Enrique Okhuysen is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Projects and Infrastructure, Latin America, Finance, and Power and Renewables Practice Groups.

Enrique’s practice focuses on infrastructure and energy projects, with substantial experience in infrastructure development and strategic transactions, including public-private partnerships, project procurement, construction contracts, project finance, and acquisitions of infrastructure assets. In these areas, Enrique has represented a broad variety of participants such as financing institutions, sponsors, and developers.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Enrique was an associate at two other international law firms in Mexico City.

Enrique received his Master of Laws from Stanford Law School in 2017. He also received an Bachelor of Laws (summa cum laude) from Instituto Teconologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) in 2014.

Enrique is admitted to practice in New York and Mexico.

Recent Transactions:

• Advised Meridiam Infrastructure North America Fund III, LP and its affiliated infrastructure funds, all managed by Meridiam Infrastructure North America Corporation, in connection with the amendment and extension of its $190 million senior secured revolving credit facility.
• Advised Meridiam Infrastructure North America Fund III, LP and its affiliated infrastructure funds, all managed by Meridiam Infrastructure North America Corporation, in connection with the amendment and extension of its $510 million senior secured revolving credit facility
• Advised Bridging Pennsylvania Constructors, an unincorporated Joint Venture of Shikun & Binui – America Inc. and FCC Construction, Inc. on the Design-Build Contract entered into with Bridging Pennsylvania Developer I, LLC in respect of the first package of the Major Bridge P3 program of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to replace six bridges across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its financing
• Advised Ardian Infrastructure in its agreement to acquire a 50% co-control equity interest in MXT Holdings (MXT), a telecommunications infrastructure company based in Mexico.
• Advised Abertis Infraestructuras, Ullico and Axiom in connection with the procurement of several new toll roads in Puerto Rico.
• Advised Inkia Energy, an energy company in Latin America controlled by I Squared Capital, on its sale of 100% of Samay I SA , owner and operator of the 724 MW Puerto Privado thermal power plant in Peru, to Grupo Romero.
• Advised Marriott International, Inc. in its acquisition of the City Express brand portfolio from Hoteles City Express, S.A.B. de C.V.
• Advised affiliate of Gramercy Funds Management LLC, as lender, in a credit facility with MNJ Capital, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R, as borrower for development and construction agreements secured by assets in Mexico.
• Advised GraMex Investment Holdings LLC, an investment vehicle managed by Gramercy Funds Management, as lender in respect of establishment of a $44.59 million credit facility to MNJ Capital, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R.
• Advised GraMex Investment Holdings LLC, an investment vehicle managed by Gramercy Funds Management LLC, as lender in respect of credit facilities to Permaducto S.A. de C.V.
• Advised Purple Line Transit Partners LLC, the concessionaire in respect of the Purple Line Light Rail Project in Maryland, in connection with the issuance of approximately $643.5 aggregate principal amount of private activity revenue bonds by the Maryland Economic Development Corporation as conduit issuer and with a subordinated TIFIA loan of up to approximately $1.760 billion (excluding capitalized interest) from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
• Advised Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC (“Metropistas”), on certain amendments to its concession agreement with the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (“PRHTA”), under which Metropistas has a concession to operate the PR-22 and PR-5 toll roads in Puerto Rico, a new escrow agreement, and related consents from Metropistas’ senior lenders.

Stephen D. Nordahl is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s New York office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Group. Stephen’s practice focuses on information technology, business process and asset management outsourcing transactions, commercial and other technology-related transactions, as well as joint ventures and strategic alliances, in each case, with a particular focus on complex international transactions. Stephen has also represented clients in numerous disputes related to strategic sourcing and commercial transactions.

Stephen has represented clients on strategic sourcing and commercial transactions since 1996. He has worked with clients on a wide range of legal and business issues relating to complex outsourcing and technology transactions, including structuring, negotiating and documenting both large- and small-scale ITO and BPO transactions, and assisting clients with complex licensing and systems implementations, technology-based strategic alliances and joint ventures. His ITO experience includes the outsourcing of virtually every IT function, including infrastructure, applications development and maintenance, end-user computing, help desk and network operations. His BPO experience includes the outsourcing of middle- and back-office financial services processes, facility management functions, claims processing, human resources, finance and accounting, logistics functions, print processes, and procurement.

In addition, Stephen also has a long track record of representing clients in disputes related to strategic sourcing. He has assisted clients investigate, strategize and, when warranted, negotiate settlement or termination agreements with respect to outsourcing disputes related to both information technology and business process outsourcing transactions.

Stephen has worked with a broad range of clients and industries, including the consumer products, energy, financial services, life sciences, pharmaceutical and publishing industries. His clients have included, among others, AT&T Corp., Avon Products, Best Western, Cendant, Conoco, Direct Energy, DuPont, Emdeon, Genpact, The Home Depot, ING, Invista Inc., Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential Financial, M&T Bank, Omnicom Group, Reader’s Digest, and Reed Elsevier.

Stephen has written numerous articles regarding technology and outsourcing issues and is frequently asked to lecture at industry events. Stephen has also received wide acclaim for his outsourcing work. He has been ranked by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, included in The Best Lawyers in America®, recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in The Legal 500 United States (Media Technology & Telecoms, Technology— Outsourcing) and named to The Legal 500’s United States Hall of Fame, which highlights outstanding partners who receive constant praise by their clients for continued excellence, and are at the pinnacle of the profession. Chambers calls Stephen a “domain expert,” “tier one player” and “one of the lead practitioners” in the outsourcing space, noting that he commands respect for the “top-flight support” he offers as a “brilliant negotiator,” “problem solver and a zealous advocate,” and that “he has an attention to detail and articulates and advances his clients’ interests well.” One client notes he is “the smartest, most capable and most business-oriented attorney I’ve ever dealt with” and when dealing with highly complex transactions he is “fantastic at catching things that others might not think about and making sure our deal is comprehensive.”

Stephen received his Juris Doctor in 1994 from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a notes editor for the Urban Law Journal. He also has degrees from The London School of Economics and Lehigh University, where he graduated cum laude. He is admitted to practice in New York.

Greg Nelson is a Senior Counsel in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on federal income taxation, with particular emphasis on the tax issues that relate to corporations and partnerships in the energy sector. Greg regularly counsels clients regarding tax issues related to private equity transactions and publicly traded partnerships. He also works on the tax-efficient structuring of corporate mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, including taxable sales and tax-free reorganizations.

Greg has been recognized as a leading tax lawyer by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business since 2007. He has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America consecutively since 2001, and listed in Who’s Who Legal for Corporate Tax since 2014. Most recently, Best Lawyers named him Houston Tax Law Lawyer of the Year for 2024.

Greg received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981. In 1978, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University, where he was a member of Eta Sigma Phi and Phi Eta Sigma.

Greg is admitted to practice in Texas, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States Tax Court.

Recent Representations*

• Represented IFM, as special tax counsel, on tax issues arising in IFM’s $10.3 billion acquisition of Buckeye Partner LP
• Represented Lotus Midstream LLC in its acquisition of the Centurion Pipeline system from Occidental Petroleum
• Represented CrossAmerica Partners LP in a $184.5 million asset exchange with Circle K Stores Inc.
• Represented Castex Energy Partners LP in its bankruptcy reorganization, including the design of a tax-efficient structure for the bankruptcy exit transaction
• Master limited partnership engagements, including CrossAmerica Partners, LP, NuStar Logistics L.P., Atlas Resource Partners LP, Atlas Energy Group, LLC, and Vanguard Natural Resources LLC. Representation includes advice related to the evaluation of qualifying income issues, and the use of tax-efficient techniques for the capitalization of the issuer
• Represented the conflicts committee of Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:CMLP) in the $7.5 billion merger of CMLP with Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE:CEQP)
• Represented the conflicts committee of Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (CMLP) in CMLP’s joint purchase with Brookfield Infrastructure Group of the Tres Palacios natural gas storage facility from Crestwood Equity Partners LP for $130 million
• Represented CST Brands, Inc. (CST) in the purchase of the general partner and the incentive distribution rights of CrossAmerica Partners LP (CAPL) (formerly Lehigh Gas Partners LP) from the Topper Group
• Represented CST Brands, Inc. (CST) in the sale of 5% limited partner interest in CST’s wholesale fuel supply business to CrossAmerica Partners LP for $50.4 million
• Represented CST Brands, Inc. (CST) in two dropdown transactions to CrossAmerica Partners LP for total consideration of approximately $261.5 million, including sale of the real property associated with recently constructed stores and sale of a 12.5% interest in CST’s wholesale fuel supply business
• Represented CrossAmerica Partners LP (CAPL) in the public offering of 4,600,000 common units representing limited partner interests in CAPL for approximately $159.4 million
• Represented NuStar Logistics, L.P. in public offering of $300 million of its 6.750% senior notes due 2021
• Represented Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (NASDAQ: VNR) (Vanguard) in the negotiation of a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger to acquire Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: EROC) (“Eagle Rock”), in exchange for common units representing limited liability company interests in Vanguard, implying a transaction value of approximately $614 million, including the assumption of Eagle Rock’s existing debt
• Representing Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (Vanguard) in the negotiation of a definitive Purchase Agreement and Plan of Merger to acquire LRR Energy, L.P. and its general partner, LRE GP, LLC (the “General Partner”), in exchange for common units representing limited liability company interests in Vanguard, implying a transaction value of approximately $539 million, including the assumption of LRR Energy’s existing debt
• Represented Tall Oak Midstream in the sale of assets to Enlink for $1.55 billion
• Represented Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC in the tax aspects of its bankruptcy reorganization
• Halliburton Company – initial public offering of KBR, Inc., followed by a tax-free exchange offer by Halliburton of shares of KBR common stock for outstanding shares of Halliburton common stock, including obtaining an IRS ruling that the exchange offer was tax-free to Halliburton Company and the exchanging Halliburton shareholders
• Represented TEPPCO Partners, L.P. in its merger with Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.
• Reliance Industries, Inc. — negotiated the tax aspects of Reliance’s investment in Pioneer Natural Resources’ Eagle Ford shale properties
• Reliant Energy, Incorporated (now CenterPoint Energy, Inc.) – spin-off of Reliant Resources, Inc., including obtaining an IRS ruling that the spin-off was tax-free to CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and its shareholders

Involvement

• Houston Methodist Hospital System, Chairman, Board of Directors
• Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Member, Board of Directors, Former Chairman
• Memorial Assistance Ministries, Member, Board Emeritus, Former Chairman

Speaking Engagements

• Tax Issues in the Disposition of Oil & Gas Assets, Chapter 12, Thirty-Third Annual Energy & Mineral Law Institute, Volume I, The Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (June 24, 2012)
• Cancellation of Indebtedness for Publicly Traded Partnerships, Vol. V, LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources 283 (2017)

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn

Toren Murphy is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Projects and Infrastructure, Latin America, Capital Markets, and Finance Practice Groups.

Toren’s practice focuses on infrastructure projects, with substantial experience in public-private partnerships (PPPs) and related concessions or leases of infrastructure assets between public grantors and private sector developers and operators, with expertise in transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, rail, airports and seaports, as well as social infrastructure and campus utility system PPPs. His experience covers project procurement, concession and lease documentation, construction contracts, and project finance, including project bonds and TIFIA loan financings, as well as secondary market acquisitions and divestitures of infrastructure assets. He also has significant regional expertise working on various types of structured and corporate financing transactions in various jurisdictions across Latin America.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business recognize Toren nationally as a leading lawyer in Projects: PPP. He is described as “a really sharp lawyer who is devoted to his clients.”

Representative Transactions:

Rail

• Representation of Purple Line Transit Partners LLC, the concessionaire in respect of the Purple Line Light Rail Project in Maryland, in connection with various construction-related disputes with the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration, the procurement of a new design-build contractor and the $2.6 billion refinancing of the project with private activity bonds, a TIFIA loan and committed equity. Awarded 2023 North America Restructure Deal of the Year by IJ Investor and 2022 North America Transport Deal of the Year: Restructure by IJ Global.

Ports

• Representation of Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) in connection with the acquisition of a 49% interest in TraPac LLC, operator of container terminals under preferential assignment agreements with the City of Los Angeles and the Port of Oakland, including negotiation of a new terminals services agreement with Ocean Network Express (ONE).
• Representation of MAM on the sale of Ceres Terminals, a leading provider of stevedoring and terminal operation services in North America, to Carrix, a portfolio company of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
• Representation of Ceres Terminals in respect of (i) its $170 million senior secured credit facilities, (ii) a joint venture investment in and project financing of Galveston Cruise Terminal with Royal Caribbean, and (iii) the acquisition of TraPac Jacksonville, LLC, the operator of a marine terminal in the Port of Jacksonville, from MOL (Americas) Holdings Inc., including the related negotiation of a new lease for the terminal facility from the City of Jacksonville.
• Representation of NYK Ports, owner of Yusen Terminal, operator of a container terminal in the Port of Los Angeles, in respect of its senior secured credit facilities and an equipment lease financing.
• Representation of the operator of the Long Beach Container Terminal in respect of its $875 million senior secured credit facilities.
• Representation of International Transportation Service, LLC (ITS), operator of a container terminal in the Port of Long Beach, in connection with its $105 million senior secured credit facilities and contemplated lease extension with the City of Long Beach.
• Representation of Husky Terminal and Stevedoring LLC (HTS), operator of a container terminal in the Port of Tacoma, Washington, in respect of its senior secured revolving letter of credit facility.
• Representation of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) in connection with its acquisition of ITS from K-Line and Ports America, and a related joint venture with Ports America in respect of HTS.
• Representation of MIRA in its $1.78 billion acquisition of the operator of the Long Beach Container Terminal from Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), and negotiation of a container stevedoring and terminal services agreement with OOCL.
• Representation of Maher Terminals, operator of a 454-acre multi-user container terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, in respect of its $513 million senior secured credit facilities.
• Representation of MIRA in connection with the acquisition of Maher Terminals, including obtaining consent and related lease amendments from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) in respect of the same.

Toll Roads

• Representation of Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico (Metropistas), operator of the PR-22 toll road project in Puerto Rico, in respect of its senior secured credit facilities and private placements of senior secured notes.
• Representation of NTE Mobility Partners, the developer of Segments 1 and 2 of the North Tarrant Express Facility, a managed toll lanes facility located in Tarrant County, Texas, in connection with the issuance of $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of senior lien private activity to refinance existing debt, and its senior secured revolving letter of credit facility.
• Representation of NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3, the developer of the North Tarrant Express Segments 3A and 3B Facility, a managed toll lanes project on I-35W in the Dallas-Fort Worth region in Texas, in connection with the implementation of the Segment 3C facility extension under a comprehensive development agreement with TxDOT and related financing with $654 million of senior lien private activity bonds.
• Representation of Cintra Global and Meridiam Infrastructure as sponsors of I-66 Express Mobility Partners LLC in respect of the winning proposal to develop the Transform 66 P3 Project in Virginia and related $3.46 billion project financing with private activity bonds, a TIFIA loan and committed equity.
• Representation of I-77 Mobility Partners LLC as winning bidder for a concession to develop the I-77 HOT Lanes Project in North Carolina and in the related financing transaction including the issuance of $100 million of private activity bonds and a $189 million TIFIA loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Airports

• Representation of Macquarie Asset Management in connection with its joint venture partnership with Porter Aviation Holdings Inc. to develop and finance a new passenger terminal at Montréal Saint-Hubert Airport, including the negotiation of the construction management contract for the project. 
• Representations of Ferrovial Airports in its acquisition of 96% of The Carlyle Global Infrastructure Fund’s 51% stake in the New Terminal One consortium, which will design, build, and operate the new Terminal One at JFK International Airport in New York, a $9.5 billion project being developed under a lease with the PANYNJ .
• Representation of Ferrovial Aeropuertos in connection with the Great Hall Project at Denver International Airport in Colorado, the first hybrid demand risk and availability payment transaction in the United States.

Social Infrastructure

• Representation of Meridiam Infrastructure North America (Meridiam) in connection with the issuance by MI LongBeach, LLC of $115 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.85% Senior Secured Notes due December 2047 pursuant to a private placement transaction, in order to finance Meridiam’s acquisition from Queensland Investment Company of the remaining equity interests in Long Beach Judicial Partners, LLC, which operates and maintains the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach, California, as a PPP project, pursuant to a concession agreement with the Administrative Office of the Courts of the Judicial Council of the State of California.
• Representation of Meridiam Infrastructure in connection with the refinancing of a hospital development project in Chile.
• Representation of Meridiam and Sacyr as bidders for a PPP in respect of concession to operate and maintain the University of Louisville Utility System.
• Representation of Meridiam controlled co-investment vehicle in respect of a $55.625 million term loan facility secured by co-investor equity commitments and project company distributions to finance a co-investment in a campus energy project in Iowa.

Latin America

• Representation of subsidiaries of Frontera Energy Corporation as borrower and guarantors under a $150 million senior term loan credit facility with Macquarie Bank Limited, as lead arranger, administrative agent, and lender, to refinance existing debt of Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Bahía, S.A., a liquid and general cargo terminal operator in the Bay of Cartagena, Colombia, and the development of a refinery connection project.
• Representation of Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as initial lender and sole lead arranger, in respect of a syndicated $75 million senior secured credit facility to Galileo Technologies Corporation, in a cross-border transaction secured by collateral in the United Stated, United Kingdom, Argentina and Brazil.
• Representation of Gramercy Funds Management in respect of a $45 million senior secured term loan facility to Emerging America Inmobiliaria, S.A. de C.V. (EMAI) and Emerging America Financiera, S.A.P.I. de C.V., the proceeds of which were used, in part, to finance the acquisition of EMPower’s Chihuahua power plant from Riverstone.
• Representation of the lead arranger, lender, administrative agent, and collateral agent in respect of a $500 million uncommitted revolving master loan facility to a Mexican borrower that will use the proceeds to make local law loans to contractors with, and secured payment receivables owed by, Mexican state-owned enterprises.
• Representation of lender in respect of $350 million senior secured credit facility to finance various oil and gas projects for Grupo Protexa (as contractor for Pemex) in Mexico.
• Representation of lender in respect of $170 million senior secured credit facility to finance various oil and gas projects for Grupo Eseasa (as contractor for Pemex) in Mexico.
• Representation of lender in respect of $110 million senior secured credit facility MNJ Capital to finance a portfolio of local projects in the oil and gas industry in Mexico.
• Representation of Gramercy Funds Management (indirectly through a Mexican SOFOM structure) in respect of a 500 million Mexican Peso subordinated loan tranche of a senior secured receivables financing credit facility to a Mexican financing subsidiary of Mercado Libre (MELI). 
• Representation of credit fund as borrower under a $125 million senior secured revolving credit facility from Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, the proceeds of which are used to indirectly finance credit facilities to finance projects undertaken by oil and gas industry contractors in Mexico.
• Representation of lenders and agents in respect of a senior secured term loan facility to Tala Mobile, S.A.P.I. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R., a Mexican subsidiary of InVenture Capital Corporation.
• Representation of Deutsche Bank, as initial lender, sole book-runner and lead arranger in a $300 million term loan facility to Telecom Argentina S.A., and subsequent refinancing with senior notes.
• Representation of CVI Investment Holdings as lender in a $63.4 million senior secured bridge loan facility to Supercanal, an Argentine provider of cable television services, to refinance existing debt and for capital expenditures for network upgrades.
• Representation of Deutsche Bank Securities, Credicorp Capital, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Scotiabank as initial purchasers and Interbank as co-manager in the issuance by Orazul Energy Egenor, a Peruvian power company, of $550 million of its 5.625% Senior Notes due 2027.
• Representation of Deutsche Bank, Banco de Credito del Peru, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Banco Internacional del Peru as lenders in respect of a $450 million senior secured credit facility to Orazul Energia Partners to finance the purchase of the business of Duke Energy International Group.
• Representation of NML Capital, Ltd. (an affiliate of Elliott Management Corporation) in connection with its $2.4 billion settlement with the Republic of Argentina to satisfy NML’s claims on Argentina’s defaulted bonds.
• Representation of Deutsche Bank AG as lender in connection with a structured financing in respect of payroll deduction loan portfolio in Colombia.
• Representation of General Electric International as lender in respect of a $14 million development loan facility for an LNG receiving terminal and combined cycle gas-fired power generation facility in Chile; and representation of GE Power Systems in a related engineered equipment package (EEP) and services supply exclusivity agreement with the project company borrower.

Fund Facilities

• Representation of Meridiam Infrastructure Funds II, III and IV in respect of their subscription-backed revolving credit facilities provided by Wells Fargo Bank and other lenders, to provide letters of credit and finance equity investments in respect of various infrastructure projects.

Ronan Holohan is an Ireland qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Finance Group.

He practices banking and finance law and has experience in global asset finance.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ronan worked in the Dublin office of another major law firm.

Jennifer Bracht is a senior associate in the Denver office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. She specializes in leading complex discovery and representing clients in jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations across the country. Jennifer has experience in a wide range of subjects, including antitrust, insurance, health care, technology, environmental, labor and employment, class actions, and legal malpractice.

Her representative matters include:

• Represented leading technology company in high-profile antitrust lawsuit that went to a bench trial in the Northern District of California nine months after filing. Lead member of discovery team that handled complex e-discovery issues and key member of trial team, including second-chairing witness exams. Also represented the company in a related class action in California state court and another lawsuit alleging various state court claims, including false advertising and unfair competition.
• Represented national insurance company in highly publicized month-long trial relating to confirmation of a bankruptcy plan filed by the insured. Took several trial depositions.
• Represented aerospace company in various class action lawsuits alleging negligence in connection with the Woolsey Fire. Lead associate on defensive discovery efforts, including all responses, document productions, and meet and confers, and managing multiple expert workstreams.
• Represented health insurer in arbitration where provider alleged underpayment of claims. Lead counsel for day-to-day case management and active role in overall case strategy.
• Represented leading e-commerce company in a class action wage and hour lawsuit in California.
• Represented law firm against claims that it aided and abetted an accounting firm’s use of illegal tax shelters for its clients over two decades ago. Involved in drafting a motion for summary judgment that was granted in one matter and motions to dismiss that were granted in two others. Continued representation during appeals.
• Represented technology company in responding to various European Commission antitrust investigations.
• Represented software company in two-week arbitration regarding contract dispute, including second-chairing witness exams, working with experts, and developing opening statement and closing argument.
• Represented utility company in disputes with two transit agencies regarding payment for relocation of utility pipelines due to transportation projects. Analyzed complex factual issues regarding property ownership and heavily involved in drafting various briefs at both the trial court level and on appeal.
• Represented health insurer against claims for breach of contract, fraud, insurance bad faith, and RICO in the Central District of California, including drafting a motion to dismiss that was granted in full.
• Represented telecommunications company in lawsuit alleging various causes of action related to alleged theft of cryptocurrency, including drafting motion to dismiss.
• Represented commercial trucking company in wrongful death lawsuit in New Mexico state court. Led discovery efforts, including defending depositions of individual and corporate witnesses and managing all aspects of written discovery and document productions.
• Represented telecommunications company in breach-of-contract lawsuit involving carriage of independent networks on television.
• Represented health insurer in a four-week jury trial in California state court in 2016, resulting in the jury awarding the insurer $37.4 million against a group of 10 defendants—individuals and surgery centers—who had conspired to create and run a sophisticated insurance fraud scheme.
• Represented technology company in various contract disputes with licensors. Drafted various dispositive motions, including oppositions to anti-SLAPP motions and demurrers.

Outside of the courtroom, Jennifer is committed to serving her community and maintains an active pro bono practice. Representative pro bono matters include:

• Traveled to Kenya with Lawyers Without Borders to train 120 Kenyan advocates and judges on the best ways to successfully bring to trial claims under Kenya’s Wildlife Conservation and Management Act. Recipient of the firm’s “Most Inspiring Pro Bono Project” award in 2015.
• Represented non-profit preschool for children with disabilities against claims of employment discrimination.
• Represented two minors from El Salvador in removal proceedings, including appearances in state court where two different judges issued orders making Special Immigrant Juvenile Status findings.

Jennifer received her law degree from UCLA School of Law in 2014, where she received Order of the Coif for graduating in the top 10% of her class. Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Management from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University in 2008, graduating with the Founders’ Day Award. During her undergraduate career, Jennifer studied abroad at NYU in Florence and at the University of Melbourne.

Jennifer is admitted to practice law in the states of California and Colorado.

Jessica Kinnamon is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law practice group.

Before joining the firm, Jessica served as a law clerk to Judge James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge Eric E. Murphy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Jessica graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kansas School of Law, where she served as a Comment Editor for the Kansas Law Review and an Executive Board Member of the Moot Court Council.  She was a recipient of the Rice and J.L. Weigand, Jr., Notre Dame Legal Education Trust scholarships, a member of the Order of the Coif, and was awarded the Jack E. Dalton Legal Writing Award for demonstrating excellence in legal writing.

Jessica earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, where she majored in Ethics, Politics, and Economics. She also competed on the Yale Women’s Basketball team.

Jessica is a member of the Texas bar.

Jed Greenberg is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Jed served as a law clerk to the Honorable James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Jed earned his J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2024. He graduated from Rice University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

Jed is admitted to practice in Texas.

Katie Zavadski is an associate attorney in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. 

From 2024 to 2025, Katie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.  While in law school, Katie served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Diane Gujarati of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and as a summer law clerk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

Katie earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the New York University School of Law, where she was Managing Editor of the NYU Law Review. She was named the winner and best oral advocate of the 2022 Marden Moot Court, a school-wide competition, by a panel of federal appellate judges. 

She also participated in NYU Law’s Federal Appellate Clinic, where she argued a habeas appeal in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Vanderbilt Medal for service to the NYU School of Law and the Compliance and Enforcement Prize for her work with the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement. 

Katie graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Comparative Religion, cum laude in field, in 2013. She also holds a master’s in Religious Studies from New York University. Katie worked as an investigative journalist prior to law school. 

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

Kelly Herbert is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.  Her practice focuses on high-stakes complex commercial litigation, class actions, privacy and data innovation, labor and employment, appellate matters, and internal, regulatory, and government investigations.  Kelly has advised a broad spectrum of clients—including Fortune 500 technology companies, and major players in the banking, finance, consumer goods, healthcare, fintech and consulting sectors—on complex matters that are often mission-critical and reputationally significant.

Kelly has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, a distinction that reflects her growing influence in the legal field, since 2023. She also maintains a robust pro bono practice, with a focus on immigration, voting rights, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ advocacy.

Kelly earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 2015, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif.  She currently serves as co-chair of Fordham Law’s LGBTQ+ Alumni Affinity Group.  She received her B.A. from Pace University in 2006, where she played a key role in founding the LGBTQA and Social Justice Center on the New York City campus. She now serves as Chair of Pace University’s Alumni Association Leadership Council.  Kelly has also been recognized for her leadership and impact with several prestigious awards, including the Fordham Law’s 2022 Rising Star Award, the 2018 Michael B. Davis–Elyse Hilton Alumni Award, and recognition in Fordham Law’s 100 Years of Women celebration.  She also received Pace University’s 2016 Trailblazer Award for her pioneering contributions to social justice and LGBTQ+ advocacy. 

Within Gibson Dunn, Kelly is co-chair of the New York LGBTQ+ Subcommittee, and serves on the Associate Board of Immigration Equality, a leading LGBTQ+ immigration rights organization.

Kelly is admitted to practice in New York, the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Ashlyne J. Polynice is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she currently practices in the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance practice group.

She received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Howard University School of Law in 2021 where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Howard Human & Civil Rights Law Review. Ashlyne received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, summa cum laude, from Fordham University in 2014.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ashlyne was an associate in the capital markets group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

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

Alison Friberg is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group.

Alison’s practice focuses on criminal and civil antitrust investigations. Alison represents companies and individuals involved in investigations by competition enforcement authorities, conducts confidential internal investigations, and advises clients with respect to corporate compliance.

Most recently, Alison served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where she investigated and litigated antitrust matters involving price fixing, bid rigging, customer allocation, no-poach agreements, and other related offenses. Alison also served on the Antitrust Division’s Procurement and Collusion Strike Force. As part of that role, she trained government procurement officials and law enforcement agents about the detection, prevention, and investigation of antitrust violations. Prior to her government service, Alison was an associate at Gibson Dunn focusing on antitrust investigations.

Alison received her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as Development Editor for the Journal of Law and Politics. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland.

Mckenzie Robinson is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Before joining the firm, Mckenzie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kenneth K. Lee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable John W. Holcomb of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Mckenzie graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2023. While in law school, she served as the Senior Supervising Editor of the California Law Review, worked as a research assistant for Dean Erwin Chemerinksy, and competed on the Trial Team. She also externed for the Honorable Jon S. Tigar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.  Mckenzie was a semifinalist in the James Patterson McBaine Moot Court Competition, for which she also won a Best Brief award. She was elected to Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers, and she received the Stephen Finney Jamison Prize, which is awarded annually to the graduating student with the best combined record of academic and advocacy excellence.

Prior to law school, Mckenzie worked as a paralegal in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice and as a special assistant in the Office of the Associate Attorney General. She graduated cum laude from Kenyon College in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in English and Economics.

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

Akiva Shapiro is a litigation partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office, Chair of the Firm’s New York Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group, Co-Chair of its Religious Liberty Working Group, and a member of the Firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law, Media, Entertainment and Technology, and Securities Litigation Practice Groups, among others. Akiva’s practice focuses on a broad range of high-stakes constitutional, administrative, commercial, and appellate litigation matters. He is regularly engaged in front of New York’s trial courts, federal and state courts of appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Akiva has been named by The Legal 500 as a “key lawyer” in Gibson Dunn’s Tier 1 commercial disputes practice, and included in City & State New York’s inaugural 2024 40 In Their 40s list, which features “New York’s 40-something power players.” In 2023, he was presented with the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists’ Pursuit of Justice Award, which is given to “distinguished jurists and attorneys who exemplify the Biblical dictate, ‘Justice, justice shall you pursue.’”

Akiva was named Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer in August 2021 for what it called an “extraordinary SCOTUS win for New York landlords,” obtaining an emergency injunction from the Court on due process grounds in Chrysafis v. Marks. He was named a runner-up Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer in November 2020 for “two big wins . . . scored late on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving,” including obtaining an emergency injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court in The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York v. Cuomo, a landmark religious liberties decision. Referencing both emergency decisions, The American Lawyer recognized Akiva’s “knack for getting the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court. Quickly.” Akiva has been named a runner-up Litigator of the Week or received a Litigator of the Week shout out another half-dozen times for trial and appellate wins in the constitutional, administrative law/CPLR Article 78, commercial litigation, defamation, and religious liberties spaces. City & State has described him as “one of the nation’s leading defenders of religious liberties.”

Representative litigation involving government entities and constitutional issues:

Administrative challenges and public policy disputes:

• Representing the historic Forest Hills Stadium in Queens in a series of high-profile lawsuits involving challenges to the concerts put on at the stadium and the stadium owner’s breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and tort claims against objectors. Rulings in one of the lawsuits—denying a preliminary injunction to a group of plaintiffs and granting the stadium owner’s motion to dismiss, respectively—were named Decision of the Day by the New York Law Journal.
• Representing plan participants in high-profile breach of fiduciary duty challenge to the decision of a number of New York City public pension funds to divest billions of dollars from fossil fuel-related companies.
• Won CPLR Article 78 victory holding that the Town of East Hampton’s plan to close its airport was arbitrary and capricious for failure to conduct required environmental reviews. Also obtained monetary sanctions award against the Town for violating a temporary restraining order. Akiva was recognized with a Litigator of the Week shout out by The American Lawyer for this win.
• Prevailed in proving, following evidentiary hearing, that the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review had violated a settlement agreement providing for remote hearings for immigration lawyers. Obtained prevailing party attorneys’ fees award. Akiva was recognized with a Litigator of the Week shout out by The American Lawyer for this win.

Property rights litigation:

• Obtained emergency injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court of New York State’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium law. The Court held that the moratorium scheme violated “the Court’s longstanding teaching that ordinarily ‘no man can be a judge in his own case’ consistent with the Due Process Clause.” According to data published by Reuters, the decision marked the first time the Supreme Court had granted an emergency injunction to private litigants outside the religious liberties context since the inception of the pandemic, after nearly 100 prior applications had been denied. After the decision, the district court awarded prevailing party attorneys’ fees to Gibson Dunn’s clients. Akiva was awarded Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer for this win.
• Mounted a federal constitutional challenge to New York State’s recent amendments to its rent regulation laws, asserting Taking Clause, Due Process, and Contracts Clause claims, among others, on behalf of a number of small apartment building owners.

First Amendment speech and assembly litigation:

• Represented good government groups in successful First Amendment challenge to New York State’s sweeping, first-in-the-nation requirement that large swaths of non-profit organizations publicly disclose essentially all of their donors. The court granted summary judgment for Citizens Union and the other Plaintiffs in full, striking the challenged provisions as “invalid on their face” under the First Amendment. After the decision, the government agreed to pay attorneys’ fees and to waive any appeal of the district court’s decision.
• Represented non-profit organization NYCLASS in successful appeal, on First Amendment grounds, narrowing injunction that had significantly restricted public protests near Central Park.

Religious liberties litigation:

• In what has been called “one of the most significant religion cases in the past 30 years,” obtained an emergency injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, blocking enforcement of Governor Cuomo’s executive order restricting house of worship attendance during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Wall Street Journal editorial page described the decision with one word: “Wow.” Akiva was awarded runner-up Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer for this victory.
• Represented elite marathoner Beatie Deutsch in her groundbreaking effort to have the Tokyo 2021 Olympics Women’s Marathon moved from its scheduled date on the Jewish Sabbath so she can compete in accordance with her religious beliefs. Akiva’s op-ed on the representation, A Tokyo Sequel to ‘Chariots of Fire,’ was published in the Wall Street Journal in October 2020.
• Successfully represented synagogue in suit against a local zoning board for violating client’s First Amendment, Due Process, and Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act rights by imposing unreasonable and oppressive conditions on the synagogue’s use of its property for religious services, study, and activities. Argued summary judgment motion and “prerogative writs” trial and, while appeal of those decisions was pending, negotiated a favorable settlement that removed essentially all of the challenged conditions and restrictions.
• Represented the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Hadassah in a series of amicus briefs successfully defending the constitutionality of state laws restricting state contractors from engaging in discriminatory boycott, divestment, or sanction actions against Israeli companies.

Challenges to enforcement actions:

• SEC enforcement defense: Successfully defended Lynn Tilton and her Patriarch entities against SEC fraud charges in which the SEC sought disgorgement of more than $200 million from Ms. Tilton—the largest disgorgement award ever sought by the SEC from an individual—and Ms. Tilton’s debarment for life as an investment advisor. After a multi-week trial, the SEC Administrative Law Judge overseeing the case issued a landmark 57-page decision dismissing all of the SEC’s charges in full, and the SEC chose not to appeal.
• NYAG enforcement defense: Defended DraftKings against State Attorney General litigations over the legality of daily fantasy sports in various states. In the New York action, Gibson Dunn obtained a stay pending appeal of an injunction that would have barred DraftKings from operating in the state and, while the appeal was pending, the case was resolved favorably through state legislation legalizing daily fantasy sports in New York.
• Overturning NYPD policy: After the City of New York began arresting entertainment venue’s ticket agents on the grounds that they were selling “goods or services” on the sidewalk without a “general vendor” license, obtained a unanimous reversal from New York’s Appellate Division, First Department, invalidating the policy and legal interpretation underlying the arrests.
• Regulatory challenges: When the New York State Department of Financial Services adopted sweeping new statewide restrictions on traditional title industry marketing and fee practices, Akiva and his colleagues had to go up and down the state court system twice on behalf of the New York State Land Title Association, in the process successfully blocking the regulations’ implementation for two years, getting the new regulations struck down by a trial court in August 2019 as unconstitutional on Due Process and First Amendment grounds—for which Akiva was named a runner-up Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer—and eventually resulting in the permanent invalidation of key portions of the regulations.

Representative commercial litigation matters:

Civil RICO:

• Filed $1 billion civil RICO, breach of contract, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty action on behalf of a major international insurer, defeated motion to dismiss the case, and at the same time obtained dismissal of the adverse party’s $150 million breach of contract claim. After expedited discovery, successfully moved for summary judgment on our client’s breach of contract claim, and participated in a 25-day bench trial on our client’s RICO and other remaining claims that resulted, post-trial, in a confidential settlement.
• Obtained dismissal with prejudice on the pleadings of a $1 billion civil RICO suit against private equity investor Lynn Tilton and her Patriarch entities filed in the Southern District of New York.
• Litigated complex civil RICO, breach of contract, fraud, and federal trade secrets case on behalf of West Palm Beach developer who alleged that its multi-hundred-million dollar project had been stolen from it by a rival developer and co-conspirators. After the claims substantially survived dismissal and clients obtained favorable discovery rulings, the parties entered into a confidential settlement.
• Brought civil RICO action on behalf of successful Chinese hedge fund manager and investor who was targeted for retaliation and “Fox Hunt” after he refused to cooperate in a scheme to steal American semiconductor technology.

Defamation defense:

• Represented Madison Square Garden in successfully defeating all claims brought by former Knicks star Charles Oakley arising out of an incident in which Oakley was removed from the Garden during a Knicks game. Akiva was awarded runner-up Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer for this win.
• Won summary judgment ruling dismissing all claims asserted against religious elementary school—including defamation, breach of contract, and employment discrimination claims—after the school terminated its employment relationship with a teacher whose conduct was determined not to be consistent with the school’s standards, and communicated its decision to the school community. The trial court determined that the claims were barred by the ministerial exception and that adjudicating them would excessively entangle the court in religious doctrine, and praised Akiva as “[i]ncredibly eloquent in the field.” Obtained precedential affirmance on appeal from the New Jersey Appellate Division, followed by an affirmance by the New Jersey Supreme Court on ministerial exception grounds. Akiva was recognized with a Litigator of the Week shout out by The American Lawyer for the Appellate Division win.
• Won dismissal on the pleadings of defamation suit brought against a longtime agunah (“chained wife” denied a religious Jewish divorce) for her advocacy work on behalf of herself and fellow agunahs.

Contract disputes:

• Defeated attempt to confirm a sham $18 billion Egyptian arbitral award in U.S. federal court. The trial court found that there was no agreement to arbitrate between the parties and that numerous procedural infirmities independently precluded confirmation of the award. The Ninth Circuit affirmed that dismissal in a unanimous opinion, and, following further proceedings, imposed sanctions against opposing counsel for submitting a fabricated article to the court.
• Helped achieve a sweeping victory in bankruptcy court validating a market-leading transaction on behalf of an ad hoc group of lenders that provided Serta Simmons Bedding with new liquidity and capital structure relief in order to ensure its survival during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gibson Dunn team, including Akiva, were awarded runner-up Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer for this win.
• Successfully prosecuted breach of contract and business tort claims in front of AAA arbitration panel. After the opposing party refused to pay the award, brought a successful action in federal court for confirmation and obtained payment in full.
• Represented Dubai-based company in successfully proving authenticity of operating contract governing its commercial relationship with a New York supplier, after the supplier falsely alleged that the contract was forged. On the eve of a federal jury trial on the authenticity of the agreement, and with the testimony of a handwriting expert and ink chemist dooming the forgery allegation, the other side capitulated, stipulating to the authenticity of the agreement and to immediate arbitration of the merits of the contract dispute.

Securities litigation:

• Obtained complete dismissal on the pleadings of putative securities class action brought against insurance company and certain of its officers and directors under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act and sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act. The suit followed the company’s restatement of certain line items in its prior financial statements.
• Representing Brazilian mining company in significant securities class action and opt-out litigation.

Representative litigation in front of the U.S. Supreme Court:

• Chrysafis v. Marks: Representing small landlords and the Rent Stabilization Association in obtaining groundbreaking injunction protecting due process rights, discussed in more detail above.
• The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York v. Cuomo: Represented Brooklyn Diocese in obtaining landmark injunction protecting religious liberties, discussed in more detail above.
• Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp and Republic of Hungary v. Simon: Representing a bi-partisan group of Members of the House of Representatives in support of Holocaust survivors and their heirs in two cases that will determine whether foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalities can be held accountable in United States courts for the genocidal seizure of property during the Holocaust, consistent with Congress’s instructions. Akiva’s op-ed on the case, Holocaust Survivors Deserve Their Day in Court, was published in the Wall Street Journal in December 2020.
• Padilla v. Kentucky: Helped secure landmark decision at the United States Supreme Court holding that criminal defense attorneys have an obligation to advise noncitizen clients about the deportation risks of a guilty plea, and that an attorney who fails to do so violates the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of effective assistance of counsel. The majority opinion quoted Gibson Dunn’s amicus brief on behalf of legal ethics, criminal procedure, and criminal law professors for the critical proposition that “authorities of every stripe . . . universally require defense attorneys to advise as to the risk of deportation consequences for non-citizen clients.”
• Zivotofsky cases: Represented U.S. Senators, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and other Members of Congress as amici in a landmark separation of powers case brought to protect the role of Congress in foreign affairs. The initial Supreme Court case, Zivotofsky v. Clinton, resulted in an 8-1 win significantly narrowing the political question doctrine and holding that the federal courts have the power to evaluate a constitutional challenge to a statute, even if the statute implicates foreign affairs. The majority opinion specifically noted the involvement of members of Congress as amici in the case. After the case was remanded for a decision on the question of which branch of government controls the recognition power, and the circuit court decided the case in favor of the Executive, filed a successful amicus brief in support of certiorari, followed by a merits-stage amicus brief in Zivotofsky v. Kerry. Although the decision came down in the Executive’s favor on the narrow recognition power issue, the majority opinion expressly affirmed the robust role of Congress in foreign affairs, consistent with the arguments made in our congressional amicus brief. Akiva’s op-ed on the case, Is Jerusalem in Israel? Ask the Supreme Court, was published in the Wall Street Journal in October 2014.
• Vartelas v. Holder: Helped secure an important immigration rights victory from the U.S. Supreme Court preserving travel rights for lawful permanent resident aliens. The majority opinion adopted in significant respects the arguments advanced in an amicus brief filed on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and other national criminal defense and immigration rights organizations in holding that a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) barring re-entry to the United States by certain lawful resident aliens who made “innocent, casual, and brief” trips abroad did not apply to conduct that predated the Act. Also provided advice relating to Mr. Vartelas’s successful petition for certiorari.

Akiva has also been involved in various efforts to shape the law through publications and submissions to rulemaking bodies. His argument in the New York Law Journal, with Gibson Dunn colleagues, that the New York Legislature has the authority to authorize mobile sports betting, consistent with the State Constitution—so long as the servers that effectively place the bets are physically housed at casinos duly authorized under the State Constitution—was adopted by the Legislature in authorizing online sports wagering in the State in 2021. In March 2021, he submitted a proposal, with Gibson Dunn colleagues, to the United States Courts’ Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure proposing a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure governing the filing of amicus briefs in district courts. That proposal remains under consideration.

Akiva has been named a Benchmark Litigation “Future Star” and a Super Lawyers New York Metro “Rising Star” in Constitutional Law multiple times, and one of The Jewish Week’s “36 under 36” up-and-coming leaders in the Jewish community for his work on a number of high-profile pro bono cases. He is a member of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurist’s Board of Governors, and is a former Co-Chair of its First Amendment/Religious Liberties Committee. He is also a member of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot’s Get Legal Defense Network, and he co-founded and co-chairs the first Sabbath Observant Affinity Group in BigLaw, as profiled in Law360. Akiva has been on multiple Frank Wheat Award-nominated teams for leadership and initiative in pro bono work at Gibson Dunn, and for obtaining significant results for the Firm’s pro bono clients, and was on the Gibson Dunn team that received the Jewish National Fund Presidential Award for pro bono work on behalf of the organization.

Akiva earned his Juris Doctor in 2008 from Columbia Law School, where he was a senior editor of the Columbia Law Review, a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a semifinalist in the Harlan Fiske Stone Honors Moot Court competition. After law school, he served as a research assistant to Judge Debra Livingston of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to Professor Harold Edgar. Akiva also earned a Master’s Degree in Religious Studies from Yale University, where he was a member of the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities. In 2001, he graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in History.

Akiva has published articles on constitutional and litigation issues in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Law Journal, Law360, Westlaw, JURIST, Tablet Magazine, and other periodicals, and he has been quoted on a variety of legal topics in newspapers ranging from Reuters to the New York Daily News to the Huffington Post. He regularly gives Continuing Legal Education classes for other lawyers, including on constitutional and complex commercial litigation strategy, Article 78 proceedings, brief writing, and deposition techniques.

Alex Ogren is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the Litigation Department.

Alex has experience in a wide range of commercial litigation disputes at all stages of litigation. He helped secure a complete defense to trade secret misappropriation claims in an arbitration brought by a major software company against a former licensee, as well as the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit regarding Carvana’s capital structure. He has also represented companies in a number of antitrust disputes, including LIV Golf in major antitrust litigation against the PGA Tour, a large third-party tech company as part of the state and federal monopoly claims against Google, and an energy company in state antitrust claims brought by a competitor. He has also advised clients on litigation risk associated with proposed ballot initiatives, potential antitrust claims, and environmental regulation compliance.

Alex also maintains an active pro bono practice, which has included Supreme Court briefing to secure the release of the recording of the landmark trial finding Proposition 8 unconstitutional and for several immigration matters, successfully obtaining asylum for a family of Afghan refugees, and ongoing advising for domestic violence protection and other immigration petitions.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Alex clerked for the Honorable William Kayatta, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

He received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where he was an executive editor for the Northwestern University Law Review. He was also a licensed student attorney in Northwestern’s Supreme Court Clinic, where he participated in cert and merits stage briefing for several cases. Alex graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, studying economics and political science.

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

Rory Curtis is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the Litigation Department as well as the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation and Artificial Intelligence Practice Groups.

Rory’s practice focuses on advising clients on matters relating to data privacy, artificial intelligence, online safety, cybersecurity, and new areas of digital regulation, including in the context of regulatory compliance counselling, investigations, litigation and complex corporate transactions. Rory advises clients on compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and other state and federal laws relating to privacy, artificial intelligence, online safety and cybersecurity.

Rory also helps clients in meeting their obligations under European regulations. Having also worked as an attorney in Ireland, Rory has vast experience advising international clients on the General Data Protection (GDPR), particularly on matters relating to international data transfers, data processing agreements, transparency, law enforcement requests and data subject rights. He has worked on several regulatory investigations undertaken by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). In addition, he has significant expertise in assisting his clients with managing risks under emerging areas of technology regulation in Europe, including the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the Digital Services Act (DSA), and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act).

Rory received his law degree (BCL) from the University College Dublin (UCD) Sutherland School of Law in 2018. At UCD, Rory was a member of the editorial board for the UCD Law Review. Rory graduated from Cambridge University in 2020 with a Master of Laws (LLM).

Rory is admitted to practice in the State of New York and in Ireland.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Rory was an associate in the Technology & Innovation practice group in Arthur Cox in Dublin, Ireland.

Jérôme Delaurière is a partner in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Tax and Real Estate Practice Groups.

Jérôme has advised international companies and investment funds with respect to the tax structuring of various French and international mergers and acquisitions transactions, restructuring transactions, private equity/venture capital transactions, and structured finance transactions. He worked on the first industrial LBO financed in France in a Shari’ah compliant manner.

Jérôme has significant experience in the context of complex restructuring of French subsidiaries of foreign investors, recapitalization, and optimization of the use of carry forward tax losses. He is accustomed to obtaining complex tax rulings for international and French clients. He advises many clients in the context of tax audits and disputes with the French tax authorities

He is used to advising private equity funds in the context of management package structuring in favor of key managers and employees in an international context.

Jérôme is currently advising major French, European, and American real estate investment funds with respect to the structuring and completion of their investments in France in the context of asset deals, share deals, VEFA agreements, and property trader transactions.

Chambers Europe ranks Jérôme for Tax, and clients report that he is a “very diligent tax lawyer.” Previous editions mentioned that he “has a quick and good understanding of business and sector issues. He’s great on deal structuring but also on follow-up work during holding periods of investments.” Clients also describe Jérôme as “extremely technical but very flexible,” highlighting his “specialist knowledge” in the area. Previous editions have also stated that “[he] is very talented, available and creative”.

Jérôme is also recommended by The Legal 500 EMEA and has been described over the years as “highly recommended”; “highly knowledgeable”; “excellent and responsive” and able to provide a “level of service beyond what a client could hope for”.

Jérôme is also consistently recommended in the The Tax Directors Handbook and Best Lawyers in France .

Admitted to the Paris Bar, Jérôme received a DESS – DJCE (master’s degree) in tax from the University of Caen Basse-Normandie in 1997. He teaches international tax treaty law at the University of Caen. Jérôme also frequently writes on French and international tax matters and his work regularly features in publications such as Option Finance, Tax Notes International and Worldwide Tax Daily/Tax Analysts. He is a member of the IACF, the French Institute of Tax Lawyers.

He speaks French and English fluently.

Patrick Ledoux is a partner in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Patrick’s practice is focused on corporate transactions in the broadest sense of the term, including cross-border and domestic, private and public, mergers, acquisitions, private equity and capital development transactions, strategic investments, joint ventures, fund raising transactions, and corporate governance matters. He advises clients in a wide variety of sectors, including media and entertainment, financial services, aerospace, publishing, education, technology, and healthcare.

The Legal 500 EMEA recommends Patrick for Mergers and Acquisitions and describes him as a key-practitioner, “noting that he is “very committed and highly responsive” and that “his skill and experience in M&A are remarkable,” though he also “knows how to be pragmatic”. Previous editions highlighted how “highly considered” he is.

Best Lawyers in France has also consistently recommended him for Corporate law as well as Mergers and Acquisitions Law.

Patrick joined Gibson Dunn in November 2006 from the Paris office of a U.S. law firm where he had practiced for eight years.

Admitted to the Paris Bar, Patrick holds a PhD (doctorat en droit). His thesis focused on the Shareholders’ Right to Vote and was published in 2002. He received a DESS (post-graduate degree) in corporate and tax law in 1996 and a masters’ degree in corporate and tax law in 1995 both from the University Paris II – Panthéon Assas.

Patrick has authored several articles on securities-related matters.

He speaks French and English fluently.

Select M&A Experience:

• Advised Docaposte, the digital subsidiary of Groupe La Poste, in connection with multiple operations such as the acquisition of HEVA, a company specializing in healthcare data management, or the acquisition of Otipass, CDC Arkineo and Inadvans.
• Advised Meridian Adhesives Group, a leading manufacturer of high-value adhesive technologies held by Arsenal Capital partners, in connection with the acquisition of French company FT Polymer and Belgian company Gentec Benelux.
• Advised NEHS Développement, a professional services company operating in the healthcare sector, in connection with multiple operations, including the sale of Aklia Groupe to Hoppen or one of its affiliates ; the sale of Sodel, a manufacturer of healthcare sector hygiene products, and the sale of its subsidiary, Alkapharm UK, to HLD, a European investment group.
• Advised Vivendi’s subsidiary MyBestPro and its holding Orbohr, in connection with the acquisition of a 80% stake in legaltech Juritravail, and the step-by-step acquisition of a minority stake by 2024, along with co-buyer Groupama Assurances Mutuelle.
• Advised Banque Française Mutualiste, a French bank, in connection with the sale of 100% of Ingenierie Technique & Location, a financing company for capital goods for professionals, to Franfinance, Société Générale’s subsidiary ; with its acquisition of fintech Munite and with the acquisition of a majority stake in MFPrima, a company that provides insurance agent and broker services for a range of insurance types.
• Advised Hologic, Inc., the NASDAQ-listed medical technology company, in connection with its takeover bid over 100% of the capital of France-based heatlcare innovator in cart-based ultrasound product SuperSonic Imagine.
• Advised Eaton Corp., a global power management company, on its $920 million acquisition of Souriau–Sunbank Connection Technologies from TransDigm Group Inc.
• Advised TF Bank, a Tunisian actor of private banking, in connection with its recapitalization.
• Advised Riverbed Technologies, a U.S. technology company in connection with the sales of its entire stake in Intercloud, a cloud delivery platform.
• Advised Zarges Tubesca, an aluminium sector company, on its disposal of Tubesca Comabi to Frénéhard & Michaux, a French family group of industrial companies.
• Advised NAWA Technologies in a €18.3 million series C fundraising from VCs Kouros, Bpifrance, Demeter and Supernova Invest.

Select Private Equity Experience:

• Advised Tikehau Ace Capital, a private equity firm specializing in the industrial and technology sectors, and Bpifrance, a French public investment bank, in connection with the acquisition of Crouzet, a specialized manufacturer of mechatronic components for demanding markets such as Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Industrial, Medical, Railway and Energy from LBO France, along with Société Générale Capital Partenaires.
• Advised Tikehau Ace Capital in connection with the conclusion of a binding agreement to acquire a stake in the capital of Groupe FIGEAC AÉRO, a leading partner of major aerospace companies.
• Advised Bpifrance, a French public investment bank, in connection with multiple operations, such as its minority investment in Pandat Finance, a broker expert in cash investments; the sale of their interest in construction and infrastructure company, Groupe NGE; the €149.5 million investment in Galileo Global Education, an international post-secondary education group focused on providing students with access to higher education in the fields of applied arts, design, communication and management, alongside CPPIB, Tethys, Montagu and the management.
• Advised a premier american fund in connection with the acquisition of French listed company Imerys’ roofing division.
• Advised TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity investment platform of global alternative asset firm TPG, in connection with the acquisition of TRACE, Africa’s Leading Music and Entertainment Company, from Modern Times Group, a leading international digital entertainment group based in Sweden.
• Advised a consortium of funds managed by Baird Capital and Granville, on the Sale of ZARGES Group, a manufacturer of professional access, storage and special construction products, to WernerCo, a manufacturer of access products, fall protection equipment and secure storage systems.
• Advised Xella, a Lone Star portfolio company, in the acquisition of Cellumat Group, a concrete block manufacturer in France and Belgium.
• Advised L Catterton, a Connecticut-based venture capital and private equity firm specializing in growth capital investments, in connection with the sale of Baccarat, a designer and manufacturer of crystal, to Fortune Fountain Capital, a Beijing-based private equity firm.

Andrew Hartman is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Technology Transactions and Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Groups.

Andrew’s practice focuses on complex commercial and corporate transactions, including intellectual property aspects of public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, carve-outs, and venture capital and private equity investments. He advises clients on strategic commercial transactions, including negotiating and drafting agreements in connection with complex licensing, manufacturing, outsourcing, SaaS, and other services arrangements.

In his pro bono practice, Andrew provides IP and commercial advice to arts-focused nonprofits.

Andrew received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Business Law and participated in the Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic. While at the University of Pennsylvania, he obtained a Certificate in Management from The Wharton School.

Andrew has a background in the entertainment industry. Before law school, he worked at a leading pay television network and an independent film, theater, and television production company. During law school, he worked at a global entertainment conglomerate.

Andrew received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Anita Girdhari is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure, Power and Renewables, Capital Markets, Finance, and Latin America Practice Groups.

Anita’s practice focuses on infrastructure projects, with considerable practice in all aspects of public-private partnerships across all asset classes including significant experience in transportation (including roads, bridges, airports, rail and others), digital (including forming platform digital JVs related to satellite technologies and broadband transactions), water (including desalination plants, water pipelines and water metering deals), social (including various school transactions) and waste / energy (including biogas, landfills and waste-to-energy work).  When involved in a project financing, Anita is involved in all portions of the transaction, from negotiating the related concessions or leases with the governmental entity; to drafting and negotiating construction, operating and interface arrangements; to all forms of financing including project bonds, corporate bonds, private placements, private lending arrangements, governmental loans, equity contribution arrangements and others; to ongoing representation of portfolio companies with refinancing matters, secondary market acquisitions and divestiture transactions, corporate governance questions, FOIA and similar requests, construction disputes, terminations by governmental grantors, and distressed scenarios.  She also has significant regional experience working on financing transactions in Latin America.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, recognizes Anita nationally as a leading lawyer in Projects: PPP and notes her “depth of knowledge and experience.”  She has been named a Law360 “Rising Star” in the areas of Project Finance and Transportation. Anita has also been recognized by Best Lawyers in America® as a Lawyer of the Year in Energy Law in 2025.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Anita was an associate at a global law firm.

She graduated from New York University School of Law in 2005 and from Macalester College in 2002. She is fluent in Spanish.

Recent Transactions*:

• Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC: Represented Autopistas Metropolitanas, Puerto Rico’s largest private toll road concessionaire, in the refinancing of US$750 million of outstanding senior debt through a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$435 million in Senior Secured Notes.
• Banco de Galicia y BuenosAires, S.A.: Represented Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires, S.A. in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S bond issuance.
• Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras Transporte, S.A. and the JP Morgan Chase & Co. Consortium: Represented Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A. and the JP Morgan consortium in respect of the financing for the SH 121 Toll Road in Texas.
• Cintra Developments LLC: Represented Cintra Developments in connection with the bid for the construction and financing of the SH 183 Toll Road Project in Texas.
• Cintra Developments LLC: Represented Cintra Developments in connection with the bid process to become the developer of the Portsmouth Bridge replacement project in Ohio.
• Cintra Developments LLC: Represented Cintra Developments in connection with the bid for the construction and financing of the Illinois Portion of the Illiana Corridor Project.
• Cintra Developments LLC: Represented Cintra Developments in connection with the bid for the construction and financing of the Indiana Portion of the Illiana Corridor Project.
• Cintra Infraestructuras S.A., and Meridiam Infrastructure: Represented Cintra Infraestructuras, S.A. and Meridiam Infrastructure in connection withthe private activity bond and TIFIA financing of the North Tarrant Express Managed Lanes Project in Texas.
• Cintra Infraestructuras, S.A.: Represented Cintra Infraestructuras, S.A. in connection with the financing of the Hot Lanes Project in Carolina.
• Cintra Infraestructuras S.A., and Meridiam Infrastructure: Represented Cintra Infraestructuras, S.A. and Meridiam Infrastructure in connection with the negotiation of the West by Northwest Project in Georgia.
• Cintra Infraestructuras, and Meridiam Infrastructure: Represented Cintra Infraestructuras, S.A. and Meridiam Infrastructure in connection with the private activity bond and TIFIA financing of the LBJ Managed Lanes Project in Texas.
• Consortium: Represented a consortium in connection with its bid for the US 36 Managed Lanes Project in Colorado.
• Consortium: Represented a consortium in connection with its bid for the I-4 Project in Florida.
• Consortium: Represented a consortium in connection with the bid process to become the developer of the Rapid Bridge Replacement Project in Pennsylvania.
• Citigroup Inc. and JP Morgan Chase & Co.: Represented Citigroup and JPMorgan in connection with a US$250 million guaranteed note offering issued by Pan American Energy LLC, Argentine Branch, a company engaged in the exploration, development and production oi land gas.
• Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A.: Represented Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. in connection with its ongoing SEC compliance requirements.
• I-77 Mobility Partners LLC: Represented I-77 Mobility Partners LLC in connection with its bid and financing of the I-77 Hot Lanes Project in North Carolina. The transaction included the issuance of $100 million private activity bonds and a $189 million loan from the United States Department of Transportation.
• Macquarie and JP Morgan: Represented Macquarie and JP Morgan in connection with the bid process for the privatization of the Chicago Midway International Airport in Illinois.
• NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC: Represented NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC in connection with the concession to design and construct Segment 3A and operate, maintain and collect tolls from Segments 3A and 3B of the North Tarrant County Express Managed Lanes Facility in Texas, and in connection with the issuance of $274 million private activity bonds by the Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporation and with a loan of $531 million from the United States Department of Transportation for the financing of such project.
• Odebrecht Organization: Represented Odebrecht in respect of the financing for the Autopista del Coral toll road project.
• Sponsors: Represented a bidding team in connection with the Great Hall Project at Denver International Airport in Colorado.
• Sponsors: Represented a bidding team in connection with the I-70 East Project in Colorado.
• Sponsors: Represented the winning bidder in connection with the financing of the I-285 project in Georgia.
• Tarjeta Naranja S.A.: Represented Tarjeta Naranja S.A. one of the largest credit card issuers in Argentina, in connection with a US$200 million bond issuance.
• Tarjeta NaranjaS.A.: Represented Tarjeta Naranja S.A. an Argentine credit card company, in connection with a Regulation S bond offering.
• Tarjetas Cuyanas S.A.: Represented Tarjetas Cuyanas S.A., an Argentine credit card company in connection with a Regulation S bond offering.
• US 460 Mobility Partners, LLC: Represented US 460 Mobility Partners, a joint venture indirectly owned by Ferrovial Agromán S.A. and American Infrastructure, Inc., in connection with its negotiation of project documents related to and its bid to be the design build contractor for the U.S. Route 460 Corridor Improvements Project in Virginia and in connection with the US$293 million municipal bond offering by the Route 460 Funding Corporation of Virginia for the financing of such project.

* Some of these representations occurred prior to affiliation with Gibson Dunn.