Sean Feller is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Century City office. He serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group. His practice focuses on all aspects executive compensation and employee benefits. His practice encompasses tax, ERISA, accounting, corporate, and securities law aspects of equity and other incentive compensation plans; qualified and nonqualified retirement and deferred compensation plans and executive employment and severance arrangements. Sean has been recognized by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law. He is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA in Los Angeles in the area of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation.

Sean’s practice has focused on:

  • Designing and implementing stock and other incentive plans
  • Designing, implementing and advising clients on deferred compensation plans, 401(k) plans and ESOPs, SERPs and tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans, as well as health and welfare plans and other types of fringe benefits
  • Advising public company clients on securities law compliance involving a comprehensive range of compensation plans
  • Advising public company clients on securities law disclosure requirements involving executive and director compensation
  • Advising companies, boards and management teams on compensation and benefits in mergers and acquisitions
  • Designing and negotiating executive and director compensation arrangements

Sean received his law degree from Columbia Law School in 2000. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in 1997. He is admitted to practice in the States of New York and California.

Stanton P. Burke, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, is a senior associate in the Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Innovation, and Artificial Intelligence Practice Group. 

He advises clients on global privacy compliance, AI governance, AdTech, consumer protection, cybersecurity, and data-driven transactions – helping product, legal, and engineering teams translate evolving data protection and AI laws into product strategy and practical business decisions. His practice spans compliance counseling, transactional diligence, regulatory response, and incident response – advising clients whether they are launching a new product, evaluating a target’s data practices in an acquisition, responding to a regulator or class action, or navigating a product or security incident.

Stanton regularly counsels technology, energy, financial services, retail, and other consumer-facing companies on U.S. and international data privacy and cybersecurity regimes, including the FTC Act, GDPR, CCPA, GLBA, COPPA, HIPAA, state biometric privacy and data broker laws, and advertising and consumer protection laws such as CAN-SPAM, TCPA, and ROSCA.

Stanton brings a pragmatic perspective to this work shaped by significant in-house and secondment experience, having served as an attorney at Microsoft and on secondment to leading technology companies, including eBay and Meta, supporting global data protection program development, product counseling, incident and regulatory response, and commercial transactions.

Representative matters:

  • Leading privacy, cybersecurity, and AI due diligence in M&A and other transactions – including by evaluating data-handling practices, security program maturity and incident history, vendor and cross-border transfer arrangements, and IT and vendor risk – and translating findings into deal-team assessments, diligence requests, and remediation conditions.
  • Restructuring privacy policies, terms of use, and in-product disclosures for global technology companies, advising product and engineering teams on consent flow design to reduce misrepresentation and enforcement risks while balancing UI/UX.
  • Counseling a secure identity and biometrics platform on biometric privacy compliance, consumer protection risks, and data governance, including by helping navigate product expansions and negotiate key partnerships.
  • Developing legal and technical strategy for a gig economy company under FTC scrutiny for algorithmic fairness in AI systems core to the client’s business, including by conducting in-depth interviews, assessing system design and documentation, and revamping operational controls and governance structure. 
  • Advising a streaming service platform on the Video Privacy Protection Act, wiretapping laws including CIPA, and online tracking/ad targeting issues in response to class action lawsuits.
  • Counseling clients across technology, financial services, energy, and critical infrastructure on all aspects of cybersecurity, including incident response and breach notification analysis, post-incident remediation, and proactive security program development (playbooks, tabletop exercises, etc.).

Stanton earned an LL.M. in Technology from Cornell Law School, a Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Trinity University. He is admitted to practice law in Texas, California, New York, and the District of Columbia.

Stanton maintains an active pro bono practice with a focus on nonprofits and startups. He frequently serves as a panelist and presenter at leading data privacy and security conferences, industry events, and client CLEs, and has guest lectured at Cornell University, Howard University, University of Houston, UC Law SF, and UC Berkeley.

Stanton also serves as the Chair of the Houston Bar Association’s Technology Section and as a Council Member to the State Bar of Texas’s Computer and Technology Section.

Ana Lopez is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Her practice encompasses general and securities litigation. She also maintains an active pro bono practice in immigration. In 2023, Ana received Sanctuary for Families’ 2023 Excellence in Pro Bono Advocacy Award “for going ‘Above & Beyond’ by providing outstanding pro bono representation and advocacy to survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and related forms of gender violence.

Ana earned her Juris Doctor in 2021 from New York University School of Law, where she was a staff editor of the Review of Law & Social Change. In 2018, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and American Literature and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from New York University.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ana was a legal intern at The Door – A Center of Alternatives, doing affirmative and defensive immigration work, and an intern at Mubarak Law, doing affirmative immigration application work, country conditions research for asylum applications, and translational work. She is fluent in Spanish.

Ana is admitted to practice in the State of New York and appear before the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of New York and the Southern District of New York.

Michael Schneidereit is a partner of the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice Groups. He focuses on high-stakes liability management transactions, complex corporate reorganizations, and distressed debt litigation, representing creditors and debtors in a wide range of cases including matters relating to the financial, retail, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, logistics, real estate, sports, health care, and oil and gas industries.

Michael has represented lenders in litigating and negotiating many prominent liability management transactions, including lenders to Incora and J. Crew. Michael also represented a group of term lenders to Endo International and the largest group of lenders to Intelsat S.A in its in-court restructuring of $15 billion of debt.

Michael represented the litigation trust established by the chapter 11 plan of MF Global in a lawsuit against that company’s former officer. Earlier in his career, he represented chapter 11 debtors including the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Coastal Communities. He also represented creditors or other parties-in-interest in numerous chapter 11 cases including DBSI, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Hawaii Medical Center, and Namco Capital Group.

Michael received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Senior Production Editor of the Hastings Law Journal. He received his LL.M. in Trade Regulations from New York University School of Law.

Representative Experience:

  • Represented the ad hoc group of Intelsat Jackson unsecured noteholders in the Chapter 11 restructuring of Intelsat S.A., a global satellite communications provider with a $14.7 billion prepetition capital structure, resulting in the group receiving approximately 96% of the equity of the reorganized company.
  • The €1.9 billion cross-border restructuring of Swissport, a global aviation services provider, through an English scheme of arrangement and pre-packaged administration, comprehensively deleveraging the company’s balance sheet and refinancing €500 million of liabilities through a new long-term facility.
  • Represented a group of lenders holding approximately $1 billion of secured term loans in the Chapter 11 restructuring of Monitronics International, a home security and monitoring services provider, including the provision of a $245 million debtor-in-possession financing facility.
  • Represented Langur Maize, L.L.C. in the Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (Incora) adversary proceeding, obtaining a favorable ruling at the trial court.
  • Represented the MF Global Litigation Trust, established pursuant to the Chapter 11 plan of MF Global Holdings, in litigation against former officers and directors arising from the company’s collapse.

*Includes representations prior to Michael’s association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. 

Krista Hanvey is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group and Co-Partner in Charge of the firm’s Dallas office. She counsels clients of all sizes across all industries using a multi-disciplinary approach to compensation and benefits matters that crosses tax, securities, labor, accounting and traditional employee benefits legal requirements. Krista has significant experience with all aspects of executive compensation, health and welfare benefit plan, and retirement plan compliance, planning, and transactional support. She also oversees the Dallas office’s pro bono adoption program.

Krista offers broad expertise on executive compensation securities disclosure requirements and all types of public and private equity compensation and employee stock purchase plans; 401(k), ESOP and 403(b) tax-qualified retirement and nonqualified deferred compensation plans; executive employment, severance, retention, change in control and non-compete agreements; performance bonus, sales commission and other incentive pay plans; and retiree medical, cafeteria and other welfare benefit plans. She regularly advises clients on the requirements of and compliance with SEC disclosure requirements, tax laws, ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA and, the Affordable Care Act.

Krista is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA in the area of Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation with clients describing her as “a one-stop shop” and “technically strong, enabling her to not only relay applicable rules in an easy-to-understand format but to also come up with creative and practical solutions when necessary.” She was selected as one of the Texas Diversity Council’s Top Women Lawyer Award Winners and has been ranked multiple years by Lawdragon500 as one of the nation’s Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers. Krista has also been named by the Dallas Business Journal to its 40 Under 40 list of “next-generation North Texas leaders” for 2025, named by Bloomberg Law’s “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40” list for 2025, and was elected to the Texas Bar Foundation Fellows.

Krista graduated first in her class from William and Mary School of Law, where she served as senior articles editor of the William & Mary Law Review. Krista earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honors in Government from The University of Texas at Austin.

Representative Experience

  • Regularly advises numerous Fortune 500 companies and their boards of directors on management transitions and SEC disclosure requirements
  • Advised SpaceX on its groundbreaking initial public offering and dual listing on Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas
  • Advised on Pioneer Natural Resources on its $60 billion business combination with ExxonMobil
  • Advised CenterOak Partners LLC, a Dallas-based private equity firm, in its acquisitions and divestitures of numerous businesses, including Cascade Windows, Wetzels Pretzels, Aakash Chemicals, Full-Speed Automotive, TruRoad, Turf Masters, Entomo Brands, Village Green, SurfacePrep, HK Solutions Group, Guardian Access, Hometown Services, CollisionRight, Service Champions, Shamrock Environmental and Solid Ground Solutions
  • Advised SM Energy Company on its definitive, all-stock merger agreement with Civitas Resources
  • Advised AT&T on its joint venture with BlackRock to construct and operate a fiber network across the United States and on its $5.75 billion acquisition of substantially all of Lumen’s Mass Markets fiber business
  • Advised Coterra Energy on its $58 billion all-stock merger agreement with Devon Energy, a leading oil and gas producer
  • Advised Calumet Specialty Products Partners, a provider of specialty branded products and renewable fuels, on its corporate transition to a new Delaware corporation
  • Advised ExxonMobil with its redomestication to Texas
  • Advised ERock, Inc, a provider of natural gas power systems to data centers, utilities and large businesses, on its initial public offering

Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements

  • “Executive Compensation Disclosure Handbook: A Practical Guide to the SEC’s Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules,” Donnelley, Updated February 2023 (co-author with Elizabeth A. Ising, Geoff Walter, Gina Hancock, James Kroll, Heather Marshall)
  • “Pay Ratio Disclosures” chapter in A Practice Guide to SEC and Proxy Compensation Rules (co-author with Lilias Lee)
  • Texas Emp Law Summit:  Transforming Benefits and Compensation: Compliance Strategies for the Evolving Legal Landscape (September 2024)
  • “How Do the Controlled Group Rules Apply to Private Equity Funds?,” Benefits Law Journal, Autumn 2013 (co-author with Michael J. Collins)

Gabriel Opris is a dual-qualified English and New York associate in the Abu Dhabi office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group.

Gabriel focuses primarily on the representation of clients in energy and infrastructure project finance and development transactions. Gabriel has extensive experience acting for sponsors, borrowers and lenders in a range of project finance and development, acquisition finance, leveraged finance, restructuring, and insolvency transactions in both developed jurisdictions and emerging markets.

Gabriel received his LLB from the University of York and his LPC from the University of Law. Gabriel is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and as an attorney of the State of New York.

Swathi Sreerangarajan is a litigation associate in the Palo Alto office with a focus on complex litigation matters, including class actions, multidistrict litigation, and mass arbitrations. Her practice is anchored in oral and written advocacy at critical stages of litigation such as appeals, dispositive motions, and trials.  She has defended leading technology companies in several high-stakes matters involving data privacy issues, advertising technology, the gig economy, and consumer protection laws.  

Swathi earned her J.D. in 2023 from Santa Clara Law School, graduating at the top of the class and receiving the Mabie Outstanding Graduate award. Swathi received a PhD in English literature from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016 and worked as a writer and college lecturer before law school.

Swathi is admitted to practice in the State of California, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She maintains an active pro bono practice focused on immigration matters and appellate advocacy.

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

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

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

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

Marcus is a member of the German association of antitrust professionals (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht), the Competition Litigation Forum (C-L-F), as well as the German Forum for Investment Screening (Forum Investitionsprüfung).

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

Isabella Godinho is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. Isabella has experience in a wide range of commercial litigation disputes at all stages of litigation. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including class actions.

Isabella received her Juris Doctor from Monash University in Australia, and her Master of Laws (LLM) from Duke University. While at Duke University, Isabella served as an Editor for the Duke Law & Technology Review, and as an extern for the Honorable Allison Riggs of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Isabella also holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University.

Isabella is licensed to practice in California and New York.

Kelly M. Yahner is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department with a particular focus on congressional investigations and public policy matters.

Kelly has experience representing financial institutions, nonprofits, universities, and multinational companies in investigations conducted by the Department of Justice and the United States Congress.

For over a decade, including both before and during law school, Kelly worked for an officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, where she advised Members and staff on floor procedure and facilitated different steps along the legislative process. Kelly has extensive knowledge of key committee members and procedures and maintains contacts with staff on both sides of the aisle.

Margaux Hall is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s FDA and Health Care practice.

Margaux is a leading lawyer in drug pricing, coverage, reimbursement, market access, and value-based arrangements. She brings to clients a keen understanding of the transformative legal, policy, and changes affecting pricing and access to drugs, vaccines and devices, including in government enforcement and litigation matters.

Chambers and Partners has reported that Margaux’s clients regard her as “very intelligent and knowledgeable about law, industry and government enforcement. She is thoughtful about business risks and she is innovative in providing workable risk-based solutions.” One client noted, “Margaux is one of the best I’ve worked with. She is very knowledgeable and provides practical and innovative advice.”

Margaux provides sophisticated legal and strategic business counsel to pharmaceutical manufacturers, investors, and others in the healthcare and life sciences sector on regulatory, transactional, and government enforcement matters.  Her expertise spans topics of pricing, coverage, and reimbursement under Medicare Advantage-Part D, Medicaid, the Federal Supply Schedule, and commercial insurance, and government price reporting laws.  Margaux advises on the evolving landscape for drug development and commercialization in connection with the Inflation Reduction Act, Most Favored Nation reforms and direct-to-patient commercialization channels.

Margaux’s deep knowledge of the pharmaceutical supply chain is invaluable in major life sciences transactional and litigation matters that relate to pharmaceutical products, specialty pharmacies, patient support vendors, and other companies providing services to entities in the supply chain.

Margaux has dedicated her career to understanding and promoting access to health care in the United States and worldwide. After graduating from Harvard Law School, she pursued a Fulbright Fellowship to research health care law and health system reform in South Africa and then later led similar research programs at the World Bank.  She also completed a post-graduate fellowship in health law at Columbia Law School.

Credentials

Education

  • JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School; Managing Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology
  • BS (Management Science & Engineering, and honors in Civil Engineering), with distinction, Stanford University; Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

  • District of Columbia, 2016
  • New York, 2009
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Publications

  • Co-author, “Finalized Changes to Medicare Payment Rules: Key Takeaways for Life Science Companies,” Westlaw Today (December 4, 2025)
  • Co-author, “Increasingly global approaches to pharmaceutical pricing and healthcare cost containment,” Global Legal Insights (GLI) – Pricing and Reimbursement 2025, Eighth Edition (September 2025)
  • Co-author, “Executive Order Calls for Most-Favored-Nation Pharmaceutical Pricing for American Patients,” Westlaw Today (May 23, 2025)
  • Co-author, “A Look at Drug Price Negotiation Program’s Ongoing Impact,” Law360 (February 10, 2025)
  • Quoted, “States Eye Canadian Drug Imports Despite Delays, Tariffs,” Bloomberg Law (February 5, 2025)
  • Co-author, “Drug Pricing Policy Trends to Expect in 2025 and Beyond,” Law360 (February 4, 2025)
  • Quoted, “What To Know About Trump’s Medicare Drug Price Order,” Law360 (January 21, 2025)
  • Quoted, “Legal Challenge to Medicaid Drug Rebates Rule Seen as Likely,” Bloomberg Law (September 26, 2024)
  • Co-author, “CMS Finalizes New Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET) Pathway to Expedite Medicare Coverage of FDA Breakthrough Devices,” Westlaw Today (September 17, 2024)
  • Co-author, “Pricing & Reimbursement 2024” Global Legal Insights chapter (September 2024)
  • Quoted, “Did Biden Admin ‘Play Nice’ In Medicare Drug Price Talks?” Law360 (August 20, 2024)
  • Quoted, “Medicare Drug Price Cuts Add Fuel to Legal Fight Over Program,” Bloomberg Law (August 16, 2024)
  • Co-author, “The Road Ahead for Florida’s Drug Importation Program,” Law360 (March 6, 2024)
  • Quoted, “Biden’s Action on Drug Pricing Set for Legal Battles in 2024,” Bloomberg Law (January 8, 2024)
  • Quoted, “2024 Outlook: Drug Price Negotiation; Top Cases to Watch,” Fierce Healthcare (December 27, 2023)
  • Quoted, “CMS Issues Guidance For Medicare Drug Inflation Rebates,” Law360 (December 14, 2023)
  • Quoted, “New Anti-IRA Lawsuits Could Give Rise to Stronger Claims Against CMS,” Inside Health Policy (October 26, 2023)
  • Quoted, “Mapping Big Pharma’s Blitz on Medicare Drug Price Talks,” Law360 (October 6, 2023)
  • Quoted, “Pharma’s Procedural Attack Opens New Front in Drug Price War,” Bloomberg Law (September 13, 2023)
  • Quoted, “HHS Fans Legal Flames with Medicare Drug Negotiation Picks,” Law360 (August 29, 2023)
  • Quoted, “CMS Releases List of Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiation,” Managed Healthcare Executive (August 29, 2023)
  • Co-author, “Pricing and Reimbursement 2023,” Global Legal Insights (August 28, 2023)
  • Quoted, “Pharma Companies Unappeased by Medicare Price Negotiation Revamp,” Bloomberg Law (July 7, 2023)
  • Interview, “Votes & Verdicts Podcast,” Bloomberg (May 24, 2023)
  • Profiled, “Law360’s 2023 Health Care Editorial Advisory Board,” Law360 (May 8, 2023)
  • Quoted, “Drugmaker Data, Price Negotiation Timeline Tee Up Fight with HHS,” Bloomberg Law (March 20, 2023)
  • Co-author, “Health Care Transactions, Professional Perspective – Transactional Implications of Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Pricing Provisions,” Bloomberg Law (March 2023)
  • Co-author, “Transactional Implications of Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Pricing Provisions,” Bloomberg Law (March 14, 2023) 
  • Quoted, “Biden’s Medicare Budget Plan Faces GOP, Pharma Pushback,” Bloomberg Law (March 7, 2023)
  • Quoted, “Drug Price Negotiation Deadlines Expose Medicare to Litigation” Bloomberg Law (February 22, 2023)
  • Author, “Predictions for the 2023 Drug Pricing Landscape,” Law360 (January 13, 2023)
  • Quoted, “Health & Life Sciences Attorneys Share Policy Predictions For 2023,” Law360 (January 2, 2023)
  • Co-author, “Inflation Reduction Act Paves Way for Drug Pricing Reform,” Law360 (August 31, 2022)
  • Co-author, “Continued global pressure on drug pricing and reimbursement for effective market access: A hard pill to swallow?” Global Legal Insights – Pricing & Reimbursement 2022
  • Quoted, “What GCs Should Know About the Inflation Reduction Act,” Law360 Pulse (August 11, 2022)
  • Co-author, “An Uncertain Future for HHS Drug Reimbursement Rates,” Law360 (July 6, 2022)
  • Co-author, “The CMS Changes Coming to Medicare Part D Market,” Law360 (May 17, 2022)
  • Quoted, “Buckle Up: Wild Ride Awaits Health, Life Sci Policy In 2022,” Law360 (January 3, 2022)
  • Co-author, “Market access to medical innovations and relevance of international pricing,” Global Legal Insights – Pricing & Reimbursement 2021 chapter (July 18, 2021)
  • Co-author, “Potential Costs of Reshoring Pharmaceutical Manufacturing,” Bloomberg Law (April 7, 2021)
  • Co-author, “Federal Gov’t Can Learn From State Drug Pricing Efforts,” Law360 (March 23, 2021)
  • Co-author, “Pharma & Med Device Bidding, State-Mandated Disclosures, & Public Records Laws,” Bloomberg Law (March 2, 2021)
  • Author, “3 Drug Pricing Strategy Considerations Under Biden Admin.,” Law360 (February 16, 2021)

Presentations

  • Presenter, “External Counsel Fireside Roundtable,” Medicaid Pricing and Contracting USA (May 20, 2026)
  • Moderator, “Market Access Risk Areas,” Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress (Apr. 28, 2026)
  • Presenter, “Drug Pricing in Canada: Navigating Potential U.S. MFN Implications,” Webinar (February 6, 2026)
  • Presenter, “Patient-Oriented Commercial Models: Legal and Market Access Considerations,” 26th Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Ethics and Compliance Congress (October 22, 2025)
  • Presenter, “Biopharma & Washington: The Intersection of Drug Development & Policy,” 2025 Leerink Partners Biopharma Summit (September 18, 2025)
  • Presenter, “Direct to Consumer Commercialization Models Market Access Considerations,” Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit (September 16, 2025)
  • Presenter, “Exploring Risks and Enforcement Trends for Buy-and-Bill Drugs,” 25th Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Ethics and Compliance Congress (October 29, 2024)
  • Presenter, “Legal, Regulatory and Contractual Issues When Structuring Value-Based Agreements,” Association for Value-Based Cancer Care Summit (October 17, 2024)
  • Presenter, “Valuing Innovation: Market Dynamics and the Commercial Viability of Novel Therapeutics,” 2nd Annual Forum on IP, Funding and tech Strategies for Novel Therapeutic Modalities March 21, 2024)
  • Presenter, “Alternative Funding Vendors: The Future and Options for Responding to New Challenges to Patient Support Programs,” 24th Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Ethics and Compliance Congress (October 25, 2023)
  • Presenter, “Post-Supervalu: The Future of Government Enforcement Around Drug Pricing,” Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit in Chicago (September 20, 2023)
  • Presenter, “External Counsel Fireside Roundtable,” Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit in Chicago (September 20, 2023)
  • Presenter, “Viewing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Through a Transactional Lens—The IRA’s Impact on Deal Terms,” Licensing Executive Society, LES Annual Meeting 2023 (October 17, 2023)
  • Presenter, “Votes and Verdicts podcast,” Bloomberg Intelligence (May 24, 2023)
  • Presenter, “Fireside Chat: External Counsel Roundtable- The Washington Outlook – Where Do We Stand and What is Likely to Happen with Current and Proposed Legislation,” Medicaid & Government Pricing Congress in Washington, D.C. (May 18, 2023)
  • Presenter, “Key Enforcement Trends in Drug Pricing,” Medicaid Drug Rebate Program – MDRP 2021 (October 12, 2021)
  • Program Chair, “Drug Pricing 2021: An Overview and the Evolving Legal and Policy Landscape,” Practicing Law Institute Webcast (September 20, 2021) 

Awards

  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business – Healthcare (2022–2026); Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory (2025–2026)
  • Best Lawyers in America (2025)
  • The American Lawyer “Corporate Practice of the Year – Pharma and Health Care” (2022, 2024)
  • LMG Life Sciences: “Life Sciences Star” (2022)
  • LMG Life Sciences “Leading Life Sciences Lawyer”, “Regulatory Attorney of the Year: Pricing & Reimbursement Shortlist” (2022-2025)
  • Law360 Rising Star (2019)
  • Fellow, Columbia Law School, focus on health care law (2012-2014)
  • Fulbright Scholar, South Africa (2008-2009)

Professional & Civic Activities

  • Editorial Advisory Board Member, Law360 Healthcare (2023)

Memberships & Affiliations

  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association

 

 

Shalla Prichard is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Finance, Private Equity and Capital Markets Practice Groups. Shalla’s specialties are leveraged financings and investments in the energy industry with a particular focus on the upstream, midstream and downstream energy sectors, including energy private equity. She represents public and private borrowers, private equity investors, financial institutions and other clients in a wide variety of financing transactions including reserve based loans, ABL facilities, other senior and subordinated debt, acquisition financing, drillco structures, preferred equity investments, structured financing, Up-C credits and other forms of debt and equity financing.

Chambers USA consistently ranks Shalla in Texas for the category of Banking & Finance, praising her “ability to work collaboratively with others to find creative solutions for clients” and that she’s “extremely knowledgeable, hard-working, very easy to work with and available when we need her and “an excellent partner, she collaborates better than almost anyone.” Shalla is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Banking and Finance Law. In 2020, she was named among the 50 Most Powerful Women in Oil and Gas by the National Diversity Council.

Representative Matters*

Bank Financings – Borrower Representations

  • Valaris plc – $2.3 billion revolving credit facility and post-merger finance integration of Rowan in respect of debt facilities and intercompany credit
  • Valero Energy Corporation- $4.0 billion revolving credit facility and various letter of credit facilities
  • U.S. Well Services, Inc.- $250 million senior secured term loan facility and $75 million asset-backed revolving credit facility
  • Kimbell Royalty Partners, L.P. – $100 million reserve-based revolving credit facility in connection with MLP IPO
  • EQT Midstream Partners – $350 million revolving credit facility in connection with its initial public offering of 14,375,000 common units
  • Valero Energy Partners LP – $750 million senior syndicated revolving credit facility for MLP
  • $225 million senior syndicated revolving credit facility in connection with real estate purchases for club membership use

Bank Financings – Arranger/Agent Representations

  • Administrative agent – $600 million secured term loan A and $150 million secured revolving credit facility for midstream water company
  • Administrative agent – $675 million 364-day revolving credit facility for Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.
  • Administrative agent – $610 million revolving credit and term loan facilities for DG FastChannel for the financing of the acquisition of MediaMind Technologies through a cash tender offer
  • Administrative agent – $900 million 364-day revolving credit facility for pipeline company
  • Administrative agent – $140 million syndicated senior secured revolving credit facility for privately-held company that manufactures and sells work-related clothing and accessories
  • Administrative agent – $150 million syndicated senior secured revolving credit facility for Heartland Payment Systems
  • Administrative agent – $90 million secured revolving credit and term loan facilities for Radiant Systems
  • Financial institution – various structured financings and securitizations, including through special purpose entities

Mezzanine Financings – Private Equity Representations

  • Direct lending transactions with exploration and production companies for development capital secured by oil and gas assets and including equity kickers in the form of detachable warrants or net profits interests
  • Asset-based joint ventures whereby private equity client provides development capital in exchange for working interests in the oil and gas properties
  • Over $1.2 billion preferred equity investment in private exploration and production company, including structuring back-levered fund investment structure
  • Purchase of Second Lien Notes by subsidiaries of Leucadia issued by Lonestar Resources US, Inc. and involving inter-creditor negotiations and oil and gas joint venture expertise

Debt Offerings

  • Goldman Sachs as lead underwriter – $400 million 7.0% senior unsecured notes of Berry Petroleum
  • Gran Tierra Energy Inc. – $300 million 7.75% senior unsecured notes
  • Underwriters – $600 million 7.0% senior unsecured notes of Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC
  • Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as lead underwriter- $1.45 billion of 11.000% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes of Energy XXI Ltd
  • Goldman Sachs as lead underwriter – $275 million of 7.125% Senior Secured Notes of Northern Tier Energy and concurrent cash tender offer
  • Noble Corporation – $1.0 billion senior unsecured notes offering and concurrent tender offers
  • Hercules Offshore, Inc. – $250 million convertible debt offering
  • Linn Energy – $2.3 billion high yield debt offerings
  • Institutional investors – aggregate $170 million private placement of senior unsecured notes for pipeline company
  • Institutional investors – $35 million private placement of senior subordinated PIK notes for Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
  • Institutional investors – $50 million senior subordinated note purchase and $21 million junior subordinated note purchase, together with a warrant purchase in connection with a private equity fund acquisition of a fragrance and flavoring company

Other Transactions

  • Liberty Media Corporation – $530 million investment in Sirius XM Radio, Inc. and various other financing transactions
  • Noble Corporation – $1.8 billion commercial paper facility
  • McDermott International – handled assignment and reallocation of risk under various lines of insurance and handled matters in respect of captive insurance companies, in connection with spin-off of The Babcock & Wilcox Company

 

Shalla earned her law degree magna cum laude from University of Houston Law Center in 2003. She graduated in 1998 from The University of Texas, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology.

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

Allison Frison is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices with the firm’s Litigation Department.

Allison earned her Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law, where she served as a staff editor and member of the editorial board of Duke Law Journal and president of the Human Rights Pro Bono Program. In law school, she externed with the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission. She earned her undergraduate degree from Williams College, where she graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English (Honors) and Political Science.  

Allison is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

Joe Vercher is an associate in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn, where he currently practices in the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group.

Joe earned his J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University Law School in 2024, where he served as an article’s editor for the Tulane Law Review. While in law school, he received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Contract Drafting.

Joe earned his undergraduate degree in Economics, summa cum laude, from Louisiana State University.

Joe is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas.

Reem Ali is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Finance Practice Group.

Reem graduated Cum Laude from the University of Miami School of Law.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Reem was a finance associate at another major global law firm. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Sara K. Weed is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and Co-Chair of the Fintech and Digital Assets Practice Group. Sara’s fintech’s practice spans both regulatory and transactional advice for a range of clients, including traditional financial institutions, non-bank financial services companies and technology companies.

Sara’s outstanding achievements in private practice have been recognized by various organizations. Most recently, Sara was recognized as a leading lawyer in the 2026 edition of Chambers and Partners Fintech in the category USA: Nationwide – Fintech Legal: Payments and Lending, with clients describing her as “a very commercially-minded attorney with deep expertise and experience in navigating regulatory issues and relationships in the fintech space.” The Legal 500 US 2025 guide recognizes Sara for her expertise in the area of banking. In 2024, 2025, and 2026, Lawdragon recognized Sara as one of their Leading Global Cyber Lawyers (Global Fintech, Digital Assets). In 2021, she was named a Rising Star in Fintech by Law360, and in 2018, she was shortlisted for the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Award North America in the “Access to New Markets and Capital” category.

Prior to working in private practice, Sara held various roles in the financial services industry, including serving as in-house counsel to IBM’s financial services group and as a policy counsel with a national financial services research organization. She also served as director and counsel with the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks, where she oversaw supervision of money services businesses, non-bank mortgage lenders, brokers, and servicers, and consumer finance companies.

Experience*

Sara’s fintech practice provides support to clients throughout their life cycle, including: product development, regulatory strategy, including chartering, licensure and partnerships, supporting supervisory examinations and regulatory inquiries, regulatory diligence related to acquisitions, investments, and exit events, and the defense of regulatory enforcement actions.

Representative Payments and Lending Product Development Matters

  • Advising a multinational consumer technology company in connection with the development of enhanced functionality to support digital wallet, payments, and lending use cases.
  • Advising a business and financial software company in the development new payments products, including an accelerated tax refund disbursement product and cross-border invoicing product.
  • Counseling a multinational payment card services corporation regarding development of crypto and stablecoin-enabled payments products and related offerings in the U.S., Latin America, and APAC.
  • Representing a foreign neobank in the development of a peer-to-peer payments solution to be enabled in coordination with a blockchain technology company and U.S. regulated financial institution.  
  • Advising a blockchain technology company on commercial and regulatory matters in furtherance of the launch of a new digital asset-based cross-border payments product.
  • Counseling a digital real estate closing platform in connection with the development of an embedded payments solution.
  • Representing a blockchain technology company in connection with regulatory and commercial matters in support of a blockchain-enabled payments product.
  • Advising multinational financial services firm in connection with the bank-sponsored program architected to support delivery of embedded digital payments.  
  • Advising social media platforms with respect to payments and consumer financial matters associated with creator monetization programs, marketplace offerings, reward programs, and platform tokens.
  • Advising global rewards company in connection with expansion into the U.S. market, including compliance with the Federal Bank Secrecy Act, state money transmission licensing laws, state escheatment laws, state gift card laws, and other consumer protection laws.
  • Advising multinational card network in connection with the harmonization of global payment offerings following acquisition of payments business that previously competed with existing product offerings.
  • Advising accounts payable automation software company in development of commercial loan product to succeed their flagship invoice factoring product.
  • Advising global payments company in overhaul of cross-border customer funds management strategy.
  • Advised human capital management company during the launch of a product that allows employees and contractors to access their earned wages in real-time.

Representative Government Investigation and Enforcement Matters

  • Representing fintech companies in connection with examinations by the Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including remediation of allegations subject to consumer financial laws and regulations.
  • Representing global cryptocurrency exchange in connection with enforcement actions brought by state banking departments following resolution of investigations brought by DOJ, the CFTC, FinCEN, and OFAC.
  • Representing global payments company in resolution of claims brought by state banking departments following resolution of OFAC action.
  • Representing global human capital management platform in resolution of claims brought by various state banking departments subject to state money transmitter and consumer lending licensing laws.
  • Represented peer-to-peer lending platform in connection with multi-agency enforcement action subject to state consumer lending laws. 

Representative Chartering Matters

  • Advising Zero Hash, a cyrpto and stablecoin infrastructure platform, in the formation of Zero Hash Trust Company, a de novo North Carolina chartered trust company.
  • Advising Surus, an institutional-grade asset management, custody, and compliance platform, in the formation of Surus Trust Company, a de novo North Carolina chartered trust company.
  • Advised human capital management company in the formation of a de novo uninsured national trust bank that received approval from the OCC to open in 2023.

Representative Transactional Matters

  • Advising Nubank in connection with its launch of a stablecoin product, in partnership with Circle, enabling Nubank customers in Brazil 24/7 access to USDC.
  • Advising multinational card network in the potential acquisition of a global payments company and leading regulatory diligence spanning payments, AML, sanctions, export controls, and derivatives compliance in more than 40 jurisdictions of operation.
  • Advised joint venture supporting fiat-backed stablecoins and development of a governed network.

Representative Crisis Management and Incident Response Matters

  • Advising human capital management technology company with respect to remediation of payroll payments incident and related error resolution.
  • Advising business and financial software company in remediation of escalated complaints and related engagement with National Automated Clearing House Association (Nacha).

Representative Policy Matters

  • Advising global payments company in response to congressional inquiry in the aftermath of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank.
  • Advising food delivery platform in connection with congressional inquiry regarding financial services products in the gig economy.
  • Assisted a cryptocurrency exchange platform in the legislative process to amend the North Carolina Money Transmitters Act and enable crypto platforms to continue operating in the state.

*Includes work performed at a previous firm.

Emily Smith is an Australian qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, and Energy and Infrastructure Practice Groups.

Emily’s experience encompasses transactions and projects across the oil and gas, mining and mineral extraction, power, and infrastructure sectors. She has broad expertise advising on a wide spectrum of corporate matters, including both cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, as well as general corporate governance and advisory work.

Emily’s experience includes advising on country entry, including asset acquisitions, farm-ins, and PSC and JOA negotiations across multiple jurisdictions including: Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, the Falkland Islands, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.

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

Selected Experience*

  • Chevron on the $2.17 billion sale of its interest in the SRC Refinery in Singapore, and its fuels station networks and related businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Australia to ENEOS Corporation.
  • TotalEnergies on the merger of its UKCS upstream business with NEO NEXT to become the leading shareholder in the expanded NEO NEXT+ joint venture, alongside HitecVision and Repsol, forming the largest independent oil and gas producer in the UKCS
  • Anglo American on:
    • the US$3.775 billion sale of its Australian steelmaking coal business to Peabody Energy Corporation.
    • the sale of its minority interest in Jellinbah Steelmaking Coal to Zashvin for US$1.1 billion.
  • Vitol on the $2 billion acquisition of Engen Petroleum, a group with a significant Southern African fuels retail network  
  • EIG on its US$19 billion joint venture with Repsol Upstream, a newly-formed global oil and gas exploration and production company
  • Varo Energy (a Vitol and Carlyle joint venture) on the acquisition of Preem AB, Sweden’s largest oil refiner.
  • Shareholders of Lightsource bp on their exit from Lightsource bp, a global developer of utility-scale solar and battery storage assets, to bp.

*Includes matters prior to joining Gibson Dunn

Maximilien Dion is an associate in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

He specializes in corporate and commercial law, handling public and private mergers and acquisitions, along with private equity matters. Maximilien provides counsel to a diverse range of companies, both private and public, spanning various sectors and advises funds involved in French or international strategic investments, joint ventures and divestments. His experience includes addressing diverse corporate matters, such as stocks and assets transactions and shareholders agreements.

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2026, Maximilien graduated from University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne with a Master of International Corporate and Tax Law in 2022. He also received a Master of International Law and Management in 2023 from ESCP Business School.

He speaks French and English fluently.

Jordan Alston is an associate in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group.

Before joining the firm, Jordan served as a law clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge J. Paul Oetken of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Jordan earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal and was awarded the John Fletcher Caskey Prize for the top performance in the law school’s mock trial competition. He also argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, helping secure a partial victory for a pro bono client, as a member of the law school’s Appellate Litigation Project. Prior to law school, Jordan earned his undergraduate degree in government from Harvard College.

Jordan is admitted to practice law in New York and Washington D.C.

Svetlana Gans is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Consumer Protection Practice and resident in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She focuses on proactive and reactive engagement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice Antitrust Division concerning competition and consumer protection investigations, rulemaking, and related policy matters.  Most recently, Svetlana served as the FTC Chief of Staff in the first Trump Administration and senior advisor to Acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen on FTC enforcement matters, interagency coordination, and strategic initiatives including concerning regulatory reform, process reform, and healthcare policy. Svetlana’s practice runs the full scope of the FTC including inquiries pertaining to unfair billing, deceptive advertising practices, right to repair, franchising, and Made in the USA claims; alleged anticompetitive conduct; Magnuson-Moss and APA rulemakings; agency market studies and workshops; proactive engagement and competitor complaints; and related external engagement. Svetlana was recently featured to Lawdragon‘s prestigious lists of “500 Leading Litigators in America” and “500 Leading Antitrust and Competition Lawyers.” She was also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for her exceptional work in Antitrust Litigation for 2025-2026. Svetlana is also a sought-after speaker.

Svetlana serves as the Chairman of the Federalist Society’s Antitrust and Consumer Protection Executive Committee and was the recipient of the inaugural Volunteer of the Year Award for the organization. She has also initiated and led several novel programs to mentor and assist law students and young lawyers interested in consumer protection and antitrust law.

Svetlana has served in ABA Antitrust Section leadership for almost two decades, currently serving as the Publications Officer and has been nominated to serve as the Section Vice Chair, beginning in August 2026.

Svetlana served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable John L. Kane, Jr., while in law school, and as an Honors Program Paralegal for the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Merger Taskforce, prior to law school. She received her law degree with high honors from the University of Denver College of Law and earned her undergraduate degrees cum laude from Boston University.

Recent speaking engagements include:

Speaker, Algorithmic Pricing and Collusion Enforcement Trends, IFA Legal Forum (May 2026)

Speaker, Made in the USA: Stars, Stripes and Legal Gripes, ABA Antitrust Law Section (March 2026)

Speaker, FTC Consumer Protection Developments in the Trump Administration, Federalist Society (February 2026)

Speaker, Keep Your Eye on the Ball: Inspector and Regulator Focus on Labels and Claims, Consumer Brands Association (February 2026)

Instructor, TMT Law & Policy Certificate Program, Federal Trade Commission Fundamentals, Federal Communications Bar Association (February 2026)

Speaker, Federal Trade Commission and DOJ Consumer Protection Updates, FMI-The Food Industry Association (June 2025)

Organizer, Fireside Chat with FTC Bureau Directors, Federalist Society (May 2025)

Interviewer, Interview with FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, Consumer Brands Association Legal Forum (February 2025)

Moderator, Antitrust and FTC Reform in the New Congress, Federalist Society (February 2025)

Organizer, The Congressional Review Act: Process and Procedure, Federalist Society (February 2025)

Moderator, Is FTC Administrative Litigation Constitutional, Federalist Society (December 2024)

Moderator, FTC Negative Option, Junk Fee, and Commercial Surveillance Rulemakings (July 2024)

Moderator, Cost-Benefit Analysis in FTC Rulemaking, Regulatory Transparency Project (February 2023)

Moderator, FTC Rulemaking, Guidelines, and More, Mercatus Second Annual Antitrust Forum (January 2023)

Speaker, FTC Rulemaking, ABA Antitrust Law Section Fall Forum (November 2022)

Moderator, FTC Privacy Update, Privacy + Security Academy (November 2022)

Speaker, FTC’s Rulemaking Authority: Update Following Recent Developments, Concurrences (October 2022)

Speaker, The FTC’s Independence After Selia Law v. CFPB, The C. Boyden Gray Center (October 2022)

Speaker, Understanding FTC Rulemaking, Future of Antitrust Law, BYU (September 2022)

Speaker, Regulating Privacy: A Discussion About FTC Privacy Rulemaking, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University School of Law (September 2022)

Speaker, Is Antitrust Becoming HR’s Biggest Headache, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Antitrust Webcast (July 2022)

Speaker, Consumer Protection Year in Review, ABA Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting (April 2022)

Moderator, Antitrust Forum: One Year of Biden Antitrust, Mercatus Antitrust Conference (January 2022)

Moderator, Understanding FTC’s Penalty Offense Authority and Other Agency Developments, ABA Antitrust Law Section (January 2022)

Speaker, FTC’s Revolution Through Rulemaking, Federalist Society Regulatory Transparency Project (November 2021)

Moderator, The FTC in the Current Administration: Buckle Your Seatbelts, Federalist Society (October 2021)

Speaker, Consumer Protection and Privacy Cases That Matter, ABA Antitrust Law Section Consumer Protection Conference (July 2021)

Session Leader and Moderator, The Future of FTC Rulemaking, Federalist Society Chatham Program (June 2021)

Moderator, Unleashing Your Superpowers: Women’s Professional Development Series, ABA Antitrust Law Section (May 2021)

Moderator, Consumer Protection Priorities in the Biden Administration, Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities in 2021, Federal Communications Bar Association (April 2021)

Moderator, Fireside Chat with Bilal Sayyed, former FTC Director, Office of Policy Planning, Federalist Society (February 2021)

Moderator, Cultivating Women’s Leadership on Corporate Boards, Federal Communications Bar Association (January 2021)

Interviewer, Fireside Chat with FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips: The House Judiciary Antitrust Staff Report, Federalist Society (November 2020)

Moderator, The Evolving Privacy Landscape: The Next Steps on the Federal Front, Industry Perspectives, Federal Communications Bar Association (November 2020)

Speaker, Data Privacy in the New Decade: Consumer Rights, Platform Regulation, and Enforcement Mechanisms, FCBA (October 2020)

Moderator, Implications of Data Portability: A Consumer Protection Tool or Burden? Regulatory Transparency Project (October 2020)

Moderator, FTC Rulemaking: Underutilized Tool or National Nanny Renewed?, Federalist Society (July 2020)

Moderator, Deep Dive: FTC Remedial Authority, Federalist Society (June 2020)

Moderator, Nascent Competition Analysis, Federalist Society Chatham House (June 2020)

Speaker, FTC “Unfair Methods of Competition” Rulemaking: Pros, Cons, and Process, Federalist Society (June 2020)

Interviewer, Fireside Chat, Hot Topics with FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, Federalist Society (May 2020)

Speaker, FTC Fundamentals and Hot Topics for Comms. Lawyers, FCBA (March 2020)

Moderator, Be Fearless: Women Leading Washington, WICT DC/Baltimore Chapter (February 2020)

Speaker, Trade Association Careers, Antitrust Section (February 2020)

Moderator, Women Leading Together (Panel and Table Discussion), FCBA Inaugural Women’s Summit (January 2020)

Speaker, Regulatory Oversight of Technology Companies, PLI 37th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy & Regulation (December 2019)

Speaker, Protecting Children Online, FOSI 2019 Annual Conference (November 2019)

Speaker and Moderator, 2019 Antitrust Fall Forum Tech Summit: A Competitive Future (November 2019)

Moderator, Deep Dive Episode 76 – FTC’s 21st Century Hearings, Federalist Society, Regulatory Transparency Project’s Fourth Branch Podcast (October 2019)

Moderator, FTC 13(b) Authority – Powers, Process & Suggestions for Reform (October 2019)

Moderator, FTC’s 21st Century Hearings: Paving the Way for Principles and Guidance, Federalist Society (October 2019)

Speaker, Antitrust in the Digital Age, Federalist Society (October 2019)

Speaker, FTC & DOJ Transition Team: TPI Aspen Breakout Session, TPI Aspen (August 2019)

Moderator, Morning Fireside Chat with FTC’s Andrew Stivers, Seventh Annual Public Policy Symposium on the Law & Economics of Privacy and Data Security (May 2019)

Moderator, Toward a New Baseline Privacy Law: Harmonizing the GDPR, California, and the FTC, Privacy + Security Forum (April 2019)

Speaker, Social Media and Influencer Marketing: How FTC Guidance and Settlements Are Influencing Social Media Engagement, Venable LLP Advertising Law Boot Camp and Symposium (April 2019)

Interviewer, Fireside Chat with FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, Federal Trade Commission, Federalist Society (March 2019)

Speaker, Know Yourself: Networking in the Digital Age, WICT DC/Baltimore Chapter (February 2019)

Recent articles include:

SCOTUS Preview: Axon v. FTC, Federalist Society (October 2022)

FTC Launches Commercial Surveillance Rulemaking, Truth on the Market (August 2022)

The FTC Heads for Legal Trouble, Wall Street Journal (August 2022)