in connection with its acquisition of a 49% interest in the 290 MW Agua Caliente solar power project

Joint Ventures and Project Development

Private equity portfolio company in its development of a series of carbon capture facilities for commonly owned ethanol facilities
Ethanol plant owner in its entry into a sequestration agreement for on-site carbon capture facilities
Microgrid operator in its development of a renewable energy powered microgrid for a municipality
SJ Industries in its joint venture with Captona to acquire and operate two fuel cell energy projects
Infrastructure operator in its development of facilities to store carbon dioxide captured from amine treaters
Publicly traded infrastructure operator in negotiations to provide carbon capture and sequestration services to natural gas producers
The Energy & Minerals Group in joint ventures totaling more than $5 billion, including with Energy Transfer Partners, Regency Energy Partners, and Tailwater Capital
StratosFuel in its financing and development of a hydrogen mobility fueling project
Humble Midstream in its joint venture with Enbridge to develop a low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia production and export facility
Integrated Energy Company in its development of a hydrogen and ammonia production and export facility
OGE Energy in its joint venture with CenterPoint and ArcLight to create an $11 billion master limited partnership
Targa Resources Partners in two joint ventures with Sanchez Energy

Omar has served on the advisory boards of the Institute for Energy Law and the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas & Energy Law, and on the Energy editorial board of Law360. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Fay School, a member of the Board of Directors of Performing Arts Houston, and the Immediate Past President of the Texas Association of Mediators.

Omar received his J.D. from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.Com. from McGill University.

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Gregg Costa, a partner in the Houston office, is Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Trials Practice Group and a former federal trial and appellate judge. Gregg focuses on complex civil trials and white collar matters in Texas and across the country. He combines deep subject matter expertise, having written precedential opinions in almost every area of the law, with first-hand understanding of the arguments that convince judges and juries.

Gregg is one of only two Houston attorneys ranked by Chambers USA in both its General Commercial Litigation and White Collar Defense categories. A client told the publication, “I could not imagine going through litigation with anyone else in our corner.” Others described Gregg as an “exceptional lawyer and advocate,” “an excellent trial lawyer who has excellent knowledge of the law,” and an “extraordinary lawyer.” In 2025, Forbes named Gregg one of America’s Top 250 Lawyers. Lawdragon has listed Gregg among its 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 500 Leading Litigators in America, and 500 Leading Global Litigators. The Legal 500 US 2025 guide has recognized Gregg as a “Recommended Lawyer” in Securities Litigation: Defense. Benchmark Litigation has recognized Gregg as a Litigation Star. He is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in Commercial Litigation, Appellate Law, and White Collar Defense. He was named its 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for White Collar Defense in Houston. In the last couple years, AmLaw has recognized Gregg as a “Litigator of the Week” and a Runner-Up for his trial wins.

Since his return to practice, Gregg has won multiple trials and handled matters of national significance covered by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Financial Times, including the following:

A lead trial lawyer for Energy Transfer LP and Dakota Access Pipeline in a historic $667 million verdict in a trespass and defamation case. The jury’s decision marked the largest verdict in North Dakota’s history.
Hired on the eve of damages trial after adverse liability ruling in case chronicled by The Wall Street Journal, Gregg defended wind farm operator in suit brought in Oklahoma federal court by federal government and Osage Nation. At the damages trial, Gregg led the team that convinced the court to strike plaintiffs’ main damages expert as unreliable and award less than 1% of damages sought.
Lead trial counsel for group of creditors that prevailed in bankruptcy court trial assessing whether liability management transaction violated covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The court rejected that claim against our clients, finding instead that the opposing group of lenders acted in bad faith. Financial Times hailed the victory as a “milestone” in the world of “creditor-on-creditor violence.”
Lead trial counsel for private equity firm in arbitration win involving termination of management company.
Successfully argued for dismissal of nationwide RICO class action on behalf of industrial conglomerate (named Law 360 Legal Lion of the Week for win).
Obtained dismissal of antitrust boycott claim on behalf of food conglomerate in widely covered lawsuit.
Representing asset management firm in multistate Attorney General action alleging antitrust claims related to investments in the coal industry.
Representing consumer conglomerate in enforcement action brought by State of Texas alleging consumer-protection claims relating to PFAS.
Representing insurer in nationwide class action challenging its business model.
Representing financial services company in nationwide class action.
Defending multiple securities class actions filed in Texas federal court.
Defending lawyers in various civil and criminal matters.
Representing companies and individuals in DOJ investigations.

As a federal prosecutor in Houston, Gregg handled the following matters:

Successful prosecution of Allen Stanford, the head of Stanford Financial Group, for orchestrating a multibillion-dollar international fraud scheme. For his work trying the Stanford case, Gregg received DOJ’s John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation and the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service. Gregg is featured in a documentary about the case, The Man Who Bought Cricket. A Reuters story discussing the closing arguments quotes a victim who said Gregg’s closing argument “brought her to tears.”
Successful prosecution of energy traders and LyondellBasell employee who engaged in an $80 million kickback scheme that inflated the cost of shipping oil to Houston refinery.
Tried over fifteen cases and argued multiple appeals in the Fifth Circuit.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Gregg was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 2014 to 2022. After his nomination by President Obama, the Senate confirmed him by a vote of 97-0. No federal appellate judge nominated since has received more votes. Gregg also served as a district judge for the Southern District of Texas from 2012 to 2014 and presided over more than two dozen trials. When appointed to the bench, he was the youngest federal judge at age 39. Gregg was invited by the Federal Judicial Center to train new federal district judges. Press accounts of his judicial tenure described Gregg as an “exceptionally gifted jurist” with a “towering intellect” who was “respected by all sides.”

Gregg graduated with highest honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Law Review. After law school, he clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the D.C. Circuit. Between clerkships, he served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of Solicitor General. He has taught Federal Jurisdiction at the University of Houston Law Center, which named him an Honorary Alumnus in 2021.

Before law school, Gregg was a fourth-grade teacher in the Mississippi Delta with Teach for America, which he credits with teaching him how to simplify complex information for any audience. Gregg has remained involved in education, launching the Sunflower County Freedom Project, a nonprofit in Mississippi; serving on the boards of Teach for America’s Houston region and the Houston Urban Debate League; and teaching Government at a Houston-area charter school. Gregg is also active in organizations aiming to improve the justice system. He is a trustee of the Center for American and International Law and a member of the American Law Institute. For ALI, Gregg currently serves as an advisor to its Restatement on Election Litigation and previously advised its Principles of Policing. Gregg also maintains an active pro bono practice and serves on Gibson Dunn’s Pro Bono Committee.

Jeff Gurley is a litigation associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn.

Before joining the firm, Jeff served as a law clerk to the Honorable E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and to the Honorable Sean D. Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He also interned for the Honorable Joan L. Larsen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Jeff received his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School, where he served as president of the Federalist Society and as a research assistant to Professor Christopher J. Walker. He was awarded the Irving Stenn Jr. Award in recognition of his leadership and contributions to the Michigan Law community. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was an all-conference linebacker on the football team.

Jeff is a member of the Texas and Missouri bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.

Andrew Robb is a partner in the Palo Alto office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation department, with a focus on patent and other technology-based disputes. He has litigated numerous cases in a variety of forums, including the International Trade Commission, federal district court, and California state court. Representative technologies Andrew has litigated include digital signal processing, network architecture, cloud security and failure analysis, mobile communications, chip design, wireless networking, and power management, among others.

Representative Matters:

Represents multiple leading technology companies on patent and privacy-related litigation matters involving machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, including models relating to voice detection, facial modeling, ASR, and user identification.
Represents a ride-sharing company in multiple patent cases involving location, network infrastructure, and transportation-related technologies.
Represented a fitness and technology company in an ITC investigation brought by a competitor alleging patent infringement and theft of trade secrets. Following a six-day hearing, the administrative law judge issued a written decision rejecting every one of the competitor’s claims.
Represented that same fitness and technology company in another ITC investigation brought by another entity, alleging patent infringement. Following a multi-day hearing, the administrative law judge issued a written decision rejecting all of the Complainant’s remaining claims.
Represented a telecommunications company in patent dispute in the Eastern District of Texas brought by competitor relating to SEPs. Case settled favorably a few days before trial.
Represented a leading technological company in multi-billion dollar bid protest, with primary responsibility for developing and briefing core technical arguments. The government ultimately cancelled the contract, after multiple rulings by court in favor of the client.
Represented a technological company in criminal investigation relating to purported theft of trade secrets, with a favorable outcome for the client.
Represented a leading consumer device company in misappropriation of trade secrets matter brought against a former employee.

Andrew previously served as a member of the firm’s pro bono committee, and he maintains an active pro bono docket. Previously, he successfully obtained vacatur and remand for a Veteran in an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and he successfully obtained a five-year restraining order, the statutory maximum, on behalf of a young mother who had received a series of death threats from her former partner.

He clerked for the Honorable Timothy B. Dyk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Andrew graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2013, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science. Andrew is admitted to practice in the State of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Northern District of California, and the Eastern District of Texas.

Andy Strader is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn. He currently practices in the firm’s Transactional Department.

Andy graduated magna cum laude from Santa Clara University School of Law and was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, he served as president of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society. Andy attended Boston College as an undergraduate, studying finance and theology while playing on the football team.

Prior to attending law school, Andy worked in asset management at a Northeast regional bank.

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

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

Alexander 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.

Alexander has been named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, a Future Star by Financier Worldwide, and in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, for his work in mergers and acquisitions.

Selected representations include the following:

Marriott International in several transactions, including its contested $13.6 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, its acquisitions of the citizenM and City Express hotel brands, the spin-off of Marriott Vacations Worldwide, its vacation ownership business, and a number of joint ventures
CACI International in its $2.6 billion acquisition of ARKA Group, and in numerous other transactions, including its $1.3 billion acquisition of Azure Summit Technology and its $750 million acquisition of LGS Innovations, as well as in its contested $7.2 billion bid for CSRA and several other multi-billion-dollar bids
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 $1.3 billion acquisition of Fibrebond Corporation, its $920 million acquisition of Souriau-Sunbank from TransDigm, and the formation of a $1.2 billion joint venture with Cummins Engines
Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Atlas Corp. in a $10.9 billion take-private transaction
Motive Capital Corp in its $2 billion merger with Forge Global
Towers Watson & Co. in its $18 billion merger of equals with Willis Group, which resulted in the formation of Willis Towers Watson
Standard International in its acquisition by Hyatt Hotels
CoStar Group, Inc. in its acquisitions of Apartments.com, Apartment Finder, and several other internet-based real estate service providers
United Therapeutics in its acquisition of Miromatrix Medical and several other acquisitions, as well as its conversion to a Delaware public benefit corporation
Esperion Therapeutics in its acquisition of Corstasis Therapeutics
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
Special Committee of the Board of Directors of TNS, Inc. in its $860 million sale to Siris Capital
Cortina Partners in numerous acquisitions and dispositions, including the sale of Classic Aviation, an air ambulance service, to Intermountain Health Care
Neustar, Inc. in its acquisitions of MarketShare Partners for $450 million, Targus for $650 million, and various other acquisitions

Alexander received his law degree with high honors from the Emory University School of Law, where he served as articles editor for the Emory Law Journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Prior to attending law school, Alexander graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee University with a degree in Economics.

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

Atma Kabad is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets, Securities Regulation & Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Energy & Infrastructure Practice Groups. He advises a variety of public and private companies, as well as private equity investors and their portfolio companies in a broad range of capital markets and financing transactions, including registered primary and secondary equity offerings, initial public offerings, high-yield and investment grade debt offerings, liability management transactions and restructurings. Atma also has extensive experience advising clients on corporate governance and securities law matters, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and brings deep expertise in the energy industry.

Representative Matters*

ESAB Corporation on its offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2031
Southwestern Electric Company on its $1.4 billion senior notes offering
AEP Texas on its $750 million senior notes offering
Indiana Michigan Power Company’s on its $650 million senior notes offering
American Electric Power Company, Inc. on its $3.5 billion at-the-market equity offering program, which allows for both traditional and forward sales of common stock
Diversified Energy on the public offering of common shares of the company by certain shareholders, including EIG and KKR
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation on the offering of $575 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% senior notes
Kimmeridge Texas Gas in its inaugural $500 million offering of 8.50% senior unsecured notes
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS) in the underwritten offering of 5.5 million shares of common stock by certain affiliates of EQT Partners for total gross proceeds of $232 million
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS) in the upsized underwritten offering of 6.5 million shares of common stock by a selling stockholder for total gross proceeds of $226.5 million
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS) in the underwritten offering of 7 million shares of common stock by a selling stockholder for total gross proceeds of $175 million
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) in its $22.5 billion all-stock sale to ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP)
EQT in a joint venture between EQT Infrastructure VI fund and T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) to acquire Lumos, a fiberto-the-home platform, and to build-out its fiber optic network
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) in its offering of $1.2 billion in senior notes
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS) in its $750 million offering of 7.25% senior unsecured notes
Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET) in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE: CEQP)
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS) in its $256 million initial public offering
Lux Vending LLC dba Bitcoin Depot® in its business combination with GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GSRM), a special purpose acquisition company
Gulfport Energy Corporation (NYSE: GPOR) in the underwritten offering of 1.5 million shares of common stock by certain selling stockholders for total gross proceeds of $142 million
ORIX Corporation in its underwritten secondary offering of 3,750,000 shares of Ormat Technologies, Inc.’s common stock for total gross proceeds of $337.5 million
Just Energy Group Inc., a Mississauga, Ontario-based leading retail consumer company specializing in electricity and natural gas commodities, energy efficiency solutions, and renewable energy options, in its Chapter 15 proceedings in the United States to recognize proceedings commenced in Canada under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA)
Callon Petroleum Co. (NYSE: CPE) in its $600 million offering of 7.50% senior unsecured notes
Blackstone on the $1.9 billion all-stock merger of Desert Peak Minerals and Falcon Minerals Corporation
Stonepeak Partners LP in the formation of Levo Mobility LLC, a $750 million sustainable infrastructure joint venture with Nuvve Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: NVVE)
Encino Acquisition Partners (EAP) on its inaugural 144A offering of $700 million in senior unsecured notes
Glass Houses Acquisition Corp., a SPAC focused on businesses that provide critical resources and services to the technologies powering the 21st century industrial economy, in its initial public offering
Peridot Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: PDAC) on its $1.67 billion combination agreement with Li-Cycle Corp.
HighPoint Resources Corp. (NYSE: HPR) on its $376 million combination with Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (NYSE: BCEI)
Penn Virginia Corporation (NASDAQ: PVAC) in Juniper Capital Advisors, L.P.’s $188 million strategic investment in the company, including $150 million of cash and certain oil and gas assets, in exchange for 59 percent of Penn Virginia’s equity
NorthRiver Midstream Finance LP in connection with its $525,000,000 initial Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of 5.625% senior secured notes due 2026
Callon Petroleum Company in capital structure initiatives used to reduce borrowings on Callon’s credit facility, including entering into a $140 million cash generating overriding royalty interest (“ORRI”) transaction with a private investment vehicle managed by Kimmeridge Energy, and a $300 million issuance of secured second lien notes and warrants
Antero Midstream GP, Antero Midstream Partners and Antero Resources Corporation in the roll up of Antero Midstream Partners in a unit-for-cash and stock transaction
CVR Energy in its $241 million purchase of the remaining outstanding units of CVR Refining, LP
The initial purchasers in Vine Oil & Gas LP’s private offering of $380 million of 9.75% senior unsecured notes
Outrigger Energy II LLC in its equity commitments from NGP Partners and Flatirons IV LLC
Crestview Partners in its equity commitments to Silver Creek Oil & Gas
Spectra Energy Partners in the private offering of $800 million of 3.5% and 4.15% senior unsecured notes of Texas Eastern Transmission LP
The initial purchasers in Vine Oil & Gas LP’s private offering of $530 million of 8.75% senior unsecured notes
Spectra Energy Partners in its at-the-market equity offering program
Tyr Energy in its joint venture with Siemens and Kansai Electric Power Company for the $765 million construction of a 1,000 MW natural gas power plant
Outrigger Energy in its sale of Outrigger Powder River Operating to Tallgrass Energy Partners
Alon USA Energy in the $464 million acquisition by Delek US Holdings of the outstanding shares of Alon common stock
Outrigger Energy in its sale of Outrigger Delaware Operating, Outrigger Southern Delaware Operating and Outrigger Midland Operating to Targa Resources Partners for up to $1.5 billion
Memorial Resource Development in its $4.4 billion merger with Range Resources Corporation
Antero Resources Corporation in its private offering of $600 million of 5.0% senior unsecured notes
Antero Resources Corporation in its private offering of $175 million of common stock to an affiliate of Temasek Holdings
Antero Midstream Partners in its private offering of $650 million of 5.375% senior unsecured notes
Antero Resources Corporation in its $762 million offering of common stock to fund the acquisition of 55,000 net acres in the Marcellus Shale
Antero Midstream Partners in a $179 million secondary offering of common units held by Antero Resources Corporation
Eagle Rock Energy Partners in its $600 million merger with Vanguard Natural Resources
Antero Resources Corporation in the $1.0 billion sale of its water treatment business to Antero Midstream Partners
Antero Midstream Partners in its $243 million private offering of common units to fund its purchase of the water treatment business of Antero Resources Corporation
Blue Racer Midstream in its private offering of $550 million of 6.125% senior notesQR
Energy LP in its $3.0 billion merger with Breitburn Energy Partners
Enbridge Energy Company in a $650 million joint venture with Marathon Petroleum to construct the Southern Access Extension Pipeline, a 167-mile pipeline that will transport crude oil from Enbridge’s Flanagan Terminal near Pontiac, Illinois, to an existing crude oil terminal near Patoka, Illinois

Atma earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration – Finance, with high honors, from the University of Texas at Austin.

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Bethany Wang is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the Investment Funds Practice Group.

Bethany graduated from University of Southern California in 2019 with a degree in International Relations (Global Business) and received her J.D. in 2023 from UCLA School of Law.

She is admitted to practice law in California.

Alejandra Castañeda is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and a member of the firm’s Projects and Infrastructure, Latin America, Finance, and Power and Renewables Practice Groups.

Alejandra’s practice is concentrated on infrastructure and energy transactions, with experience advising on project finance, infrastructure development and procurement, public-private partnerships (PPPs), construction contracts and project agreements. She represents sponsors, developers, lenders, and other stakeholders across complex infrastructure assets and financing matters.

Alejandra received her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. Prior to law school, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Williams College.

Alejandra serves as the Membership Committee Chair of Young Professionals in Infrastructure, a member-led organization dedicated to fostering knowledge exchange and cultivating meaningful professional relationships among emerging leaders across sectors of the infrastructure industry.

Representative Transactions:

Infrastructure/Project Finance

Representation of Igneo Infrastructure Partners, a global infrastructure investment manager with $23 billion in assets under management, on the acquisition financing of an approximately 75 MW, 750,000 sf portfolio of seven operational data centers across key U.S. markets from CVC DIF and Northleaf Capital Partners.
Representation of JFK NTO LLC, the developer and operator of New Terminal One at JFK Airport, in connection with its $1.367 billion Green Bond issuance to finance Phase A of the passenger terminal development and related project costs.
Representation of International Transportation Service LLC, operator of Piers G and J container terminals in the Port of Long Beach, in connection with the refinancing of existing debt and implementation of a new capital expenditure facility to support a Slip Fill expansion project.
Representation of I-66 Express Mobility Partners LLC in connection with its concession awarded by the Virginia Department of Transportation to develop, design, construct, finance, operate and maintain express lanes along the I-66 corridor.

Latin America

Representation of Gramercy Funds Management in respect of a $45 million senior secured term loan facility to Emerging America S.A. de C.V. and Emerging America Financiera, S.A.P.I. de C.V., in connection with the acquisition finance of a Chihuahua power plant.
Representation of lenders (via a Mexican SOFOM structure) in a 500 million Mexican Peso subordinated loan tranche of a senior secured receivables financing to Mercado Libre (MELI) affiliates.
Representation of lenders and agents in a senior secured term loan facility to Tala Mobile, S.A.P.I. de C.V., supporting corporate financing and growth initiatives

Transportation and Space

Representation of Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and a syndicate of lenders in relation to a US$1 billion+ loan facility for Castlelake, secured by a portfolio of over 80 widebody and narrowbody aircraft.