Danielle J. Moss is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment and Litigation Practice Groups. She is recognized for representing employers across a wide range of matters, including high-stakes discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, as well as wage and hour and restrictive covenant issues. She has also led numerous highly sensitive internal investigations.

Beyond her vast litigation experience, what sets Danielle apart is her passion for counseling clients on preventive measures such as anti-harassment training and the proper receipt and investigation of complaints. By implementing these and other best practice measures, Danielle’s clients are better positioned to thrive in the modern workplace where culture is often valued above all else in order to attract, and retain, top talent.

Recognized for being dynamic and determined in her approach and adept at solving problems efficiently, Danielle has become a “go-to” lawyer for health and wellness, emerging technology, financial services, and lifestyle brand clients around the country. In her pro bono practice, Danielle remains passionate about pursuing causes that protect and advance women’s and victim’s rights.

Danielle is ranked by Chambers for Labor & Employment and included in Lawdragon‘s 2026 “500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers” guide for Labor & Employment (Litigation). She was recognized by Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Labor and Employment Management and Labor and Employment Litigation from 2021-2022 and was named an Acritas Star Lawyer, a client-nominated recognition of stand-out lawyers in private practice, from 2019-2021.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Danielle practiced in the Labor & Employment Law Department of an AmLaw 50 firm. Prior to that, she served as a Felony Assistant District Attorney at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York.

Danielle earned her Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 2011, where she was a member of the Moot Court Honors Society as well as a recipient of the Robert Lewis Prize (for excellence in Labor Law) and Judge Doris A. Thompson Award (for excellence in Trial Advocacy). She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University’s School of Industrial & Labor Relations in 2008.

Danielle is admitted to practice in the States of New York and New Jersey and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of New York.

Recent Representative Matters:*

• Led and concluded a nation-wide governmental audit of wage-and-hour and leave policies and practices for a publicly-traded company with no finding of liability.
• Prevailed at arbitration resulting in the complete dismissal of gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and whistleblower retaliation claims brought by a former executive against a publicly-traded company, its CEO, and its CFO.
• Successfully brought a motion to dismiss sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation claims brought by a former employee against a major corporation.
• Led and concluded the investigation of highly sensitive and widely publicized discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims against various executives at a major television network.
• Successfully brought a motion to dismiss and compel arbitration of sexual harassment and gender discrimination claims which had received press coverage post-New York State’s passage of budgetary measures precluding mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims.
• Led and concluded numerous investigations of sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims brought by current and former employees against several major corporations and cultural institutions.
• Conducted an extensive overhaul of executive compensation as well as on-air talent agreements and advised an emerging technology company regarding a wage-hour audit.
• Led and concluded the investigation of a highly sensitive sexual assault and harassment claim brought by a current employee against another employee at a publicly-traded company.
• Achieved settlement of a discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit for $150,000 (inclusive of attorney’s fees and releases) brought against a financial institution client in which plaintiff’s counsel initially presented a $9 million demand.
• Successfully defended numerous retail, food and beverage, and fashion industry clients against charges brought by former employees before the New York State Division of Human Rights (“NYSDHR”) and New York City Commission on Human Rights (“NYCCHR”) alleging harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
• Prevailed in a Minimum Standards Hearing before JAMS to require the opposing party to share the cost of arbitration.
• Obtained a T Non-Immigrant Status Visa (“T-Visa”) for a client under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (“VTVPA”).

*Some representations occurred prior to Danielle’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Bonnie Tse is an of counsel in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group.

She has extensive experience advising private equity and corporate clients on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including complex domestic and cross-border buyouts, as well as pre-IPO, PIPE, and privatization transactions.

Bonnie is recognized as a notable practitioner for private equity and mergers and acquisition by IFLR1000.

Some of her recent and most significant experience includes advising:*

• The Carlyle Group on multiple transactions across the Asia-Pacific region for its Asia buyout and growth funds, including the acquisition of Strata Geosystems, a leading provider of geosynthetic and geotechnical engineering solutions in India, the KRW 2.9 trillion disposal of its Korean portfolio company ADT Caps to SK Telecom and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, and the CNY 3.6 billion sale of its controlling stake in Crystal Orange Hotel Holdings, a China-based hotel operator, to China Lodging Group
• A consortium led by Starwood Capital Group, Sixth Street, and SSW Partners on the US$7.1 billion take-private of ESR Group Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This deal represents the largest privatization from the HKEX since 2021
• Baring Private Equity Asia on multiple transactions, including its partial exit from Indian IT healthcare services company CitiusTech Healthcare Technology
• Tencent on its US$1.38 billion take-private of the HKSE-listed Leyou Technologies, an international game development and distribution company, by way of a scheme of arrangement; as well as the US$1.1 billion privatization by a buyer consortium led by Tencent of Bitauto Holdings Limited, a US-listed internet content and marketing service provider focusing on the automobile industry, and the consequential mandatory general offer of Yixin Group Limited, Bitauto’s Hong Kong-listed subsidiary
• China Jinmao Holdings Group Limited on multiple transactions, including the privatization by way of a scheme of arrangement of China VAST, one of the pioneer service providers in the planning, development and operation of large-scale industrial towns in China

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Bonnie received her Bachelor of Arts in Law from the University of Cambridge. She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and New York and is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.

Will Hallatt is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Regulatory Practice Group globally and head of the Asia-Pacific Financial Regulatory practice. As a trusted advisor to the world’s leading financial institutions, Will provides comprehensive contentious and advisory regulatory support to a diverse range of clients around the world. These include global investment banks, wholesale and retail banks, hedge funds, private wealth managers, investment managers, digital asset companies (including exchanges, stablecoin issuers, broker/dealers and asset managers) and major payments and fintech firms. Will also works closely with the firm’s International Trade practice in relation to sanctions issues, particularly vis-à-vis Greater China risk.

Will has extensive experience in handling both internal and external regulatory investigations, in particular high-stakes enforcement matters brought by key financial services regulators, including the Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Prior investigations that Will has worked on cover issues such as digital asset licensing breaches, product mis-selling cases, IPO sponsor conduct, anti-money laundering and terrorist financing compliance, systems and controls failures, and cybersecurity incidents.

Will routinely advises on new regulatory developments and compliance advisory matters, as well as the extraterritorial impact of third-country regulation, such as MiFID II, the EU Benchmark Regulation, MiCA, and the GENIUS Act. He is a leading expert on culture, conduct and governance, having worked with regulatory bodies including the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on key reforms in this area. He has also led the industry response on a number of the most significant regulatory change issues in recent years, working closely with senior figures from major regulators, including the SFC, HKMA, Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), together with leading industry associations, including the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). In that regard Will is also a long-standing member of AIMA’s Regulatory Committee in Hong Kong.

Will also has particular expertise in relation to the regulation of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, and has advised the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges as well as regulated financial institutions on a range of key strategic matters in this space. This includes advising cryptocurrency exchanges on regulatory restructurings, high profile regulatory investigations and the handling of licence applications in multiple jurisdictions. Will also frequently works with Gibson Dunn’s leading Funds Management team to advise investors on their investments into cryptocurrency-focused funds and the regulatory issues associated with such investments.

Will is highly ranked for both contentious and non-contentious regulatory work in Chambers Greater China Region and Chambers FinTech. Will is also named as a leading partner for fintech and financial services in The Legal 500. A client notes that: “William has his ear to the ground when it comes to regulatory developments across Asia. He is the first person I speak to concerning regulatory developments and his advice is always practical and measured. His experience in regulatory investigations allows him to think several steps ahead as to where an investigation is heading.” Will is also “particularly adept at engaging with regulators such as the Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission as well as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.” In 2025, Will was also named as one of 10 Power Players globally in Financial Services Regulation, recognizing his influential role in shaping the future of financial regulation in AI, FinTech, and digital assets.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Will served as a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, where he was head of the firm’s Financial Services Regulatory practice in Asia. He began his legal career at Linklaters in London.

Will received his law degree from the University of Leeds in 2001. He is admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and as a Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong.

Representative Matters

Will’s representative matters include:

Advisory Matters

• Advising a major Central Bank on the review and enhancement of its enforcement function and processes.
• Advising ASIFMA in relation to industry responses to proposed reforms to the enforcement frameworks of the SFC and the HKMA in Hong Kong.
• Advising a number of leading financial institutions in relation to the implementation of the SFC’s market soundings regime.
• Assisting a number of leading financial institutions with detailed sanctions scenario planning in the context of the evolving geopolitical landscape.
• Advising a virtual bank on applications for SVF and virtual banking licenses from the HKMA in Hong Kong.
• Advising a payments provider on their application for an SVF license in Hong Kong.
• Advising AIMA in relation to the SFC’s introduction of electronic data storage requirements for use of EDSPs, which included successfully lobbying the regulator for additional guidelines to assist with the practical implementation of the requirements.
• Advising major cryptocurrency operators, including leading cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges, on regulatory and compliance matters, including potential licensing applications in Asia.
• Advising several financial institutions on the implications of and compliance with the PRC’s National Security Law for Hong Kong.
• Advising ASIFMA in relation to its response to the SFC’s informal consultation on the Manager in Charge (“MIC”) regime.
• Advising ASIFMA in relation to the HKMA’s introduction of the Registered Institutions Senior Managers Accountability (“RISMA”) regime.
• Advising ASIFMA with respect to the implementation of the SFC’s Internal Investigation Disclosure Obligation.
• Advising ASIFMA in relation to its response to the HKMA’s first consultation on the introduction of its Mandatory Reference Checking regime in Hong Kong.
• Working with ASIFMA in relation to the impact of the EU Benchmark Regulation on firms operating in Asia Pacific.
• Lobbying the SFC on behalf of 16 financial institutions and ASIFMA in relation to the application of the revised Hong Kong Professional Investor regime to corporate finance business.
• Advising AIMA on its response to the SFC’s formal consultation on amendments to the Fund Manager Code of Conduct and associated changes to the SFC Code of Conduct in Hong Kong.
• Advising several financial institutions and asset managers in relation to preparation for and the managing of risk-based on-site inspections by the Intermediaries Supervision Department of the SFC.
• Advising a number of major financial institutions on the implementation of the SFC’s Internal Investigation Disclosure Obligation.
• Advising a number of major financial institutions on the implementation of the Hong Kong SFC’s MIC regime and the HKMA’s RISMA regime.
• Advising a number of global financial institutions on the changes by the SFC to the Hong Kong Professional Investor Regime.
• Advising a leading global investment bank on enhancements to its anti-money laundering policy and processes.
• Advising a global investment bank in relation to the scope of the Hong Kong licensing regime and the ability of that institution to conduct certain transactions in Hong Kong.
• Advising a number of investment banks and financial institutions on general compliance and regulatory issues in Hong Kong.
• Advising a French investment manager on the OTC derivatives regulatory regime in Hong Kong.
• Advising a number of financial institutions on SFC licensing applications in Hong Kong.
• Advising a major global exchange operator on applying for an ATS license from the SFC in Hong Kong.
• Advising financial institutions on regulatory due diligence matters and change of control applications across multiple jurisdictions in Asia-Pacific and Europe, including the integration of Merrill Lynch’s APAC business into Bank of America during the 2008 Financial Crisis and the 2010 sale of RBS’ businesses in Asia Pacific.

Contentious Matters

• Advising UBS in relation to the 2019 enforcement action brought by the SFC against it and a number of other leading investment banks in relation to their roles as sponsor on a number of Hong Kong IPOs.
• Advising a leading financial institution in relation to the misselling of digital asset products to retail clients.
• Advising multiple digital asset exchanges on regulatory investigations by a number of leading global regulators, including the SFC and the MAS, into potential licensing breaches.
• Advising a leading financial institution on multiple investigations by the SFC into systems and controls breaches resulting in, amongst other things, the overcharging of fees to clients.
• Advising a leading global investment bank on an investigation by the SFC into the disclosure of price sensitive information in the context of research.
• Advising a leading global investment bank in relation to an enforcement led investigation by the SFC into their role as sponsor on a Hong Kong IPO.
• Advising a leading global investment bank in connection with enforcement proceedings being brought by the SFC in the context of an aborted IPO.
• Advising a leading global investment bank in relation to investigations into potential fraud by a former employee, involving regulatory enquiries from the ICAC, the HKMA and the SFC.
• Advising a large Chinese financial institution in relation to an enforcement investigation by the SFC into potential market misconduct offences.
• Advising an international investment manager with respect to enforcement proceedings brought by the SFC in connection with alleged systems and controls failings.
• Advising a leading European financial institution in relation to an investigation by the HKMA into alleged breaches of Hong Kong AML requirements.
• Advising a leading Australian financial institution in relation to an investigation by the HKMA into alleged breaches of Hong Kong AML requirements.
• Advising a leading European financial institution on an internal investigation into potential mis-selling of financial products and the contents of the investigation report provided to the HKMA.
• Conducting internal investigations for a major Australian financial institution in response to complaints referred by the HKMA in respect of alleged mis-selling of financial products and preparing investigation reports and responses to address the allegations.
• Advising a leading Middle Eastern financial institution in relation to an investigation by the HKMA into alleged breaches of Hong Kong AML requirements.
• Advising a Hong Kong listed Chinese corporate in relation to an investigation by the SFC’s enforcement division into disclosure of price sensitive information.
• Advising a leading global investment bank in assisting with the gathering of information by the Hong Kong SFC on behalf of the US SEC in relation to a US SEC investigation.
• Advising a Hong Kong listed corporate and its parent company in relation to regulatory enquiries and litigation concerning the potentially fraudulent transfer of financial services business from regulated entities within the Listco group across a range of jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, to third party entities.
• Advising a Hong Kong listed corporate in relation to an investigation by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange into certain directors’ compliance with their non-competition undertakings.
• Conducting an internal investigation for a leading global financial institution into potential systems and controls failings.
• Carrying out an internal investigation for a Hong Kong based financial institution in connection with enforcement proceedings being brought by a regulator outside Hong Kong.
• Conducting a regulatory review mandated by the Securities Commission Malaysia in relation to a leading South East Asian bank’s systems, controls and processes as a Principal Adviser / Sponsor on IPO transactions in Malaysia.
• Conducting an internal investigation for a major Australian financial institution into historical sales practices within its Taiwan business.
• Conducting an internal review in relation to potential regulatory risk arising from an aborted IPO for the corporate finance division of a leading international investment bank in Hong Kong.
• Conducting an internal investigation for a leading investment manager into misuse of information by a departing employee, together with associated regulatory reporting requirements.
• Advising multiple financial institutions in relation to breach reporting obligations, including the timing and content of breach reporting notifications.

Katie Cheung is an associate in Hong Kong and a member of the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. Katie advises on a broad spectrum of competition law and regulatory matters, including antitrust litigation, market investigations and studies, regulatory compliance, merger control, foreign direct investment and national security review issues. Her experience spans various sectors, including technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, hospitality and shipping.

In particular, Katie has extensive experience working with clients in the digital and technology industry. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she was a competition associate at a magic circle firm, where she worked on a wide range of matters in the digital space, and was seconded to the competition team of a multinational technology company for eight months.

Her recent experience includes advising:*

• A leading technology platform in various lawsuits in China against alleged abuse of dominance and consumer law claims
• A multinational technology company in the market investigations and inquiries conducted by competition regulators in various jurisdictions, including Japan, Taiwan, Australia, India, and the UK, concerning issues of abuse of dominance and data privacy
• An international online travel agent in the investigation concerning parity clauses by the Hong Kong Competition Commission
• A local hotel operator in the investigation concerning a price-fixing cartel by the Hong Kong Competition Commission, and the subsequent commitment and settlement process
• VMWare’s acquisition by Broadcom
• Vitol’s acquisition of Noble Resources
• Alcon’s proposed acquisition of STAAR Surgical Company
• A leading pharmaceutical company in the acquisition of an international animal health business
• An international online travel agent in the acquisition of another global online travel platform
• The local shipping industry in the application for a block exemption order from the Hong Kong Competition Commission

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Katie gained her Bachelor of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Ali Nikpay is a partner in the London office at Gibson Dunn and is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. He is regularly cited as one of Europe’s leading competition practitioners, with more than 25 years of EU and U.K. merger control and antitrust experience in both the private and public sectors.

Ali is ranked Band 1 for Competition Law in Chambers UK 2025, with the publication highlighting him as one of the top competition law specialists in London. Clients praised him, noting that “he is as good as it gets”. Ali is also ranked in its highest band by The Legal 500‘s 2025 and Who’s Who Legal Competition with the latter describing him as a “Global Elite Thought Leaders. In 2021 Chambers described Ali as “the lawyer you want at your side when it really matters”. In 2019 The Lawyer selected Ali, for an unprecedented second time, as one of its “Hot 100” in 2019 stating “few other practices can say they have dealt with more high-profile competition cases over the past three years.” In 2018, in an opinion piece, the editor of The Lawyer, Catrin Griffiths, described him as “arguably one of the most significant hires” by a firm in the London market. In 2017, the Financial Times named him among the Top 10 Innovators in Europe at the 2017 FT European Innovative Lawyer Awards, which recognized the “ten original legal thinkers in a fast moving world.” In 2016, Ali was described by the U.K.’s leading broadsheet newspaper (the Daily Telegraph) in an editorial as “one of the world’s preeminent experts in European competition law.”

Under his leadership, the Gibson Dunn London competition team has become one of a handful of “destination practices” for many of the most significant and sophisticated clients in the world on “bet the company” matters including for UBS, Walmart, Viagogo, Asda, Marriott, Kimberly-Clark, Schlumberger, LKQ Corp, Energizer, and Ladbrokes Coral.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ali served at both the European Commission’s DG for Competition (DG COMP) and the U.K.’s competition authority. At DG COMP Ali acted as legal/policy advisor to case-teams in over 50 antitrust and merger cases. He was also lead case-handler for a number of high-profile competition and merger cases. In addition he was actively involved in the initiatives which reformed the EU’s policy on vertical agreements and non-cartel horizontal agreements.

During his time at the U.K. Competition Authority, Ali held a number of important positions including senior director for merger decisions, senior director of its Cartels and Criminal Enforcement Division and senior director of policy international (in which capacity he interacted with senior officials at agencies in the U.S., the EU, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada etc). He was also a member of the authority’s highest decision-making organ, its Executive Committee.

He is currently Vice-Chair of the London School of Economic’s governing Council. He has also served on the Confederation of British Industry’s Competition Panel and on several occasions appeared before the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union.

He is Co-Editor of “Faull & Nikpay: The EU Law of Competition,” which was described by European Competition Law Review as “… the best single volume work dealing with EU competition law that is available”. He serves on the editorial boards of the following journals: “European Competition Law”, “World Competition”, “Antitrust Enforcement Review” and “Competition Law International”.

Ali teaches competition law at University of Oxford and was a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Sue Su is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the Business Restructuring and Reorganization practice group.  Her practice focuses on corporate restructurings in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court transactions, including:*

• Ad Hoc Group of term loan lenders of Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc. in connection with its chapter 11 cases.
• Ad Hoc Group of term loan lenders of Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc. in connection with its chapter 11 cases.
• Ad Hoc Group of lenders of Fortra, LLC (f/k/a HelpSystems) in connection with its amend and extend transaction.
• Grubhub Inc. in connection with its notes exchange offer.
• Ad Hoc Group of term loan lenders of Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. in connection with its amend and extend transaction.
• Ad Hoc Group of term loan lenders of Juice Plus+ Company LLC in connection with its recapitalization transaction.
• Ad Hoc Group of lenders of Quest Software Inc. in connection with its financing and exchange transaction.
• Ad Hoc Group of term loan lenders of Aventiv Technologies, LLC in connection with its financing and exchange transaction.
• Ad Hoc Group of lenders of H-Food Holdings, LLC (d/b/a Hearthside Food Solutions) in connection with its chapter 11 cases.
• Ad Hoc Group of term loan lenders of Wellful Inc. in connection with its financing and exchange transaction.
• Ad Hoc Group of term loan lenders of WideOpenWest Finance, LLC in connection with its financing and exchange transaction.
• Ad Hoc Group of term loan lenders of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a AMC Theatres) in connection with its amend and extend transaction.
• Ad Hoc Group of term loan lenders of Robertshaw US Holding Corp. in connection with its chapter 11 cases.
• Pitney Bowes Inc. in connection with the chapter 11 cases of its former indirect subsidiary DRF Logistics, LLC and debtor affiliate.
• Digital Currency Group, Inc. in connection with the chapter 11 cases of its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Genesis Global Capital, LLC and debtor affiliates, and the BVI Liquidation Proceeding and chapter 15 cases of Three Arrows Capital, Ltd.
• The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Cineworld Group PLC and debtor affiliates.
• Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc. and debtor affiliates in connection with their prepackaged chapter 11 cases.
• Bioplan USA, Inc. (d/b/a Arcade Beauty) in connection with its out-of-court recapitalization.
• AIG and Prudential as secured noteholders in connection with the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of Nautical Solutions, LLC and debtor affiliate.

Ms. Su received her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent Scholar, Managing Director of A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual, and Executive Director of the Moot Court Programs. Ms. Su graduated from the College of William and Mary summa cum laude with Bachelor degrees in Government and Philosophy, as well as New York University with a Master of Laws degree.

Ms. Su is admitted to practice before the Southern District Court of New York as well as New York state courts.

*Representations also include those that occurred prior to her association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Arjun Patil is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Department.

Arjun graduated from Columbia Law School with Honors. While at Columbia, he was recognized as a Public Interest Honoree for his commitment to completing pro bono projects. Arjun received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from New York University.  At NYU, Arjun served as Chair of the Student Activities Board and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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

Frederick Freeman is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Frederick is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor and Submissions Editor for the Yale Journal of Law and Technology.

Frederick received a B.S. in Justice Studies, summa cum laude, from Arizona State University, and M.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati.

Prior to attending law school, Frederick was a Deputy U.S. Marshal assigned to the electronic surveillance branch.

Frederick is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, and holds CIPP/US, CIPP/E, and CIPM certifications.

Timothy Dragonette is an associate in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He currently practices across the firm’s Corporate group.

Tim received his law degree in 2025 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. During law school, he was an editor of the Virginia Tax Review.

Prior to attending law school, Tim was an auditor with KPMG and a recipient of the AICPA’s Elijah Watt Sells Award. Tim graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland.

Anna Strong is an associate in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group.

Anna earned her Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law. She received her Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.

Mary Karapogosian is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department.
 
She received her Juris Doctor from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2023, where she served as an Associate Editor of the Cardozo Law Review and graduated cum laude. During law school, Mary also was a member of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic where she provided pro bono legal representation for indigent immigrants facing deportation before federal immigration authorities and in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. 
 
Mary earned a degree in Political Science from New York University in 2019, where she graduated with high honors and was inducted into the National French Honor Society. Prior to law school, Mary also served as a paralegal in a real estate law firm. 
 
She is admitted to practice law in New York and California.

Allyson Parks is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Her practice concentrates on intellectual property and complex commercial disputes across diverse industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, telecommunications, specialty chemicals and manufacturing processes, and consumer products and packaging. She has been involved in all phases of litigation and arbitration. In addition to her work in patent litigation, Allyson has represented multiple clients in matters involving sponsored research agreements, licensing agreements, and contract manufacturing agreements.

Allyson also has significant experience with inter partes reviews and other patent office proceedings, as well as Federal Circuit appeals. Allyson has also advised clients on IP diligence in connection with licensing, freedom to operate assessments, and worldwide patent portfolio management and enforcement.

Allyson has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® for Litigation – Intellectual Property (2024-2026), and Litigation – Patent (2023-2026) and by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star (2019-2025).

She received her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where she was named a James Kent Scholar and served as the Bluebook editor of the Columbia Law Review. She received her Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering and Master of Engineering in Engineering Management from Stevens Institute of Technology, graduating with high honors and as a member of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi.

Notable Representations – Patent Litigation:

• Represented SharkNinja against Dyson in litigation involving hair care and vacuum patents.
• Represented Sophos against Open Text in litigation involving software technology.
• Represented Dell against VideoLabs in litigation involving video compression technology.
• Represented Cubist, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., against multiple generic companies in Hatch-Waxman litigation regarding CUBICIN® RF (daptomycin RF), including successfully defending against an inter partes review.*
• Represented Pfizer, Wyeth, and Genetics Institute in inventorship action involving patents directed to anti-PD-L1 antibodies for cancer therapies. Also represented Pfizer and Merck KGaA in BCPIA infringement litigation concerning Bavencio® (avelumab).*
• Represented Allergan in Hatch-Waxman litigation regarding LINZESS® (linaclotide) peptide products for the treatment of various gastrointestinal disorders.*

Notable Representations – Commercial Disputes:

• Represented Esperion against Daiichi Sankyo in licensing agreement dispute.
• Represented client in a high-stakes arbitration (JAMS) relating to a contract manufacturing agreement for antibody products.*
• Represented a non-profit organization in a breach of contract arbitration (ICDR) against an international pharmaceutical company involving mRNA drug therapies, winning an award of all requested damages and attorneys’ fees.*

*Representation occurred before employment at Gibson Dunn

Allyson is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Melanie Neary is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn where she practices in the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group, focusing on representing leading life sciences companies and investors. Melanie advises clients on a wide range of complex financing transactions and matters, including initial public offerings, secondary equity offerings, and venture and growth equity financings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and PIPEs. Melanie regularly serves as principal outside counsel for numerous publicly-traded companies and advises management and boards of directors on corporate law matters, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements and ownership filings, and corporate governance.

Representative Clients and Transactions:

• Initial Public Offerings: Apogee Therapeutics, Rain Oncology, Shattuck Labs, Biora Therapeutics, 89bio, Cricut, StepStone Group, Petco Health and Wellness Company, Odonate Therapeutics, Excelerate Energy
• Follow-on Equity Offerings: Apogee Therapeutics, Spyre Therapeutics, Shattuck Labs, Biora Therapeutics, Protagonist Therapeutics, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, 89bio, Odonate Therapeutics, Rain Oncology, Rockwell Medical, Heron Therapeutics, Rocket Pharmaceuticals, StepStone Group, Leslie’s, Peloton, Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Viridian Therapeutics
• PIPE Offerings: Shattuck Labs, Viridian Therapeutics, Spyre Therapeutics, Dianthus Therapeutics, Biora Therapeutics
• ATM Facilities: Protagonist Therapeutics, Shattuck Labs, Rain Oncology, Biora Therapeutics, Ultragenyx, Viridian Therapeutics, 89bio, Rockwell Medical, California Water Service Group, Urovant
• Debt Offerings: Mauser Packaging, California Water Service Group, Wells Fargo & Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Gran Tierra Energy, Keysight Technologies, Magnite
• Venture Financings: Apogee Therapeutics – Series B, Cullgen – Series C, Perceive Biotherapeutics – Series B, Ellodi Pharmaceuticals – Series B, Tourmaline Bio – Series A, Jaanuu – Series B, Waterloo Sparkling Water – Series D, Bandier – Series E, ConnectRN – Series F, Sling Therapeutics – Series B
• Mergers and Acquisitions:
  • Cullgen in its business combination with Pulmatrix
  • Quidel in its acquisition of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
  • Glassdoor in its sale to Recruit Holdings
  • BPGBio in its investment in Berg, LLC
  • California Water Service Group in proposed acquisition of SJW Group
  • Novus Therapeutics in its merger transaction with Tokai Pharmaceuticals
  • Rocket Pharmaceuticals in its merger transaction with Inotek

Melanie received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 2016, where she was the Managing Editor of the Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review. She earned her B.A., magna cum laude, in Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics and Government, with a minor in French, from American University in 2013.

Brian Lane is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group. He spends extensive time on the West Coast.

He counsels companies of all sizes on sophisticated corporate governance and regulatory issues under the federal securities laws. He is often the first call when the board of directors of a public company is facing a crisis involving regulatory or accounting issues, as well as a shakeup in management or sensitive matters. His practice focuses on helping clients with SEC inquiries, audit committee investigations, challenging disclosure and regulatory solutions, as well as raise capital in public and private offerings, and developing unique and sophisticated securities products.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Band 1: Securities: Regulation: Advisory” (2005 – 2025)
• The Best Lawyers in America, “Corporate Compliance Law”, “Corporate Governance Law”, Securities/Capital Markets Law”, “Securities Regulation” (2006 – 2026)
• Who’s Who Legal, “M&A and Governance” (2023 – 2024)
• Expert Guides, “Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide” (2020 – 2022)
• BTI Consulting Group, “Client Service All-Stars” (2018, 2019, 2022)

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Brian spent 16 years with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) culminating as Counsel to the Chairman and the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance where he supervised over 300 attorneys and accountants in all matters related to disclosure and accounting by public companies (e.g. M&A, capital raising, disclosure in periodic reports and proxy statements).

Brian received his law degree in 1983 from the American University, Washington College of Law and earned a B.A. degree magna cum laude in 1980 from Washburn University.

Alan Bannister is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Capital Markets, Finance, Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance, and Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Groups.

Alan concentrates his practice on securities and other corporate transactions, acting for underwriters and issuers, including foreign private issuers in high-yield, equity (including ADRs and GDRs), and other securities offerings, as well as U.S. registered public offerings, Rule 144A offerings, other private placements, and Regulation S offerings. He provides counsel on recapitalizations, NYSE and NASDAQ listings, shareholder rights offerings, spin-offs, PIPEs, exchange offers, and other general corporate transactions. Alan also advises issuers and underwriters on dual listings in the U.S. and on various exchanges across Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Alan regularly advises companies in connection with cross-border equity tender offers and liability management transactions, including debt tenders, exchange offers, and consent solicitations. With extensive corporate and securities experience in connection with corporate restructuring, he routinely advises companies, creditors, and hedge funds in connection with debt exchange offers, high-yield refinancing, rescue rights offerings, and other capital infusions.

Alan regularly advises U.S. and non-U.S. registrants on their reporting obligations under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Dodd Frank Act, stock exchange corporate governance requirements, as well as (for U.S. registrants) advising on other Exchange Act issues relating to Regulation FD, Section 16, and the proxy statement requirements of Regulation 14A.

Representative Clients and Transactions:

• Advised Welltower, a healthcare infrastructure REIT, on its:
  • UPREIT conversion;
  • $2.5 billion at-the-market equity program allowing for traditional and forward sales of common stock under its automatic shelf registration statement.
• Represented Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co in its $850 million Rule 144A offering of 5.75% Senior Secured Notes issued, in part, to finance the construction of Topaz Solar Farms, a photovoltaic solar energy generation facility.
• Advised Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC (EEGH), a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company that is engaged in interstate natural gas transmission and underground storage in the eastern region of the United States, on a registered offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 5.800% Senior Notes due 2035 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.200% Senior Notes due 2055.
• Advised BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA), and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as global coordinators and joint bookrunners, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Santander US Capital Markets LLC, as joint bookrunners for a U.S. registered public offering of $750.0 million of 6.34% Notes due 2054 issued by Vale Overseas Limited and guaranteed by its parent company, Vale S.A., a Brazilian metals and mining company.
• Advised BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as dealer managers for the waterfall cash tender offer by Vale Overseas Limited for up to $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount three series of Notes previously issued by Vale Overseas and guaranteed by Vale S.A.
• Advised SES, the Luxembourg-based satellite telecommunication network group, on the acquisition of its Virginia-based counterpart, Intelsat.
• Advised Mondelēz International, Inc. and Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands B.V. in Mondelēz International’s offering of €300 million private offering of exchangeable senior notes, exchangeable into ordinary shares of JDE Peet’s.

Alan received his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the University of Alabama in 1988, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, articles editor for the Alabama Law Review and a Hugo Black Scholar. He received a B.S. (Accounting) from Auburn University in 1984.

Alan is a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Alabama School of Law Foundation and a member of the Board of Advisors to the Financial Management Association within the School of Finance at the Auburn University Harbert School of Business. He is a frequent writer and speaker on securities laws matters.

Eric M. Scarazzo is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group, Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group, Public Company Industry Group, and Cleantech Industry Group. Eric represents issuers and underwriters, public, private, and private equity portfolio companies, and businesses from development-stage to blue chip, in high-profile securities transactions.

As a certified public accountant for over 20 years, Eric provides counsel to clients navigating the intersection of legal and accounting matters, principally as they relate to capital markets financings and M&A disclosure obligations. He also focuses on capital raising transactions, reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, prospective and remedial stock exchange compliance, and Section 13 and 16 beneficial ownership reporting.

Representative Clients and Transactions:

• Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX: AQN) (NYSE: AQN), a Canadian-based energy company, in its:
  • remarketing of $1.15 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2026
  • upsized public offering of 20,000,000 equity units with proceeds of $1 billion, and in related option to underwriters to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 Equity Units
  • public offering of 23,000,000 equity units with proceeds of $1.15 billion
  • $500 million at-the-market offering of common shares
• Coeur Mining, Inc., a U.S.-based diverse precious metals producer, in its:
  • $1.7 billion acquisition of SilverCrest Metals Inc.
  • $50 million at-the-market offering of common stock
  • $375 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes, cash tender offer, and credit facility amendment
• Enovis Corporation in a private offering of $460 million of convertible senior notes due 2028
• IperionX Limited, an Australia-based titanium company, in its U.S. listing and private offerings of ordinary shares
• Liberty Utilities Co., a subsidiary of Algonquin Power, in a private offering of $850 million of notes due 2029 and due 2034
• Piedmont Lithium, Inc., a U.S.-based lithium company, in a $50 million at-the-market offering of common stock
• SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global energy technology company, in its:
  • $337 million private offering of 2.250% convertible senior notes due 2029 and concurrent capped call transactions
  • public offering of 2,300,000 shares of common stock
• South Jersey Industries, Inc., a U.S.-based energy company, in its remarketing of equity units
• StepStone Group Inc., a global private markets investment company, in its initial public offering and subsequent secondary offerings
• Stem, Inc. in a private offering of $240 million of green convertible senior notes due 2030

Eric received his Juris Doctor, with a concentration in Corporate Law, in 2005 from the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned a master’s degree in Accounting, with a concentration in Tax Consulting, in 2000, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, Economics and Accounting in 1999, from the University of Virginia.

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

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

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

Lavi M. Ben Dor is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Groups.

Lavi previously clerked for the Honorable A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Honorable Kent A. Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Lavi earned his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, served as an Executive Editor on the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and received the Lipman Redman Prize for the best first-year brief. He graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed concentrations in finance and marketing and a minor in mathematics and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma.

Lavi’s writings have appeared in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and the law reviews at Penn, Wisconsin, and Brooklyn Law.

Lavi is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, New York, and Pennsylvania. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Kathy Wen is an associate in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group and has been recognized as a Leading Associate in this area by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and a Rising Star by IFLR1000.

Her practice focuses on advising international and Asia-based private fund sponsors on the formation of private investment funds, including buyout funds, growth capital funds, real estate, and private credit funds. Kathy also regularly advises sponsors on co-investment transactions, separate accounts, carried interest plans, and regulatory matters.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Kathy worked in the Hong Kong office of another international law firm.

Kathy received her LL.B. degree from the University of Auckland and subsequently completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws at the University of Hong Kong.

She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and is an enrolled barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. She is fluent in English and Mandarin.