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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.

Stephen W. Fackler is a partner in the firm’s Palo Alto and New York offices, and a member of Gibson Dunn’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group. Stephen has thirty-nine years of experience nationwide advising public and private companies, private equity funds and boards of directors on compensation and benefits matters. He also regularly advises senior executives on their employment and severance arrangements, and directors in connection with compensation and indemnification arrangements.

His practice focuses on:

Designing and negotiating executive and director compensation arrangements.
Designing and implementing stock and other incentive plans.
Advising public company clients, their boards of directors and compensation committees on corporate governance and legal compliance involving a comprehensive range of compensation plans and arrangements.
Advising companies, boards and management teams on compensation and benefits in mergers and acquisitions.
Advising on deferred compensation plans, employee stock ownership plans, 401(k) plans, other types of retirement plans, health and welfare plans and fringe benefits.

Stephen serves as Chair of the Certification Council for the Certified Equity Professional Institute, the leading certification program in the United States for stock plan professionals. He also serves as outside counsel for the Global Equity Organization, the leading international trade association for stock plan professionals.

Stephen received his law degree from Stanford University in 1984. He earned an Honours B.A. from St. Johns’ College, Oxford University in 1981. He completed his undergraduate education at Harvard University where he received an A.B., magna cum laude in History in 1979 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Stephen has been selected by Chambers and Partners as a Leading Employee Benefits Lawyer each year since 2006 (the first year in which the category was included) in its publication “America’s Leading Business Lawyers”, and has been ranked in Band 1 (the highest band) for the last few years. He was named a ‘Leading US Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Lawyer’ by The Legal 500 in its inaugural 2007 and subsequent editions. He has been honored as one of the Top 20 Most Powerful Lawyers for Employee Benefits and ERISA in Human Resource Executive magazine and Lawdragon regularly since 2012. Stephen has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©, Top Attorneys in Northern California and Northern California Super Lawyers.

Dora Arash is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. Her practice concentrates on federal income tax planning for corporations and partnerships. She has advised clients on the tax consequences of partnership and corporate formations, taxable stock and asset acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, public and private offerings of stock and debt, spin-offs, and joint ventures. She has also represented clients in a variety of tax controversy matters, including matters before the Appeals Division of the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Before joining Gibson Dunn in 1997, Dora served as attorney-advisor to the Honorable Carolyn P. Chiechi of the United States Tax Court.

Dora received an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1995. She received a J.D., magna cum laude, from the Pepperdine University School of Law in 1994, where she served as associate editor of the Pepperdine Law Review, and she received a B.S., magna cum laude, from California State University, Northridge in 1991.

Dora was selected as a ranked lawyer in the 2020 – 2025 editions of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and named one of The Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law in the 2024 – 2025 editions.

Tilly Higgs is an English-qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn, and a member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice group.

She has experience across a broad range of commercial litigation, international arbitration, and regulatory investigations. She recently returned from a secondment with a major tech client, reflecting a key area of focus in her practice. Tilly also advises on ESG and business and human rights matters. In addition, she maintains an active pro bono practice and serves on the firm’s London Pro Bono Committee.

Tilly trained at Gibson Dunn and holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Bristol.

Nate Hancock is an associate in the Los Angeles office. He is a member of the Technology Transactions and Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Groups and has been recognized as a recommended lawyer for TMT by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. He regularly advises clients throughout the United States, APAC, and the Middle East on corporate and commercial transactions, privacy and cybersecurity, product counseling, commercial intellectual property matters, and other digital transformation projects in a wide range of industries, including the information technology, TMT, automotive, energy, fashion, and food and hospitality sectors.

His experience includes representing clients in complex domestic and international technology and commercial matters, including in the areas of information technology and business process outsourcing, software-as-a-service, technology development and procurement, product manufacturing and supply, and software development and maintenance. He also represents clients on legal and business issues relating to patents, trademarks, software, and other technologies, such as the metaverse.

Nate also regularly advises clients on sophisticated cross-border digital infrastructure M&A and joint venture transactions. This includes advising clients with regards to telecommunication tower and data center transactions and related commercial contracts, including master services, master lease, and build-to-suit agreements. He also evaluates complex intellectual property and technology issues that arise in general corporate transactions.

Nate earned his law degree in 2016 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he graduated cum laude. During law school, he co-founded the Penn Law Public Speaking Society and represented nonprofit organizations through the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic. Nate also earned a Master of Laws in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law from the Faculty of Law – University of Hong Kong, where he graduated with distinction and was awarded the Asian Patent Attorneys Association Prize in Intellectual Property Law, conferred to the student who achieved the best overall performance in the degree. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 2013, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies. Prior to returning to the firm, Nate was an associate in the Technology Transactions group of a leading international law firm in Denver.

A member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Nate is admitted to practice in Colorado and California.

Duncan Hamilton is a tax associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn.

He earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University where he was a recipient of the Dean’s Scholarship. While attending law school, he served as Articles Editor of the Brigham Young University Law Review and was a research assistant for Professor Gladriel Shobe. His academic performance led to his election to the Order of the Coif. He concurrently graduated with a Master of Accountancy from the Marriott School of Business.

Duncan is admitted to practice in the State of Texas.

Blake Hoerster is an associate in the Tax Practice Group in Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office. Her practice focuses on the federal income taxation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Blake has experience with a broad range of tax matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, restructurings, and financing transactions. Blake also has experience in structuring, negotiating, and drafting complex joint venture agreements.

Blake graduated from The University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 2018 and received a B.A. in History and a B.S.B.A in Accounting from The University of Tulsa in 2009.

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

David Horton is a tax associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn.

David received his Juris Doctor in 2020 from Boston University School of Law, where he graduated summa cum laude. During law school, David was the recipient of Dean’s Awards for achieving the highest grade in courses concerning corporate taxation, corporate law, evidence law, civil procedure, and property. He was also awarded a Dean’s scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship.

David earned his Bachelor of Arts in Piano Performance and Music Theory from the New England Conservatory of Music in 2017. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, David was an associate in global law firm’s tax practice from 2020 to 2022.

David is admitted to practice in the state of New York and the state of California.

Lucy Hong is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.

Lucy received her Juris Doctor, with high honors, in 2020 from Emory University School of Law, where she served as a Notes and Comments Editor for the Emory Law Journal. Lucy received her Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, summa cum laude, from Southern Methodist University in 2017. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she was an Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation associate at a top law firm in Dallas.

Lucy is admitted to practice in the State of Texas.

Meghan Hungate is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Technology Transactions Practice Group.

Meghan represents both public and private companies and financial sponsors in connection with complex intellectual property and technology transactions issues relating to outsourcing arrangements, corporate mergers and acquisitions, venture and private equity investments, global branding, and the development, acquisition, licensing and exploitation of intellectual property. She regularly counsels clients across a range of industries including software, high-technology, energy, media, pharmaceuticals, and finance, and has significant experience in negotiating and documenting intellectual property and information technology representations and warranties, transitional services and licensing agreements, collaboration agreements and joint venture arrangements.

She has been recognized as “One to Watch” by The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Intellectual Property Law and consistently named in the Super Lawyers New York Metro “Rising Stars” list since 2013.

Meghan received her Juris Doctor in 2009 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an associate editor of the Journal of Constitutional Law. She received her Bachelor of Arts in German and Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross in 2003.

She is admitted to practice in the State of New York, and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Meghan is also a member of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.

Evan Gusler is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group.

He received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2014, where he was a Kent Scholar. Evan received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan in 2011.

His practice focuses on domestic and international tax planning for corporations, partnerships, REITs, and investment funds and their investors. He advises leading public and private real estate investment firms and institutional investors on a wide variety of U.S. federal income tax matters, including in connection with the formation, acquisition and disposition of REITs, structuring debt and equity investments, leasing, joint ventures, recapitalizations, and investor-level tax planning. Evan also represents many global investment fund managers and their investors in fund formation and M&A matters and sponsor-level transactions. He has significant experience advising clients on New York State and New York City tax matters, including real estate transfer tax.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn in 2018, Evan was an associate in the Tax Practice at a leading international law firm.

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

Eli Balsam is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s New York office. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation department, where he focuses on intellectual property and technology cases.

Eli has litigated patent cases across the country from pre-suit diligence through trial and appeal. He has played a key role in matters involving smartphones, wearables, biometrics, encryption, location-based services, routing and other network technologies, e-commerce, semiconductors, integrated circuits, and mechanical devices. He also has experience with Federal Circuit appeals, PTAB proceedings, advising clients on intellectual property issues in corporate transactions, and drafting amicus briefs in the Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.

Aside from his intellectual property work, Eli maintains an active pro bono practice. Notably, he represented a Sing Sing Correctional Facility prisoner in a constitutional rights case in the Southern District of New York, securing a favorable settlement on the eve of trial.

Eli earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2019 and his B.A. in mathematics, cum laude, from Yeshiva University in 2016. While in law school, Eli interned at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, helped prepare an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, and represented prisoners in disciplinary and parole proceedings through the Prison Legal Assistance Project. He also served as an Article Editor on the Harvard Environmental Law Review and as a Team Captain and Oralist in the Ames Moot Court Competition.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Eli clerked for the Honorable Ralph K. Winter on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and practiced patent litigation at Desmarais LLP. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Aleksandar Genov is an English qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group.

He advises clients on a broad range of domestic and cross-border tax matters, including in relation to mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate reorganisations, real estate, corporate finance, and capital markets. Aleksandar also has experience assisting clients with UK tax authority enquiries.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he was an associate in the London office of another global law firm and spent time on secondment in Ardian.

Eva Gao is a tax associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn.

Eva received her Juris Doctor in 2023 from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude. She earned her Master of Laws from Columbia Law School and her Bachelor of Laws from Fudan University. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Eva was an associate in the Tax Group at a global corporate and commercial law firm in New York.

Eva is admitted to practice in the state of New York and the state of California.

Bridget English is of counsel in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group.

Bridget is an experienced tax adviser with a broad practice. She advises on a wide range of domestic and cross-border matters, including in relation to mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate reorganisations, real estate, corporate finance and capital markets.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she was an associate in the London office of another global law firm.

Bridget is a member of the firm’s global Associate Committee and the London office’s Diversity, Talent & Inclusion Committee.

Ata Dinlenc is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Power and Renewables Practice Group. He is an experienced counselor to clients across a variety of transactional and commercial matters, with a focus on capital-intensive projects.

Ata advises clients on acquisitions & divestitures, joint-ventures, tiered equity investments, energy tax credit monetization, commodity price hedging and offtake contracts, and other commercial contracts involving energy infrastructure projects and other closely-held companies. He also advises borrowers and lenders, including both commercial banks and non-bank financial institutions such as private equity firms and other specialty lenders, in a range of financings, including project financings and mezzanine loans. Ata has been recommended by Legal 500 (2013) for his experience in the project finance area.

He applies his decades of experience and industry knowledge to a range of M&A, financing and commercial issues facing clients to facilitate innovative structuring on complex transactions.

His recent experience includes representing AIP, a Danish investment fund, in its investment in the Little Bear 160 MWac solar project in California and in the Prospero 300 MWac solar project in Texas and representing a subsidiary of The Carlyle Group in the sale of an interest in a 600 MW gas-fired power project.

Ata has been a panel moderator at numerous energy-sector conferences and is the author of “Financing Renewable Energy Projects: An Inflection Point?,” Infrastructure Journal, January 6, 2009.

He received his Juris Doctor in 1997 from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a Notes & Articles Editor on the Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal. Ata earned his Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (with a concentration in Economics) from Johns Hopkins University in 1993.

Representative recent transactions:

Represented Talen Energy in its negotiation and documentation of power purchase agreements for up to 650 MW of capacity from its Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania with adjacent behind-the-meter data centers.
Representing Clearway Energy in the acquisition of a 136 MW operating wind power project and related new offtake agreement.
Advising Berkshire Hathaway Energy in the development of the Ravenswood solar project in West Virginia and related power offtake arrangements with an adjacent titanium production facility.
Advising Berkshire Hathaway Energy as tax equity investor in the 184 MW Lockett and 122 MW Elbow Creek wind power projects in Texas in connection with new power purchase agreements with behind-the-meter data centers at each project.
Representing the sponsors of a planned 683 MWdc solar power project in Texas in connection with the negotiation and documentation of various power purchase agreements.
Representing Danish investment fund AIP Management in its upstream equity investments and related mezzanine debt financing in:
- the Victory Pass and Arica solar and battery storage projects in California;
- the 379MWdc Prospero 1 solar power project in Texas;
- the 215MWdc Little Bear solar power project in California;
- the Garland and Tranquility solar and battery storage projects in California; bids for large solar power portfolios in the U.S. offered by EDP Renewables, EDF and D.E. Shaw & Co. and related negotiations
Advising Berkshire Hathaway Energy as investor in billions of dollars of investment in over two dozen well-publicized utility-scale renewable energy projects in California, Texas and other U.S. states in recent years, including those sponsored by Lincoln Clean Energy, Innergex (f/k/a Alterra Power Corp.), Blackrock, Invenergy, Ares Capital, Longroad Energy, and Clearway; as well as the acquisitions of the Santa Rita wind project and Agua Caliente solar project.
Advised Global Infrastructure Partners on the $1.4 billion acquisition of MAP RE/ES, the renewable energy business of MAP Energy, which develops and owns portfolios of royalty-producing interests in renewable power projects. The acquired assets include more than 1.6 gigawatts of operating wind and solar projects in the U.S.
Represented Terna Energy, a Europe-based independent power project developer, in its acquisition, development and financing (tax equity and tiered debt) of several large utility-scale wind energy project in Texas and in its related power price hedging arrangements.
Represented Vistra Energy in its acquisitions of development-stage power project companies.
Represented an affiliate of Softbank Energy, a member of the Softbank group of companies, in its acquisition of a portfolio of U.S. utility-scale solar power projects with a combined capacity of more than 1.7 gigawatts and in related project financings.
Represented The Carlyle Group in the sale of interests in the Sandersville 640 MW gas-fired power project in Georgia.
Represented PacifCorp, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, in its acquisitions of several development-stage wind power projects in Montana and Wyoming from Invenergy.
Representing Orion Renewables, a U.S. power project development company, in the sale of various development-stage renewable energy projects.
Represented Korean banks as lenders in their $325 million secured term loan refinancing of a U.S. coal mining company.
Represented a Europe-based utility company in its potential acquisition of an electricity transmission system in the U.S.
Represented Sempra Energy as strategic investor in its potential acquisition of a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project in Peru.
Represented a major international commercial bank in its planned construction debt financing of two 60 MW gas-fired power projects in Argentina.
Represented a Japanese conglomerate in its equity sponsorship of a solar power project in Chile.
Represented a municipal electric company in Texas in its $200+ million equipment and construction services procurement contracts for a planned gas-fired power project.

Trinh Chubbock is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group.

Trinh is an energy specialist focusing on project developments, M&A transactions, and commercial contracts. She has a broad practice covering the full energy value chain from upstream oil and gas to downstream sectors. She also focuses on renewable energy and energy transition.

Trinh largely covers projects and transaction in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Trinh spent 2.5 years working in Abu Dhabi before relocating back to London.

Trinh is described by The Legal 500 UK 2025 as “a commercially aware lawyer, who combines deep legal understanding and commercial aspects in her advice.” She has been recognized by The Legal 500 UK 2025 for Oil and Gas, Power and Renewables.

Trinh received her Bachelor of Arts from Boston College in Massachusetts USA, and she is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Selected experience*:

Energy Transition, Power and Infrastructure

An industrial gases company in relation to the development of an air separation unit and the supply of industrial gases in connection with a low carbon hydrogen production project, including advising on energy transition regulation and subsidy arrangements.
Mezzanine lenders on the power supply and grid connection arrangements in connection with a data center development in the UK.
KKR on its landmark investment in Gulf Data Hub, one of the Middle East’s largest independent data center platforms.
BOC, a Linde company, on operations and maintenance arrangements in connection with the proposed H2H Saltend low carbon hydrogen production project involving a 600-megawatt low carbon hydrogen production plant with carbon capture.
The Nature Conservancy in respect of general training on renewable power project developments and related project documentation.
An infrastructure fund on a proposed acquisition of a UK-based pre-combustion carbon-capture technology business.
Hydro REIN on its successful acquisition of an 80% stake in a 2.4 GW portfolio of 25 early phase wind power projects in Sweden and Norway from IOWN Energy, together with the shareholders and the project development arrangements
Hydro REIN in connection with behind-the-meter energy solutions to industrial customers, including solar power generation, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and other energy efficiency solutions in Norway, Sweden, Canada and Germany.
Itochu Corporation on the proposed acquisition of a 50% interest in Marchwood, an 840 MW CCGT power station in Southampton, United Kingdom.
Itochu Corporation on the acquisition of a 33.33% interest in T-Power, a CCGT power station in Belgium, together with the transfer of operatorship.

Downstream oil and gas

A US oil and gas company in relation to joint venture or other commercial arrangements relating to manufacturing and marketing of certain refined products.
The Dow Chemical Company on the $10.5 billion financial and commercial restructuring of its joint venture with Saudi Aramco in relation to the $20 billion world-scale integrated Sadara chemicals complex in Saudi Arabia. Awarded MENA Petrochemicals Deal of the Year at the IJGlobal Awards, 2021.
The Dow Chemical Company in respect of its joint venture interest in the Saudi Acrylic Monomer Company in relation to certain petrochemical manufacturing plants.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on its successful sale of a minority interest in ADNOC’s refinery business to OMV and ENI where the business was valued at c. $19bn, involving new joint venture arrangements, development of contractual arrangements for a new trading platform and the carve-out of a fully integrated refinery business which included, among other things, new and re-negotiated arms-length contractual arrangements in respect of feedstock and raw material supply agreements, site supply and services agreements and offtake and marketing arrangements.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on a joint venture with OCI N.V. to create the largest export-focused nitrogen fertilizer platform globally and the largest producer in the MENA region, involving new joint venture arrangements and the carve-out of a fully integrated ammonia business which included, among other things, new and re-negotiated arms-length contractual arrangements in respect of feedstock and raw material supply agreements, site supply and services agreements and offtake and marketing arrangements.
Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company on its successful disposal of two industrial waste treatment plants in Al Ruwais Industrial City, UAE to a consortium of Veolia, ADQ and Vision Invest, involving new joint venture arrangements and the carve-out of a fully integrated industrial waste business which included, among other things, new and re-negotiated arms-length contractual arrangements in respect of site supply and services agreements and waste management and disposal agreements.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on the proposed joint venture with CEPSA for the development of a new, world-scale linear alkylbenzene (LAB) facility in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.
Petrochemical Industries Company KSC on the proposed 50:50 joint venture with Pembina Pipeline Corporation for the development of an integrated polypropylene facility in Alberta, Canada.

Upstream oil and gas

Gulf Keystone Petroleum in respect of its upstream operating interest in the Shaikan Field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
A US private equity in respect of proposed farm-ins and virtual ownership structures in connection with upstream oil and gas interests in Oman.
A supermajor in respect of its significant upstream interest in Kazakhstan, including its joint venture arrangements with its IOC and SOE joint venturers.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on multiple long-term government to government gas sales agreements and related pipeline transportation arrangements.
Tullow Oil plc on the proposed Banda gas to power project development in Mauritania, advising all aspects of the project including upstream arrangements, long-term gas sales arrangement and the proposed World Bank partial risk guarantee.
Tullow Oil plc on the proposed Kudu gas to power project development in Namibia, advising on the World Bank partial risk guarantee.
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) on the Takoradi LNG to power project in the Republic of Ghana, advising GNPC as offtaker on the project development of a floating storage and regasification unit.
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) on the Tema LNG to power project in the Republic of Ghana, advising GNPC as offtaker on the project development of a floating storage and regasification unit, including advising on multilateral project credit support.
South Atlantic Petroleum Limited on its successful acquisition of certain oil and gas interests in the Mozambique Channel from Roc Oil Company Limited.
Mitsui Middle East E&P on the acquisition of the Western Desert upstream interests in Egypt.
EnQuest plc on the merger of assets of Lundin Petroleum AB and Petrofac Limited in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf and the subsequent IPO of the shares of EnQuest plc on the London Stock Exchange.

*Includes matters prior to joining Gibson Dunn

Brady A. Blouin is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group.

He earned his Juris Doctor in 2024, with Highest Honors, from the George Washington University Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.

Brady is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

Alison Beal is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Technology Transactions Practice Group and its Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Group.

Admitted to practice in multiple jurisdictions, Alison has extensive international experience and capability in complex commercial transactions for clients based in Europe, U.S., and APAC, focusing on new technologies, R&D collaborations and externalisations, ITO, BPO, telecommunications, strategic alliances and the re-negotiation and exit of those transactions.

Alison focuses on structuring, negotiating, and documenting large-scale and global information technology and business process outsourcing transactions and other commercial and technology related transactions. She also regularly advises clients on intellectual property and information technology issues in connection with corporate transactions, including private equity representations, mergers and acquisitions and distressed acquisitions.

She is recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2024 for IT and Telecoms.

Selected experience:*

A telecommunications company on the implementation of a new global IT sourcing strategy and a series of resulting global transactions;
A pharmaceutical company on several global R&D outsourcing collaborations;
A supplier in relation to IT and BPO outsourcings in the insurance industry;
A global advertising company on various cloud services agreements, ITOs, BPOs, reseller and consulting services;
Various UK and European banks on critical IT and BPO transactions;
A potential purchaser on the IT and IP aspects of assets and shares of a group in administration; and
A private equity firm on the IT and IP aspects of various acquisitions.

*Some of these representations occurred prior to Alison’s association with Gibson Dunn.