Owen Alderson is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn, where his practice focuses on Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions.

He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2020, where he served as the Online Managing Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law and was awarded the law school’s Distinguished Pro Bono Award. Owen received his Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, in Drama from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 2017.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Owen was an associate in the Corporate Department of another international law firm in New York.

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

Nabil Shaikh is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Nabil served as a law clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Nabil earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, and where he served as an Executive Editor on both the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and The Regulatory Review.

Prior to law school, Nabil served as a fellow in the U.S. Department of Justice, working on civil and civil rights enforcement. Nabil graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts and also earned a Master’s in Public Affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

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

Lauren Cook Jackson is counsel in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Financial Institutions, Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance, Securities Enforcement and Investment Funds practice groups.

Ms. Jackson’s practice focuses on securities regulatory compliance and enforcement matters. She serves as regulatory compliance counsel to retail and institutional broker-dealers and investment advisers. She has also represented global financial institutions, public companies, broker-dealers, investment advisers, private fund issuers, swap dealers, and commercial commodities traders as well as other regulated entities and professionals in responding to examinations, investigations, and enforcement proceedings brought by securities regulators and self-regulatory organizations including: the SEC, CFTC, FINRA, NYSE, DOJ, OCC, CBOE, CME, NFA, NASAA task force groups, and state securities divisions and attorneys general.

Ms. Jackson regularly assists clients in conducting internal investigations into potential violations of state and federal securities laws and in identifying steps necessary to obtain compliance with such regulations, as well as self-reporting to securities regulators when required. She similarly has extensive experience designing and advising on the execution of large-scale remediation programs that balance the concerns and priorities of a firm’s internal constituents, mitigate potential follow-on litigation risk, and fulfill the requirements of relevant regulatory undertakings.

Ms. Jackson graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000 and received her law degree magna cum laude from the University of Richmond School of Law in 2008. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and North Carolina.

Representative Matters*

  • Represented multiple firms investigated and/or disciplined by SEC, FINRA, the CFTC and/or NFA for deficiencies relating to the preservation of required regulatory records by broker-dealers and swaps dealers in the prescribed form and manner (including that such records be kept in “WORM” format pursuant to SEC Rule 17a-4(f) and CFTC Rule 1.31). Assisted firms in conducting expansive remediation programs including top-down inventory of all required regulatory records, and the overhaul of related technology, governance and supervisory systems.
  • Conducted internal investigation into potential violations of the Investment Company Act of 1940 in the pricing of certain mutual fund orders received by a brokerage unit of a Fortune 500 insurance and investment management company, coordinating the self-reporting of findings to FINRA and negotiation of favorable settlement terms for resolution of the matter and restitution to impacted investors.
  • Managed a top-tier global financial institution’s response to a complex regulatory inquiry into the possible manipulation of key interest rate indices, including LIBOR, TIBOR, and EURIBOR, as well as investigations by the DOJ, CFTC, SEC, UK FSA, and EC, and conducted an internal investigation of the firm’s corporate treasury, chief investment office, and six business lines in response to related civil and criminal inquiries and class action litigation.
  • Represented one of the nation’s largest independent broker-dealers in resolving multi-state investigations and subsequent global settlements regarding allegations relating to the sale of certain alternative investments, and compliance with so-called “Blue Sky” securities requirements.
  • Represented one of the nation’s largest broker-dealers in resolving dozens of separate enforcement matters relating to alleged violations of SEC Rule 15c3-5 (the Market Access Rule) and related exchange supervisory rules relative to trading on the NYSE, CBOE, NASDAQ, and Bats.
  • Represented four of five broker-dealers in a NASAA task force sweep investigation into the supervision and state-registration status of retail brokerage sales assistants and in negotiating and executing subsequent global multistate settlements.
  • Advised client’s internal governance committee in reaching determinations regarding whether discipline imposed against associated persons during the annual incentive compensation review process and otherwise throughout the year required a reporting to FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 4530.
  • Represented investment banking and retail brokerage businesses in response to DOJ, SEC, and state securities divisions’ inquiry into the handling of information and treatment of different categories of customers relative to the initial public offering of a social media platform.
  • Represented broker-dealer in negotiating an end to an ongoing administrative hearing, including a settlement that absolved individual executives of all sanctions sought, and provided favorable terms for the repurchase of outstanding auction rate securities.

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Recent Speaking Engagements

  • PLI’s Broker/Dealer Regulation and Enforcement (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022)
  • Securities Enforcement Forum West, The SEC’s Active Rulemaking Agenda and its Impact (2024)
  • PLI’s Fiduciary Investment Advice and the Evolving Retail Investor Landscape (2022)
  • PLI Fundamentals of Broker-Dealer Regulation (2021)
  • NASAA Policy Symposium, Lessons Learned for Retail Investors from the GameStop Saga (2021)
  • IAA, SEC Examination and Enforcement Update for Investment Advisers (2020)
  • NASAA State Securities Regulatory Training, Effective Records Requests: An Industry Perspective (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019)

Publications

  • Author of Chapter 33A: Electronic Storage for the Retention of Required Regulatory Records, in the PLI Broker-Dealer Regulation (Second Edition) Treatise

Harold B. Green is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn.

Before joining the firm, Harold served as a law clerk to the Honorable A. Joe Fish of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Harold earned his law degree cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School. While at Michigan, he served as an Articles Editor for the Michigan Journal of Law Reform, a student attorney with the Veterans Legal Clinic, and a Senior Judge (teaching assistant) in the law school’s Legal Practice Program. He graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and History.

Harold is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, the State of California, and the State of Texas. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Susanna G. Schuemann is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment, White Collar Defense and Investigations, and Crisis Management Practice Groups. 

Susanna’s practice includes employment and trade secrets litigation, regulatory and internal investigations, and compliance and advisory work. Susanna has helped multinational companies across a variety of industries conduct internal investigations, respond to regulatory inquiries, and litigate complex commercial matters, including class actions. Her cross-disciplinary practice includes experience with employment, consumer protection, securities, and anti-corruption laws.

Recent litigation matters:

  • Representing financial institution and employees in a trade secrets and breach of contract action.
  • Representing insurance company in class action alleging worker misclassification.
  • Obtaining a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunctive relief on behalf of an AI start up in trade secrets case.
  • Achieving favorable resolution for leading management consulting company in trade secrets and non-solicit dispute against top competitor.
  • Securing full dismissal with prejudice of all claims against a major technology company in a nationwide putative consumer class action.
  • Defending trucking company in nationwide class action alleging worker misclassification.
  • Winning summary judgment for a major retailer in a lawsuit filed by a former employee alleging whistleblower retaliation and disability discrimination.
  • Aiding companies in developing and refining employee handbooks and other employment-related policies and guidelines.

Recent investigations, regulatory matters, and advisory work:

  • Representing financial institution in FDIC and DOJ investigation following the termination of executives for workplace misconduct.
  • Representing major technology company in SEC and DOJ investigation of suspected insider trading.
  • Achieving full declination for individual clients in insider trading investigation. 
  • Advising global asset management company in response to allegations of gender-based pay disparity.
  • Conducting independent investigation at the request of national professional sports team in connection with allegations of sexual abuse involving the team’s youth development program.
  • Conducting independent investigation at the direction of a special committee of the board of a public company in connection with allegations of improper workplace relationship between CEO and subordinate.
  • Conducting independent investigation in response to internal whistleblower report alleging violations of trade compliance regulations.
  • Representing a global financial institution in investigating and responding to regulatory inquiries regarding account activity in high risk jurisdictions.
  • Advising major law firm regarding investigation and remediation of employee misconduct.
  • Aiding a global financial institution in securing a full declination in an SEC investigation regarding goodwill impairment accounting practices.
  • Advising fast-growing start-ups in developing employee policies.

Susanna maintains an active pro bono practice. She has represented young children in custody and immigration proceedings, helped veterans access health care and other support services, and advised non-profit organizations regarding employment and regulatory compliance issues. In 2025, she received the Pro Bono Team of the Year award from Kids in Need of Defense in recognition of her successful advocacy on behalf of a teenage client.

She graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law in 2017 where she received multiple top oral advocate awards as a member of the NYU Moot Court Board’s national team, served as a teaching assistant for contracts, and worked as a research assistant for the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Covenant College, where she received a Maclellan leadership scholarship.

Susanna is admitted to practice law in California, New York, and the District of Columbia. She is a member of the bars of the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California.

R. Brian Tracz is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. 

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Brian served as a law clerk to the Honorable Andrew P. Gordon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. 

Brian graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as Articles Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.  During law school, he earned a Certificate in Management from the Wharton School and served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Richard G. Andrews of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Philosophy from Boston College, where he graduated summa cum laude.  Prior to law school, Brian also earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California San Diego.

Brian is admitted to practice in the State of California as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Hannah E. Kirshner is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, focusing on complex civil litigation and law firm defense.

Hannah has represented a broad range of clients in a variety of complex commercial disputes involving claims including breach of contract, fraud, civil RICO, breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting tortious conduct, and malpractice. Hannah has experience in all stages of litigation, focusing on pre-litigation assessment and strategy, through motion practice, discovery, trial preparation, and appellate proceedings. She practices in state and federal courts and arbitration forums.

 Hannah also maintains an active pro bono practice. She has participated extensively in the Eastern District of New York’s alternatives to incarceration program, represented adults and minors seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief, and has successfully represented an individual in a constitutional challenge based on inadequate prison conditions.

Hannah received her J.D. in 2016 from New York University, where she was an articles editor on the Journal of Legislation and Public Policy. While at NYU, she participated in clinics at the Brennan Center and Kings County District Attorney’s office. 

Hannah graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Davis in 2011.

Hannah is admitted to practice law in the State of California and the State of New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York and Eastern District of New York.

Kimberly Mejia is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn where she currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

She previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael W. Fitzgerald of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Kim received her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2023. While in law school, she served as an elected representative of the Student Association at Berkeley Law and was an editor on the California Law Review, Berkeley Latine Journal of Law & Policy, and Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law.

Kim received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019, where she graduated with distinction and highest honors in Legal Studies. 

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

Phillip Sanders is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups. Phillip represents both strategic companies and private equity clients (including their portfolio companies) in connection with all aspects of their domestic and cross-border M&A activities.

He received his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a Lead Articles Editor on the SMU Law Review. Phillip earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.

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

Representative Strategic Transactions:

  • SES: $3.1 billion acquisition of Intelsat
  • Pioneer Natural Resources: $65 billion merger with Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • PepsiCo: Numerous transactions, including:
    • $1.2 billion acquisition of Siete Foods
    • Sale of Tropicana, Naked and other select juice brands to PAI Partners for $3.3 billion in cash and a 39% interest in the resulting joint venture
    • $3.8 billion acquisition of Rockstar Energy
    • $3.2 billion acquisition of publicly-traded SodaStream
    • $550 million preferred equity investment in publicly traded Celsius
    • $175 million preferred equity investment in Instacart in connection with Instacart’s initial public offering
  • Merck & Co.: Numerous transactions, including:
    • Acquisition of EyeBio for up to $3 billion
    • Spin-off of its women’s health, biosimilars and established brands businesses into a new, publicly traded company, Organon & Co.
    • $1.3 billion acquisition of publicly-traded Imago Biosciences
    • $300 million acquisition of publicly-traded Immune Design
  • Xylem: Numerous transactions, including:
    • $7.5 billion acquisition of publicly-traded Evoqua Water Technologies
    • $1.7 billion acquisition of Sensus
    • Sale of Xylem’s international water and heat metering assets to Aurelius
    • $400 million acquisition of publicly-traded Pure Technologies
  • Marsh & McLennan Companies and its affliates: Numerous transactions, including:
    • Acquisition of International Catastrophe Insurance Managers
    • Acquisition of Avascent
    • Acquisition of Huron’s life sciences strategy consulting practice
    • Sale of Marsh ClearSight to Riskonnect
  • J.R. Simplot in its acquisition of Clarebout Potatoes
  • Mondelēz International: $2.9 billion acquisition of Clif Bar & Company
  • Brown-Forman Corporation: Sale of Sonoma‑Cutrer Vineyards to The Duckhorn Portfolio
  • Continental Building Products: $1.4 billion sale to Saint-Gobain
  • Visa: Acquisition of Verifi, a leader in technology solutions that reduce chargebacks

Representative Private Equity Transactions:

  • L Catterton and its portfolio companies: Numerous transactions, including:
    • L Catterton’s lead role in the $800 million equity investment made by a consortium of investors in Flexjet
    • L Catterton’s significant growth investment in Alliance Animal Health
    • PatientPoint’s combination with Outcome Health to create PatientPoint Health Technologies
    • Sale of PatientPoint Health Technologies by L Catterton and Littlejohn & Co. to Advent International
    • Canidae’s combination with Natural Balance to create Ethos Pet Brands
    • Sale of StriVectin to Crown Laboratories
    • Sale of Ferrara Candy Company to The Ferrero Group
    • Acquisition of Saje Natural Wellness
  • Kelso & Company and its portfolio companies: Numerous transactions, including the acquisitions and subsequent combination of Emtec and Definition 6
  • KKR: Partial sale and partial rollover of its investment in KnowBe4 in connection with the take private of KnowBe4 by Vista Equity Partners
  • Pharos Capital Group and its portfolio companies: Numerous transactions, including:
    • Acquisition of TechLab and its subsequent sale to SSI Diagnostica
    • Acquisition of Vantage Outsourcing
  • J.H. Whitney: Sale of WANHO Manufacturing to FIMO Group

Karsyn Archambeau is a litigation associate in Gibson Dunn’s New York office. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

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

She is a member of the New York State bar.

Russell Balikian is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group. He represents clients in high-stakes litigation before the Supreme Court of the United States and other federal and state courts across the country, as well as in major proceedings before administrative agencies. Russell was named a Top 25 Telecommunications Attorney of 2025 (Attorney Intel), recognized as a Rising Star in Telecommunications (Law360, 2024) and One to Watch in Appellate Practice (Best Lawyers, 2023). 

Russell has extensive experience in administrative law, especially in the telecom and technology sectors. He regularly represents clients challenging or supporting agency rules and orders, and he defends companies against enforcement actions by federal regulators, such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Russell brings the capabilities of an appellate attorney to all stages of the case, from building the record before the agency to litigating the case in court. 

Russell also has nationwide experience litigating appeals and dispositive motions in high-profile matters, including putative class actions, major commercial disputes, and mass-tort cases. He has represented clients at every level of the federal and state judiciary. Russell also advises clients on appellate strategy and critical legal issues.

Representative Matters:

  • Represented trade association in appellate challenge to FCC’s 2024 “net neutrality” order (Sixth Circuit). Previously represented same association seeking Supreme Court review of FCC’s 2015 “net neutrality” order (SCOTUS).
  • Representing major mobile carriers in appellate challenge to FCC orders imposing $92 million in penalties regarding location data (D.C. Circuit).
  • Representing successor of chemical manufacturer as appellate counsel in nationwide tort litigation.
  • Won reversal of bench-trial decision rejecting $421 million breach-of-contract claim (E.D. Virginia).
  • Won dismissal of class action alleging that major financial-services company made misleading disclosures about a leading investment product (N.D. California). Won affirmance on appeal (Ninth Circuit).
  • Won complex appeal holding that class action against numerous financial entities was impermissibly extraterritorial, and that plaintiff lacked antitrust standing and failed to allege proximate cause for RICO claim (Second Circuit). Successfully opposed petition for certiorari (SCOTUS).
  • Won injunction holding that federal law preempted Puerto Rico’s debt-restructuring act (D. Puerto Rico). Twice won affirmance on appeal (First Circuit; SCOTUS).
  • Successfully intervened on behalf of satellite operator in support of FCC order transitioning C-Band spectrum for 5G wireless deployment (D.C. Circuit).
  • Filed amicus brief on behalf of U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Loper Bright v. Raimondo (2024) addressing the separation-of-powers problems associated with reflexive Chevron deference (SCOTUS).

Russell clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Gregory G. Katsas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Diane S. Sykes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He received his law degree from Yale Law School, where he was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review. He graduated summa cum laude from Taylor University with a bachelor’s degree in both Political Science and Biblical Literature.

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

Roshana Ching is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s London office and a member of the firm’s Litigation and International Arbitration practice groups.

Roshana has broad experience acting on complex disputes, including mass claims before the High Court and the Competition Appeal Tribunal, high-profile arbitration, and regulatory investigations. She has coordinated multi-jurisdictional litigation strategies with local counsel across the world. Roshana has a strong academic background in economics, which allows her to work seamlessly with economic experts.  

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Roshana was an associate at a Magic Circle firm. She began her career in New Zealand, where she acted for government clients on complex civil and regulatory litigation and as a Crown Prosecutor of serious crime. 

Representative Experience*:

  • Acted for Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and subsidiaries on mass claims before the High Court arising from the “Dieselgate” scandal, including antitrust claims based on the European Commission’s novel decision in Case AT.40178 – Emissions (the first cartel infringement finding based solely on a restriction of technological development).
  • Acted for Manchester City Football Club on confidential antitrust and public law matters subject to arbitration.
  • Advised BT Group in relation to an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority into alleged anti-competitive conduct by BT Group, BBC, Sky UK Limited and others regarding the procurement of freelance and employed labour for sports content production and broadcasting.
  • Acted for Volvo/Renault Trucks in coordinating its Europe-wide defence of over 3,000 proceedings in 21 countries following the European Commission’s decision in Case AT.39824 – Trucks.
  • Acted pro bono for the Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit in an intervention before the Court of Appeal regarding the scope of the UK’s criminal injuries compensation scheme: RN v First-tier Tribunal [2023] EWCA Civ 882.

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

Emily Rumble is an of counsel in Hong Kong and is a member of the firm’s Financial Regulatory Practice Group.

Emily advises firms on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious financial regulatory matters. Her contentious practice is focused on advising clients on their most significant regulatory investigations by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Her experience in this area includes advising international financial institutions on investigations in relation to alleged IPO sponsor misconduct, potential misuse of inside information, systems and controls failures across a range of business units and falsification of records. Emily has also advised a number of international financial institutions in relation to section 59(2) reviews and on-site regulatory examinations / inspections by the SFC and HKMA.

Emily frequently advises a wide range of investment banking clients on complex non-contentious regulatory matters, with a particular focus on culture, conduct and governance matters. Emily has advised multiple international financial institutions on their implementation of senior management accountability regimes across the Asia-Pacific region, and has “on the ground” experience in this field from her secondment to the Hong Kong office of an Australian bank to assist with their implementation of the HKMA’s senior management accountability regime. Emily also advises institutions on conduct and culture matters in the context of regulatory and internal investigations, including in the context of internal disciplinary action in relation to employee misconduct and regulatory reporting obligations.

Emily has a thriving cryptocurrency practice, and routinely advises the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including advising multiple exchanges on regulatory investigations by the SFC into operations outside the regulatory perimeter, licensing matters, data storage requirements, and improvements in compliance arrangements.

Emily also frequently assists leading industry associations with their responses to major regulatory reforms and consultations. In previous years, this has included advising ASIFMA on its response to the SFC’s consultation on changes to enforcement related provisions of the Securities and Futures Ordinance, ASIFMA on its response to the HKMA’s consultation on its mandatory reference check scheme, ASIFMA on its response to the SFC’s internal investigation disclosure obligation and AIMA in relation to the SFC’s external electronic data storage provider circular.

Emily was named as a Rising Star for Financial Services Regulatory by The Legal 500 in both 2022 and 2023.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Emily trained and practiced at the Sydney and Hong Kong offices of an international law firm, and was an associate to Justice Annabelle Bennett of the Federal Court of Australia. She has First Class Honours degrees in Law and History from the University of New South Wales, and a Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction) from the University of Oxford, where she specialized in financial and corporate regulation. Emily is admitted to practice in New South Wales, Australia, and in Hong Kong.

Vlad Zinovyev is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy & Infrastructure, Power & Renewables, and Cleantech Practice Groups.

Vlad advises on complex domestic and cross-border transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors across the United States and the Middle East, with a focus on M&A, private equity investments, joint ventures, and project development arrangements. He also has additional expertise in equity and debt capital markets and broader corporate finance matters.

He has represented sovereign-owned entities, public and private companies, private equity and asset management firms, and financial institutions in connection with projects and transactions across the United States, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. His industry experience includes renewable and conventional power generation, storage, transmission and distribution, energy transition fuels and technologies, petrochemical and industrial projects, utilities, as well as metals and mining.

Vlad previously worked in Gibson Dunn’s Abu Dhabi office, and before that across the Beijing and London offices of another international law firm.

Vlad received his LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, M.Sc. from King’s College London, and LL.B. from Saint Petersburg University. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York and in England and Wales, and is fluent in Russian and Mandarin Chinese.

Representative Experience:

Renewables and Conventional Power

  • Veritas Capital: on its $3.1 billion acquisition and related financing of Wood Mackenzie, a global research and consultancy group serving the energy, renewables, and natural resources industries.
  • AIP Management: on its strategic U.S. platform expansion through an investment in Silicon Ranch Corporation, one of the largest solar independent power producers in the U.S.
  • AIP Management: on its acquisition of majority equity interests in Victory Pass and Arica, co-located 463 MWac solar photovoltaic and 186 MW battery energy storage system projects in California, from Clearway Energy.
  • AIP Management: on its acquisition of minority equity interests in Pine Forest, a co-located 300 MWac solar photovoltaic and 200 MW battery energy storage system project in Texas, from Clearway Energy.
  • Clearway Energy: on its acquisition of the 137 MW Tuolumne Wind Project located in Washington from Turlock Irrigation District, an electric and water utility providing California’s Central Valley with power and irrigation water.
  • Paragon Energy Capital: on its sale of the 93.5 MW Saguaro natural gas-fired combined-cycle power cogeneration facility located in Nevada to Nightpeak Energy.
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners: on its acquisition of a majority stake in PearlX, an owner and operator of fully integrated smart grid infrastructure systems.
  • energyRe: on a tax equity investment from Google and in a related financing for three solar power projects located in South Carolina.
  • Orion Renewable Energy: on the development and sale of a wind project in the United States.

Utilities

  • Berkshire Hathaway Energy and its utility subsidiaries: on multiple financings, including refinancings of six separate revolving and term-loan credit facilities in an aggregate amount of up to $8.9 billion.
  • MidAmerican Energy Company: on multiple bond offerings, including (i) a $1.35 billion registered green bond offering of 5.350% first mortgage bonds due 2034 and 5.850% first mortgage bonds due 2054, (ii) a $600 million registered green bond offering of 5.300% first mortgage bonds due 2055, the proceeds of which were used to finance or refinance qualifying energy, clean transportation, and climate change adaptation investments, and (iii) a $400 million registered bond offering of 5.500% first mortgage bonds due 2056.
  • Eastern Energy Gas Holding: on multiple registered senior notes offerings, including (i) an offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of 5.650% senior notes due 2054, (ii) an offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 5.800% senior notes due 2035, and (iii) an offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.200% senior notes due 2055.
  • State Grid Corporation of China: on its joint venture with two state-owned utility companies to develop a $1.8 billion PPP electricity transmission project (including transmission lines, substations, and distribution systems) in Ethiopia.
  • State Grid Corporation of China: on the development and financing of the $1.65 billion, 660 kV HDVC, 878-km Matiari-Lahore BOOT electricity transmission project in Pakistan.
  • Veolia Environment: on the EPC contract template for the development of wastewater treatment facilities in China.

Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Industrial

  • ADNOC: on the development of one of the world’s largest integrated production complexes at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Zone in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • Middle Eastern sovereign-owned energy entity: on its ~$3 billion sell-down of shares in its natural gas unit via a fully marketed offering to institutional investors.
  • Middle Eastern sovereign-owned energy entity: on its ~$320 million sell-down of shares in its energy logistics unit via an accelerated book-build offering to institutional investors.
  • Investment Corporation of Dubai and ALEC: on the initial public offering (IPO) and listing of ALEC, a UAE-based engineering and construction company focusing on energy, on the Dubai Financial Market.
  • NEOM: in connection with the drafting of contract and commercial laws for a special economic zone in Saudi Arabia.
  • IGY Marinas: on the development and operation of super-yacht marinas in the NEOM region of Saudi Arabia.

Mining and Metals

  • Underwriters and deal managers on multiple bond and tender offers by Vale Overseas Limited and Vale S.A., including (i) multiple offerings of $3.25 billion aggregate principal amount of guaranteed notes and (ii) multiple tender offers to purchase for cash outstanding guaranteed notes up to an aggregate principal amount of $1.7 billion.
  • Government of Kyrgyzstan: on negotiating its strategic investment agreement with the TSX and NYSE-listed Canadian mining company Centerra Gold Inc., relating to one of the largest gold mines in the world, and settling a $200 million alleged expropriation claim.
  • Government of Kyrgyzstan: in connection with the alleged expropriation of Stans Energy Corp.’s mining rights in one of the world’s largest rare-earths deposits.

*Includes representations prior to association with Gibson Dunn.

Bryan Sohn is a litigation associate in Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office. He previously clerked for the Honorable John B. Nalbandian of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. 

Bryan graduated in the top ten percent of his class (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School in 2020. He served as Executive Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and Executive Submissions Editor of the Harvard Journal on Legislation. Bryan earned his B.A. in History, First Class, from the University of Oxford in 2013. 

Bryan represents clients across a broad spectrum of industries through all phases of litigation, from pre-suit investigations to appeals. 

Recent Representative Matters:

  • Erased more than $400 million in claimed damages in a fraud case involving failed plans to construct power plants using adapted jet engines. Secured a total summary judgment victory on behalf of client.
  • Defeated the State of Louisiana at the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal on behalf of a Fortune 5 client. Revived claim that the Louisiana Attorney General’s retention of private counsel under a contingency fee arrangement violates the Louisiana Constitution.
  • Secured a favorable settlement in a $62 million natural gas pipeline dispute on behalf of a leading energy infrastructure company.
  • Served as the lead associate on over 40 retail power pricing disputes arising from Winter Storm Uri.   
  • Obtained a favorable reconsideration decision in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas and secured a successful settlement in a complex contract dispute on behalf of the world’s largest refrigerated warehousing company.
  • Defeated a petition for writ of injunction at the Texas Supreme Court and obtained emergency relief from the Texas First Court of Appeals in a dispute involving the Federal Arbitration Act on behalf of a $1.7 billion private equity fund.
  • Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to send a putative, eight-figure class action to arbitration.
  • Successfully represented a plaintiff REIT in a complex contract dispute related to a series of construction projects across the country.
  • Successfully represented Keurig Dr Pepper as plaintiff in a complex contract dispute against the manufacturer of BodyArmor Sports Drink.

Bryan is a member of the Texas bar.

Tony Alessi is a litigation associate in Gibson Dunn’s Houston office. Tony earned his law degree with honors from the University of Chicago in 2022. He graduated summa cum laude in 2018 from the University of South Carolina with a double major in English and philosophy.

Tony clerked on both the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the State Bar of South Carolina, and is admitted to practice before the Fourth Circuit.

Christopher T. Timura is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and a member of the firm’s International Trade, White Collar Defense and Investigations, and ESG Practice Groups.

Chris helps clients solve problems that arise at the intersection of U.S. national security, foreign policy, and international trade regulation. His clients span sectors and range from start-ups to Global 500 companies. He is regularly ranked in Chambers Global and U.S.A. guides for his work and is a regular speaker and writer on the policy drivers, trends, and impacts of evolving international trade policy and regulation. Chris has also been recommended by The Legal 500 US for his work in customs, export controls and economic sanctions.

Chris advises clients on compliance with U.S. export controls (ITAR and EAR), import controls, and economic sanctions, and advocates for clients before the departments of State (DDTC), Treasury (OFAC and CFIUS), Commerce (BIS), Homeland Security (Customs & Border Protection), and Justice in civil and criminal enforcement actions, UFLPA and other forced labor-related detentions, and investment reviews. Chris works with in-house counsel, boards, and other business leads to investigate compliance concerns, and leverage new and existing business processes to advance international trade and human rights-related policy compliance in their companies and organizations, supply chains, and customer sales and distribution networks. He also helps clients who are working with advanced technologies design efficient compliance systems and to win difficult-to-obtain export control and sanctions authorizations to support global R&D, supply chains, and varying types of sales channels. In M&A and other transactions, he conducts expedited diligence on international trade compliance and ESG issues and supports management and compliance teams as they work to spin off or integrate business operations.

On a pro bono basis, Chris assists NGOs with their efforts to strengthen the enforcement of anti-human trafficking and forced labor laws and controls on technologies used in human rights violations. He serves on the ABA’s Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee and on the Department of Commerce’s Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee.

Representative Engagements Include:

  • For multiple clients, advise on the regulatory initiatives of the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS).
  • Represent global telecommunications, semiconductor manufacturing, and industrial equipment firms on compliance with new U.S. controls on advanced integrated circuits, supercomputing, and semi-conductor manufacturing equipment and China.
  • Advise multiple firms on the development of supplier and vendor codes of conduct, audit tools, and programs to mitigate the risk of forced labor in supplier and supplier sub-tier supply chains and to comply with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and similar prohibitions.
  • Help clients manage U.S. export control and sanctions compliance while maintaining ongoing operations in or exiting heavily sanctioned jurisdictions.
  • Represent multiple clients managing compliance with evolving end use and end user-based export controls in Russia, China, and elsewhere.
  • Advise multiple companies on the export controls, including export and deemed export licensing requirements, associated with ML- and AI-enabled software used to process geospatial imagery and data.
  • Represent global energy firms (oil, gas, and renewables) on export controls compliance in the context of projects in heavily sanctioned jurisdictions.
  • Represent global telecommunications and data satellite company with all aspects of international sanctions and export controls compliance, including classification, licensing, investigations, and disclosures.
  • Advise major financial services and communications companies in U.S. export control and sanctions compliance and licensing.
  • Represent global humanitarian and human rights NGO on compliance with international export controls and on the development of human rights-focused export controls.
  • Represent private equity firms focused on the acquisition and sale of aerospace and defense and other advanced technology companies.
  • Represent a global telecommunications company on all aspects of its export controls program, including classification, licensing, investigations, and voluntary and directed disclosures.
  • Work with private equity firms to map sensitive technologies owned and used by portfolio companies and to develop trade compliance procedures to better protect same in advance of potential review by CFIUS.
  • Assist pharmaceutical, medical device, and clinical and research companies in obtaining licenses to enable continuing humanitarian exports to countries subject to significant export controls.
  • Represented global video communications provider in investigation of exports of encryption-capable products to restricted parties and other customers and historical filing and reporting failures. BIS resolved the matter without charges or penalties.
  • Obtained OFAC specific license to provide healthcare-related services to persons resident in comprehensively sanctioned countries for a global provider of business processes and digital services.
  • Represented international marine insurer in investigation and disclosure to OFAC of potential violations involving payments to insureds in countries subject to U.S. sanctions.
  • Advised major international manufacturer of oil and gas development and production equipment on Section 232 investigation on aluminum and steel imports and on compliance with U.S. export controls and sanctions. Worked with same to identify and mitigate potential collateral impacts of U.S. sanctions under CAATSA and other proposed sanctions.
  • Advised publicly traded companies on Iran-related disclosure requirements and other disclosures regarding potential sanctions and export controls liability.
  • Represented international automaker in Department of Commerce Section 232 Questionnaire process.
  • Counseled semiconductor manufacturer under criminal investigation for exports of ITAR-controlled satellite components.
  • Advised major Asian trading company on compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls while operating in countries subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions.
  • Brokered comprehensive export-control agreement and procedures among U.S., Canadian, and European companies participating in aerospace R&D collaboration using shared IT and software development systems.
  • Represented former CEO of company facing potential criminal and civil enforcement action for its failure to develop adequate export control compliance policies and procedures.
  • Advised international provider of nuclear enrichment services on potential commercial impacts of Section 232 remedies to be developed based on Department of Commerce investigation.
  • Represented major U.S. aerospace firm in a global investigation and disclosure to DDTC regarding unauthorized access by non-U.S. persons to technical data stored in the company’s enterprise resource planning software and systems. DDTC resolved the matter without charges or penalties.
  • Developed integrated anti-corruption, international trade, and political risk diligence process for multiple private equity and other investment firms.
  • Advised several Top 10 private equity firm on the development of Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards for fund portfolio companies, including development of a reporting process for same.
  • Advised hedge fund on the development of an ESG policy, including support on benchmarking of Social and Governance policies for use in outreach to the management team of fund investments.
  • Counseled leading U.S. company involved in lithium ion battery research, development and production on entry into defense and space systems markets, including development of ITAR compliance and licensing program.
  • Represented major defense contractor in comprehensive review of ITAR agreement compliance, including review of sub-licensee activity and compliance, and amendment of agreements to remedy compliance issues, to incorporate Export Control Reform-required changes, and to ensure that the ITAR agreements authorized foreseeable business opportunities for the companies involved.
  • Developed custom investigation and reporting software tools to support the investigation and remediation efforts to support same.
  • Represented non-U.S. firm in parallel BIS and DOJ investigations in company’s role in exports of aircraft to country subject to comprehensive trade embargo.
  • Advised defense contractor on a series of commodity jurisdiction and classification requests of regularly exported products to obtain export classifications that would lessen export compliance burdens.
  • Represented chemicals manufacturing firm in export classification requests of nano-sized chemical compounds and analysis of potential controls on technology related to same.
  • Represented a Hong Kong-based business-to-business seller of electronic components in an export control investigation which resulted in no penalties and the first ever delisting of a company from the U.S. Government Entity List.
  • Developed international sanctions, export controls, AML, and anti-corruption policies and compliance procedures for international debit and credit card transaction service provider.
  • Represented non-U.S. investment manager in OFAC investigation and disclosure into investments that later became the subject of U.S. blocking under executive orders.
  • Advised international petroleum refiner on development of anti-corruption, sanctions, and export control procedures.
  • Conducted expedited international trade compliance diligence to acquisitions of multiple engineering companies by semiconductor manufacturer.
  • Counseled dozens of companies on export control classification request filing and reporting requirements for products with cryptographic (i.e., encryption) capabilities.
  • Represented global freight forwarding and logistics provider in a series of export controls and sanctions investigations involving services to countries under comprehensive trade and service embargoes.
  • Represented a telecommunications engineering firm in obtaining BIS licensing for the design and installation of telecommunications and data infrastructure in country subject to comprehensive sanctions.
  • Developed survey of potential national and international export control- and intellectual property-related “regulatory takings” that could impact engineering firm’s ability to transfer and patent its vanguard energy technology in the U.S. and other key international destinations.

Recent Speaking Engagements:

  • “Tariff Evasion,” December 2025, Gibson Dunn Webcast.
  • Aviation Weekly Defense Conference, Moderator, Innovate to Secure – Critical Thinking on Innovation and National Security, National Press Club, May 14, 2025.
  • The Evolving Scope of Critical Technology and Interplay with Mandatory Filings, ACI 11th National Conference on CFIUS, April 25, 2025, Washington, DC.
  • Quantum Computing and Advanced Technologies: Strategic Considerations for Upgrading Classification, Licensing and Compliance, ACI 2nd Forum on Global Export Controls, ACO February 25, 2025, Washington, DC
  • Workshop: The Ins and Outs of CBP’s UFLPA Compliance, Due Diligence and Documentation Requirements, ACI 13th Advanced Forum on Import Compliance & Enforcement, November 19, 2024, Washington, DC
  • Panel: Navigating ICTS Supply Chain Rules: How Industry Is Preparing to Screen Technology Transactions Amid Increased ICTS Oversight, ACI 6th Conference on China Trade Controls, November 13, 2024, Washington, DC
  • “Managing Responsibilities in Your Supply Chain – Environmental, Human Rights, and Governance,” Association of Corporate Counsel, Ethics & Compliance Network Presentation, September 2024
  • “U.S. Export Enforcement Trends and Investigation Best Practices 2024” with Fronteo, June 2024, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • “Emerging Trends in U.S. Export Control Enforcement,” June 2024, Gibson Dunn Webcast.
  • “Operationalizing Clouds as Data Infrastructure Amid Complex Export Controls: Navigating Complex Data Outsourcing Needs, Creating Strategic Service Contracting Relationships,” ACI Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Export Controls, May 2024, San Francisco, CA.
  • “Navigating OFAC’s Maritime Sanctions,” Maritime Sanctions Caribbean Multilateral Workshop, CARICOM, April 2023, Bahamas.
  • “Cloud Encryption and Sharing and Storing Cloud Data: Mitigating International Technology Transfer Risk,” ACI Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Export Controls, March 2023, San Francisco, CA.
  • “How the New Export Controls on China May Impact Auto IC Supply Chains,” 2nd Zhangjiang Automotive Semiconductor Ecosystem Summit 2022, November 2022.
  • “How ESG Should Inform International Trade Compliance, and Vice Versa,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, September 2022, Webinar.
  • “Prospects of Russian Sanctions and Possible Measures by Korean Companies,” Korea International Trade Association, May 2022, Webinar.
  • “Solving for Third Party Screening, Diligence, and Risk Management in the Context of Crisis, Integration, and Change,” Ankura, Gibson Dunn, and Descartes, May 2022, Webinar.
  • “Implementation and Compliance Workshop for Representatives of the Taiwan Economy On Proliferation-Sensitive Ballistic Missile Technologies,” CRDF Global, February 2022, Virtual Workshop.

Selected Publications:

  • “Immediate Impacts, Risks, and Uncertain Future of President Trump’s Unprecedented Worldwide Tariffs,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, April 2025
  • “BIS Update Conference Takeaways: Expect “Dramatic Increase” in Export Controls Enforcement Against U.S. Adversaries, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, March 2025
  • “BIS Connected Vehicles Rule Effective as of March 17, 2025, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Client Alert, March 2025
  • International Trade 2024 Year-End Update, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Client Alert, February 2025
  • BIS Lays the Groundwork for Global and Metered Access to Frontier AI Models and the Computing Power to Train them, Client Alert, January 2025
  • “In Three New Rules, BIS Continues Efforts to Reshape Global Semiconductor Supply Chains and the future of AI Training and Supercomputing,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, October 2023.
  • “Child and Forced Labor Risks Global Task Force,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, May 2023
  • “U.S. and International Partners Adopt New Code of Conduct for Export Controls and Human Rights,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, April 2023.
  • “2022 Year-End Sanctions and Export Controls Update,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, February 2023.
  • “CFIUS Increases Transparency with Release of Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, October 2022.
  • “United States Creates New Export Controls on China for Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Technology, Advanced Semiconductors, and Supercomputers in New Phase of Strategic Tech Competition,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, October 2022.
  • “EU to Ban Forced Labour Products,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, September 2022.
  • “Enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Begins in the United States,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Client Alert, June 2022.

Tomer Pinkusiewicz is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. Tomer is Co-Chair of the Energy & Infrastructure Practice Group, Chair of the Latin America Practice Group, and a member of the Capital Markets Practice Group. His practice focuses on the procurement, development, financing, acquisition, and disposition of infrastructure-related assets and companies, with substantial experience in public-private partnerships, Latin America-related transactions, project bonds, and infrastructure financings. Tomer represents infrastructure funds, asset managers, industrial participants, and private equity platforms in respect of investments and divestments in the infrastructure sector, with extensive experience and focus on complicated joint-venture arrangements and debt financing arrangements in respect of such assets.

Tomer is ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading Public Private Partnerships and Projects practitioner, describing him as “unparalleled in the PPP space,” “client-oriented and commercially savvy,” “a force within the industry,” “one of the best in the market,” “very smart, thoughtful and solutions-oriented,” and saying that he “provides sound and trusted professional legal advice, is a creative thinker and is able to navigate through tough negotiations while protecting his client’s interest.” In the area of Project Finance, Tomer has been recognized as a Law360 “MVP,” an “Expert” and “Global Elite Thought Leader” by Who’s Who Legal and as a leading attorney by IFLR1000. In addition, he is recommended by Best Lawyers in Brazil for Project Finance and Development and The Legal 500 Latin America in the areas of Banking & Finance and Capital Markets.

Tomer is fluent in Spanish and Hebrew.

Recent Transactions*

Roads

  • Representation of Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. (Abertis) in connection with $3.3 billion investment to upgrade, operate and maintain a portfolio of four toll roads in Puerto Rico. Awarded 2023 North America Transport Deal of the Year – Roads by IJ Global and 2023 North America PPP Deal of the Year by Proximo.
  • Representation of NTE Mobility Partners, LLC in connection with its debt financing to, among other things, finance certain capital expenditures required under North Tarrant Express project in Texas.
  • Representation of NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC, a subsidiary of Cintra Infrastructures, S.E. and the developer of the North Tarrant Express Segments 3A and 3B Facility, a managed toll lanes project on I-35W in the Dallas-Fort Worth region in Texas, in connection with the issuance of $654 million of senior lien private activity bonds by the Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporation as conduit issuer, in order to finance, in part, the addition of the Segment 3C Facility Segment as a facility extension to the existing facility; and representation of the developer in its negotiation with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the change order and related amendment and restatement of the developer’s existing facility agreement and other project documents.
  • Representation of I-66 Express Mobility Partners LLC in connection with its bid for the concession awarded by the Virginia Department of Transportation to develop, design, construct, finance, operate and maintain express lanes and associated facilities and services along the I-66 corridor in Virginia. The transaction included the issuance of $737 million senior lien private activity bonds by the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority and a $1.25 billion subordinated TIFIA loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
  • Representation of I-77 Mobility Partners LLC in connection with its bid and financing of the I-77 Hot Lanes Project in North Carolina. The transaction included the issuance of $100 million private activity bonds and a $189 million loan from the United States Department of Transportation.
  • Representation of US 460 Mobility Partners, a joint venture indirectly owned by Ferrovial Agromán S.A. and American Infrastructure, Inc., in connection with its negotiation of project documents related to and its bid to be the design build contractor for the U.S. Route 460 Corridor Improvements Project in Virginia and in connection with the $293 million municipal bond offering by the Route 460 Funding Corporation of Virginia for the financing of such project.
  • Representation of Cintra Developments in various transactions, including:
    • the bid for the construction and financing of the SH 183 Toll Road Project in Texas.
    • the bid for the construction and financing of the SH 288 Toll Road Project in Texas.
    • the bid for the construction and financing of the Illinois Portion of the Illiana Corridor Project.
    • the bid for the construction and financing of the Indiana Portion of the Illiana Corridor Project.
  • Representation of Cintra Infraestructuras and Meridiam Infrastructure in various transactions, including:
    • the private activity bond and TIFIA financing of the LBJ Managed Lanes Project in Texas.
    • the bid for the West by Northwest Managed Lanes Project in Georgia.
  • Representation of Cintra Infraestructuras and Tikehau Capital North America, LLC, in connection with the bid for the development, design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance, and tolling of three new tolled, access controlled express lanes in Georgia.
  • Representation of Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte and the JPMorgan consortium in respect of the financing for the SH 121 Toll Road in Texas.
  • Representation of the Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte and the Macquarie Infrastructure Group consortium in respect of the bid process and the approximately $4 billion financing for the Indiana Toll Road.
  • Representation of Macquarie in the $445 million sale of its remaining 50% stake in Virginia’s Dulles Greenway turnpike to Macquarie Atlas Roads Group.
  • Representation of LBJ Infrastructure Group LLC, the developer and operator of the IH 635 Managed Lanes Project in Dallas, Texas, on the $72.6 million credit facility with Royal Bank of Canada, as lender and administrative agent.
  • Representation of the winning bidder in connection with the financing of the I-285 project in Georgia.
  • Representation of a consortium in connection with its bid for the US 36 Managed Lanes Project in Colorado.
  • Representation of a bidding sponsor in connection with the I-70 East Project in Colorado.
  • Representation of a consortium in connection with its bid for the I-4 Project in Florida.
  • Representation of MIP V International AIV, L.P., a fund of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V, in the acquisition from Odinsa S.A. of ~50% equity interests in its road assets in Colombia, as well as the creation of a transportation infrastructure partnership to manage existing and develop new road projects in Colombia, Peru and Chile.
  • Representation of GS Infrastructure Partners II, an investment fund managed by the Merchant Banking Division of The Goldman Sachs Group, on the sale of its interest held in Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico to Ullico Inc.
  • Representation of Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico LLC (Metropistas), operator of the PR-22 toll road project in Puerto Rico, in various transactions, including:
    • class action litigation defense in respect of tolling practices.
    • the refinancing of its existing senior secured term loan credit facility with a new $335 million term loan credit facility, and concurrent refinancing of its letter of credit facility.
    • the refinancing of $750 million of outstanding senior debt through a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $435 million in Senior Secured Notes.
    • $35 million amendment to a concession agreement with the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority, under which Metropistas has a concession to operate the PR-22 and PR-5 toll roads, a new escrow agreement, and related consents from its senior lenders.
    • the amendment and extension of its $70 million senior secured revolving letter of credit facility, pursuant to a second amended and restated credit agreement with Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Capital LLC and Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A, New York Branch, as issuing lenders.
  • Representation of Red de Carreteras de Occidente, one of Mexico’s largest private highway concessionaires, in various transactions, including:
    • MXN $7.1 billion loan agreement with Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos, Sociedad Nacional de Crédito, Institución de Banca de Desarrollo, as lender and administrative agent, and the extension of certain loan maturities under one of its other credit facilities.
    • its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of MXN $7.5 billion in Senior Secured Notes.
    • the refinancing of its senior debt which included a MXN $8.13 billion issuance of Certificados Bursátiles which are listed on the Mexican stock exchange and the closing of a MXN $500 million term loan facility; Red de Carreteras de Occidente, S.A.P.I.B. de C.V. owns the concession to build, operate and maintain the Maravatio-Zapotlanejo and Guadalajara-Aguascalientes-Léon highways in Mexico.
  • Representation of ICA in respect of its financings for the Corredor del Sur toll road project in Panama.
  • Representation of Odebrecht in respect of the financing for the Autopista del Coral toll road project.
  • Representation of Goldman Sachs and ICA consortium in respect of the $4.4billion bid and financing of a package of four toll road assets in Mexico.
  • Representation of Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte de Chile in connection with multiple financings, including the purchase of Sociedad Concesionaria Autopista del Bosque S.A., a Chilean toll road operator, and the issuance by the newly acquired company of guaranteed bonds in Chile.
  • Representation of Talca Chillán Sociedad Concesionaria, a Chilean toll road concessionaire, in connection with multiple financings, including a UF 5.65M bond offering in Chile and a UF 2.1M credit facility.
  • Representation of Ruta de la Araucania Sociedad Concesionaria, a Chilean toll road concessionaire, in connection with multiple financings, including a credit facility guaranteed by XL Insurance Ltd.
  • Representation of Autopista del Maipo Sociedad Concesionaria, a Chilean toll road concessionaire, in connection with multiple financings, including the $550 million Rule 144A/Regulation S bond issuance and a foreign currency hedge agreement, each guaranteed by MBIA Insurance Corporation.
  • Representation of the International Finance Corporation and the Inter-American Development Bank in connection with two secured loan facilities made to Norvial S.A., a Peruvian toll road concessionaire.

Airports

  • Representation of JFK NTO LLC, the developer of the New Terminal One at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), in its $2 billion municipal bonds issuance. The proceeds were used to finance and refinance a portion of the costs relating to Phase A of the Project. Awarded 2023 North America Transport Deal of the Year – Airport by IJ Global.
  • Representation of Ferrovial Airports in its acquisition of 96% of The Carlyle Global Infrastructure Fund’s 51% stake in the New Terminal One consortium, which will design, build and operate the new Terminal One at JFK International Airport in New York, a $9.5 billion project being developed under a lease with the Port Authority of New and New Jersey running until the end of 2060. The project was awarded 2022 PPP Deal of the Year by Infrastructure Investor, 2022 Transportation Deal of the Year by Project Finance International (PFI) and 2022 North America Transport Deal of the Year – Overall Winner by IJ Global.
  • Representation of Macquarie on its $303K agreement with Odinsa, a concessions company of infrastructure holding company Grupo Argos, to create an investment platform to manage the airport assets of the Grupo Argos concession company in Colombia and the region.
  • Representation of the Ferrovial Airports in connection with the Great Hall Project at Denver International Airport in Colorado.
  • Representation of Macquarie and JPMorgan in connection with the bid process for the privatization of the Chicago Midway International Airport in Illinois.
  • Representation of The Related Companies in an investment in a consolidated rental car (ConRAC) facility at Newark International Airport.
  • Representation of a consortium in connection with a bid for the privatization of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico.

Ports

  • Representation of Macquarie in connection with the sale of Ceres Terminals Holdings, owner, manager, and operator of a diversified portfolio of marine terminal assets across North America, to Carrix, a leading marine terminal operator in the U.S. and the Americas.
  • Representation of MIP III Bluefin A Holdco LLC, special purpose vehicle of Macquarie, on its agreement to sell its 49% stake in NYK Ports LLC, which operates a port terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
  • Representation of Ceres Terminal Holdings LLC, a leading provider of stevedoring and terminal operation services, in its acquisition of 100% of the outstanding equity interests of TraPac Jacksonville, LLC, the operator of a marine terminal in the Port of Jacksonville, from MOL (Americas) Holdings Inc, as well as the related negation of a new operating and lease agreement with the Jacksonville Port Authority.
  • Representation of NYK Ports LLC in the restructuring and refinancing of its existing senior secured credit facilities.
  • Representation of Maher Terminals, a multi-user marine container terminals operator and portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management (Macquarie), as borrower on the $513 million amendment and extension to its senior secured credit facilities, and on the $200 million increase to its capital expenditure facility under an existing senior secured loan agreement.
  • Representation of Macquarie in the acquisition of Maher Terminals USA, a 454-acre multi-user container terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey from Deutsche Bank, and in related senior credit facilities to finance, in part, the acquisition.
  • Representation of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) as buyer, in respect of (i) the acquisition of International Transportation Service, Inc., the operator of a shipping terminal in the Port of Long Beach, from Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., a Japanese shipping line, and Ports America Terminal Holdings II, Inc., as sellers, (ii) concurrent entry into a joint venture in respect of Husky Terminal and Stevedoring, LLC, the operator of a shipping terminal in the Port of Tacoma, and (iii) related senior secured credit facilities for both terminal operators.
  • Representation of MIP III (ECI) AIV, L.P. in the buyout from NYK Ports LLC of its minority equity interest in Maher Terminals LLC.
  • Representation of LBCT LLC, the operator of the Long Beach Container Terminal, as borrower, in respect of a $200 million increase to its existing term loan credit facility and a $50 million increase to its existing capital expenditure facility.
  • Representation of Olivia Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners IV, L.P., (i) as buyer in respect of the acquisition and related financing of Long Beach Container Terminal, Inc., from Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL), and (ii) entry by LBCT LLC into a container stevedoring and terminal services agreement with OOCL providing a 20-year minimum volume commitment from OOCL to deliver containers to the terminal, and (iii) the related senior secured bank financing transactions.
  • Representation of MIP III Bluefin B Holdco in its buyout of the equity interests held by joint venture partner NYK Holding Company in NYK Terminals (North America), a provider of stevedoring and terminal operations services.
  • Representation of MIP III Bluefin A Holdco LLC and MIP III Yellowtail Intermediate LLC in a collective buyout of the Series C equity interests held by MIP III Bluefin A Holdco’s JV partner, NYK Energy Transport USA, a maritime company.
  • Representation of Pipeline Investment Limited (PIL), as borrower, and Frontera ODL Holding Corp., Frontera Bahía Holding Ltd. and Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Bahía S.A. (Puerto Bahía) as guarantors, under a $30M senior secured delay draw term loan accordion tranche of a $150 million credit facility from a syndicate of lenders arranged by Macquarie Bank Limited to finance the construction of the Reficar Refinery Connection Project by Puerto Bahía, a liquid and general cargo terminal operator in the Bay of Cartagena.
  • Representation of Compañía de Puertos Asociados (COMPAS), a Colombian port operator, in its credit facility to refinance the company’s outstanding indebtedness, fund capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.
  • Representation of Goldman Sachs fund, West Street Infrastructure Partners III, in its $138M acquisition of a 50% stake in Compania de Puertos Asociados, a port operator, from Grupo Argos, an infrastructure investment company.
  • Representation of Pipeline Investment Limited, Frontera ODL Holding, Frontera Bahía Holding, and Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Bahía S.A. as guarantors on a $120 million term loan to refinance existing indebtedness of Puerto Bahía, a liquid and general cargo terminal operator in the Bay of Cartagena.

Bridges & Tunnels

  • Representation of Bridging Pennsylvania Constructors, an unincorporated Joint Venture of Shikun & Binui – America Inc. and FCC Construction, Inc. on the Design-Build Contract entered into with Bridging Pennsylvania Developer I, LLC in respect of the first package of the Major Bridge P3 program of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to replace six bridges across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its financing. Awarded 2022 North America Transport Deal of the Year – Roads by IJ Global.
  • Representation of NYNJ Link, a joint venture between MIP III GB AIV, L.P., a fund managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Inc., and Kiewit Development Company, in connection with its successful bid for the 35-year concession awarded by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to design, construct, operate and maintain a replacement Goethals Bridge connecting Staten Island, New York with Elizabeth, New Jersey and demolish the existing Goethals Bridge, and in connection with the issuance of $460.9 million in tax-exempt private activity bonds and a $474 million loan facility with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
  • Representation of Cintra Holdings US Corp, Meridiam Infrastructure North America, and VINCI Highways S.A.S., collectively the Sponsors, in connection with their bid for the State of Louisiana I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge P3.
  • Representation of Cintra Developments LLC and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Inc., the shareholders of Skyway Concession Company LLC, the concessionaire and operator of the Chicago Skyway bridge toll facility, in the sale of the equity interests of the concessionaire to CPPIB, OMERS and OTPP.
  • Representation of Skyway Concession Company LLC, the concessionaire and operator of the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge System in Chicago, Illinois, in connection with a $1.4 billion Senior Secured Note offering, guaranteed by Financial Security Assurance Inc.
  • Representation of Cintra Developments in connection with the bid process to become the developer of the Portsmouth Bridge replacement project in Ohio.
  • Representation of Macquarie in respect of the financing for the Port Mann Bridge project in Vancouver, Canada.
  • Representation of a consortium in connection with the bid process to become the developer of the Rapid Bridge Replacement Project in Pennsylvania.
  • Representation of a monoline insurer in connection with the financing for the Miami Tunnel project.

Rail

  • Representation of Purple Line Transit Partners LLC, the concessionaire in respect of the Purple Line Light Rail Project in Maryland, in connection with the issuance of approximately $643.5 million aggregate principal amount of private activity revenue bonds by the Maryland Economic Development Corporation as conduit issuer and with a subordinated TIFIA loan of up to approximately $1.760 billion (excluding capitalized interest) from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Awarded 2023 North America Restructure Deal of the Year by IJ Investor and 2022 North America Transport Deal of the Year – Restructure by IJ Global.
  • Representation of Stonepeak in the potential acquisition of the Florida East Coast Railway.
  • Representation of the Related Companies in the financing of the Hudson Yard’s WRY Platform.
  • Representation of a client in connection with a bid for the Los Angeles World Airports Automated People Mover System Project.

Digital Infrastructure

  • Representation of AT&T and BlackRock Alternatives, through a fund managed by its Diversified Infrastructure business, in their joint venture to form Gigapower, LLC, a provider of state-of-the-art fiber networks to homes and businesses across the U.S. Awarded 2023 Americas Digital Deal of the Year by Project Finance International (PFI); 2023 North America Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year – Fiber by IJ Global; and 2023 North America Fiber Deal of the Year by Proximo.
  • Representation of Unison US SPV II, a subsidiary of Ardian USTelco, a private investment firm, and Harmony Investco Holdco, on a $105 million term and revolving loan secured credit facility, for use in Unison’s U.S. telecommunications, fiber and renewables-related rights and assets acquisitions and expansion of investments.
  • Representation of Ardian in connection with the negotiation of a 50/50 joint venture with Unison Wireless to acquire and manage real estate around the world that hosts wireless infrastructure assets.
  • Representation of UBS in connection with the initial public offering of Ituran Location and Control Ltd., a provider of location-based services and wireless communication products.
  • Representation of Ardian Infrastructure, a private investment firm, on its agreement to acquire a 50% co-control equity interest in MXT Holdings, a Mexico-based telecommunications infrastructure company.
  • Representation of Deutsche Bank AG, in various transactions, including:
    • its London Branch in connection with the refinancing of a senior term loan facility of Telecom Argentina S.A. with senior notes.
    • $286 million note offering issued by Cablevisiόn, S.A., a cable television and broadband systems provider in Argentina.

Water

  • Representation of Poseidon Resources (Channelside), a private water project developer, on its $328.5 million debt refinancing for ongoing matters at Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, its reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant supplying potable water to the San Diego County Water Authority in California. Awarded 2023 North America Water Deal of the Year – Desalination by IJ Global.

Energy & Power

  • Representation of Meridiam in various transactions, including:
    • an agreement to develop a biodigester project, located in the State of Idaho and related shareholder and other arrangements. The project consisted of the acquisition of an existing biogas facility as well as the upgrade of the same to produce RNG that is marketed under the renewable fuel standard programs in the federal and CA markets.
    • a joint development agreement for electricity transmission joint ventures in the U.S. with Terna Group, an Italian energy transmission grid operator, and Boundless Energy, a developer of transmission projects.
  • Representation of Meridiam Campus Energy Partners, LLC in connection with the financing for the University of Iowa campus energy P3 project.
  • Representation of Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Nomura as lenders’ counsel in respect of amendments to a loan facility to Desarrolladora Energetica S.A., an electricity transmission company in Argentina. This follows on from earlier representation of Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan as lenders on the $475 million credit facility to Desarrolladora Energetica and Empresa Inversora Energetica S.A, Desarrolladora Energetica’s holding company.
  • Representation of Deutsche Bank Securities, Credicorp Capital, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Scotiabank as initial purchasers and Interbank as co-manager in connection with the issuance of $550 million Senior Notes by Orazul Energy Egenor S. en C. por A.
  • Representation of Deutsche Bank AG with Banco de Credito del Peru, The Bank of Novia Scotia and Banco Internacional del Peru S.A.A. as lenders in connection with a $450M senior secured credit facility to Orazul Energia Partners S.A.C. to finance its purchase of all of the business of Duke Energy International Group S.a r.l. in Peru.
  • Representation of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. in connection with its $300 million Senior Secured Credit Facility to Puma Energy Centam, a petroleum wholesaler engaged in downstream oil and gas activities in Central America.
  • Representation of five underwriters in connection with the $300 million bond financing of the Mexican Wind Farms, Oaxaca II and Oaxaca IV. Named Project Finance Magazine’s 2012 Latin American Project Bond Deal of the Year.
  • Representation of Citigroup and JP Morgan in connection with a $250 million guaranteed note offering issued by Pan American Energy LLC, Argentine Branch, a company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas.
  • Representation of Deutsche Bank Securities in connection with a $100 million guaranteed note offering issued by Pan American Energy LLC, Argentine Branch, a company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas.
  • Representation of lenders in connection with various credit facilities for oil and gas drilling projects in Mexico.
  • Representation of Ardian on its acquisition of the Peruvian hydropower business of Latin America Power Holding B.V.

Social Infrastructure

  • Representation of Ardian US LLC in its partnership with Indigo Group to form Clermont, a new Canadian joint venture formed to invest in parking assets. As part of the partnership, Indigo contributed its Canadian-owned properties to Clermont while retaining the operations for each of the properties through Indigo Park Canada. Ardian and Indigo will deploy additional equity over the long term, acquiring parking assets, as well as long-term concessions and leases. Indigo will manage the operations of these assets.
  • Representation of Meridiam Infrastructure on the acquisition and related financing of remaining equity interest in Montreal Research Center Project from QIC.
  • Representation of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V, a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management, in connection with its acquisition of a 50% interest in a portfolio of eight Massachusetts hospitals from Medical Properties Trust, Inc., a publicly listed REIT, in a transaction that values the portfolio at $1.78 billion.
  • Representation of the sponsors in respect of the bid for the Harrisburg Parking System in Pennsylvania.
  • Representation of Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte and other sponsors in respect of the bid for the Chicago Downtown Metered Parking System, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Alligator Alley in Florida.

Latin America

  • Representation of affiliate of Gramercy Funds Management LLC, as lender, in a credit facility with MNJ Capital, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R, as borrower for development and construction agreements secured by assets in Mexico.
  • Representation of GraMex Investment Holdings, an investment vehicle managed by Gramercy Funds Management and lender to Mexican oil and gas pipeline projects, in various transactions, including:
    • as borrower under $75 million senior secured revolving credit facility, pursuant to a credit agreement with Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC, as lender, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as administrative agent and collateral agent.  Proceeds of credit facility from Nomura will be used to fund various project specific credit facilities from GraMex, the loans under which are used to finance oil and gas drilling projects undertaken by certain Mexican companies under contracts with Pemex.
    • as lender in respect of establishment of a $44.59 million credit facility to MNJ Capital, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R.
    • on three credit facilities totaling $348.6 million to Permaducto S.A. de C.V., a contractor.
    • as lender on a $110 million amendment and extension of a credit facility to MNJ Capital, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R., a financial institution to the Mexican infrastructure and oil sectors.
    • as lender on a $114 million amendment and extension of a credit facility to MNJ Capital, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R., financial institution to the Mexican infrastructure and oil sectors.
  • Representation of Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as lender and arranger in the establishment of a $75 million senior secured credit facility to Galileo Technologies Corporation, in a cross-border transaction secured by collateral in the United Stated, United Kingdom, Argentina and Brazil.
  • Representation of Meridiam Latam Holdings, an investment vehicle of Meridiam Infrastructure North America Fund II, as borrower on a $20 million credit facility to partially refinance indebtedness of Sociedad Concesionaria Metroplitana de la Salud S.A., a public works concessionaire of a hospital project in Chile.
  • Representation of CVI Investment Holdings Limited as lender in connection with a senior secured bridge loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $63.4 million to Supercanal, S.A., an Argentine company in the business of providing cable service.
  • Representation of Grupo Financiero Galicia, a financial services holding company, in various transactions, including:
    • its $632.5 million offering of Class B Ordinary Shares.
    • its initial public offering in the United States.
  • Representation of Tarjeta Naranja S.A., one of the largest credit card companies in Argentina, in various transactions, including:
    • the issuance of $250 million Floating Rate Peso-linked notes due 2022.
    • a $200 million bond issuance.
    • several Regulation S bond offerings.
  • Representation of Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires in various transactions, including:
    • Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $250 million of Subordinated Resettable Notes.
    • the issuance of $300 million Senior Notes due 2018.
    • the restructuring of its external dollar-denominated indebtedness, which was in the form of both a bank financing and a bond financing.
  • Representation of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company in connection with the sale of Baluma S.A., the Caesars subsidiary which owns and operates the Conrad Punta Del Este Resort and Casino in Punta Del Este, Uruguay to Enjoy S.A., a casino resort operator in Chile.
  • Representation of Tarjetas Cuyanas, an Argentine credit card company, in connection with a Regulation S bond offering.
  • Representation of Deutsche Bank in respect of various bank financing transactions in Mexico, Chile, and Colombia.
  • Representation of a lender in connection with a loan facility to a Peruvian construction company.

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

Tara Adhikari is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn where she currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Department.

She received her J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2025, where she served as a Staff Editor for the Washington University Law Review. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Principia College in 2021.

Tara is admitted to practice in the State of Texas.

Duncan K. R. McKay is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and serves as the Head of Fund Finance. He is a member of the firm’s Finance Practice Group and Investment Funds Practice Group.

Duncan represents financial sponsors in a broad range of complex and bespoke financing transactions involving their investment funds, including private equity, growth equity, venture capital, GP stakes, secondaries and continuation vehicles, private credit and direct lending platforms, real estate, infrastructure, energy and transition, hedge funds, hybrid structures and evergreen/open-ended funds.

In addition to Duncan’s deep experience with commitments-based, NAV-based, hybrid, asset-based, GP Finance and other bespoke investment funds-related transactions, he is widely recognized as a market leader in structuring and executing complex rated note feeder and collateralized fund obligation transactions. Over the past decade, he has consistently led some of the most innovative fund financings and structured capital raisings for alternative asset managers, investment fund sponsors and direct lenders in the U.S. and abroad.

Clients rely on Duncan for his deep market knowledge, innovative financing solutions and clear, commercial advice, as well as his ability to steward and execute the most sophisticated and pioneering fund-level and fund-adjacent financings and fundraisings. He frequently speaks at conferences and participates in panel discussions on fund finance, including relating to securitization in fund finance, fundraising, rated note feeder and collateralized fund obligation transactions, and other key topics in the industry.

Duncan received his Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Technology, Sydney, a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and a Diploma of Language (Chinese) from the University of Sydney. 

Duncan is a member of the U.S. Advisory Committee of the Fund Finance Association.