Anna McKenzie is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she currently practices in the firm’s Litigation and Labor & Employment Departments.

She has represented clients in a range of employment litigation matters, including cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage-and-hour violations. Representative matters include:

  • Served as lead associate representing defendant in three-week jury trial in the Southern District of New York; argued motion seeking judgment as a matter of law; prepared witnesses, exhibits, and demonstratives for trial; drafted materials for jury study.
  • Defended global company against novel claims of age discrimination in social media  advertising in a Northern District of California case involving putative class of millions of Facebook users, significantly narrowing the case through dispositive motions practice and ultimately achieving a favorable settlement.
  • Second-chaired five-day FINRA arbitration in executive compensation and whistleblower case, resulting in denial of all claims against client; prepared witnesses to testify; cross examined witness; drafted post-hearing briefing.
  • Represented government contractor in putative class action involving wage and hour laws, breach of contract, and business torts, resulting in dismissal of all claims; successfully briefed and argued motion to exclude opposing party’s expert witness in the Eastern District of Virginia.
  • Assisted clients in drafting employment agreements, separation agreements, and arbitration provisions; conducted pre-litigation investigations of employment-related claims; and advised clients on a variety of employment-related issues.

Anna joined the firm in 2013, after clerking for the Honorable Rebecca Beach Smith, who was then the chief judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. Anna left the firm in 2020 to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, where she represented federal agencies and officers in a wide variety of defensive matters, including cases involving employment discrimination, constitutional law, the Administrative Procedure Act, complex jurisdictional issues, Touhy requests, and medical malpractice. She returned to the firm in 2025.

Anna received her law degree from the University of Virginia, where she was an editor of the Virginia Law Review and participated in the Child Advocacy Clinic. She graduated summa cum laude from the Robert E. Cook Honors College at Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a degree in political science.

Anna is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia bars, and also is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Virginia, the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit.

David M. Kusnetz is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. His practice focuses on high-stakes complex commercial, entertainment, intellectual property, and securities litigation. David regularly handles high-profile matters covered by major publications and media outlets.

Recent representative matters include:

  • Jerry Seinfeld, Netflix, and Sony Pictures Television: Secured complete victories at the trial and appellate levels in copyright ownership lawsuit over Mr. Seinfeld’s hit Netflix show, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” The lawsuit’s dismissal earned Gibson Dunn a spot on Law360’s list of “Legal Lions” and was featured on the front page of the New York Law Journal.
  • Jerry Seinfeld: Represented Mr. Seinfeld in high-profile lawsuit concerning the authenticity of a rare 1958 Porsche. Defeated a motion to dismiss Mr. Seinfeld’s third-party complaint, resulting in a favorable settlement for Mr. Seinfeld.
  • Bob Dylan: Successfully prosecuted copyright infringement claim on behalf of Mr. Dylan, resulting in a highly favorable settlement.
  • Vale S.A.: Represents the world’s largest iron ore mining company in multiple billion-dollar putative securities class actions filed in the wake of catastrophic mining accidents in Brazil, including securing dismissal of one securities class action and successfully defeating class certification in another.
  • Rio Tinto: Represented one of the world’s largest mining companies in a putative securities class action and parallel SEC enforcement action arising from a multibillion-dollar write down of a Mozambique mining project. Secured dismissal of nearly all the SEC’s fraud claims on a motion to dismiss, resulting in a settlement where the SEC agreed to drop all remaining fraud charges. Obtained dismissal of parallel securities class action on a motion to dismiss.
  • Estée Lauder: Represents the global leader in prestige beauty in a putative securities class action arising from sales practices in China and South Korea.
  • Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners: Served as member of the trial team that defeated an SEC fraud action seeking disgorgement of over $200 million, in which all charges were dismissed following a three-week trial before an SEC Administrative Law Judge. Served as lead associate on a trial team that successfully prosecuted a fraud claim against a major insurance company, resulting in a favorable settlement just minutes before closing arguments.
  • Currently representing Ms. Tilton in a billion-dollar adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court.

David has been recognized as “One to Watch” in Securities Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Entertainment and Sports Law by The Best Lawyers in America®. Super Lawyers has named him a “Rising Star” in Securities Litigation.

David maintains an active pro bono practice. David leads Gibson Dunn’s nationwide efforts to combat antisemitism, co-founding and leading the ADL Legal Action Network and the Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL). CALL received nearly 1,000 reports of antisemitism at 230 campuses nationwide and led directly to the filing of civil rights complaints and criminal prosecutions.

David also litigates civil rights cases. He successfully prosecuted a federal civil rights action as lead-counsel for a former prison inmate, in which he obtained a six-figure settlement. He also secured a significant settlement for a former ICE detainee in a Federal Tort Claims Act action arising from an assault by an ICE officer.

From 2015 to 2016, David served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard M. Berman in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

He earned his Juris Doctor in 2014 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a notes editor on the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. While in law school, David served as a judicial extern to then-Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, an extern in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and an intern in the Superior Court Trial Division of the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.

Prior to attending law school, he was an analyst in a strategic communications consulting firm, advising political candidates, government agencies, and major corporations.

David is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is also the Chair of the Colgate Lawyers Association.

Publications:

  • Author, “Addressing Structural Racism in Juvenile Justice through Experimentalism,” 47 Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems 245 (2014).

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

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

  • Defeated class certification in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in federal court in New Jersey brought on behalf of tens of millions of consumers. The lawsuit alleged that a major consumer products company engaged in deceptive marketing and product labeling practices.
  • Representing an automobile manufacturer in a class action pending in federal court in New Jersey.
  • Representing a corporate defendant in ongoing litigation in Delaware Chancery Court over the governance of student loan trusts.
  • Represented a technical instruments producer in FCPA investigations by SEC and DOJ, and helped the client secure a written declination from both agencies to conclude their long-running investigations.
  • Defended health care services provider in nationwide criminal and civil investigation by DOJ, HHS OIG, and various states’ Attorneys General relating to alleged fraud and quality of care issues.
  • Represented corporate executive in FCPA investigations by SEC and DOJ, which concluded without any action taken against the client.
  • Represented demand review committee of the board of a major corporation in conducting internal investigation and addressing shareholder litigation demands.

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

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

Joe Edmonds is a partner in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.  His practice focuses on complex litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, with a special emphasis on mass torts, environmental litigation, and transnational litigation.

Joe has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Litigation (2023-2025), and Appellate Practice (2024-2025).

Representative matters include:

  • Woolsey Fire Litigation.  Defend the Boeing Company against wildfire claims alleging damages stemming from the November 2018 Woolsey Fire in Southern California.  Obtained dismissal of claims and entry of judgment in Boeing’s favor following demurrer.
  • Behar v. Northrop Grumman.  Represent Northrop Grumman in putative class action alleging groundwater and vapor intrusion claims related to trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE).
  • Codoni, et al. v. Port of Seattle, et al.  Represent airline in putative class action alleging pollution-related tort claims in the Western District of Washington.
  • Dole Food Company, Inc., Environmental DBCP Litigation.  Trial and appellate counsel for Dole Food Company in environmental litigation brought by hundreds of foreign plaintiffs alleging exposure to DBCP.  Obtained summary judgment for Dole on all tort claims filed in Hawaii state court.
  • United States & New Mexico Environment Department v. Matador Production Company.  Defended upstream oil and gas company in an enforcement action by the United States and the State of New Mexico relating to emissions from the company’s production facilities. The resulting consent decree resolving the case contained one of the first Supplemental Environmental Projects approved by US DOJ and EPA since the policy was reintroduced under the Biden Administration.
  • York v. Northrop Grumman.  Represented Northrop Grumman in putative class action alleging groundwater contamination from trichloroethylene (TCE) in Missouri.  Obtained dismissal of many of the asserted claims based on federal preemption arising from a federal consent decree (York v. Northrop Grumman Corp. Guidance & Elecs. Co., Inc., 2022 WL 19240760 (W.D. Mo. May 18, 2022)) and reached a favorable settlement as to the remaining claims.    
  • Acosta v. Dole Food Company, Inc.  Defended claims by approximately 1,500 plaintiffs alleging property damages and personal injuries from alleged vapor intrusion of petroleum hydrocarbons in a community in Carson, California.  Reached favorable settlement after court excluded plaintiffs’ standard of care experts.
  • Chevron Corp. v. Donziger.  Won a two-month civil RICO trial and obtained an injunction barring enforcement of $9 billion Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron relating to alleged environmental contamination, which the court found was procured by fraud.
  • Perez v. Dole Food Company, Inc.  Represented Dole Food Company in a wrongful death case brought by dozens of Colombian plaintiffs who alleged Dole had provided support for a Colombian paramilitary organization.  Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their claims with prejudice after Gibson Dunn uncovered evidence of improper interactions between plaintiffs’ counsel and jailed paramilitary witnesses.
  • ET Plus Litigation.  Counsel for Trinity Industries, Inc. and Trinity Highway Products, LLC, in nationwide product defect litigation alleging personal injuries from Trinity’s ET Plus guardrail end terminal system.
  • Winkler v. City of Phoenix.  Represented single grandmother in pro bono § 1983 excessive force case.  Presented oral argument in the Ninth Circuit and obtained unanimous reversal of adverse jury verdict based on a jury instruction error.  Winkler v. City of Phoenix, 849 F. App’x 664, 665 (9th Cir. 2021).

Prior to joining the firm, Joe served as a law clerk to Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

He earned his law degree magna cum laude in 2011 from Brigham Young University, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.  During law school, he served as lead note and comment editor on the BYU Law Review editorial board and competed on the moot court team.  In 2008, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a major in business finance.

Joe is a member of the California bar and Washington bar (inactive), and is admitted to practice before the Fifth and Ninth Circuits.

Delyan Dimitrov is partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn.

His practice focuses on transnational litigation, foreign judgment and arbitral award enforcement, international arbitration, complex commercial disputes, as well as FCPA matters.

Delyan has played a leading role in a wide range of cross-border disputes. He recently represented Chevron Corporation and Chevron USA, Inc. in defeating a petition to confirm an $18 billion sham arbitration award issued in Egypt. He also advised Pearl Petroleum in its U.S. enforcement of several multi-billion LCIA awards against the Kurdistan Regional Government, resulting in a successful global settlement. Delyan acted for Madden International in its licensing and distribution dispute with Lew Footwear regarding the sale of Steve Madden products in Australia and Çukurova Holding A.Ş. in its successful Second Circuit appeal reversing a S.D.N.Y. decision that had confirmed a $932 million arbitral award against Çukurova. Additionally, he represented Yukos Capital in enforcing four Russian arbitral awards that had been annulled at the seat of the arbitration, helping obtain an attachment order worth hundreds of millions of dollars in aid of enforcement.

Domestically, he is representing Chevron Corporation in more than a dozen lawsuits filed against it and other energy companies by states, counties, and municipalities for alleged climate change-related damages. Delyan has also represented RMBS trustees and activist investors in putback actions seeking the repurchase of mortgage loans securitized by certain RMBS sponsors.

A native of Bulgaria, he has extensive experience with international arbitrations. Delyan has played a leading role in representing clients in LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL and JAMS arbitrations. He regularly contributes to leading international arbitration treatises and journals.

Delyan was recently “Recommended” by The Legal 500 for his work in Transnational Litigation.

Delyan is also a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, where he teaches an advocacy course for all first-year students competing in international moot courts, including the Vis international arbitration moot, the Phillip Jessup international law moot, and the EU law moot.

His pro bono efforts have included coordinating assistance to Holocaust survivors for payments under Germany’s ZRBG law, which provides for remuneration to those who worked in Nazi ghettos during their internment, and various immigration matters.

Prior to re-joining Gibson Dunn, Delyan was a senior associate at the litigation boutique Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP and an in-house counsel at Amherst Advisory & Management LLC.

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

Publications

  • “Electronic Discovery in International Arbitration,” International Arbitration in The United States (Kluwer Law Int’l 2018) (with Dorit Black)
  • “The ‘Manifest Disregard of Law’ Doctrine and International Arbitration in New York,” New York City Bar Report (2012) (Contributor)
  • “The Public Interest in Private Dispute Resolution,” Austrian Arbitration Yearbook (Vienna, 2009) (with L. Shore)

Lauren Traina is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Her practice focuses on land use and real estate matters, with an emphasis on energy transactions, including project development, acquisitions, financings and restructurings. She has significant expertise in wind power, solar power and other renewable energy technology, and has represented both developers and tax equity investors in connection with these transactions. Lauren also has notable experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and securities regulation.

Significant Representations:

  • Represented First Reserve in connection with its investment in the 120 MW Comanche Solar Facility located in Pueblo County, Colorado, credited as being “the largest solar farm east of the Rocky Mountains.”
  • Represented Terna Energy in connection with simultaneous tax equity, construction financing, and joint venture transactions related to its 155 MW wind facility to be constructed in Fluvanna, Texas.
  • Represented Berkshire Hathaway Renewables in its acquisition of the 110 MW Alamo 6 Solar Project located in Pecos County, Texas.
  • Represented MidAmerican Energy in connection with its tax equity investment in the 230 MW Mariah North Wind Project, including a sale lease-back arrangement for the project’s 27 mile, 345 kV transmission line and related rights-of-way.
  • Represented the Carlyle Group in connection with its acquisition of Essential Power’s 1,767 net MW power generation portfolio, including natural gas-fired, petroleum-fired and hydroelectric facilities located in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
  • Represented Energy Future Holdings in its $1.3 billion acquisition of two gas turbine power plants in Northeast Texas with a combined capacity of 2,988 MW.
  • Represented Newport Corporation in its $980 million acquisition by MKS Instruments, Inc.
  • Represented PneuDraulics, Inc. in its $325 million sale to TransDigm Group Incorporated.

Lauren was recognized as a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ 2022 – 2026 in Real Estate Law, Energy Law, and also, in Land Use and Zoning Law.

She has also has an active pro bono practice, which includes representing Lloyd Properties in connection with the dedication of property in Ventura County, California, consulting on real estate matters in connection with two mergers of the Boys and Girls Clubs in Los Angeles and Orange County, and working for the 2024 Los Angeles Olympic Committee. Lauren also participated in a team that prepared a case file for Lawyers Without Borders, which culminated in a trip to Africa to train Kenyan lawyers on prosecuting elephant poachers.

Lauren earned her law degree in 2014 from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where she was a submissions editor of the Southern California Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Cinematic Arts from the University of Southern California in 2011, graduating summa cum laude.

Lauren is admitted to practice law in the state of California.

Carissa H. Zidell is a partner in the Century City office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Department. Carissa represents private equity funds, developers, operators, and institutional and non-institutional investors in all aspects of real estate transactions, ranging from acquisitions and dispositions, financings, preferred equity investments, development matters, and joint ventures in a variety of asset types, including hospitality, office, student housing, multi-family, industrial, and data center.

Carissa was recognized as a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ 2025 and 2026 in Real Estate.

Carissa earned her Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. She graduated cum laude and with College Honors from UCLA, earning Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Classical Civilizations.

Carissa is admitted to practice law in California.

Andy Chen is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the Finance, Private Equity, and Oil and Gas Practice Groups. Andy advises clients on debt financings, including corporate lending transactions and leveraged acquisition financings in the oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, and oilfield services sectors, as well as the renewable and clean energy sectors.

Andy represents both capital providers and borrowers in connection with credit facilities and note purchase facilities, including acquisition financings, reserve-based lending facilities, second lien credit facilities and cash flow loans. In addition, he has experience with debtor-in-possession financings, exit financings, workouts and restructurings, and complex cross-border transactions. Andy was recognized in Chambers USA 2025 as “Up and Coming” in Texas Banking & Finance.

Representative Experience*

Lender Representations

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent – $1.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility for Coterra Energy Inc.
  • Mercuria Investments US, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent – $20 million secured term loan credit facility for American Battery Technology Company
  • Administrative Agent – $40 million revolving credit facility and separate $35 million term loan credit facility for solar panel installation company
  • MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as administrative agent – secured $1.75 billion revolving credit facility and separate $750 million term credit facility in connection with the exit financing for Chesapeake Energy Corporation
  • SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent – secured $750 million revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition of Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP
  • Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent – secured $155 million unitranche credit facility, including a $25 million delayed draw feature, extended to a privately held exploration and production company with acreage and producing assets located in Texas and Oklahoma
  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent – pre-petition asset-based loan facility in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of BJ Services, LLC and its affiliates
  • Administrative Agent – $1.38 billion senior revolving credit facility, $500 million senior secured term loan facility and $317 million 364-day senior secured second lien term loan facility for Weatherford International
  • Energy-focused investment firm – $100 million second lien term loan facility for acquisition by DJR Energy LLC’s of Encana’s San Juan Basin assets located in northern New Mexico
  • Administrative Agent – $250 million senior secured reserved-based revolving credit facility with an initial borrowing base of $40 million for a privately held oil and gas company with assets concentrated in the Eagle Ford Basin
  • Various arrangers and administrative agents in reserve-based revolving credit facilities for exploration and production companies with assets in basins throughout the United States

Borrower/Sponsor Representations

  • Presidio Investment Holdings LLC (Presidio Petroleum) – a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, in the largest to date by value securitization of oil and gas proved develop producing (PDP) assets
  • Sponsor-backed biofuels company – $80 million senior secured term loan and separate $50 million unsecured term loan in connection with the conversion of an oil refinery to a renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel production facility
  • Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC – $1 billion senior secured revolving credit facility to support company’s continued expansion
  • Represented client on subscription facility with Citibank for EMG Fund V
  • Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners – $1.5 billion senior secured term loan B facility and separate senior secured revolving credit facility’ in connection with Oryx Midstream Services
  • CITGO Petroleum Corporation – $1.2 billion senior secured term loan B facility
  • CITGO Holding. Inc. – $500 million senior secured term loan B facility
  • Amcor plc – $4.5 billion multi-tranche senior revolving and term loan credit facilities in connection with Amcor’s acquisition of Bemis Company Inc
  • Archrock Partners – $1.1 billion secured revolving credit facility
  • Energy-focused sponsor – $100 million secured revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition of a water supply company
  • Energy-focused sponsor – $285 million secured revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition of oil and gas assets located in the Western Anadarko Basin
  • Privately held upstream exploration & production company – $5 billion senior secured term loan B facility

Andy earned his Juris Doctor from University of Virginia School of Law, during which he was a member of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology and interned for The Office of Virginia Attorney General and on Capitol Hill for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Andy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania.

While attending university, Andy co-founded a summer science camp for underprivileged middle school students in the Philadelphia area. He is a member of the Houston Bar Association.

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

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

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

Representative Clients and Transactions

Private Equity Representations

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

Public Company Representations

  • Academy Sports + Outdoors (NASDAQ: ASO): $1 billion ABL facility
  • CACI International (NYSE: CACI):
    • $3.2 billion term loan and revolving credit facilities
    • $1 billion senior unsecured bonds
    • $750 million term loan to finance the acquisition of Azure Summit Technology
    • $300 million accounts receivable factoring program
  • Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ: CCSI): $225 million delayed-draw term loan and revolving credit facilities
  • Enact Holdings (NASDAQ: ACT):
    • $750 million senior unsecured bonds
    • $435 million revolving credit facility
  • StepStone Group (NASDAQ: STEP): $225 million revolving credit facility in connection with its acquisition of Greenspring Associates
  • Tutor Perini (NYSE: TPC):
    • $600 million term loan and revolving credit facilities
    • $400 million senior unsecured bonds
  • Welltower (NYSE: WELL):
    • Financing in connection with its acquisition of Quality Care Properties
    • $6.2 billion sustainability-linked term loan and revolving credit facilities
    • $3.75 billion term loan and revolving credit facilities
    • $1 billion delayed-draw term loan facility

 Arranger/Lender Representations

JPMorgan Chase:

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

Publications

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

 Speaking Engagements

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

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

James Chandler is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group.

He advises on a wide variety of UK corporate tax matters with a particular focus on private equity and the technology sector.

James has extensive experience of structuring public and private corporate and real estate transactions as well as fund formation. He has also advised on a wide range of financial restructuring mandates.

Stephanie Collins is an Of Counsel and English law qualified solicitor advocate in Gibson Dunn’s London office. She is a member of the firm’s Geopolitical Strategy and International Law, International Arbitration, ESG: Risk, Litigation, and Reporting, and Judgment and Award Enforcement Practice Groups.  She has particular experience guiding clients in the energy, infrastructure, mining, financial services and tech sectors.

Stephanie specialises in public international law, and advises clients on a broad range of matters, including international human rights law and climate change law.  She has recently advised a State on the establishment of a new international organization.

Stephanie also regularly offers strategic guidance to clients on geopolitical risk management.  This includes advising on developing jurisprudence, regulation and policy which may impact clients’ operations.  She represents corporate actors in human rights-related disputes, including before the European Court of Human Rights and UN Treaty Bodies.  

In the international arbitration space, Stephanie has extensive experience of acting in investor-State proceedings under the ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as experience of commercial arbitration disputes under the ICC, LCIA, Ciarb and SIAC Rules.  She has acted in over ten Energy Charter Treaty arbitrations and numerous BIT proceedings, where she has gained advocacy experience.  Stephanie is the co-founder and Chair of Young EFILA (European Federation of International Investment Law and Arbitration) and a member of the International Law Association, British Branch.  She has previously served as member of CPR’s Young Leaders in ADR Steering Committee (2021-2024), as well as the Global Steering Committee for the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations (2022-2024).

An experienced business and human rights lawyer, she has experience representing clients in civil litigation proceedings with a human rights and environmental nexus; advising clients on climate change and greenwashing risks as well as supply chain risks; and acting in proceedings brought under the OECD Guidelines before National Contact Points.  She also advises on a host of ESG-related regulations and delivers strategic advice such as designing human rights policies, due diligence processes and grievance mechanisms, as well as heat-mapping sustainability regulatory developments.  She has been an active member of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association—of which Gibson Dunn is a founding member—since its inception.

Stephanie is recognised by Legal 500 as a “key lawyer” for Public International Law, International Arbitration and ESG Risk Advisory.

She regularly publishes and speaks on topics relating to public international law, international arbitration and business and human rights issues, and has guest lectured at Queen Mary University of London, as part of the Energy and Resources LLM.

Stephanie maintains an active pro bono practice and is a member of the London office’s pro bono committee.  Her practice centres on human rights and public international law issues, and clients she has acted for include the Public International Law and Policy Group.  She was trustee for a London-based women’s empowerment charity for over six years until 2024.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Stephanie trained and practised in the London office of a magic circle law firm.  During this time, she spent time in the firm’s Madrid and Singapore offices.  She was also seconded to the litigation / arbitration team of a multinational energy company for nine months in 2017 / 2018.

Stephanie holds a First-Class Honours degree in Law from University College London (2011).  She spent one year studying at the National University of Singapore. 

Valeri Bozhikov is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group. 

Valeri has extensive experience advising clients from a diverse range of industries on EU, UK, and international competition law, with a particular focus on merger control and foreign investment. He has routinely represented clients before the European Commission, the UK CMA, and the German Federal Cartel Office.

He is recognised in the Legal 500 UK 2024 directory as a Key Lawyer for EU and Competition and in the category Ones to Watch for Competition Law in the 2025 Best Lawyers edition.

Valeri graduated with a Master of Law (LLM) from Kings College London and a Magister Juris from Sofia University. He is admitted to practice in England and Wales, Belgium and Bulgaria. 

As of 2023, Valeri is a visiting professor at Queen Mary, University of London. 

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he was a Special Counsel in the Competition practice group at another major international law firm. 

Valeri’s select representations include:*

  • Thoma Bravo in numerous transactions, including its acquisitions of Ping Identity for $2.8 billion and Darktrace for $5.3 billion, its portfolio company Ping Identity’s acquisition of ForgeRock for $2.3 billion, its portfolio company Proofpoint’s acquisition of Hornetsecurity, its portfolio company Flexera’s acquisitions of Snow Software and the USU GmbH, and its portfolio company LogRhythm’s merger with Exabeam.
  •  Viavi’s attempted $1.3 billion public takeover of Spirent Communications plc. 
  • AEA Investors in numerous transactions, including its acquisition of Excelitas, Scan Global Logistics, Process Sensing Technologies, Scio Automation. 
  • Aleris Corporation in its acquisition by Novelis for $2.8 billion, which resulted in Phase 2 (in-depth) reviews in the EU and China. 
  • $2.7 billion definitive agreement for Soho House & Co. Inc. to be taken private. 
  • Leidos in its acquisition of L3Harris’ Security, Detection and Automation business for $1 billion.
  • New Mountain Capital in numerous transactions, including sale of its portfolio company Blue Yonder to Panasonic for $8.5 billion and its disposal of Zep Inc. to Truelink Capital. 
  • RedBird Capital Partners and Compass Datacenters LLC in the acquisition of Compass by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. 
  • Towebrook Capital Partners on the investment in GMC Group, the acquisition of IDAK Food Group and the $8.9 billion acquisition of R1 RCM (together with CD&R). 
  • Cambridge Information Group and its portfolio company ProQuest  in the acquisition of Innovative Interfaces. 
  • Allergan (now part of AbbVie) before the UK CMA in the hydrocortisone investigation and the subsequent appeals before the Uk Competition Appeal Tribunal. 
  • A financial institution in relation to two separate cartel investigations before the European Commission and various national competition authorities, including the UK, France and Germany. 

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

Matthew Squire is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Business Restructuring and Reorganization and Finance Practice Groups. 

Matthew has a broad restructuring practice, advising clients on complex cross-border restructurings, distressed liability management exercises, and special situations debt transactions.  His finance practice includes leveraged financings, investment grade financings, and acquisition financings. 

Matthew received his Bachelor of Common Law (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) from McGill University.  He received his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Political Science with International Relations from the University of British Columbia. 

Matthew is qualified to practice in England and Wales and in the State of New York.

Matthew’s experience includes advising:*

  • Barclays Bank Plc as administrative agent to Cineworld in connection with its four successful English Part 26A restructuring plans
  • Fidera, as the largest creditor in the Part 26A restructuring plan of the Project Fürst development in Berlin
  • Amgen on its $28.5 billion financing for the public takeover of Horizon Therapeutics
  • Barclays Bank Plc as administrative agent and sole bookrunner to Cineworld plc in its Chapter 11 restructuring which involved a $1.935 billion Debtor-In-Possession credit agreement
  • The RCF Lenders, and Barclays Bank PLC as lender and sole bookrunner to Cineworld Group plc during its restructuring, which involved a $450 million priority senior secured rescue facility and a second-out elevated term loan (2020)
  • ZIM Shipping Market Investments on its tender offer to purchase outstanding 3.0% Series 1 Notes and 5.0% Series 2 Notes of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. at 80% of face value
  • Eurazeo as significant shareholder to Europcar on Europcar’s €307 million financing related to COVID-19, consisting of a €220m new term loan, 90% guaranteed by the French State; €67m new financing facilities, 70% guaranteed by the Spanish State; and a €20m Incremental RCF guaranteed by Eurazeo
  • Signify N.V. on the financing matters in relation to its definitive agreement with Eaton to acquire Cooper Lighting Solutions for $1.4 billion

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

Graham is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of Real Estate Practice Group.

Graham advises lenders and sponsors on real estate backed investment and development financings in the UK and across continental Europe. His practice covers a wide range of asset classes and sectors, including hotels and leisure, offices, retail, industrial and build to rent. Graham regularly advises on secured senior and mezzanine financings, cross-border portfolio financings and REO/NPL transactions.

Mark Leverkus is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and is a member of the firm’s Transportation and Space, and Finance Practice Groups.

Mark acts for financiers, arrangers, equity investors, leasing companies, export credit agencies and operators on a range of international financing, leasing and sale and purchase transactions, involving aircraft, satellites and other moveable equipment. He also has extensive experience in the trading and repackaging of such transactions, as well as in restructurings, disputes, work-outs and repossessions.

Mark is recognised by The Legal 500 Rankings in Finance: Transport Finance and Leasing, with sources describing Mark as “excellent” and noting that Mark “is commercially minded and understands what is important to the client and what is not”. Mark has also been named a “Rising Star” by Airfinance Journal.

Mark has lectured on topics related to aircraft leasing and financing, and satellite projects.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mark was a member of the Transportation and Space group at Milbank LLP. Mark has previously spent six months seconded to the legal department of a major UK bank, and nine months seconded to a regional aircraft lessor in Dublin.                                                                                            

Mark’s experience includes advising*:

  • 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 60 widebody and narrowbody aircraft.
  • An ad hoc group of secured creditors in respect of the reorganization of Nordic Aviation Capital, through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, and subsequent debt and equity refinancing.
  • A leading aircraft lessor on the distressed purchase of three off-lease Boeing 787 aircraft and subsequent leasing to a new lessee, and debt financing.
  • A leading investment bank on a limited recourse secured aircraft portfolio financing (with accordion feature) for a private equity sponsor.
  • SMBC Aviation Capital on its $6.7 billion acquisition of Goshawk Management Ltd.
  • Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, on its export credit financing, commercial financing and procurement process for the SATRIA-1 high-throughput satellite project, which is valued at $545 million.
  • An aircraft lessor on the acquisition of two Airbus A380 aircraft, on lease and with Shariah-compliant debt attached.
  • An investment firm on its secured debt financing for an airline group, secured by spares, shares and intellectual property.
  • A group of creditors with respect to AirAsia X’s Malaysian scheme of arrangement.
  • BNP Paribas as mandated lead arranger and original lender on the US$168 million financing for the acquisition of a portfolio of eight aircraft by Global Aviation Equipment Leasing (GAEL), an aviation fund arranged by SMBC Aviation Capital.
  • A syndicate of lenders on a US$400 million secured warehouse facility for an aircraft operating lessor, for the financing of a portfolio of narrowbody and widebody aircraft, leased to a number of lessees.
  • NCB Capital on the acquisition of a portfolio of 19 narrowbody and widebody aircraft from AerCap and financing under a US$500 million Murabaha facility jointly arranged by Citibank and BNP Paribas.
  • The Brazilian Government (as export credit guarantor) and the lenders on the repossession and remarketing of six aircraft on lease to Flybe, and matters related to Flybe’s administration proceedings.
  • Elix Aviation Capital on its US$200 million secured warehouse facility from Morgan Stanley for the refinancing of a portfolio of ATR and Bombardier turboprop aircraft.
  • OneWeb Communications on a senior secured credit facility for its global satellite constellation.
  • The lead arranger and lender with respect to a secured warehouse facility of up to $300 million, for the financing of a portfolio of aircraft leased to various lessees.
  • A leading Irish aircraft leasing company on the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of 45 aircraft.
  • Goshawk on its inaugural asset-backed securitization (ABS), relating to a portfolio of eighteen Airbus and Boeing aircraft on lease to various airlines.
  • Elix Aviation Capital in connection with its US$411 million debut ABS deal (the first ABS to be 100% secured against turboprops).
  • BOC Aviation on a US$548m ABS, secured by 17 aircraft leased to a range of lessees.
  • A syndicate of lenders on the financing of three Airbus A330 aircraft, and subsequent lease and debt restructuring.
  • An Irish leasing company on the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of 10 Boeing and Airbus aircraft.
  • An Irish leasing company on the purchase and leaseback, with debt financing, of three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
  • Various Chinese-backed leasing companies on the sales of portfolios of aircraft.
  • A Japanese-backed leasing company with respect to the sales and purchases of multiple portfolios of aircraft.
  • An Irish leasing company on a number of aircraft sales to third-party buyers, with ongoing lease management services.
  • AWAS and its owners Terra Firma and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on an agreement to sell a portfolio of 90 aircraft to Macquarie Group Limited for a total consideration of US$4 billion.
  • A Brazilian airline on the COFACE/SACE supported financing of ten ATR aircraft.

*Includes representations made by Mark prior to his association with Gibson Dunn.

Michael Skouras is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group.

Michael focuses on advising private equity sponsors and other financial investors on a range of complex cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, co-investments, and minority and growth capital investments.

In 2020, Michael was seconded to Bain Capital Private Equity’s European legal team. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Michael worked at another leading international law firm in London.

Selected experience:*

  • Oaktree Capital Management and its co-investor on the sale of a majority controlling stake in OEG Energy Group to funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management
  • Oaktree Capital Management and its co-shareholders on the sale of a controlling stake in OSM Thome to funds advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Global Transportation Group
  • KKR on its investment in Lighthouse, a leading data analytics and commercial intelligence platform
  • CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of Partner in Pet Food Group
  • CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of Packeta
  • The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of intelliflo from Invesco
  • The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of Meopta
  • The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of Tescan
  • The Carlyle Group on its on-going investments in Phrase, Disguise and the Unifrutti Group
  • The Carlyle Group and its portfolio company (LiveU) on the acquisition of EasyLive
  • Oaktree Capital Management on its sale of the Avenga Group
  • Oaktree Capital Management on its on-going investment in atomos
  • Providence Equity Partners on its acquisition of d&b
  • PSG Equity and its portfolio company (Sport Alliance) on its acquisition of Perfect Gym
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management on its acquisition of Norgine
  • Howden (a portfolio company of General Atlantic, CDPQ and Hg) on its acquisition of Aston Lark from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Bowmark Capital
  • Bain Capital Private Equity on its acquisition of Valeo Foods Group
  • Bain Capital Private Equity and its portfolio company (Kantar) on the acquisition of Numerator from Vista Equity Partners
  • General Atlantic on its minority investment in Visma
  • General Atlantic on its acquisition of a majority interest in Kiwi.com
  • Generation Investment Management on its strategic investment in Octopus Energy
  • Advent International and its portfolio company (Culligan) on its acquisition of Harvey Water Softeners
  • Providence Equity Partners and its portfolio company (Node4) on the acquisition of TNP
  • Verallia on its acquisition of Allied Glass from Sun European Partners LLP
  • CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Metropolitan Hospital Group

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

Heather Skrabak is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where she currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Heather earned her Juris Doctor with high honors from The George Washington University Law School. While at George Washington, she served as a Notes Editor on The George Washington University Law Review and was elected to Order of the Coif. She served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Prior to law school, she worked in health policy for nonprofit health care organizations.

Previously, Heather served as a law clerk for Judge Carlos F. Lucero of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Heather graduated from Boston University in 2010, with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health and Migration Studies. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

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

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Tamara served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael B. Brennan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

She earned her law degree with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where she served as the Executive Online Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review and as the Events Coordinator of the University of Chicago Federalist Society. 

Prior to law school, Tamara worked for Arizona Governor Doug Ducey as part of his communications team. She graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College with an honors degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

Tamara is admitted to practice in Arizona and the District of Columbia.

Jessica Pearigen Barnes is a litigation associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Her practice focuses on class actions and complex litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, with special emphasis on labor and employment litigation, consumer litigation, and environmental litigation and mass torts.

Jessica has significant experience at all stages of litigation, including trial work, case management, motion practice, depositions, witness preparation, and working with experts.  She has briefed cases in federal and state courts across the country, including multiple federal appeals courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  She has represented clients in a wide variety of industries, including technology, healthcare, elder care, retail, manufacturing, agriculture, education, and transportation. 

The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized her as “One to Watch” in Commercial Litigation.

Recent successes of Jessica’s teams include:

  • Defending trucking company against claims by 6,000+ participants in commercial driver’s license training program who alleged they were employees and securing complete victory following bench trial. 
  • Defeating certification of damages classes in putative class action alleging consumer claims against technology company.
  • Winning a full defense verdict for leading online retailer in a bench trial of employee misclassification claims in federal court.
  • Obtaining summary judgment for global agricultural producer in environmental litigation alleging exposure to DBCP.
  • Defeating class certification for various technology, retail, and manufacturing clients on wage and hour and consumer claims.

Jessica also maintains an active pro bono practice.  Highlights include:

  • Securing from the Ninth Circuit a new jury trial on a grandmother’s excessive force claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
  • Obtaining a remand from the Fifth Circuit then persuading the government to dismiss removal proceedings against a Honduran refugee.
  • Helping to negotiate a favorable settlement on behalf of a horse sanctuary for damages and removing neglected horses from abusive facility. Gibson Dunn received the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Pro Bono award for its work in this matter.    

Before joining the firm, Jessica served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Jessica earned her law degree cum laude in 2017 from Duke University School of Law, where she was as Editor in Chief of Law & Contemporary Problems.  While in law school, Jessica also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Nita L. Stormes of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California.  She also served as a Teaching Assistant for Distinctive Aspects of U.S. Law, and as a Research Assistant to Professor Ernest Young.  Jessica earned her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from the University of Southern California.

Jessica serves on the Firm’s Pro Bono and Associates committees.  In her free time, Jessica enjoys volunteering at the local animal shelter, hiking with her husband and dogs, and watching USC football and Duke basketball.

Ariella R. Pultman is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Finance Practice Group, representing private equity sponsors and borrowers in a variety of banking and other debt finance transactions, including acquisition financings, note offerings and subscription-based facilities.

Ariella received her Juris Doctor in 2018 from New York University School of Law, where she served as Senior Notes Editor of the NYU Journal of Law & Business. She received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in English and History from Barnard College in 2013, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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