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Ryan Adlem is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the Investment Funds Practice Group.

A dual-qualified lawyer (U.S. and Canada), Ryan maintains a broad corporate practice involving both transactional and regulatory matters. He also maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising non-profits on various business law issues.

Ryan received his Juris Doctor from Queen’s University in 2021, where he was elected to represent graduate and professional students to the university administration and faculty, and co-authored two national legal publications. He graduated with a double major in Political Science and History from the University of British Columbia in 2018.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ryan completed his articles at a leading global firm, becoming barrister and solicitor in Canada.

Gillian Moore is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, where she focuses on intellectual property and technology matters.

Gillian has litigated patent cases at every stage, from pre‑suit diligence through trial and appeal. She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants across technologies including semiconductors, encryption and cybersecurity, medical devices, and DNA sequencing. Gillian also has experience handling trademark and trade secret disputes.

Gillian earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2022, where she served as Submissions Editor and Managing Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology. Before law school, she worked as a clinical research coordinator in the Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, overseeing Phase I–III clinical trials. She holds a Master of Science in Bioinformatics from New York University (2019) and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Philosophy, with honors, from Colgate University (2014).

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Gillian practiced patent litigation at Desmarais LLP. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Juliette Rafael is a corporate associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Juliette represents public and private companies and private equity sponsors in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments, GP stakes transactions, strategic partnerships, and other complex corporate transactions.

Juliette received her Juris Doctor in 2018 from Brooklyn Law School, where she served as an Executive Articles Editor for the Brooklyn Journal of International Law and was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Honor Society. She also served as an honors intern with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from New York University in 2013.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Juliette was an associate in the New York office of another international law firm.

Juliette is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and California.

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

Kameron earned his Juris Doctor from the Howard University School of Law in 2023, where he served as Senior Staff Editor of the Howard Law Journal. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications & Media Studies. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Kameron worked at various entertainment companies including Endeavor, United Talent Agency, and Amazon Prime.

Brian Sims is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the Investment Funds Practice Group.

Brian earned his Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, where he served as Senior Articles Editor on the NYU Journal of Law & Business. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Emory University, where he graduated with high distinction.

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

Fiona Xin is a corporate associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the Investment Funds Practice Group.

She advises sponsors on the formation, marketing and operation of their private investment funds, across a range of investment strategies including private equity, infrastructure, real estate and credit. Fiona also advises on a variety of matters related to private funds, including co-investments, internal sponsor arrangements, secondary transactions and separate accounts.

Fiona earned her law degree in 2021 from Columbia Law School, where she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. While in law school, she served as a Staff Editor for the Columbia Journal of Asian Law.

Prior to law school, Fiona earned her Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from Duke University, where she graduated cum laude.

She is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Yama Keshawerz is an associate attorney in the Denver office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and has represented clients in matters involving corporate governance and mergers & acquisitions litigation, and government and internal investigations.

Yama’s representative matters include:

Representing companies in government investigations.
Representing a pharmaceutical company before the Delaware Superior Court in a dispute arising from an M&A transaction.
Representing companies in internal investigations involving allegations of accounting misconduct and workplace misconduct.
Representing a company before the Delaware Court of Chancery, seeking permanent injunction and clearing the way for the closing of an M&A transaction.
Representing a company before the Delaware Court of Chancery, seeking specific performance to close an M&A transaction.
Defending a company before the Delaware Court of Chancery against attempts to prevent a potential M&A transaction.
Defending a company and its board representatives before the Delaware Court of Chancery against challenges in connection with changes to board composition, a bylaw amendment, and acquisition of stock and notes.
Defending a company before the Delaware Court of Chancery in a plenary action alleging breach of fiduciary duty, resulting in court’s approval of dismissal and settlement.
Representing a leading eye care company before the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court over a voting proxy and preferred shareholder consent rights.

Yama has earned his Juris Doctor and Master of Laws degrees from Duke Law School. He also has a Master of Laws from Wake Forest University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Political Science from Alberoni University. At Duke Law School, Yama served as a staff editor of the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law and attended the Duke–Leiden Institute on Global and Transnational Law in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Yama assisted clients with business immigration matters, served as a Consular Affairs Officer at an embassy in Washington, DC, and was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford Law School.

Yama is admitted to practice law in Colorado, New York, and Washington, D.C.

Robert Marsters, Jr. is Of Counsel in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group.

Robert’s practice focuses on restructuring litigation, encompassing all aspects of in-court and out-of-court restructuring matters, including liability management transactions. He has represented creditors, debtors, private equity sponsors, official committees, ad hoc groups, directors, and bidders in bankruptcy proceedings, as well as in other litigation arising out of insolvency scenarios and restructuring transactions.

Representations include*:

Certain noteholders in Deltroit Directional Opportunities Master Fund Limited et al. v. Selecta Group B.V. et al. and the related distressed disposal (S.D.N.Y. District Court)
U.S. Bank Trust Company, as plaintiff‑trustee, and a related ad hoc group of DISH DBS noteholders in U.S. Bank Trust Co. v. DISH DBS Corp. et al. (S.D.N.Y. District Court)
An activist investment firm regarding Bausch Health Companies, Inc.
The Raymond Sackler family in Purdue Pharma’s chapter 11 case (S.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy and District Courts, the Second Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court)
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. and certain subsidiaries in its chapter 11 case (S.D. Tex. Bankruptcy Court)
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Talen Energy’s chapter 11 case (S.D. Tex. Bankruptcy Court)
The Special Committee of QualTek Services, Inc.’s Board of Directors in QualTek Services, Inc.’s chapter 11 case (S.D. Tex. Bankruptcy Court)
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Intelsat’s chapter 11 case (E.D. Va. Bankruptcy Court)

Robert received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law. He received his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Virginia Tech.

*Includes transactions prior to Robert’s association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Deena Kleinstein is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is currently on secondment.

She received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2022 from New York Law School, where she served as Staff Editor of the New York Law School Law Review. Deena was affiliated with Center for Business and Financial Law and she received the Ernst C. Stiefel Writing Award for Excellence in Comparative-Common Civil Law.

Deena received her Bachelor of Art in Political Science and Law & Policy from Dickinson College in 2019.

She is admitted to practice law in New York and Florida.

Romni Ritherdon is an associate in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the Finance Practice Group.

Romni has a broad practice advising financial institutions, investment funds, private equity sponsors and corporates on a range of finance transactions, including leveraged finance, acquisition finance and private credit.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Romni worked in the Sydney office of another international law firm.

Jiachen Liu is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (California) and an associate in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group.

Jiachen’s practice focuses on the formation, compliance, and ongoing management of a variety of private investment vehicles, including private equity, venture capital, and real estate funds. She also has experience advising on secondary transactions, and has represented institutional investors in their private investment fund activities.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she practiced in the San Francisco office of a large international law firm.

Jiachen received a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Tsinghua University in 2018, and her Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2021. While in law school, she served as an executive editor of the Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, was named a Kirkland & Ellis Scholar for Securities Regulation, and was a teaching assistant for Basic Federal Income Taxation.

She is admitted to practice in California and is fluent in Mandarin.

Deborah L. Stein is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office. She is a member of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group and Co-Chair of its Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group.

Deborah is a nationally recognized litigator who clients turn to when everything is on the line. Her practice covers a breadth of high-stakes matters, including insurance coverage, pricing, and business practices disputes; class actions, complex commercial disputes, and financial services litigation; and privacy and cybersecurity litigation. Clients entrust Deborah with litigating their most significant matters because she is strategic, passionate, and “all in.” Even in the most fast-paced, contentious litigations, Deborah takes the time to learn and understand her clients’ businesses and commercial priorities so she can provide thoughtful, practical advice. Deborah’s experience spans multiple industries, including insurance, technology, entertainment, healthcare, and financial services.

Market sources describe Deborah as an “[e]xtremely smart and fearless litigator” who is “very tenacious” and “really focused on her clients’ interests.” Chambers USA recently profiled Deborah as a “brilliant litigator” and noted that she is “a great lawyer who is very impressive on insurance matters.” Benchmark Litigation has consistently identified her as one of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation” and a “Litigation Star.” Deborah has been named a Law360 Insurance MVP, an award recognizing attorneys who “have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation.” The Legal 500 has repeatedly named Deborah a “Leading Partner” in Insurance: Advice to Insurers, and the Daily Journal has identified her as one of the “Top 75 Women Litigators” in California. Deborah’s peers have consistently selected her for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Commercial Litigation, and she is likewise identified as one of the “500 Leading Litigators in America” by Lawdragon. Deborah was also recognized as “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer for securing the dismissal of a high-profile putative class action brought against Universal Music Group.

Deborah’s recent experience includes*:

Insurance Disputes:

Securing dismissal of insurance clients from antitrust litigation alleging unlawful boycotts of the California insurance market;
Defeating class certification in putative class action seeking death-benefit payouts on lapsed life insurance policies;
Winning Washington Supreme Court opinion affirming summary judgment in favor of client Mutual of Enumclaw, holding that property policy did not insure business losses resulting from loss of use of property during the COVID-19 pandemic;
Successfully representing Travelers in dozens of cases brought by policyholders seeking “business interruption” coverage for financial losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, including securing the first Ninth Circuit published decision on the subject;
Defending State Farm in class-action litigation across the country relating to the pricing of universal life insurance policies;
Successfully defending insurers in False Claims Act litigation alleging industry-wide Medicare fraud;
Successfully securing summary judgment and Ninth Circuit affirmance in insurance bad-faith litigation;
Obtaining a directed verdict at trial and Ninth Circuit affirmance on behalf of an insurance company against claims by another insurer for equitable contribution relating to hundreds of underlying construction defect claims;
Achieving summary judgment on behalf of a leading property casualty insurer in a False Claims Act case relating to Hurricane Katrina claims handling practices;

Class Actions, Complex Commercial Disputes, and Financial Services Litigation:

Securing the dismissal of a putative class action filed by high-profile musicians and estates against the Universal Music Group claiming that they were entitled to damages in connection with a warehouse fire on the Universal Studios lot;
Obtaining dismissal of a putative consumer class action filed against a leading producer, marketer and distributor of high-quality branded food products;
Arbitrating a significant dispute between former joint venture partners concerning the dissolution of their technology joint venture and sale of its assets;
Successfully representing through appeal a financial institution in False Claims Act litigation relating to the federal assistance provided to AIG;
Defending former officers of Washington Mutual in shareholder and FDIC litigation in federal court in Seattle;

Privacy and Cybersecurity Litigation:

Defending Facebook in In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, the multidistrict litigation arising out of the Cambridge Analytica events;
Successfully defended workers compensation insurance companies in cybersecurity class action litigation, including arguing and obtaining a seminal California Court of Appeal decision rejecting an attempt to repackage an alleged invasion of privacy as a trespass-to-chattels claim;
Successfully arguing a Ninth Circuit appeal concerning the interpretation and application of the Stored Communications Act in connection with allegations of “hacking”;
Representing two automobile technology companies in litigation concerning the misappropriation of proprietary automotive data, including pursuit of claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Defend Trade Secrets Act;
Counseling private equity investment firm following data breach, coordinating incident investigation, and supervising digital forensics investigation;
Advising online technology company with respect to practice of data scraping and re-publication; and
Obtaining court order enforcing and protecting privacy rights following misappropriation of confidential information by client’s former employee.

Deborah serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Public Counsel, the nation’s largest provider of pro bono legal services. She also serves on the Global Advisory Board of the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), and was on the Board of Governors of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA) for several years. Deborah is frequently asked to speak and write on insurance coverage issues and has authored a regular column for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals. She previously co-chaired the Cyber Risk and Data Privacy Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee (Section of Litigation). A trusted thought leader in the insurance industry, Deborah was named to Law360’s Insurance Editorial Advisory Board in 2015 and 2016.

Deborah received a B.A. from Yale University in 1995, with a double major in political science and studies in the environment. She obtained her J.D., cum laude, from the New York University School of Law in 1999, where she served as a Notes Editor on the New York University Law Review. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Deborah was a partner at an AmLaw 50 firm and served as a law clerk for the Hon. Peter C. Dorsey in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

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

Zakiyyah Salim-Williams serves as Partner and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of Gibson Dunn. Ms. Salim-Williams leads various diversity and inclusion efforts, driving the firm’s commitment to building an inclusive culture that enables all to thrive. In addition, Zakiyyah is the co-leader of Gibson Dunn’s DEI Task Force.

She also actively engages in pro bono matters; most recently working in an advisory and administrative role for the Board of The Alliance for Asian American Justice, a non-profit organization created in response to the surge in anti-Asian violence across the United States. Ms. Salim-Williams is also an active member of a number of organizations outside of the firm. She is a Director on the New York Junior Tennis & Learning Board, as well as a founding member and advisor of the National Business Coalition for Child Care.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Salim-Williams served as the Director of Diversity for the New York City Bar Association. She served as a clerk for the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and was an associate attorney at two global law firms. Ms. Salim-Williams also worked as an intern for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and for the White House Office of Counsel to the President.

Ms. Salim-Williams earned her Juris Doctor in 2001 from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Scholar. In 1998, she received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Howard University, where she graduated summa cum laude.

Nataline Fleury is a partner in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group.

Nataline heads the Labor and Employment practice in Paris, where her work focuses on employment law and social security issues. She also engages in advising and litigation – both individual and collective litigation, including litigation on redundancy plans in front of the administrative courts. Nataline provides French and international clients with employment law advice related to corporate reorganizations and downsizing, mergers and acquisitions, and relationships with unions and employee representatives in both domestic and European contexts. Her work encompasses a broad range of issues, including but not limited to, the implementation of workforce reduction plans, employment audits, employment contracts, executive earnings programs, transactional agreements, and dealing with employee representatives, in particular for the implementation of collective agreements, codes of compliance, and data protection policies.

Nataline’s recent experience includes employment law advice in relation to complex high-profile restructuring matters in the French market, when she represented La Halle, Conforama, Sagal, Lapeyre, Vivarte, and Camaïeu, as well as the employment aspects of PepsiCo’s sale of Tropicana, Naked, and other juice brands, which included transfer of employees, negotiation with labor administration, and consultation with the work council regarding transfer of employee representatives.

The Legal 500 EMEA has distinguished Nataline as a Leading Partner in its Employment category. A recent client noted that “Nataline Fleury is first class. She is commercial, proactive and very supportive…She shows strong technical knowledge, great negotiating skills, and tenacity.”

Best Lawyers in France consistently recommends her for Labor and Employment Law. Le Magazine des Affaires ranks her Tier 1 for redundancy plans and collective litigation, while Option Droit & Affaires also recommends her labor practice in its Restructuring ranking.

Before joining Gibson Dunn in 2019, Nataline practiced with a leading British law firm from 2008 to 2019, most recently as head of the Paris employment practice.

Admitted to the Paris bar in 2000, Nataline earned a Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées (DESS) in International Litigation and Arbitration with honors from University Paris V René Descartes in 1997. She is a member of the AvoSial association, as well as a member of the jury in the University Paris V’s Eloquence Contest, and regularly takes part in the Paris Bar’s Employment Commission.

She speaks French and English fluently.

Select Labor Law Experience:

Advised Tikehau Ace Capital, a private equity firm specializing in the industrial and technology sectors, and Bpifrance, in connection with the labor law audit realized in the context of the acquisition of Crouzet, a specialized manufacturer of mechatronic components for demanding markets such as Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Industrial, Medical, Railway and Energy from LBO France, along with Bpifrance and Société Générale Capital Partenaires.
Advised NetApp, a U.S. listed global leader in data management services, in connection with the employment aspects of its acquisition of Data Mechanics Inc., and indirectly its French subsidiary Data Mechanics SAS.
Advised Vivarte, a French leading retailer of fashion, shoe and leather goods, in connection with the labor aspects of multiple operations, including the sale of the Défimode, Kookaï, André, Naf Naf, Besson Chaussures, Chevignon, San Marina, CosmoParis, Minelli and Caroll brands.
Advised Schindler, an elevator group, in connection with the labor aspects of the acquisition of 100% of the share capital and voting rights of Cepa Ascenseurs and Cepa Automatismes.
Advised Meridian Adhesives, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners, in connection with the employment aspects concerning the acquisition of GENTEC and FT Polymer, two European-based adhesive suppliers.
Advised RedBird Capital Partners in connection with the employment aspects relating to its acquisition of a majority stake in the Toulouse Football Club, located in the city of Toulouse, France.
Advised Platinum Equity on the employment aspects concerning its acquisition of Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including the pulp, packaging paper and board, tissue and towel, oil and gas, petroleum refining, chemical processing, mining, biorefining, power and municipal markets, from BASF SE and private equity investor Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
Advised PepsiCo on the employment aspects of its sale of Tropicana, Naked and other juice brands to French private equity firm PAI Partners, for approximately $3.3 billion, and the related reorganization of its workforce induced in France with this transaction.

Charlotte Popp is an associate in the Frankfurt office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration, Judgment and Arbitral Award Enforcement, and Litigation Practice Groups.

Charlotte represents clients in international arbitration proceedings as well as in commercial, corporate, and civil disputes before German courts. She also advises and represents clients in internal and sanctions investigations involving cross-border elements.

Charlotte studied law at the University of Münster and at the Roma Tre University in Rome, Italy. After passing her First State Examination, she received her Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Columbia University in 2022, where she focused on international arbitration and served as a research assistant to Professor George A. Bermann. Charlotte is admitted to practice as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwältin) and as an Attorney-at-Law in the State of New York.

In addition to her native German, Charlotte is fluent in English and speaks Italian and French.

She is a member of the German-American Lawyers Association (Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V.).

David Salant is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. His practice focuses on complex business litigation, securities litigation, and trials. David has significant experience bringing and defending lawsuits in courts across the country, including as lead trial counsel.

Complex Business Litigation. David represents public and private companies in disputes over key strategic transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investment agreements, and claims of anticompetitive conduct. He has experience waging legal battles over multiple jurisdictions and involving transnational legal issues. He has also helped companies and individuals to recoup investments in start-up companies that had been procured by fraud.

Securities Litigation. David has litigated U.S. securities law disputes on behalf of issuers, underwriters, investment companies, securities exchanges, and financial professionals, including questions of adequate securities registration, alleged material misrepresentations, putative securities class actions, beneficial ownership reporting, control person liability, de-listing disputes, and short-swing profits. He has worked with investigating regulators at the SEC, FINRA, and national securities exchanges to forestall contemplated enforcement actions.

Trials. David has taken first-chair roles in a wide variety of civil and criminal trials and out-of-court proceedings. He has led jury selection, questioned many witnesses before judges and juries, and delivered opening and closing statements in a federal jury trial.

Pro Bono. David maintains an active pro bono practice focused on lawsuits to redress violations of detainees’ constitutional rights. He has presented civil rights claims to a federal jury and obtained favorable pre-trial settlement of excessive force allegations.

Education

David received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Columbia University.

Prior Professional Experience

Prior to law school, David worked in the Equity Derivatives Group on the equity trading floor of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

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

Representative Matters

Represented The Nasdaq Stock Market in securing complete dismissal on summary judgment of putative securities class action concerning high-frequency trading.
Represented Rio Tinto Group in securities enforcement action and parallel putative securities class action concerning multi-billion-dollar investment in Mozambique.
Represented Piedmont Lithium in obtaining complete dismissal of putative securities class action and related shareholder derivative suits concerning lithium project.
Representing Amazon.com in lawsuit concerning apartment building access technology.
Represented investment firm in fully recouping from startup company investment procured by fraud.
Represented former CEO of publicly traded technology company in eight-week securities and wire fraud trial.
Represented former pharmaceutical company executive in forestalling criminal charges threatened by federal authorities.
Lead trial counsel to plaintiff in federal civil rights action concerning excessive force allegations.

Thomas W. Franck is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Transactional Department.

He graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he worked as a research assistant to Robert B. Thompson, the Peter P. Weidenbruch, Jr. Professor of Business Law and a preeminent national authority on corporate and securities law. Tom earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Prior to law school, he was a reporter for CNBC.

Tom is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

Tully Moyer is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn, where he is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Tully received his Juris Doctor in 2021 from New York University School of Law, where he was a staff editor of the NYU Journal of Law & Business. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Government from Bowdoin College in 2018.

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

Nicholas G. Carey is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices with the firm’s Litigation Department.

Before joining the firm, Nick served as a law clerk to the Honorable Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as a Notes Editor for the Virginia Law Review and participated in the school’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. Nick received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics, cum laude, from the College of William and Mary.

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

Teia Anderson is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Teia earned her Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 2025. While in law school, Teia served as Executive Editor of the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties and was awarded the Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Performance for her contributions in the Youth and Education Law Project Clinic.

In 2022, Teia graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and minors in Communication and Legal Studies.

Teia is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.