Talus Iorio-Ronek is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and practices in the firm’s Intellectual Property group.

Talus received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the Boston University School of Law in 2024. While in law school, he served as an Articles Editor for the Boston University Law Review and worked for the Student Innovations Law Clinic. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Yale University in 2021.

Talus is a member of the New York bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Maziar Jamnejad is an Associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn. He is a specialist in contentious and regulatory technology law, advising the big technology companies on EU frameworks such as the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, and conducting related investigations and class action defence. 

He regularly advises on artificial intelligence related matters, and is recognised by Legal 500 as a ‘key lawyer’ for artificial intelligence law. Maziar also has a particular expertise in cybersecurity/infosec. He has led a number of significant recent security engagements and is National Cyber Security Centre accredited in Cyber Incident Planning and Response.

Maziar brings a uniquely practical perspective to his technology practice. He has held a number of positions as a technologist, including product roles at AI startups and scrum mastering software development teams. He holds certifications in a range of technologies from organisations like Microsoft, Google and IBM. 

In addition to his technology focus, Maziar is a recognized specialist in financial crime. He has led investigations for financial institutions into market manipulation, systems and controls, and asset management, and has advised clients on financial sanctions, export controls, and market abuse. He has represented clients before regulatory authorities such as the SFO, CMA, FCA, and OFSI. He regularly advises clients on contentious competition law, including leading investigations into information exchange, cartels, and hub-and-spoke arrangements.

Maziar is an expert in legal innovation and the application of technology – particularly AI – to complex contentious and transactional matters. He has held leadership roles in legal innovation at major law firms, including serving as Global Head of Legal Innovation at a magic circle firm, and as Senior Legal Counsel for Innovation at HSBC. He has designed and delivered modernization programs for legal departments, developed technology-enabled methodologies for regulatory compliance, and led teams in the adoption and implementation of advanced legal technologies.

Alexus Payton Leach is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group, and a member of the Artificial Intelligence Practice Group. She is currently on secondment.

Alexus is enthusiastic about technological innovation, business optimization, and legal compliance. Having previously seconded at Meta Platforms on an extended contract, she is uniquely positioned to provide clients with practical, clear, and actionable legal guidance, whilst also prioritizing client business pillars as they manage dynamic and large-scale technical considerations. In her role at Meta as a subject matter expert on youth privacy, security, and predictive technology, Alexus regularly advised engineers, data scientists, and other business professionals towards compliance with global obligations.

Alexus leads clients through privacy and security incidents, regulatory engagements, and in development and implementation of operational frameworks and policies. A former complex commercial litigator, she also has meaningful experience advising multinational clients across industries, in all stages of international and domestic high-stakes privacy litigation. Alexus leverages her experiences at the intersections of litigation, compliance, and counseling to guide clients through all matters touching on privacy, security, and data innovation as legal and regulatory spaces continue to evolve at rapid rates and in unprecedented ways.

Alexus earned her law degree in 2017 from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. She received her bachelor’s degree in English Literature and minor in Philosophy from Loyola Marymount University.

She is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Central District, Southern District, and Northern District of California.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Alexus was an associate in the Global Technology Industry Group at White & Case, as well as the Complex Commercial Litigation Group at Mayer Brown in Los Angeles.

Rob Fitzgerald is Of Counsel in the Business Restructuring & Reorganization group in Gibson’s New York office. Rob advises creditors, sponsors, and other stakeholders in connection with Chapter 11 restructurings, out-of-court restructurings and recapitalizations, distressed M&A and asset sale transactions and debtor-in-possession (DIP) financings.

Rob’s recent representations include*:

  • Castlelake, L.P.:
    • As Backstop Commitment Party for $1.9 billion of exit financing to GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A and certain of its affiliates
    • As a lead investor in connection with a $740 million term loan facility to Abra Group Limited and its affiliates as part of a refinancing
    • In connection with the DIP and exit financing transactions in Scandinavian Airlines’ (SAS’) bankruptcy case. This included:
      • Castlelake’s $500 million refinancing of SAS’ DIP term loan
      • Entry into and closing of an investment agreement as part of a consortium of bidders for a $1.2 billion debt and equity investment in reorganized SAS
  • UNIFIN Financiera S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with its cross-border restructuring
  • Bank of America:
    • As agent under a $125 million asset-based DIP financing facility in Instant Brands’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy case
    • As prepetition and DIP asset-based lending agent in Sears’ bankruptcy case
  • An ad hoc group of bank lenders to Crédito Real S.A.B. de C.V., in connection with the restructuring of their credit facilities
  • Party City in its out-of-court liability management transaction
  • Affiliates of The Washington Companies in connection with their provision of a $55 million interim financing facility in connection with Dominion Diamond Mines’ Canadian insolvency proceedings

Rob graduated cum laude from Bowling Green State University and with highest distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he served as Senior Articles Editor for the Iowa Law Review. Rob is a member of the Illinois and New York Bars.

In recognition of his work, Rob has been repeatedly named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch in America (including in its 2023-2025 editions).

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

Joseph Barakat is a litigation associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law and Labor and Employment Practice Groups.

Joseph specializes in litigating high stakes appeals and critical motions. He has supported arguments in various courts, including the Ninth Circuit en banc, the Texas Supreme Court, and the California Supreme Court. Joseph has successfully represented clients in cases involving arbitration, contracts, wage-and-hour disputes, constitutional law, data privacy, state enforcement actions, and class and representative actions.

Recent Representative Matters:

  • Obtained the first federal circuit decision defeating application of the Federal Arbitration Act’s Section 1 exemption to rideshare drivers. See Capriole v. Uber Techs., Inc., 7 F.4th 854 (9th Cir. 2021).  Persuaded the Third Circuit to reach the same result and the U.S. Supreme Court to deny review. See Singh v. Uber Techs., Inc., 67 F.4th 550 (3d Cir. 2023), cert. denied, 144 S. Ct. 566 (2024).
  • Convinced a unanimous Ninth Circuit panel to reverse the dismissal of an equal-protection challenge to California’s worker classification law A.B. 5. See Olson v. California, 62 F.4th 1206 (9th Cir. 2023).
  • Persuaded the Austin Court of Appeals to invalidate the Public Utility Commission rule setting prices at their maximum during the 2021 Texas winter storm for exceeding the Commission’s statutory mandate. See Luminant Energy Co. v. PUC, 665 S.W.3d 166 (Tex. App.—Austin 2023).
  • Convinced the Fifth Circuit to reverse the grant of judgment as a matter of law and to remand for a new trial in a trademark infringement case. See Rex Real Estate I, L.P. v. Rex Real Estate Exch., Inc., 80 F.4th 607 (5th Cir. 2023).
  • Overturned a $14 million summary judgment by persuading the court to uphold the validity of a payment brand’s security program and to revive the brand’s counterclaim for fraud. See Visa Inc. v. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., 651 S.W.3d 278 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 9, 2021, pet. filed).  Preserved victory by persuading the Texas Supreme Court to deny review after calling for full merits briefing. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. v. Visa Inc., No. 22-0024 (Tex.).
  • Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to uphold the dismissal of contractual and tort claims seeking over $12 million dollars. See Paymentech, L.L.C. v. Landry’s Inc., 60 F.4th 918 (5th Cir. 2023).
  • Achieved a favorable settlement for Meta Platforms in a state enforcement action seeking $300 billion for Meta’s alleged capture and use of Texans’ biometric data in violation of Texas privacy law. See State of Texas v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 22-0121 (71st Dist. Ct., Harrison Cnty., Tex.).

Before joining the firm, Joseph clerked for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as an articles editor of the Virginia Law Review, drafted a successful cert petition in Quarles v. United States, No. 17-778 (U.S.), while participating in the school’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, and graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science at Presbyterian College, graduating with valedictorian honors.

Joseph is admitted to practice in the State of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Enzo Hernandez is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. His practice focuses on advising clients on a broad range of corporate matters and on helping them navigate complex business transactions, including corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Enzo earned his law degree magna cum laude from the SMU Dedman School of Law. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Wichita State University, where he was a member of the men’s bowling team.

Enzo is admitted to practice in Texas.

Ryan Azad is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group. His practice focuses on appellate matters in state and federal courts. 

Ryan has briefed cases in courts around the country and has argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the California Court of Appeal. He was recognized in the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s annual “Top Verdicts” feature for winning a top appellate reversal in 2024. Ryan was also honored with the 2024 Frank Wheat Memorial Award for his pro bono work briefing and arguing appeals on behalf of indigent clients who were denied their opportunity to fair proceedings in the trial court. In one of those cases, Ryan persuaded the Ninth Circuit to reverse an immigration judge’s denial of his client’s application for relief from removal and later persuaded the government to dismiss removal proceedings altogether, allowing his client to obtain lawful permanent resident status under the Cuban Adjustment Act.

Before joining the firm, Ryan clerked for Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar of the Supreme Court of California, Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. 

Representative matters include:

  • City of Los Angeles v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (California Supreme Court): Persuaded the California Supreme Court to grant review of, and unanimously reverse, a Court of Appeal decision limiting the authority of courts to impose monetary sanctions for discovery misconduct, and convinced the Court to hold that the Civil Discovery Act independently authorizes courts to impose monetary sanctions for discovery misconduct. 
  • Gold Creek Condo.-Phase I Ass’n of Apartment Owners v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. (Ninth Circuit): Won unanimous affirmance of summary judgment for State Farm in a closely watched insurance case involving water intrusion damage to condominiums in the Pacific Northwest.
  • Cordova v. Moronez (California Court of Appeal): Successfully represented a survivor of domestic violence in persuading the Court of Appeal to reverse a trial court’s denial of a domestic violence restraining order request.
  • Davis v. Colorado (U.S. Supreme Court): Represented National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of certiorari petition regarding whether, once counsel has been appointed for an indigent defendant, the Sixth Amendment guarantees an indigent defendant the same right to continued representation by that counsel as is enjoyed by affluent defendants.
  • Vedagarba v. Airbnb, Inc. (California Court of Appeal): Successfully represented Airbnb in obtaining dismissal of an appeal challenging the denial of plaintiff’s petition to vacate an arbitration award. 
  • Woodhouse v. Meta Platforms et al. (Second Circuit): Successfully represented several parties, including Meta, in defending a district court’s dismissal of claims brought by a vexatious litigant and the issuance of a nationwide filing injunction restricting the vexatious litigant’s ability to file new cases raising similar claims in any federal court. 

Ryan received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he served as a managing editor of the UCLA Law Review, was a member of the Supreme Court Clinic, and taught an undergraduate course as a Collegium of University Teaching Fellow. He earned his B.A., summa cum laude, in History from UCLA, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received the Carey McWilliams Award for his thesis on the freedom of speech in colonial America.

Ryan also serves as a mentor for The Appellate Project, an organization that seeks to empower law students of color to succeed as appellate attorneys and raise awareness about the importance of a diverse appellate system.

Donovan J. Stone is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn.

Before joining the firm, Donovan served as a law clerk to Justice Ketanji B. Jackson of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Carl E. Stewart of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and Judge Abdul K. Kallon of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Donovan earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from Duke Law School in 2020. While at Duke, he served as Senior Online Editor of the Duke Law Journal, Vice President of the Black Law Students Association, and Secretary of the Moot Court Board. He is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, where he stayed for college, graduating magna cum laude from Centenary College of Louisiana with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science.

Immediately prior to clerking on the Supreme Court, Donovan practiced for two years as a litigation associate in a recognized law firm in Washington, D.C.

Donovan is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and Texas.

Jacqueline Liu Sesia is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices with the firm’s Litigation Department.

Jacqueline has experience in a wide variety of antitrust & competition matters, including defending individuals and companies in government investigations and third-party subpoena compliance, merger clearance, complex litigation matters, and counseling on a variety of regulatory considerations in the technology and life sciences sectors.

She earned her law degree in 2018 from the University of Chicago Law School. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with honors in 2014 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jacqueline is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for Northern California. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she was an associate in the Antitrust Group of an international law firm in San Francisco, California.

Marcus Seete is an associate in the Brussels office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.

Marcus’ practice encompasses all areas of European and German competition law, focusing on merger control proceedings and antitrust investigations, foreign direct investment, as well as tech regulatory matters.

His experience spans a diverse range of industries, including telecommunications, online services, pharmaceuticals, basic industries, manufacturing, and agriculture, alongside advising on the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act, the regulation of Digital Identity Wallets, and EU State aid.

Admitted to the Frankfurt Bar and a registered European lawyer at the Flemish bar, Marcus passed his first State Exam at the University of Bielefeld and later completed his clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm with the Second State Exam. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn in 2023, he clerked, amongst others, at the European Commission (DG COMP) in a unit specialized in merger control proceedings.

Marcus is a native German speaker, speaks fluent English and has a good command of French.

Jesse Schupack is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Jesse served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Honorable Robert E. Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Jesse received his J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was an Associate Editor of the Michigan Law Review and a Contributing Editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. He also received a PhD in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and before graduate school completed a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. He received his B.A. summa cum laude in philosophy and Russian from The University of the South.

Jesse is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Edward Yifei Zhang is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York) and an associate in Hong Kong. He is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, and Litigation Practice Groups. He has experience representing clients in U.S. court disputes and advising on government and internal investigations, with a particular emphasis on potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Edward practiced at another international law firm in New York, where he handled securities and commercial litigation, and international arbitration matters.

Edward earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. During his studies, he worked for Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors in History and Mathematics from Grinnell College. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Mr. Dick has significant experience litigating a broad range of matters in both state and federal courts.  In over 20 years of practice, Josh has developed a broad range of expertise across multiple areas of the law including, class actions, antitrust, unfair competition law, false advertising, products liability, constitutional challenges, the securities and commodities acts, regulatory enforcement and compliance at the federal, state and local levels, legal malpractice, and general business disputes.  He has substantial experience in complex, multifaceted and high-stakes litigation, where has managed and overseen day-to-day operations in many of these cases at both the trial court and appellate levels.  Josh has represented companies in a wide range of products liability and environmental actions, defending his clients across the country against claims for public and private nuisance, products liability, fraud and misrepresentation, failure to warn, trespass, and violations of state consumer protection statutes.  He also has extensive experience in representing companies in complex domestic and multi-national government investigations into alleged antitrust and competition law violations, financial fraud and corporate malfeasance.  In addition, Josh represents a variety of companies and trade associations in challenges to state and municipal regulations and ordinances.  Josh’s recent matters include: 

  • Defending Chevron Corporation in more than 30 climate change-related actions filed across the country brought by counties, municipalities, and states alleging that oil and gas companies wrongfully caused climate change damage or misled consumers on climate change under various common law and statutory theories.  Josh has primary responsibility for overseeing and managing all day-to-day aspects of the litigation and has successfully led efforts to secure complete dismissal of several of these cases on the pleadings.
  • Defended JUUL Labs in hundreds of putative class actions and individual actions, including multidistrict litigation, alleging product defects, public nuisance and violations of consumer protection laws.  As part of this work, Josh had primary responsibility for working with multiple experts on a wide range of topics including, medical, epidemiology, damages and economics, marketing and advertising, and social media. 
  • Defended Walgreens in several cases in California alleging that Walgreens and other companies contributing to the opioids epidemic.
  • Represented plaintiff trade association in litigation in the Northern District of California and Ninth Circuit, in challenges to two local government ordinances in California. The first is a challenge to a City of Berkeley ordinance requiring disclosures of purported safety risks of cell phones, CTIA – The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley, No. 16-15141 (2016), and the second is a challenge on behalf of the California State Outdoor Advertising Association to a San Francisco ordinance that would require certain sugary beverage advertisements to carry a government scripted warning label, American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco, No. 16-16072 (2016).
  • Represented a Fortune 500 technology company, which has a majority of total revenues derived from government procurement contracts, in a consolidated securities fraud case pending in the Southern District of New York. As part of this case, Josh was a lead drafter of a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court to resolve an important area of federal law.
  • Defended an auto parts manufacturer in consolidated lawsuits, which are among the largest and most complex multidistrict litigation (MDL) cases ever brought in the United States. Plaintiffs assert several causes of action including state law claims in more than 30 states.
  • Defended the Fresno Unified School District in a lawsuit challenging the proprietary of using lease-leaseback contracts to finance and construct school buildings in California.
  • Representing a multinational company in assessing the viability of bringing pre-election lawsuits to challenge a county ballot initiative that would largely prohibit all oil and gas operations in Monterey County, California.
  • Defended a real estate company in a group action brought by over 125 individual plaintiffs in state court in Nevada and a consolidated class action in California asserting several claims related to the conversion of a privately held mortgage fund into a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT). This representation resulted in a complete victory following a 10-day trial in California and a very favorable settlement in Nevada.
  • Represented a multinational financial institution in connection with more than 15 domestic and international cartel investigations related to alleged manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other interest rate benchmarks including, plea negotiations and/or leniency applications in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and other jurisdictions.
  • Represented a Japanese auto parts manufacturer and its U.S. and foreign subsidiaries in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into an alleged antitrust conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids and allocate territories. This include extensive plea negotiations that ultimately resulted in a reduction of the proposed fine by more than 75%.
  • The defense of a foreign bank in several investigations brought by domestic and international antitrust and financial enforcers into the alleged manipulation of foreign exchange (“FX”) rates and financial products.

Josh has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for his work in Commercial Litigation, and in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for his work in Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Litigation – Antitrust.

Josh graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School where he served as an associate and articles editor for the Journal of Law Reform.

Susy Bullock is an English qualified partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s London office. She co-chairs the firm’s Transnational Litigation Practice Group and the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice.

Commercial and Transnational Litigation: Susy has extensive experience in commercial litigation in the English and Cayman courts, including the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal.  She frequently supports clients with complex transnational litigation, often taking on a global coordinating counsel role where litigation arises in multiple jurisdictions.  Particular areas of expertise include civil fraud, financial services, ESG and antitrust. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn as partner, Susy was Head of Litigation for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at UBS.

Environmental Social Governance Practice: Susy regularly advises clients on sustainability and business & human rights matters such as supply chain issues and investigations, National Contact Point complaints, emerging ESG legislation and regulatory requirements, greenwashing risks and complaints; human rights and policy training, ESG-related disclosures and Modern Slavery Act 2015 compliance, and ESG related disputes. She supports clients from a wide variety of industries including oil & gas, food & beverage, and technology. Susy has supported the Thun Group of banks since 2016 – considering business and human rights issues across the banking sector, and is an ongoing (pro bono) advisor to a UK modern slavery charity. Susy is also a member of the firm’s global pro bono committee and pro bono partner for the London office.

Susy is ranked in the 2024 edition of Chambers Crisis & Risk Management, for Environmental, Social and Governance Risk, in which clients have noted: “Susy is a great individual who is a delight to work with and hugely diligent and thorough in her work. A pleasure to work with” and “we highly appreciated Susy’s expertise.” She is also listed as a Global Market Leader for Business & Human Rights Law by Chambers Global 2024, where clients say that: “Susy Bullock is excellent. Always timely in responding, really clear in managing expectations and risks and really consultative with us.” Susy is also recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2025 for Commercial Litigation, Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail, Competition Litigation and ESG. In previous editions, she is noted for her ‘excellent knowledge of the banking industry’.

Jontin Cooper is an England and Wales qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jontin worked in the London office of another major global law firm.

Alessandra is an associate in the Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office. She is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Alessandra graduated from the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University with ASU’s Highest Pro Bono Distinction and certificates in Law, Science, & Technology and Trial Advocacy. She served as a Peer Review Article Editor for Jurimetrics – The ABA Journal for Law Science and Technology. Alessandra won first place in the 2025 Western Regional Patent Application Drafting Moot Court Competition.

Alessandra earned her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Arizona State University in Chemical Engineering. Prior to law school, she worked as a Technology Development Engineer and Process Engineer in Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) focusing on Silicon Photonics and Embedded Bridge technologies.

Alessandra is a member of the State Bar of Texas and admitted to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Carrie Yuen is an associate in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Carrie practices civil and commercial litigation. She advises companies, professional trustee institutions and high-net-worth individuals in a range of contractual, trust and company matters.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Carrie was an associate at an international law firm in Hong Kong. She earned her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Hong Kong in 2020.

Carrie is admitted to practice in Hong Kong. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Myra Leung is an associate in Hong Kong. She is a member of the Finance Practice Group. Myra has experience advising on a range of cross-border finance transactions, with a focus on acquisition and leveraged finance.

Myra has extensive experience throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and has been involved in significant and complex financing transactions acting for a variety of financial institutions and bank syndicates.

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

  • Syndicate banks on the facilities for the privatization of Chindata Group, a leading carrier-neutral hyperscale data center solution provider in Asia-Pacific emerging markets, by Bain Capital
  • Syndicate banks on the facilities for the privatization of 58.com Inc, one of the largest providers of integrated human resources services in China, by a consortium of private equity sponsors
  • Syndicate banks on the facilities for the acquisition of a minority stake by Carlyle Group in Taiwan-based sushi chain Zhengxian, also known as Sushi Express
  • Syndicate banks on the consent process in connection with the acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management of Hong Kong’s Trimco from Affinity Equity Partners
  • Syndicate banks on the facilities for the take-private by Baring Private Equity Asia of Ginko International Co., Ltd., China’s leading contact lenses producer

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Myra 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.

Ryan Cheung is an associate in Hong Kong. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Ryan focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ryan was an associate at an international law firm in Hong Kong. 

He received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Hong Kong in 2020, and a Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in 2022. Ryan is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and the State of New York.

He is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Jocelyn Williams is an of counsel in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Financial Regulatory Practice Groups. She has extensive experience advising clients on a broad range of contentious matters, including domestic and cross-border litigations, regulatory investigations by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Hong Kong Competition Commission, enquiries by the Hong Kong Police, Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) and Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and internal investigations arising out of systems and controls failures, employee misconduct and whistleblowing.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jocelyn served as in-house counsel for nine years at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong and headed its APAC Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice, covering 15 jurisdictions. In that role she advised senior management across all business lines within the bank on all dispute related matters, including in respect of regulatory enquiries and investigations, mis-selling and breach of duty claims, debt enforcement, fraud, insider dealing, operational incidents and misconduct. She also has previous private practice disputes experience in both Hong Kong and Australia, advising a range of banks, Big Four accounting firms and corporates on litigation, contentious regulatory and insolvency matters. Amongst other matters, Jocelyn advised the liquidators on the contentious aspects of the Asian Lehman Brothers and MF Global insolvencies.

Jocelyn is admitted to practice in both Hong Kong and Australia.