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Lilit Voskanyan is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups. Lilit’s practice focuses on representing private equity funds, their portfolio companies and other private companies in a wide variety of matters, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, recapitalizations, going private transactions, minority investments, corporate governance, fiduciary duties, employment and equity incentive arrangements, and general corporate matters.

Lilit’s representative private equity clients include Sumeru Equity Partners, K1 Investment Management, Francisco Partners, Vector Capital, Vitruvian Partners, and Luminate Capital Partners. Representative transactions include:

Acquisition of Ceros by Sumeru Equity Partners
Acquisition of Digital Reasoning by Smarsh, a portfolio company of K1 Investment Management
Joint investment into Granicus by K1 Investment Management, Harvest Partners and Vista Equity Partners
Acquisition of GoGuardian, a portfolio company of Sumeru Equity Partners; recapitalization of GoGuardian; and add-on acquisition of Pear Deck
Strategic investment in Rethink Health, a portfolio company of K1 Investment Management, by Optum Ventures, an affiliate of UnitedHealth
Sale of Buildium, a portfolio company of K1 Investment Management and Sumeru Equity Partners, to RealPage
Acquisition of Telesoft by Sumeru Equity Partners; add-on acquisition of MDSL; and sale and rollover into a combined company comprising MDSL/Telesoft and Calero Software co-owned by Oak Street Partners and Riverside Partners
Sale of Cybera, a portfolio company of Sumeru Equity Partners, to PDI, a portfolio company of Insight Partners and TA Associates
Acquisition of 3GTMS by Sumeru Equity Partners and add-on acquisition of PaceJet
Acquisition and recapitalization of Azuga, a portfolio company of Sumeru Equity Partners
Acquisition of Chrome River Technologies by K1 Investment Management and combination with its portfolio company Certify at a combined valuation of over $1 billion
Acquisition of Civitas Learning by Francisco Partners
Recapitalization of GoodRx by Francisco Partners and Spectrum Equity and strategic investment in GoodRx by Silver Lake Partners at a valuation of $2.8 billion
Acquisition of Practice Insight by eSolutions, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners
Minority investment by Francisco Partners in CoverMyMeds and subsequent sale to McKesson at a valuation of $1.4 billion
Acquisition of myON by Francisco Partners and subsequent sale to Renaissance Learning
Acquisition of Renaissance Learning by Francisco Partners
Acquisition of NMI by Francisco Partners
Acquisition of Discovery Education by Francisco Partners
Acquisition of Sandvine by Procera, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners
Minority investment by Sumeru Equity Partners in Snow Software, a portfolio company of Vitruvian Partners
Minority investment by Sumeru Equity Partners in Kyriba and its subsequent sale to Bridgepoint Capital at a valuation of $1.2 billion
Pre-IPO investment in Oak Street Health by several financial institutions led by Fidelity Management
Sale of minority interest in Orangetheory by its founders to Roark Capital
Sale of Cyclebar by its founders to TPG Growth

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Lilit was a partner at another international law firm and her representative transactions include the transactions she led there.

Lilit earned her Juris Doctor from The University of Chicago Law School with honors where she served on The University of Chicago Law Review. Lilit received a degree in Master of Comparative Legal Studies from the American University of Armenia where she was awarded the Vartkess M. Balian Merit Award given annually to a student with the best overall academic performance. Lilit also holds a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts from Yerevan State University, Armenia, with honors.

Lilit is a member of the California Bar and the New York Bar.

Emad H. Khalil is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. His practice focuses on U.S. and cross-border investments and co-investments, acquisitions, dispositions, and joint ventures, as well as related financings (including Islamic finance) and restructurings. His representations include control, minority and preferred equity investments; and asset-level construction, development, and operation.

Emad regularly represents strategic, infrastructure fund and private equity clients in the renewable power, infrastructure, oil and gas, energy transition, and healthcare sectors. He also represents issuers and investors in connection with venture capital and growth equity investments in a broad range of sectors. He has represented clients throughout the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Emad was born in Cairo, Egypt, and raised in New York City. In addition to New York, he has lived and worked in Singapore and Dubai. He is also fluent in Arabic.

He received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1990 and his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1987. He is admitted to practice in New York.

Selected Representations:

Abdul Latif Jameel: Venture capital, growth equity and LP investments in numerous sectors, including nuclear fusion, crypto, electric vehicles and biotech.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC): Represented ADNOC in its first strategic investment in the U.S. – the acquisition of a 11.7% stake from Global Infrastructure Partners in Phase 1 (Trains 1-3) of NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project located in Texas, and entry into a 20-year LNG offtake agreement between ADNOC and RGLNG from Train 4.
Arcapita: Represented Bahrain-based private equity firm Arcapita as debtor in the first-ever U.S. bankruptcy court debtor in possession sharia financing; and first-ever U.S. bankruptcy court sharia exit financing.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy: Acquisition of the 550 MW Topaz solar power project in California.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy: Advise on numerous tax equity financings, including for the 298 MW Kingfisher wind power project in Oklahoma, the 419 MW Mesquite Star wind farm in Texas, and the 161 MW Wildorado wind farm in Texas.
Blue Planet Funding: Advise on the development and financing of the 683 MW Dawn Solar project in Texas.
Bonneville Environmental Foundation: Advise on the proposed development and financing of the 65 MW Tacoma Green Hydrogen project.
Brookfield Renewable and Stonepeak: Up to $1 billion investment in InterEnergy Group Ltd., a leading power developer and operator in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC: Advise on operations at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina.
Confidential Client: Represent Committee of the Board of Directors of a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) company.
Confidential Client: Represent private equity client in connection with the acquisition of a pharmaceutical distribution company in the Middle East.
Confidential Client: Growth capital investment in European autonomous electric vehicle company.
Confidential Client: Joint venture with European car dealership.
Confidential Client: Joint venture with Asian electric car manufacturer.
Confidential Client: Represent European company in the acquisition of a U.S. water treatment company.
Confidential Client: Advise on proposed bid for Global Container Terminals’ operations in Staten Island in New York and Bayonne in New Jersey.
Confidential Client: Advise European Infrastructure Fund on their bid for North Carolina-based solar and storage developer Cypress Creek Renewables.
Cullgen Inc.: $40 million financing for San Diego, CA and Shanghai, China-based biotechnology company developing small molecule therapeutics.
EDBI (Venture arm of the Singapore Government): Numerous biotech venture investments including into CombinatoRx, ES Cell International, Fluidigm, Idenix, Ivantis, MerlionPharma, Paradigm Therapeutics, and Vanda Pharmaceuticals.
Gateway Terminals, LLC: Advise on operations at the Port of Savannah Georgia.
Gilead Sciences: Advise on the procurement of fuel cell power from Bloom Energy.
Government of Barbados: Advise on implementing the Barbados National Energy Policy goal of 100% renewable energy and a carbon neutral island- state by 2030, including unbundling of the power sector and developing new licenses for generation, energy storage, transmission/distribution and supply, and system operator.
Heights Legacy LLC: Venture capital investment in Blockskye Inc. which provides inventory booking, payment, expense, authorization, and settlement solutions for enterprise travel and procurement enabled by blockchain.
I Squared Capital: Co-investments for $1.3 billion acquisition of IC Power’s Latin American and Caribbean power portfolio from Kenon Holdings Ltd.
I Squared Capital: Co-investments for $1.2 billion acquisition from Duke Energy of a portfolio of hydroelectric and natural gas generation plants, transmission infrastructure and natural gas processing facilities, totaling 2,300 MW in Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Argentina.
I Squared Capital: Co-investments for $1.9 billion acquisition of Hong Kong fixed-line business Hutchinson Global Communications.
Limetree Bay Ventures: Advise on the proposed out-of-court restructuring of the contractual and financial arrangements for this refinery located in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Inc.: Representation of NYNJ Link (controlled Macquarie vehicle) in connection with its successful bid to demolish the existing Goethals Bridge connecting Staten Island, New York with Elizabeth, New Jersey, and to obtain a 35-year concession from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, its over $1 billion equity and debt financing, and its construction, operation and maintenance of the replacement Goethals Bridge.
SB Energy (SoftBank Group Corp.’s U.S.-based solar and storage platform): Represent SB Energy in connection with its joint venture with Intersect Power, its financing and construction of utility-scale projects, its negotiation of a senior revolving credit facility and its acquisition of five U.S. solar power plants with a combined capacity of more than 1.7 GW from Intersect Power.
SMC Infrastructure Partners: Acquisition and debt and equity financing of Miami, FL-based infrastructure paving contractor General Asphalt a leader in specialized infrastructure construction and maintenance in South Florida, with a specific focus on the aviation surface subsector.
SMC Infrastructure Partners: Acquisition and debt and equity financing of Fort Lauderdale, FL-based Hypower, LLC, a critical infrastructure electrical contractor focused on serving owners and operators of aviation, electrification, energy transition, telecom, and transportation assets.
VIelectron: Advise on the development and financing of five solar power and related battery storage projects in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Jakob Egle is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn. Jakob is a member of the Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Practice Groups.

Jakob regularly advises on a wide range of private equity, corporate, and M&A transactions in Europe, with a particular focus on leveraged buyouts, growth capital investments, divestitures, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, and management equity plans.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Jakob was an associate in the private equity practice of another international law firm and spent time on secondment at The Blackstone Group and Goldman Sachs International.

Selected experience:*

KKR on its majority acquisition of Biosynth Carbosynth, a Swiss life sciences reagents and custom synthesis and manufacturing services company.
KKR on its initial investment and follow-on investment in KnowBe4, a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform provider, with participation from TenEleven Ventures.
KKR on its investment in Feedzai, a leading cloud-based financial risk management platform.
KKR on its investment in Nordic Bioscience, a Danish biomarker development company.
Blackstone on its €2.2 billion acquisition of Cirsa Gaming Corporation SA, a Spanish gambling operator active across Spain, Italy and Latin America.
Goldman Sachs Private Capital on its investments in DocPlanner Group, an international healthcare booking platform provider.
KKR on its acquisition of Argenta, a leading animal pharmaceutical research and manufacturing company.

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

Wendy Cai is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, practicing in the Intellectual Property and International Arbitration practice groups. Her practice focuses on patent litigation and international arbitration in a wide range of fields, including telecommunications, software, green energy, security networks, robotics, logistics, semiconductor devices, consumer electronics, and pharmaceuticals.

Wendy has experience in all phases of litigation and arbitration, from pre-suit diligence to appeal, including managing discovery, taking and defending depositions, working with experts, drafting dispositive motions, arguing discovery motions and Markman hearings, conducting direct and cross-examination of fact and expert witnesses at trial, and pre- and post-trial motions. She has experience handling disputes in federal courts and the ITC, and also has represented clients in a variety of international arbitration proceedings, including those before the ICSID, ICC, LCIA, SCC, and SIAC.

Representative patent litigation matters:

Represented Indeed against Flexiworld, where plaintiff asserted 4 patents related to data mining and matching technology. Won a motion to dismiss with a first-of-its-kind ruling by Judge Albright, who found all four patents ineligible and dismissed the case with prejudice prior to claim construction and discovery.
Represented SharkNinja in a series of patent infringement cases against competitor Dyson, including asserting a declaratory judgment case on one patent regarding hair styler technology in the District of Massachusetts, asserting eight patents against Dyson relating to vacuum technology in the District of Massachusetts, asserting five patents against Dyson in the ITC, and coordinating strategy on related hair styler litigations against Dyson in Germany, France, UK, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Australia, and China. Obtained very favorable settlement immediately preceding the ITC trial against Dyson.
Represented SharkNinja before the ITC against competitor iRobot, resulting in a no violation determination for 4 of the 5 patents asserted and a limited exclusion order for a single obsolete feature in a discontinued product.
Represented Rheem against competitor A.O. Smith, where plaintiff asserted patents related to water heater technology. Obtained very favorable settlement.
Represented Cisco against Lionra in a patent infringement case in the Eastern District of Texas. Won dismissal of a patent after securing a favorable claim construction order.
Represented AT&T in a patent infringement case where plaintiff Sol IP asserted 27 patents against LTE and WiFi technologies, with case settling favorably.
Represented Apple against Geoscope, where plaintiff asserted 6 patents related to geolocation technology. Won dismissal of all patents.

Representative international arbitration matters:

Successfully defended an electronics company in a SIAC arbitration against a multi-hundred million dollar claim brought under a patent license agreement.
Successfully defended and secured complete victory on behalf of an aluminum company in SCC arbitration concerning disputes related to a power purchase agreement.
Successfully represented a multi-national logistics company in a multi-hundred million dollar claim in an investment treaty arbitration.

She received her Juris Doctor in 2018 from Columbia Law School, where she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and the student Editor-in-Chief of the American Review of International Arbitration. She represented Columbia in every round of the 24th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and placed third out of 300+ teams. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology with distinction in the major from Yale University in 2015.

Wendy is admitted to practice in the State of New York, District of Columbia, and before the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of Texas.

She is the co-author of “Principles of Evidence in Public International Law as Applied by Investor-State Tribunals: Burden and Standard of Proof”, Brill Publications (January 2019) and is the first-author of a publication for the Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry journal.

William L. Wortmann is of counsel in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Groups and focuses on public company equity and debt capital market transactions, including both public offerings and private placements. He regularly advises clients and their boards of directors on SEC reporting and related securities law, corporate governance, and regulatory issues.

Bill has worked on over 20 IPOs, several of which were among the largest in the country that year, and valued in excess of $1 billion. In addition, he advises clients on securities law and disclosure matters in merger and acquisition transactions, including going private and public deals, as well as private equity and venture capital transactions. Bill also has an active pro bono practice, advising non-profit organizations on formation and corporate governance matters. Bill served as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center where he taught Securities Regulation for eight years.

Bill earned a J.D. degree magna cum laude in 2002 from the University of Minnesota, School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an Articles Editor of the Minnesota Journal of Global Trade. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998 from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Nicola is an associate in the Hong Kong office. She is a member of the firm’s global Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Group.

Nicola has experience in dealing with a broad range of technology transactions and commercial matters, including technology integration, outsourcing, electronic payment, telecoms licensing, data privacy and related regulatory matters. She also has experience in advising on cross-border corporate transactions, representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Nicola was an associate at another international law firm based in Hong Kong. Nicola is admitted to practice in both Hong Kong and England and Wales. She is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Michael Weinberger is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Michael is a member of the Real Estate practice group. His practice focuses on real estate law, with a particular focus on real estate finance, including CMBS, mortgage, mezzanine, and construction loan originations, restructurings, syndications, and secondary market transactions.

He regularly represents major institutional lenders and borrowers in complex transactions involving hotels, shopping centers, office buildings, multifamily properties, industrial properties, life science centers, data centers, storage facilities, casinos, condominiums, and other property types.

Chambers notes that Michael is “one of best lender side lawyers,” a “go-to source of knowledge on complex and arcane legal issues,” and “incredibly responsive and commercial,” also noting that “Michael is so focused on the deal and the important matters – he keeps it all relevant and extremely targeted for the client.”

Michael has been recognized as a leading lawyer by:

The Best Lawyers in America, 2026 Lawyer of the Year for Real Estate
Chambers USA, Real Estate: Finance – New York (Band 1)
The Legal 500 U.S. “Hall of Fame” in Real Estate Finance
Lawdragon, 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers, 2024 and 2025
The Best Lawyers in America, 2018 Lawyer of the Year for Real Estate
The Legal Media Group Guide to the World’s Leading Structured Finance and Securitization Lawyers
The Legal Media Group Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers
The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate
The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, Real Estate
Who’s Who Legal, Real Estate

Highlights of Michael’s experiences includes representing:

The lenders in the financing of Blackstone’s multibillion dollar acquisition of Equity Office Properties, one of the largest real estate transactions in history.
The lenders in the financings of numerous American landmarks, including Rockefeller Center in New York City and the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower) in Chicago.
A hospitality REIT in the billion dollar financing of a portfolio of 120 hotels.
The lenders in the billion dollar acquisition financing of the CBS Studio Center film and television production studio campus in Los Angeles, California, as well as in several billion dollars of financings of other movie and television studio properties in the United States and Canada.
The borrower in the $2.4 billion financing of the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, the most valuable mall in the United States.
The lender in the $1.75 billion financing of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.
The lenders in the mortgage and mezzanine financing of Blackstone’s multibillion dollar acquisition of Strategic Hotels & Resorts.
A Mexican bank, as lender, in numerous bridge and construction loans, financing luxury multifamily, hotel, and mixed-use projects.
A private equity fund, both as borrower and lender, in financings involving high-end resorts and recreation facilities.

Michael received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, where he was Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale University.

Additional relevant information about Michael:

He served as a clerk for the Honorable Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Michael is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
He is proficient in Hebrew.

Jesse Sharf is a partner in the Century City office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is Co-Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. His real estate practice experience includes extensive representation of all types of investors, lenders and developers. On the lender side, Jesse represents mezzanine lenders, construction lenders, CMBS lenders, and portfolio lenders in workouts, whole loan sales, syndications and participations, foreclosures and other enforcement actions, construction lending, mezzanine lending, CMBS lending and structured finance lending transactions.

In addition, Jesse represents real estate funds, developers and institutional and non-institutional investors in all areas of real estate, including: workouts; acquisition of distressed loans and other assets; construction, permanent, securitized, mezzanine and participating financing; representations of home builders and other developers; environmental aspects of real estate transactions; loan restructuring, workouts and enforcement; all aspects of commercial development; acquisition and sale of vacant land, office buildings, apartment buildings, build to rent/single family rental portfolios, industrial and logistics properties, studios, life science and data centers, hotels, shopping centers, and other commercial and residential properties; acquisition, sale and financing of loan portfolios; forming and representing limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships and joint ventures; sale-leaseback transactions; representation of REIT’s; commercial leasing; ground leasing and ground leasehold financing; and contractor, architect, broker and management agreements.

Currently, and for over a decade, Jesse has been recognized as a leading real estate lawyer by:

Chambers USA as a “Star Individual” and a top tier real estate lawyer in California and nationally
The Best Lawyers in America® as a Los Angeles real estate lawyer of the year in 2016 and 2024
The Best Lawyers in America® in real estate law every year since 2001
Lawdragon‘s 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers in 2024 and 2025
Legal 500, where he is ranked one of the top 10 leading real estate lawyers in the United States
Super Lawyers
Who’s Who Legal listing for Real Estate Law 2022, 2023 and 2024
Daily Journal’s Top Real Estate Lawyers, 2013
Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Angelenos to Know in Real Estate Law”

Highlights of Jesse’s experience include:

Rockpoint in the acquisition of an interest in Margaritaville Enterprises.
Rockpoint in the acquisition of interests in Starrett City.
Woodridge Capital in the acquisition, financing and re-development of Century Plaza, a $2.5 billion mixed use development.
Fortress in a co-venture with JBG Smith Properties for the acquisition of 6 office/mixed use properties in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Sixth Street Partners in a co-venture with 60 Guilders for the acquisition of 33-00 Northern Boulevard, an office/mixed use property in Queens.
Kildare Partners in the $900 million acquisition, joint venture and financing of a portfolio of shopping centers in Puerto Rico.
Rockpoint in a $1 billion single family rental and build-to-rent series joint venture with ResiBuilt Homes.
Hudson Pacific Properties in its joint venture with Blackstone to recapitalize a $1.65 billion studio and office portfolio.
Access Industries and Harridge Ventures in the acquisition and financing of Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.

Additional relevant information about Jesse includes:

Jesse received his law degree from the New York University School of Law in 1986, where he was Editor of the New York University Law Review. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history and international relations, with a minor in economics, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982.
Jesse lives in Santa Monica with his wife, Stacy, where they are occasionally visited by their three sons, their three daughters in law, and their incredibly cute and brilliant grandson, Micah, and where Stacy has apparently prevailed over and Jesse in their ongoing battle over whether to get a dog (hint: they don’t have one).
He is a member of the Real Estate and Construction Division, and a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
Jesse is former chair of (and still very active in) the Los Angeles chapter of AIPAC’s real estate division.
He is on the Board of Trustees of NYU Law School.
Jesse is on the Advisory Board for the Jewish Theological Seminary.
He is a chair of the real estate division of Make a Wish.
Jesse is on Cedars Sinai’s Board of Governors.
He is a frequent lecturer on real estate, joint venture and real estate finance.

Harry R. Silvera is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. Harry’s practice covers a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions of office, hospitality and seniors housing assets, commercial mortgage, mezzanine and construction financing (representing both borrowers and lenders), development of office, hospitality and seniors housing projects and commercial leasing.

Harry has been recognized as a leading lawyer by:

The Best Lawyers in America as a top real estate lawyer.
Lawdragon‘s 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers in 2024 and 2025.
Chambers USA for New York Real Estate. Chambers notes that Harry is “a consensus builder and one of the smartest out there,” and that he “commands respect, has an excellent bedside manner and provides steady advice on the best market solution to issues.” One client commented that “he’s one of the smartest lawyers in the city and has great initiative when it comes to pushing a deal forward and solving problems.”

He represents clients such as:

The Related Companies
RXR Realty
EOS Investors
Blackstone
Cale Street Partners
Mast Capital
Trinity Investments
Fortress Investment Group
NorthStar Healthcare Income
Fremont Realty Capital

Additional relevant information about Harry includes:

Before joining Gibson Dunn in 2014, Harry was a partner with Fried Frank, where he practiced since 1995.
Harry received his JD from Columbia University School of Law in 1995, where he was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He received his BA, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1991.
He is admitted to practice in New York.

Mike Szczurek is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. He represents funds, developers, and everything from institutional to non-institutional to individual investors in acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financings, preferred equity investments, REIT formations and sales, work-outs and restructurings in a varied set of markets and for a comprehensive array of asset types, including raw land, student housing facilities, multi-family assets, single family rental assets, hotels and resorts, stadiums, office buildings, warehouses, and/or master planned and individual industrial projects.

Mike has been recognized as a leading lawyer by:

Chambers USA for Southern California Real Estate
Lawdragon‘s 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers in 2024 and 2025
Daily Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2020
Super Lawyers Southern California’s “Rising Stars” since 2015
Law360 as a Rising Star in Real Estate in 2018
Euromoney Legal Media Group as a Rising Star in Real Estate in 2018

Representative clients include:

MSD Partners
Rockpoint Group
Fontainebleau Development
Koch Real Estate Investments
Brookfield Property Partners
BRAVO Strategies
Fortress Investment Group
The Scion Group
ProspectHill Group

Selected representative matters include:

A series of portfolio acquisitions, including asset, entity, REIT, and staged acquisitions, and financings for ~$6 billion of student housing facilities across the U.S. for a domestic operator and a variety of capital partners;
The structuring and sale of ~$250 million of REIT interests in warehouse facilities for a prominent private equity fund;
The sale of the former Hollywood Park site to entities affiliated with the Los Angeles Rams for an undisclosed sum and subsequent development work on SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California;
The acquisition, financing, and structuring of joint ventures related to ~$5 billion in full service hotels and resorts located across the U.S. for a variety of owners and operators; and
Obtaining ~$2.2 billion in mortgage and mezzanine construction debt for the ongoing construction of the Fontainebleau Las Vegas.

Additional relevant information about Mike:

Mike received his Juris Doctor in 2009 from the University of Southern California, where he served on the Executive Board for the Hale Moot Court Honors Program and received a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude from The College of New Jersey with a major in Business Administration in 2006.
He is a member of the State Bar of California and has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Mike is a frequent guest lecturer on a variety of real estate-related topics at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law.
He serves on the board of Stuart M. Ketchum Downtown YMCA.

Kim Schlanger is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Ms. Schlanger’s practice covers a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, including advising developers and investors in connection with the development, financing, acquisition and disposition of a variety of asset classes, including office buildings, multi-family developments, hotels and mixed-use projects throughout the United States. She has been involved in the development of many landmark buildings across the country.

Ms. Schlanger has been ranked as a top real estate attorney in Texas in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and was named a “Woman to Watch” in commercial real estate by GlobeSt.Com. She has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Real Estate Law. Additionally, in 2021, the editors of GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum recognized Ms. Schlanger as a “Top Individual” for their Influencers in Senior Housing series. In 2023, Who’s Who Legal recognized her as a leading individual in Real Estate. Ms. Schlanger was recognized by the Texas Lawyer as the Real Estate Attorney of the Year in 2024, and in Lawdragon‘s 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers in 2024 and 2025.

Ms. Schlanger has extensive experience in the structuring and negotiation of joint venture agreements (both single-asset and “programmatic”) for the purpose of commercial and residential real estate acquisition and development.

Ms. Schlanger’s clients include private real estate equity funds, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, corporate and individual developers and owners, REITs and other public and privately held companies investing in or using real estate.

She graduated, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2003, and is admitted in both New York and Texas. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.

Sophie Rohnke is a partner in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Consumer Protection and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Groups.

Sophie’s practice focuses on defending companies facing regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, including by the DOJ, SEC, FTC, CFPB, CFTC, and State Attorneys General, with a particular focus on clients in the technology and internet industries. Sophie also has deep expertise in conducting fast-paced, high-stakes internal investigations. In addition to her investigations expertise, Sophie has extensive experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation matters, including class actions. Recently, Sophie was recognized as one of D Magazine’s Best Lawyers Under 40.

Representative Matters:

Represented top social networking company in two nonpublic state Attorneys General investigations related to content moderation that resulted in no action.
Represented leading gig economy company in several nonpublic state Attorneys General investigations related to consumer protection issues.
Represented leading fintech company in litigation brought by Federal Trade Commission alleging deceptive and unfair practices.
Represented global consumer technology company in nonpublic CFPB investigation.
Represented leading telecommunications company in nonpublic DOJ and SEC investigation relating to cybersecurity issues.
Conducted internal investigation for international technology company regarding whistleblower allegations of financial improprieties by corporate officers.
Conducted internal investigation for the special committee to the board of a listed company regarding whistleblower allegations of misconduct by the company’s CEO, ultimately resulting in the CEO’s resignation.
Defended multinational corporation in nationwide class action alleging violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and federal antitrust laws.
Represented Keurig Dr Pepper as plaintiff in a breach-of-contract dispute against the manufacturer of Bodyarmor sports drink, including briefing of a successful motion for partial summary judgment on liability.
Represented a global financial institution in connection with government investigations of AML violations and related issues.

Sophie holds a B.A. in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Sophie is admitted in the State of Texas, the State of New York, the United States District Courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as England & Wales.

Christopher D. Belelieu is a litigation partner and first-chair trial lawyer. Chris’s practice focuses on complex and high-stakes commercial litigation disputes, representing clients across a range of industries with a particular focus on the financial services industry. Chris represents both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts, as well as in different arbitral forums. In 2024, Chris was voted a BTI Consulting Group Client Service All-Star. One client described Chris as “very sharp and very thoughtful about market changes and trends, knows what I’m focused on and tailors his interactions to that and also expands it.”

Throughout his career, Chris has represented companies such as Perella Weinberg Partners, Elliott Investment Management, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Millennium Management, certain Blackstone portfolio companies, MidOcean Partners, Motive Partners, BTG Pactual, Arlington Capital Partners, ATL Partners, Meridiam, Fifth Wall, GEICO, Amazon, SES, WeWork and Forbes.

Chris is a member of the Board of Directors for The Legal Aid Society. Chris has had a significant pro bono practice throughout his career, and has received several awards for his work, including the Commitment to Justice Award from Her Justice for his work representing a victim of domestic violence in immigration and family court proceedings (2012) and an award from The Legal Aid Society for his work litigating on behalf of homeless families with children for the provision of shelter (2007).

Chris received his law degree from the Columbia Law School where he was recognized as a James Kent Scholar, a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a recipient of the David Berger Memorial Prize in International Law. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of The Columbia Journal of European Law and as Executive Editor of The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. After graduating from law school, Chris served as a clerk for Judge Rosemary Barkett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Chris earned an A.B. summa cum laude from Georgetown University and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. At Georgetown, he was a member of the men’s varsity tennis team.

Chris is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Global Diversity Committee.

Recent Representative Experience

Trials

Lead trial counsel in a seven-week bench trial for Perella Weinberg Partners in New York state court against former members of the firm related to violations of both their contractual (including their restrictive covenants) and fiduciary duties.
Lead trial counsel in Delaware Court of Chancery trial for Samvit Ramadurgam, the co-founder of Destiny XYZ and Destiny Tech 100, a publicly-traded closed-end fund giving retail investors exposure to private start-ups, against his co-founder and other Board members for, among other things, breaches of fiduciary duty.

Securities and SPAC Litigation

Lead counsel for SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. and certain officers and directors in securities class action and shareholder derivative lawsuits related to European demand and inventory levels.
Lead counsel for Driven Brands and certain officers and directors in securities class action and shareholder derivative lawsuits related to its cash wash business and the integration of its auto glass segment.
Lead counsel for former directors and officers of Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. in Delaware Court of Chancery litigation related to de-SPAC merger with SmartRent.
Lead counsel for Millennium Management, Suvretta Capital Management and TOMS Capital Investment Management in litigation in New York state court related to PIPE investments in SPAC.

Earnout Disputes

Lead counsel to a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners in an earnout dispute in Maryland state court.
Lead counsel to a portfolio company of ATL Partners in an earnout dispute in Delaware Court of Chancery.

Other Commercial Disputes

Representing Amazon in litigation in New York federal court related to its Key for Business.
Represented Marsh McLennan in litigation related to purported breaches of new hires’ restrictive covenants with their former employer.
Represented Guy Carpenter in litigation against a competitor and certain individuals related to their breaches of their contractual (including restrictive covenants) and fiduciary duties.
Represented SES, the world’s largest satellite company, in bankruptcy court against leading competitor, Intelsat.

Lauren Giovannone is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and practices in Real Estate Practice Group. She represents real estate development companies, financial institutions, investors, and commercial lessors and tenants in all aspects of the acquisition, development and finance of hotels, condo-hotels, resorts, theme and water parks, and large mixed-use projects, including, without limitation, the negotiation of management, franchise, licensing and branding agreements, restaurant leases and management agreements, pre-opening, technical service and PIP agreements, marketing and sales agreements, subordination and non-disturbance agreements, executive compensation and consulting agreements, and celebrity chef joint venture and management agreements.

Ms. Giovannone is ranked as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA for Nationwide Leisure & Hospitality. She was also recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers in 2024 and 2025, as well as The Best Lawyers in America® for Leisure and Hospitality Law and Real Estate Law for 2023 – 2026.

Ms. Giovannone received her B.S. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University, magna cum laude, in 2002 and her J.D. degree from Loyola Law School, cum laude, in 2005, where she was awarded the Order of the Coif, received five American Jurisprudence Awards, and was a member of the St. Thomas Moore Honor Society.

Drew Flowers is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Flowers practices in the firm’s Real Estate Department. His real estate practice experience includes extensive representation of real estate funds, lenders, developers and institutional and non-institutional investors in all areas of real estate, including: the formation and negotiation of joint ventures; structured finance, including preferred and mezzanine financing; workouts, loan restructuring and loan enforcement; the purchase, sale and finance of secured real estate loans; loan participations; acquisition and sale of vacant land, office buildings, apartment buildings, hotels, shopping centers, and other commercial and residential properties; all aspects of real estate development, including contractor, architect, broker and management agreements; commercial leasing; ground leasing and ground leasehold financing. Mr. Flowers has been especially active in representing borrowers and lenders in complex financing transactions. Mr. Flowers has been selected by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers for his significant experience in real estate. He was recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers in 2024 and 2025, and was selected by his peers in The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Real Estate Law every year since 2020. Law360 named Mr. Flowers to its 2014 and 2017 MVPs for Real Estate, which features lawyers who have “distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.”

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Flowers practiced at Fennemore Craig in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mr. Flowers received his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1998, where he was a member of the University of Southern California Law Review. He received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in Economics and English from the University of Arizona in 1995. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and the outstanding economics undergraduate in 1995.

Mr. Flowers is licensed to practice in the State of California. He is a member of the American Bar Association.

Mehdi Eddebbarh is a partner in the Los Angeles and Orange County offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department where he represents private equity funds, REITs, institutional and non-institutional real estate investors, developers, operators, sponsors, lenders and borrowers in negotiating and structuring real estate joint ventures, acquisitions, sales, sale leasebacks, developments and financings involving a wide range of commercial real estate asset classes, including hotel/hospitality, life sciences, office, multifamily, vacant land, industrial, mixed-use buildings, retail and shopping centers.

Mehdi has been recognized as a leading lawyer by:

Chambers USA for Southern California Real Estate
Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers
Euromoney 2022 Rising Stars for Real Estate

A sample of recent matters include:

Representation of a capital partner in the joint venture, acquisition and financing of a $1.5+ billion retail shopping center portfolio located throughout the western United States.
Representation of the seller in the $1.1+ billion sale of the luxury retail center known as “The Shops at Crystals, Las Vegas”.
Representation of Blackstone in the acquisition of a multi-property industrial portfolio located in the western United States.
Representation of a joint venture among Juniper Capital Partners, Fengate Real Asset Investment (on behalf of LIUNA), Virgin Management and others in the $500+ million acquisition and redevelopment of the 1,500 key Hard Rock Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas from a Brookfield-managed private real estate fund.
Representation of the developer in the development of an approximately 40 acre mixed use development located in Boston, Massachusetts.
Representation of the lender in the construction financing of a senior housing facility located in southern California.
Representation of the seller in a sale-leaseback of a portfolio of 20+ manufacturing assets located throughout the United States.

Additional relevant information about Mehdi includes:

Prior to attending law school, Mehdi obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiological Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mehdi earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School where he was a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mehdi served as a law clerk to the Honorable Philip M. Pro of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and practiced as a real estate associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York.
Mehdi is admitted to practice law in the State of California and the State of New York.

Jesse P. Myers is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Houston office. Jesse focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and capital markets matters. He regularly represents buyers and sellers in public and private mergers and acquisitions and issuers and underwriters in public and private securities offerings. Jesse has experience advising clients on:

Public and private company acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and strategic transactions
Private equity transactions, including leveraged buyouts and portfolio company investments
Capital markets matters, including initial public offerings and other securities offerings
General corporate and securities matters

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Jesse was a partner at two different Am Law 100 law firms.

Jesse graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law, summa cum laude, in 2007 where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as research editor for the Tennessee Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee, magna cum laude, in 2003.

Jesse’s experience includes:*

Representative Experience

M&A and Private Equity

Rumble Inc., a video sharing platform, in its pending $2.1 billion business combination with CF Acquisition Corp. VI
Genesis Park Acquisition Corp. in its $615 million business combination with Redwire, a space infrastructure company
Oak Street Real Estate Capital, a real estate asset manager, in its $1.6 billion acquisition by Blue Owl Capital.
Post Oak Energy Capital, LP in its PIPE investment made as part of Earthstone Energy’s approximately $860 million acquisition of Bighorn Permian Resources’ oil and gas assets.
CM Group, a provider of email and multichannel marketing products, in its merger with Cheetah Digital
The Sterling Group in the formation of its PET recycling platform and acquisition of recycling facilities
Aeva, a perception platform company, in its $1.7 billion business combination with InterPrivate Acquisition Corp.
Partners Group in its acquisition of Resilient Infrastructure Group, a water infrastructure platform
Affiliates of Riverstone Holdings in the recapitalization of Enviva Holdings, LP
TechnipFMC, a global oilfield services company, in the spin-off of its engineering and construction segment
AIMPERA Capital Partners in the formation of its cold storage platform
Multiple management teams in their negotiations with private equity fund sponsors to form new platforms and portfolio companies
ArcLight Capital Partners in the $550 million sale of common and preferred equity in portfolio company Limetree Bay Ventures, LLC (LBV) in connection with the restart of LBV’s terminal and refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Five Point Energy LLC, a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on the midstream energy sector, and WaterBridge Resources LLC, in the sale of a minority equity stake in WaterBridge to affiliates of GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, at a purchase price that implied a WaterBridge enterprise value of approximately $2.8 billion
Pembina Pipeline in its acquisition of Kinder Morgan Canada, a company that transports petroleum products, and the U.S. portion of the Cochin Pipeline from Kinder Morgan for approximately $1.5 billion
Energy Transfer Partners, LP in its joint venture with Satellite Petrochemical USA Corp. for the development of an ethane export facility
Energy Transfer Partners, LP in its sale of an interest in the Rover pipeline to Blackstone funds for $1.57 billion
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure in its $1.75 billion acquisition of Brazos Midstream
Quantum Energy Partners in its formation of 547 Energy, which will focus on the acquisition and development of clean energy projects and/or companies
Quantum Energy Partners in its $500 million initial investment in PetroLogistics II, LLC, which will focus on acquiring, developing, and operating petrochemical manufacturing, processing, and logistics assets in North America
Quantum Energy Partners in its $500 million initial investment in Trillium Energy Partners, which will focus on the acquisition and development of midstream solutions across the U.S.
Quantum Energy Partners in its formation and investment in ConnectGen LLC, a renewable energy company, and its acquisition of non-transmission development assets from Clean Line Energy Partners LLC
Teton Range, LLC with respect to Centerbridge Partners’ investment in Teton’s preferred equity
Safe Harbor Marinas, one of the largest owners and operators of marinas in the world and a portfolio company of American Infrastructure Funds, in the investment by Koch Real Estate Investments in Safe Harbor’s marina business
Safe Harbor Marinas in its acquisition of 25 marina properties from Brewer Yacht Yard Group
AIM Granite Holdings LLC in its sale of Granite Communities, an owner of manufactured housing communities, to Apollo
American Infrastructure Funds in the sale of Tunnel Hill Partners, a waste handling company, to Macquarie
Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp. in its joint venture with Apache Corporation to form a $3.5 billion pure-play Permian Basin midstream company
Agave Energy, a Delaware Basin midstream company, in its sale to Lucid Energy Group
Sanchez Production Partners LP in its $345 million acquisition of midstream assets from Sanchez Energy Corporation
Linn Energy Company in its $4.3 billion acquisition of Berry Petroleum Company
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, LP in its $330 million joint venture with WBI Energy Inc. to develop a diesel topping plant
Energy Transfer Equity, LP in the $1.03 billion sale of its local natural gas distribution companies to The Laclede Group
Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. in its $2.15 billion acquisition of the Midcoast gas gathering and processing business from Enbridge Energy Partners, LP
Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. in its $1.0 billion sale of interests in the U.S. portion of the Alberta Clipper Pipeline to Enbridge Energy Partners, LP
Enbridge Inc. in its $1.59 billion sale of interests in the Southern Lights Pipeline and Alliance Pipeline to Enbridge Income Fund
Enbridge, Inc. in its acquisition of all of the outstanding common units held by the public in a $120 million take-private transaction
Enbridge Energy Partners, LP in its $870 million joint venture with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Enterprise Products Partners LP to develop and construct a 580-mile NGL pipeline

Capital Markets

Underwriters in the $149.5 million initial public offering of Viper Energy Partners, LP
Underwriters in the $125 million initial public offering of North Atlantic Drilling Ltd
Underwriters in the $258.7 million initial public offering of Dynagas LNG Partners, LP
Underwriters in the $256.5 million initial public offering of Suncoke Energy Partners, LP
Pacific Coast Oil Trust in its $370 million initial public offering
Marlin Midstream Partners, LP in its $137.5 million initial public offering
Underwriters in multiple offerings of common units by Viper Energy Partners, LP
Initial purchasers in multiple offerings of senior notes by Suncoke Energy Partners, L.P.
Initial purchasers in the $800 million offering of senior notes by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
Underwriters in the $169.4 million offering of common units of CVR Refining, LP
Underwriters in the $75 million offering of cumulative redeemable preferred units of Dynagas LNG Partners, LP
Underwriters in the $146 million offering of common stock of Matador Resources Company
Initial purchasers in the $175 million offering of senior notes of Matador Resources Company

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

Soumya Kandukuri is a litigation associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn.

Soumya received her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, where she served as a Notes Editor of the New York University Law Review and was an Intesa Sanpaolo Junior Scholar. While in law school, she interned for the White House Counsel’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.

Prior to law school, Soumya worked at two education technology start-ups and a court-based AmeriCorps program. Soumya earned her Bachelor of Arts in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College.

Soumya is a member of the California bar.

Aaron Beim is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of Gibson Dunn’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Mr. Beim’s practice focuses on the representation of a variety of institutional real estate investors (as lenders and borrowers) in the origination, workout, restructuring, sale, and purchase of structured financings, including syndicated, securitized, and single lender mortgage and mezzanine loans (including construction, bridge and permanent loans); preferred equity investments; corporate, repurchase, subscription, and other credit facilities; and the negotiation and/or analysis of participation, intercreditor, and pooling and servicing agreements. He also represents investors in acquisitions, sales, the negotiation of joint venture agreements and warehouse lending.

Mr. Beim is ranked as one of the leading real estate finance lawyers in New York by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers notes that Mr. Beim is “a brilliant lawyer who understands concepts quickly and communicates effectively,” “very responsive, very thoughtful in his approach and very business minded,” “a tireless lawyer and a great adviser,” and “very technically strong and is a go-to guy for complex financings.” In addition, Mr. Beim is ranked as a leading lawyer in The Legal 500 US for Real Estate Finance, was recognized in Lawdragon‘s 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers 2024 and 2025, and was recognized as a leading real estate attorney in The Best Lawyers in America®.

Mr. Beim received his Juris Doctor in 2006 from the New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the Environmental Law Journal. He earned his Master of Arts from Northwestern University in 2003, and his Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College, magna cum laude, in 2000.

Rommy Flores is Of Counsel in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, Litigation, and Anti-Corruption & FCPA Practice Groups.

Rommy’s practice focuses on government and internal investigations, white collar criminal matters, and complex civil litigation. She has successfully represented individuals and companies across a range of industries in government investigations and prosecutions in matters before the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), US Attorney’s Offices (USAO), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), states’ Attorneys General, and others.

She has particular expertise in cross-border investigations and has handled government and internal corporate investigations related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), money laundering, accounting fraud, insider trading, and executive misconduct. She also has extensive experience responding to DOJ and SEC subpoenas. A fluent Spanish speaker, Rommy has deep experience in Latin America where she has handled numerous investigations, enforcement actions, and advised on anti-corruption compliance transactions throughout the region. Additionally, she advises clients on the effectiveness of their internal controls and compliance programs, with an emphasis on compliance with anti-corruption laws.

Rommy has considerable civil litigation experience at all stages of civil litigation, including fact discovery, expert discovery, and trial. Her litigation practice focuses on trade secret—with a focus on damages— breach of contract, and healthcare matters. Her litigation practice spans a variety of industries including software and technology, mortgage servicing, cryptocurrency, and media and sports.

Representative Matters:

Internal Investigations, Government Enforcement Defense, and Compliance

Conducting investigation on behalf of special committee of independent directors of a cryptocurrency company into allegations of executive misconduct.
Conducting investigation on behalf of the board of directors of pharmaceutical company into allegations of insider trading.
Conducting a post-monitorship anti-corruption compliance review and assessment for an international telecom and manufacturing company.
Conducting investigation on behalf of a special committee of independent directors of a California bank regarding allegations by an anonymous short seller and related SEC action.*
Conducting investigation into potential accounting fraud on behalf of a large construction company.*
Representing California waste management company in parallel investigations by the US Attorney’s Office and local prosecutors related to bribery.*
Conducting investigation on behalf of large automotive manufacturer in relation to allegations of bribery by its distributors in Latin America.*
Representing a major media company in connection with the Eastern District of New York’s investigation into the role of a business partner in the FIFA corruption scandal.*
Representing a US oilfield services company in parallel SEC and DOJ FCPA investigations regarding conduct by a subsidiary in Mexico.*
Representing a former BSA officer of a multinational bank in an investigation by DOJ and the US Attorney’s Office regarding the bank’s AML program.*
Representing several international conglomerates in investigations by multiple multinational development banks.*
Representing multiple multinational companies in more than two dozen anti-corruption compliance transactions in Latin America.

Complex Civil Litigation

Representing leading mortgage servicing company as trial counsel in a six-week trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract arbitration.
Representing insurance company in breach of contract litigation.
Representing technology company in class action litigation alleging violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).*
Representing large California bank in securities class action litigation.*
Representing major conglomerate in antitrust litigation.*

Pro Bono

Rommy maintains an active pro bono practice focused on criminal defense, veteran benefits, and immigration matters. Representative matters include:

In 2020, representing a California client wrongfully convicted of murder and successfully filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, resulting in her client’s conviction being reversed after 25 years and his case being dismissed.*
Successfully securing multiple years of back disability pay for a veteran wrongfully denied benefits by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.*
Representing multiple individuals in federal court charged with drug trafficking, RICO conspiracy, and other federal crimes and successfully reducing their sentences.*
Securing immigration benefits for numerous clients.

Rommy earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2014 and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Hunter College in 2010.

She is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice law before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the Northern District of California, and the Southern District of California. She is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Women’s White Collar Defense Association, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

*Representations prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.