Alexander Merritt 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 Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. His practice spans a wide range of litigation and antitrust counseling. Alexander advises clients on antitrust issues arising from mergers and acquisitions across a range of industries. He also represents clients in antitrust litigation and before government agencies and regulators.

Prior to joining the firm, Alexander was an associate at a large international firm focusing on antitrust matters. Before that, he was an associate at a law firm in Washington, D.C., focusing on commercial litigation.

Alexander received his law degree magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center 2016 and his B.A. in Political Science and History from Davidson College in 2011. While in law school he served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Victor Wolski on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Prior to attending law school, Alexander worked for a member of congress and in the lobbying group of an international law firm.

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

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

Brian clerked for Judge Diane S. Sykes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He earned his law degree in 2019 from Yale Law School, where he was senior editor on the Yale Journal on Regulation and Executive Vice President of the Yale Federalist Society. Brian graduated summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut with degrees in Political Science and Economics.

He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Alexa Barrett is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Investigations and Litigation practice groups. She represents public and private companies, financial institutions, audit committees, boards of directors, and senior executives in sensitive internal and government investigations; DOJ and SEC enforcement actions; white-collar defense matters; and complex civil litigation. She also advises on corporate governance and regulatory compliance. In addition, Alexa maintains a robust pro bono practice focused on civil rights and immigration.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Alexa served as a law clerk to the Honorable David O. Carter of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2020-2021) and practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP as an associate in its Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement and Litigation groups (2021-2024).

Alexa earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2020, where she served on the Berkeley Business Law Journal and was a member of the Berkeley Law Trial Team.  She graduated cum laude from Duke University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Comparative Studies with certificates in Information Science & Studies and Film, and High Distinction for her honors thesis on the use of DNA to prevent trafficking of children at the border.

She is a member of the Arizona, California and New York bars.

Sandy Bhogal is a partner in the London office and serves as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Tax Practice. He regularly advises multinational companies, asset managers and fund sponsors, investment banks, insurers, REITs and institutional investors (including sovereign wealth funds) on their most complex tax issues.

Sandy’s experience ranges from general corporate and indirect tax advice to transactional advice on matters involving M&A, corporate finance & capital markets, investment funds, structured and asset finance, insurance and real estate. He also has significant experience with corporate tax planning and transfer pricing, and often provides clients with advice on domestic and cross border tax efficient structures. He also assists clients with tax authority enquiries, wider tax risk management and multi-lateral tax controversies.

His recent transaction experience includes advising:

  • Elliott Investment Management L.P. and its affiliate, Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation, on the $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen Holdings plc.
  • Special Committee of the Board of Atlas Corporation, a leading global asset management company, on Poseidon Acquisition Corp.’s acquisition of Atlas for approximately $10.9 billion.
  • KKR on its investment in Northumbrian Water, a water company in the UK providing mains water and sewerage services, from CKI.
  • Veritas Capital on its $3.1 billion acquisition of Verisk’s energy business, Wood Mackenzie, a provider of data, analytics, and insights to the energy, renewables, and natural resources industry.
  • Related Argent on a joint venture with Invesco Real Estate in relation to the first major phase of an £8 billion development at Brent Cross Town, a new town in North London.

Sandy is listed as a leading tax adviser in Chambers (Band 1) and The Legal 500 (Hall of Fame). He is also listed in the World Tax Leaders Guides, as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Corporate Tax in the Lexology Index, and by the Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom as a leading lawyer for Tax.

He serves as the co-chair of the tax committee of the Law Society of England & Wales. He is also a member of the IFA UK branch, IBA Global and AIMA tax committees. He is also chairman of TheCityUK tax group, a private-sector membership body and industry advocacy group promoting the financial and related professional services industry of the UK.

Sandy graduated with an Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws (both with honours) from Bristol University.

Michael Naclerio is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Michael regularly represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, growth equity and venture capital investments, and other significant transactional matters.

Michael received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2017, where he was recognized as a James Kent Scholar, earned the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize, and served as a Notes Editor of the Columbia Law Review. He graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy Studies.

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

Tina Asgharian is a New York qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. 

Tina advises clients on a wide range of antitrust issues, including merger control, regulatory investigations, and compliance issues. 

Tina received a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard University in 2022 and a Master of Laws (LLM) from Lund University in 2020.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Tina practiced in the competition law department of a leading international law firm in the U.S.

Chris Haynes is a corporate partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn.

Chris has extensive experience in equity capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions including advising corporates, investment banks and shareholders on initial public offerings (including multi-track processes), rights issues and other equity offerings as well as on public takeovers, private company M&A and joint ventures. He also advises on corporate and securities law and regulation.

Chris is recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Best Lawyers. In Legal 500 2026 he is described by clients as being a “stand out partner”, “always available, top of his game and a truly trusted adviser” and an “expert in his field”, and the team is praised for being “very responsive, helpful and knowledgeable”. In Chambers 2026 clients note that he is “well respected across the banks and corporates”, “highly commercial” and “always coming up with … practical solutions”.  In prior editions he has been described as “extremely knowledgeable and pragmatic”, “creative when the situation calls for it”, “hugely capable in all corporate and transactional matters”, “extremely user-friendly”, “a pleasure to work with” and “extremely strong when situations are stressful”.

Chris practiced with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP from 1998 to 2016 and became partner in that firm in 2002. Prior to that he was a solicitor with Bell Gully in New Zealand.

Selected experience includes*:

  • AO World  –  public takeover of musicMagpie plc, by way of a scheme of arrangement
  • Trustpilot Group – £1 billion London listing and IPO (for the company)
  • THG – £5.4 billion London listing and IPO (for the banks), and on its subsequent placing, subscription and retail offer (for the banks)
  • Network International – £2.2 billion London listing and IPO (for its parent company, Emirates NBD Bank)
  • THG – various matters including its $350 million acquisition of Dermstore.com, $255 million acquisition of Bentley Laboratories and pre-IPO equity issuances to BlackRock, Merian and Sofina (for the company)
  • Sophos Group – placings of shares by Dr. Peter Lammer and Dr. Jan Hruska raising $582 million, in connection with the takeover offer by Thoma Bravo (for the selling shareholders)
  • CMR Surgical – $240 million series C financing (for the banks)
  • AO World – £1.2 billion London listing and IPO, on its subsequent placing and on its class 1 acquisition of Mobile Phones Direct (for the company)
  • Hostelworld – £176 million IPO and London and Irish listings and on its subsequent placing (for the banks)
  • The Weir Group – £363 million placing in connection with the acquisition of ESCO Corporation (for the banks)
  • J2 Acquisition – $1.12 billion London listing and IPO (for the banks)
  • Ocelot – $425 million London listing and IPO (for the banks)
  • Photobox Group – sale by way of auction to Exponent and Electra (for the company)
  • Permanent TSB – €400 million capital raising and London and Irish listings (for the banks)
  • Trainline – proposed IPO (sold to KKR pursuant to a M&A track) (for the banks)
  • Sky – £1.36 billion placing in connection with the acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia (for the company)
  • Zoopla – £918 million London listing and IPO (for the banks)
  • Just Eat – £1.47 billion High Growth Segment London listing and IPO and on the step up to a London premium listing (for the company)
  • National Grid – £3.3 billion rights issue (for the banks)
  • MoneySupermarket.com – £840 million London listing and IPO and £87 million acquisition of MoneySavingExpert (for the company)

*Includes matters prior to joining Gibson Dunn

Jason Zachary Goldstein is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization and Liability Management and Special Situations Practice Groups.

Jason represents ad hoc lender and noteholder groups, strategic investors, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity funds, and companies across a host of in court and out of court transactions. Jason has extensive experience structuring and implementing liability management transactions, recapitalization transactions, distressed exchanges, amend-and-extend transactions, and various in court financings. In addition to structuring and implementing these complex transactions, Jason advises on litigation strategy with respect to liability management transactions.

Representative Clients and Transactions:

  • Term Lender and Noteholder Groups: Zayo, Astound, WeightWatchers, Wellful, Wellness Pet, Global Medical Response, Radiology Partners, Xplore, Beasley Broadcast Group, Invited (ClubCorp), West Technology (Intrado), Vyaire Medical, National CineMedia, Phoenix Services, Alvogen Pharmaceuticals, Dhanani Group, Anuvu (Global Eagle), and Alliance Healthcare
  • Liability Management Transactions: Serta Simmons, STG, Del Monte Foods, AMC Entertainment, Robertshaw, Envision Healthcare, Elara Caring (Jordan Health), and Diamond Sports Group
  • Acquisitions and Equitization Transactions: Rugs USA, Aimbridge Hospitality, Southern Graphics, IPC, Central Security Group (Alert 360), and Aegerion Pharmaceuticals
  • Company Representations: Wonder Group, Grubhub, Sequential Brands Group, IntegraMed America, KidKraft, Brookstone, SH130 Concession Company, and The Sports Authority

Jason graduated in 2012 from the University of Virginia School of Law. During law school, he interned at the United States Department of Justice in the Office of the United States Trustee. Jason received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with distinction, in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 2009.

Jason is admitted to practice in the State of New York, before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

 Publications:

  • Author, Note, Autonomy in Information: Pre-Trial Publicity, Commercial Media, and User Generated Content, 21:2 INFO. & COMM. TECH. L. 155 (2012).
  • Author, Note, Take the Money Line: PASPA, Bureaucratic Politics, and the Integrity of the Game, 11 VA. SPORTS & ENT. L.J. 362 (2012).

Ceyda Knoebel is an English-Turkish dual-qualified solicitor and Of Counsel in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Geopolitical Strategy and International Law, International Arbitration, Judgment and Award Enforcement Groups.

Ceyda specialises on public international law and international arbitration, advising clients on a wide range of cross-border and complex disputes in common and civil law jurisdictions. She has extensive experience in investment treaty and commercial arbitration proceedings as well as enforcement of arbitral awards in multiple jurisdictions. Ceyda represents and advises clients across a broad spectrum of industries including energy, mining, oil and gas, financial services and construction and she appears as counsel and advocate in commercial and investor-state disputes. She is also appointed to the United Nations Global Arbitration Counsel List.

Ceyda advises clients on a broad range of public international law matters, including international human rights law, offering strategic guidance across diverse issues on international dispute resolution and geopolitical risk management.

She teaches international investment arbitration at King’s College, London and writes on legal issues for a wide range of publications. Ceyda Knoebel is ranked as a Leading Lawyer by The Legal 500 UK for International Arbitration and is also recognised for her expertise in Public International Law. Clients describe her as “one of the best people around to work with, combining in-depth understanding and experience in international arbitration and public international law with superlative case management skills.” She is highly recommended for her “in-depth understanding and experience of international arbitration” and considered an “expert in public international law.” One client shared, “I have worked with Ceyda Knoebel for many years, primarily in investment treaty arbitration. She is one of the best people I have ever worked with. Ceyda makes difficult cases that much easier,” while another noted, “Ceyda Knoebel is excellent and very responsive and efficient.”

In previous years, clients have noted she is “one of the best solicitors around for public international law” and “Ceyda Knoebel is excellent. She works across international commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration and public international law with ease, combining huge knowledge and interest in the law with the ability to run a team and complex litigation – truly a pleasure to work with.” She is also recognised by Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom as a leading lawyer for International Arbitration .

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ceyda trained and practised in the London office of a magic circle law firm where she spent six months seconded to a major financial institution as well as practising in the Ankara office of a major US law firm.

She holds an LL.M degree from University of Cambridge (2008) and was also admitted to the Bar in Turkey in 2007. In addition to her native Turkish, Ceyda speaks German.

Liam A. Fine is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. His practice focuses on complex and high-stakes commercial litigation for clients across a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, and technology.

Liam also maintains an active pro bono practice focused largely on constitutional claims and gun safety. In 2024, Liam helped represent the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in a successful administrative law challenge seeking to compel the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to sufficiently regulate AR-style “ghost guns.”

Liam served as a law clerk to the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2024 to 2025.

Liam received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2023, where he was recognized as both a James Kent and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Liam also served as the Media Editor of the Columbia Law Review, which published his Note on climate resilience in the electric utility industry.

Prior to law school, Liam worked as an investment banking analyst at Lazard, where he focused on Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings in the Power, Energy, and Infrastructure sectors. Liam received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in 2017, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and double majored in Economics and Political Science.

Liam is a member of the New York Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Gregory V. Momjian is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He returned to the firm in 2025 after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Renée Marie Bumb, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Gregory received his Juris Doctor in 2022 from the University of Michigan Law School where he was an Executive Editor for the Michigan Journal of International Law and a quarterfinalist in the Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition. He received his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Columbia University in 2017.

Gregory is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York as well as the State of New Jersey and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Recent Publications:

Co-Author, Coming Soon to Court: General Personal Jurisdiction of All Out-of-State Businesses in NY, New York Law Journal (July 4, 2023).

Nate Evans is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. 

Before joining the firm, Nate clerked for the Honorable Britt C. Grant of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Virginia Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Nate earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics at Brigham Young University, graduating summa cum laude.

Nate is admitted to practice in the State of Texas.

Simon Tysoe is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy and Infrastructure, and Oil and Gas Practice Groups.

Simon specialises in transactions in the energy sector and has extensive experience advising clients on a range of cross-border energy and natural resources transactions, including upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas M&A, power and renewables M&A, joint ventures, restructuring, and project development. He works with a range of financial investors, strategics, and commodity traders.

Simon is described by Chambers Global 2025 as “Fantastic to work with. He is client-oriented, and he gets deals done in record time,” and “Good for tricky M&A and PE deals and comes up a lot on oil and gas matters.” He is ranked Band 1 in Chambers UK 2025 for Energy & Natural Resources. He is additionally described by Chambers UK 2025 as “Very knowledgeable in his field and on an international level. He has a depth of expertise that is difficult to match.” Simon is described by Legal 500 UK 2025 as “a highly skilled M&A practitioner who regularly advises on the purchase and disposal of conventional and renewable energy portfolios” and “a pragmatic problem-solver and a top lawyer … who you would want by your side when things get complex at the negotiation table.” He is recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2025 as a ‘Leading Individual’ for Oil and Gas.

Simon received his Master of Arts from Lincoln College at the University of Oxford, and he is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Selected experience*: 

Power, renewables and sustainable energy 

  • RWE on its acquisition of Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind project from Vattenfall 
  • Igneo Infrastructure on the sale of a stake in the Finerge Iberian renewables platform to AXA 
  • Energy Capital Partners on the $2.4 billion acquisition of Atlantic’s Sustainable Infrastructure 
  • Iberdrola on the sale of a stake in East Anglia One offshore wind farm project to Green Investment Bank 
  • RWE on the sale of a stake in Dogger Bank South offshore wind farm to Masdar 
  • Triton Power on the sale of UK thermal power plants to SSE 
  • KKR on its £3.4 billion acquisition of Encavis AG 
  • Ara Partners on its investment in its partnership to create CycleØ Group, a UK-based biomethane platform, through the acquisition of FNX Liquid Natural Gas, a Spain-based company specializing in biogas capture and conversion 
  • Apical Group on the acquisition of a 67.65% stake in Bio-Oils Energy, a Spanish biofuel producer
  • EIG on its $255 million investment into solar energy company, Prosolia
  • Repsol on its acquisition of a 40% stake in Bunge

Upstream Oil and gas

  • EIG on its US$19 billion joint venture with Repsol Upstream, a newly-formed global oil and gas exploration and production company 
  • TotalEnergies on its $1.2 billion acquisition of CEPSA’s upstream assets in Abu Dhabi 
  • TotalEnergies on the US$330 million sale of its German subsidiaries interests in Kazakhstan’s Dunga oil and gas field to KMG
  • TotalEnergies on its sale of TEPKRI Sarsang, a Denmark-based oil and gas exploration and production company, to ShaMaran Petroleum 
  • SierraCol Energy (a Carlyle portfolio company) on its US$825 million acquisition of Occidental’s (Oxy) entire onshore oil and gas portfolio in Colombia  
  • Carlyle International Energy Partners on the acquisition of Shell Upstream Gabon by portfolio company Assala Energy Holdings and its subsequent disposal 
  • ExxonMobil Corporation on its sale of its entire upstream and midstream asset portfolio in Chad and Cameroon to Savannah Energy plc 
  • Navitas Petroleum on its acquisition of a 65% stake in the Sea Lion project, an oil field located offshore of the Falkland Islands, via the acquisition of Premier Oil Exploration and Production and participating interests in the field from Rockhopper Exploration 
  • Chevron on its $1.6 billion sale of its North Sea oil and gas business to Ithaca Energy

Downstream oil and gas and chemicals 

  • Varo Energy (a Vitol and Carlyle joint venture) on the acquisition of Peem AB, Sweden’s largest oil refiner. 
  • Vitol on the $2 billion acquisition of Engen Petroleum, a group with a significant Southern African fuels retail network   
  • ADNOC and OMV on the $13 billion acquisition of Nova Chemicals from Mubadala 
  • EQUATE Petrochemicals Company on its US$3.2 billion acquisition of MEGlobal International 
  • Chevron on the US$900 million sale of its refinery and fuels network in South Africa and Botswana to Sinopec 
  • Chandra Asri on the $800 million acquisition of the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park, Singapore from Shell 
  • Helios Investment Partners on the US$461.3 million acquisition of a 60% stake in the West African downstream business of Oando 
  • Helios Investment Partners on its acquisition with Vitol of a majority stake in the West African downstream business of Oando Plc and the formation of OVH Energy 

Infrastructure and Transport 

  • Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia on its joint acquisition of a 37.5% stake in Heathrow Airport alongside Ardian  
  • Corporate aspect of the refinancing of numerous airports including Budapest and Manchester  
  • GIC on the acquisition of a stake in GasLog an LNG vessel owner and operator 
  • The buyer on the acquisition of the Isle of Grain LNG regasification and storage facility in the UK 
  • Bomin Linde LNG in its joint venture with SGD logistika to form Blue Gas maritime bunkering company  
  • The partners on the acquisition of a 50% stake in VTTI, the energy storage and logistics group 
  • Total Energies on the sale of Grosstanklager – Olhafer Rostock to Euroports

 

*Includes matters prior to joining Gibson Dunn

Freya Church is an English-qualified senior associate in the Real Estate practice Group.

Freya is experienced in a wide range of commercial real estate transactions, including advising on real estate joint venture agreements, acquisitions, sales, asset/development management platforms and financings. Freya has a particular focus on hospitality matters, representing a variety of investors, operators and lenders in this asset class.

Freya has been named as a “Leading Associate” in the 2026 edition of the Legal 500, which is a market endorsement that recognises technical skill, endorsements from clients and regular appearance on high-profile matters.

The Legal 500 previously included the following on Freya: “Freya continues to be a delight to work with. She has always been responsive to enquiries and offers qualified expert advice”.

Selected experience:

  • Acquisition and joint venture for the Standard Hotel on behalf of three institutional investors.
  • Development financing for the development of a 5-star hotel in Paris.
  • Acquisition and negotiation of the hotel management agreement for the Park Hyatt Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland).
  • Advising lender in relation to the acquisition financing and subsequent re-gear of a UK portfolio of 18-hotels and negotiating non-disturbance agreement in relation to the same.
  • Advising KKR in relation to the asset management agreement for a large-scale hotel portfolio investment platform in the UK.

Arjun Prakash is a litigation associate in the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Prior to joining the firm, Arjun clerked for Judge Stephanos Bibas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Judge Edmond Chang of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Arjun earned his J.D. with High Honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a Comments Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. Before entering law school, Arjun worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in Economics and South Asian Studies.

Arjun is a member of the Texas and Illinois bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Matt Finan is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn, where he practices in the Transactional Department. He specializes in representing strategic and financial investors in mergers and acquisitions transactions and other corporate matters. He is currently on secondment.

Matt represents clients from a diverse range of industries in domestic and cross-border deals. He also has experience advising on day-to-day legal matters, corporate governance issues, venture capital financings and other transactional concerns.

Prior to attending law school, he was an experienced associate at a Big 4 accounting firm, where he performed audit and consulting services for clients that included multiple Fortune 500 companies. Matt is a California certified public accountant (CPA) and a financial risk manager (FRM) charterholder.

Matt received his law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 2018 and earned his B.A. in Business Administration, with majors in Accounting and Information Systems and a minor in Political Science, from the University of Washington in 2013.

He is a member of the State Bar of California.

Su Y. Moon is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (Washington, D.C.) and an associate in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, and her practice focuses on White Collar Defense and Investigations, as well as International Arbitration, with a particular emphasis on complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes across Asia and beyond. She is currently on secondment.

Su has advised global corporations, private equity firms, and financial institutions on high-stakes matters involving anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, and fraud. Her experience spans internal investigations, compliance assessments, and acquisition due diligence, often in connection with regulatory inquiries or M&A. She regularly conducts interviews and document reviews in both English and Korean, and her work frequently involves navigating legal frameworks across multiple jurisdictions.

In arbitration, Su has represented clients in proceedings under ICC, ICDR, LCIA, HKIAC, and ICSID rules, including emergency arbitrations and multi-billion-dollar commercial disputes. Her cases have involved industries ranging from shipbuilding and automotive to insurance and consumer goods. She also has experience supporting arbitral tribunals as a Tribunal Secretary.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Su practiced at a global international disputes law firm, where she focused on cross-border U.S. litigation and international arbitration. She has been involved in landmark cases, including expedited litigation in the Delaware Chancery Court and arbitrations seated in London, Hong Kong, and Seoul.

Su earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Master of Laws from Handong International Law School, where she graduated cum laude. Su has been a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong since 2018. She is fluent in English and Korean.

Representative Matters*

Su’s experience includes advising:

  • A global private equity firm to assess acquired companies’ policies and procedures in relation to anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other local compliance regulations.
  • A leading manufacturer of construction equipment in an internal investigation against improper hiring of third-party suppliers and potential illegal labor dispatch.
  • A listed multinational private equity firm in an internal investigation against potential money laundering.
  • A global investment firm in expedited litigation in Delaware Chancery Court for breach of contract involving a US$ 5.8 billion acquisition of a portfolio from a Chinese insurer.
  • One of the largest food processing companies in South America in litigation on a breach of contract and violation of representations and warranties in the SPA.
  • An Asian private equity firm against a major retail chain in a US$ 1+ billion ICC arbitration involving a post-M&A dispute, including a breach of warranty.
  • A major Korean shipbuilding company in a US$ 400 million+ ICDR arbitration involving breach of warranty and a US$ 100+ million LCIA arbitration concerning a subsea pipeline in the Middle East.
  • A manufacturer of intelligent electric cars in a US$ 1+ billion HKIAC emergency arbitration involving a breach of contract claim.
  • A shareholder of a Korean life insurance company in two ICC arbitrations valued at US$ 2+ billion in total involving the exercise of put options.

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Holly Alderton is an English law qualified Associate in the Dubai office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Financial Regulatory Practice Group.

She completed her bachelor’s degree in history at University College London in 2021 before completing her Graduate Diploma of Law and Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in London. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Holly completed her training contract at an international law firm in London which included a six-month secondment in Dubai.

Holly has experience advising fund managers, commercial and investment banks, and digital asset service providers on a range of complex regulatory issues.

Frank Mangiatordi is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. His practice focuses on real estate finance matters including origination and purchase and sale of balance sheet, securitized, syndicated and mezzanine loans (including land, construction, repositioning, bridge and permanent loans), preferred equity transactions, distressed asset workouts, reorganizations, and the exercise of remedies (including, in connection with acquiring assets in lieu of foreclosure). Specifically, Frank has substantial experience working out individual loans and entire capital structures for both lenders and borrowers as well as exercising remedies on behalf of lenders, and structuring and negotiating complex financing arrangements.  

Frank also has experience counseling on portfolio and single-asset acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, developments, sale/leasebacks, and leases. His clients have included institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, lenders, borrowers, buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants and developers.  

In recognition of his work, Frank has been ranked by Chambers USA in its New York Real Estate: Finance category and named one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers. 

Frank’s recent experience includes:* 

  • Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure and STACK Infrastructure in the financings for numerous data center campuses and other sophisticated digital infrastructure transactions. 

  • A Sovereign Wealth Fund in the $6.9 billion financing for an acquisition of over 300 industrial assets. The financing included six separate loans for approximately $4.2 billion of proceeds in the aggregate. 

  • Ivanhoe Cambridge, Inc. in its more than $3 billion acquisition of IDI Logistics, LLC, which involved multiple lender negotiations and entry into a joint venture with Oxford Properties.  

  • The sponsor of Yotel New York in its workout and modification of mortgage financing, mezzanine financing and preferred equity, and subsequent refinancings. 

  • Fortress Investment Group in the financing of a senior mortgage loan (i.e., note-on-note financing). 

  • Fortress Investment Group in an equity investment and refinancing of a luxury condominium project in New York City. 

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in the $455 million financing to affiliates of W.P. Carey in connection with the spin-off of its office real estate portfolio. 

  • JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. in the modification of a $1.195 billion senior loan originated for the development of the American Dream mall in New Jersey. 

  • APL Group in its $450 million credit facility from a group of lenders led by Morgan Stanley to provide financing for the acquisition and development of properties located across the United States. 

  • A Sovereign Wealth Fund in various joint ventures to hold credit investments in the U.S. that are subordinate debt and senior secured debt. 

  • MSD Capital in various joint ventures related to office, retail, hotel and multifamily properties. 

He also has represented numerous other clients, including Blackstone, Brookfield Properties, Formation Capital, and WeWork, in various acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, leases and restructurings. 

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

Frank received his B.B.A. from Loyola College, Maryland and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Frank was a partner at another leading international law firm.  

Frank is admitted to practice in the state of New York. 

Christopher Dickson is Of Counsel in the New York and Frankfurt offices of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group and the Liability Management and Special Situations Practice Group.

Chris’s practice focuses on representing creditors in liability management and distressed financing transactions, including out-of-court debt exchanges and other restructurings, DIP financings , and exit financings.  He also has experience representing private equity-sponsored and public company borrowers in a wide range of leveraged finance, direct lending and investment grade financing transactions.

His representative experience includes:*

  • Ad hoc group of 2020 EMEA term loan lenders to GTT Communications in negotiations for a prepackaged chapter 11 proceeding.
  • Affiliates of Apollo Capital Management, L.P. in its $1 billion senior secured financings to an unrestricted subsidiary of Ardagh Group S.A.
  • An affiliate of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in the financing for the $775 million acquisition of Cyxtera Technologies’ data centers business in a §363 sale.
  • Baker Hughes in $300 million of Norwegian JV debt financing for the merger of its subsea drilling systems business with MHWirth AS, a subsidiary of Akastor ASA.
  • Carnival Corporation & plc in numerous secured and unsecured high-yield and term debt financing and repricing transactions of $20 billion in aggregate.
  • Carrier Global Corporation in the financings for its €12 billion acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions.
  • Citigroup as first-lien revolving lender and term lender to cosmetics company Rodan & Fields in its uptiering debt exchange transactions.
  • Clearlake Capital Group in the $1.3 billion debt and equity restructuring of its subsidiaries Crash Champions and Service King.
  • Diamond Offshore Drilling in its $500 million senior secured exit financings related to its emergence from bankruptcy.
  • Funds managed by Kohlberg & Company LLC in the senior secured financings for the $2 billion acquisition of Worldwide Clinical Trials.
  • Oaktree Capital Management in its $450 million senior secured term debt facility to Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., and multiple amendments to same.
  • Affiliates of Oaktree Capital Management and Centerbridge Partners in their $1.2 billion senior secured rescue financing to OTG Management.
  • Party City, a global celebrations retailer, and certain domestic subsidiaries in its prearranged chapter 11 proceedings, $150 million DIP financing and exit financings.
  • Qualcomm Incorporated in the $4.5 billion acquisition of Veoneer, Inc. and related spin-off and buyer financing transactions.
  • Weatherford International in the upsize of its senior secured letter of credit agreement and issuances of $1.0 billion in secured and unsecured notes.
  • Affiliates of Apollo Global Management in the financings for the acquisitions of LifePoint Health (and later partial spin-off into ScionHealth), Tenneco, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, Maxim Crane Works, Phoenix Services, Diamond Resorts, and others.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Chris was a Counsel at another international law firm. Chris received his J.D. magna cum laude from Cornell Law School, where he was Articles Editor of the Cornell Law Review. He is admitted to practice in the state of New York.

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