Natalie Abshez is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s San Francisco office. She is a member of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group and the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice Group.

Natalie advises public companies and their boards of directors on a wide range of corporate law matters, including corporate governance and other ESG matters, compliance with U.S. federal securities laws and requirements of the major U.S. stock exchanges, shareholder proposals, and responses to SEC inquiries. She also has experience advising nonprofit organizations on issues related to corporate governance.

She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as the Senior Development Manager for the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law and also advised nonprofit organizations on corporate governance issues through the law school’s Nonprofit Clinic. Natalie graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she served as a law clerk to The Honorable David T. Thuma, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico.

Natalie is admitted to practice in the State of California and the District of Columbia.

Jina Choi is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Securities Enforcement and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups. Jina represents and counsels major public and private companies and financial institutions, as well as their executives and boards of directors, on government and internal investigations, enforcement-related litigation, whistleblower complaints and compliance programs.

With a unique and rare skill set that allows her to offer clients exceptional and comprehensive legal support, Jina has served in high level roles as a federal prosecutor, SEC enforcement lawyer and defense counsel. Prior to joining the firm, Jina served as the Chief of the Corporate and Securities Fraud Section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, where she oversaw some of the most complex criminal investigations and prosecutions in the Bay Area, including those involving technology, AI, health care and life sciences companies. Before that, she was a Chambers-ranked defense counsel at a major international law firm and prior to that, she worked for many years in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she ultimately served as Director of the SEC’s San Francisco Regional Office (SFRO). As Regional Director, Jina led a staff of over 130 attorneys, accountants, and other professionals responsible for the SEC’s enforcement and compliance programs in the SFRO, which is responsible for the SEC’s enforcement and examination programs in Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Alaska. She supervised and managed teams of attorneys and professionals who investigated and litigated cases involving violations of federal securities laws, including accounting fraud, disclosure fraud, investment fraud, FCPA violations, insider trading, market manipulation and investment adviser/broker dealer fraud. While at the SEC, Jina worked closely with senior staff in Washington, DC and around the country to bring some of the agency’s most complex and groundbreaking enforcement actions.

Jina’s distinguished government experience also includes serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Texas, serving as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert P. Patterson, Jr., in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.

Jina received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Prize Semifinalist and the Executive Editor for the Yale Law and Policy Review, and her B.A. from Oberlin College. With her in-depth knowledge and experience, Jina hasbeen recognized by Lawdragon as a Global Leader in Crisis Management; she was the only attorney chosen in both Securities Enforcement and White Collar in Northern California. She has served as a guest lecturer at Stanford Law School, NYU School of Law, University of California Law San Francisco and University of Virginia School of Law and is a frequent speaker on SEC Enforcement developments, government investigations, regulatory developments, corporate resolutions and compliance.

Saavan Shah is an associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Energy and Infrastructure Practice Groups.

Saav’s experience focuses on transactions and projects in the oil and gas, power and infrastructure sectors as well as general M&A. Saav has broad expertise advising on a wide spectrum of corporate matters, including both cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, as well as general corporate governance and advisory work.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Saav worked in the London office of another major global law firm.  Saav has also previously spent time on secondment at the Carlyle Group, working closely with members of the CIEP (Carlyle International Energy Partners) fund as well as their general buyout and strategic funds.

Anthony Rose is an associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the Business Restructuring and Reorganisation Practice Group.

Anthony has experience advising financial institutions, private equity sponsors, multinational corporations, directors, and insolvency office holders across a range of complex restructurings and distressed situations.

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

Najla S. Al-Gadi is a partner in the Riyadh office of Gibson Dunn and is member of the firm’s Capital Markets practice group.

Najla constantly advises clients on complex capital markets matters across a broad range of industries.

With dual qualifications in New York and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Najla brings deep transactional expertise in the KSA market to counsel issuers, investment banks, boards of directors, and capital markets institutions across a wide spectrum of capital markets transactions. Her practice spans initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary equity offerings, and other securities issuances. Najla has represented clients across a diverse range of sectors, including oil and gas, information technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare, real estate, and financial services.

Najla is also a trusted adviser to boards of directors and senior management on corporate governance matters. Her advisory work includes the design and enhancement of governance frameworks, board and committee structures, directors’ duties and fiduciary obligations, disclosure and compliance requirements, shareholder engagement, and regulatory interactions. She also advises on governance considerations in the context of IPOs, M&A transactions, and ongoing public company operations in Saudi Arabia.

In addition to her practice, Najla is a visiting lecturer at Prince Sultan University, College of Law, where she teaches a capital markets course.

Representative Experience*

• Haji Abdullah Alireza Co. on the sale of a minority stake in the Arabian Petroleum Supply Company to The Arab Energy Fund.
• Vision invest on the sale of 10% of its stake on Miahona to multiple investors through private transactions on Tadawul.
• The underwriters on Saudi Aramco’s SAR 96 billion IPO on Tadawul — the world largest IPO to date.
• The joint bookrunners on Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)’s SAR 42.1 billion secondary public offering.
• The underwriters on Saudi Aramco’s establishment of a global medium term note program and debut issuance of US$ 12 billion notes thereunder.
• The underwriters on Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company (Luberef)’s SAR 4.95 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• PIF on the SAR 7.5 billion acquisition of 54% of MBC Group’s shares from Istedamah Holding Company.
• PIF on the SAR 3.86 billion accelerated bookbuild offering of a portion of its shares in stc.
• PIF on the SAR 2.3 billion accelerated bookbuild offering of a portion of its shares in Saudi Tadawul Group.
• PIF on the SAR 491.19 million sale of its 10.92% stake in the National Gas and Industrialization Co. (GASCO) to Jadwa on behalf of its managed investment funds and client portfolios.
• The underwriters on Savola Group’s SAR 6 billion rights issue and offering on Tadawul.
• Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) on its SAR 5.6 billion rights issue.
• Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) on the SAR 4.59 billion sale of its shares in SABIC Agri-Nutrients Investment Company (SANIC) to the Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company (SAFCO) in exchange for newly issued shares in SAFCO.
• Flynas on its SAR 4.1 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• solutions by stc on its SAR 3.624 billion IPO and listing on Tadawul, which GFC Media Group named its Equity Capital Markets Deal of the Year in 2022.
• Elm on its SAR 3.072 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• Emaar, The Economic City (EEC), on its SAR 2.8 billion capital increase by way of debt conversion and issuing new shares to PIF.
• Al-Futtaim on the SAR 2.5 billion acquisition of 49.95% of Cenomi Retail.
• The National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC) on its SAR 2 billion rights issue and offering on Tadawul.
• Umm Al Qura for Development and Construction on its SAR 1.96 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• Al-Dawaa Medical Services Company on its SAR 1.861 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• Middle East Healthcare Company on its SAR 1.8 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• Almoosa Health Company on its SAR 1.69 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• Jahez on its SAR 1.6 billion IPO on Tadawul’s Parallel Market, Nomu.
• The underwriter on Retal Urban Development Company’s SAR 1.44 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• The joint lead managers on the Saudi Electricity Company’s inaugural US$ 1.3 billion green sukuk.
• Alamar Foods Company on its SAR 1.22 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• Alsaif Gallery on its SAR 1.2 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• The underwriters on Nayifat Finance Company’s SAR 1.19 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• The underwriters on Modern Mills Company’s SAR 1.178 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• The underwriter on Lumi Rental Company’s SAR 1.089 billion IPO on Tadawul.
• The underwriter on First Milling Company’s SAR 999 million IPO on Tadawul.
• Impact46 on the SAR 918 million accelerated bookbuild offering of its funds stake in Rasan Information Technology Company.
• Takween Advanced Industries on its SAR 910 million acquisition of Savola Packaging.
• Rasan Information Technology Company on its SAR 831.3 million IPO on Tadawul.
• The underwriters on MBC Group’s SAR 831.2 million IPO on Tadawul.
• The joint lead managers on the Arab National Bank’s US$ 750 million tier II sukuk.
• Maharah Human Resources Company on its SAR 776 million IPO on Tadawul.
• The managers on the SAR 750 million accelerated bookbuild offering of shares in the Saudi British Bank (SABB).
• The underwriter on Saudi Home Loans’ SAR 600 million IPO on Tadawul.
• Al-Yamamah Steel Industries Company on its SAR 556 million IPO on Tadawul.
• Miahona on its SAR 555.1 million IPO on Tadawul.
• East Pipes Integrated Company on its SAR 504 million IPO on Tadawul.
• Alandalus Real Estate Company on its SAR 380 million IPO on Tadawul.
• The underwriter on Ataa Educational Company’s SAR 348 million IPO on Tadawul.
• Jahez International on its transition from the Tadawul’s Parallel Market, Nomu to the Main Market.
• HSBC, as financial advisor to Qassim Cement Company, on Qassim’s merger with Hail Cement Company.
• HSBC, as financial advisor to Dur Hospitality Company, on Dur’s merger with Taiba Investments Company.
• HSBC, as financial advisor to the Saudi International Petrochemical Company (SIPCHEM), on SIPCHEM’s merger with Sahara Petrochemicals Company.
• The Capital Market Authority on drafting the Mergers & Acquisitions Regulations.
• Several publicly listed companies and shareholders on attempted sales and acquisitions of listed shares.
• Several international and local investors on incorporation of companies and corporate restructurings in Saudi Arabia.
• International and local clients on various corporate, commercial and employment matters relating to Saudi Arabian law.

 

 

 

 

Laura Marcus is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Laura earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California. While in law school, she was Vice President of the Real Estate Law Society and served as a Teaching Assistant for Transactional Due Diligence and Business Organizations. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from San Diego State University.

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

Vivek Mohan is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Palo Alto office, where he is Co-Chair of the top-ranked Artificial Intelligence practice and a core member of the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation practice. Vivek advises clients on legal, regulatory, compliance, and policy issues on a global scale with a focus on cutting-edge technology issues.  His practice spans counseling, regulatory response, incident response, advocacy, and transactional matters, allowing him to provide clients with strategic advice whether they are developing a new product or service, responding to a regulatory inquiry, setting up a privacy program, responding to a data breach, or negotiating a complex agreement.

Vivek is ranked by Chambers USA 2025 in Band 1 for his work in Artificial Intelligence and is recognized by Chambers Global as a “Global Market Leader” (2024-2026).  Reflecting the range of his practice, Vivek has also been recognized by Cybersecurity Docket as one of the 2025 “Incident Response 50,” identifying the top practitioners in the field.

Vivek previously worked at Apple Inc., where he was head of information security law and a leader of the company’s global privacy law & policy team. At Apple, Vivek was responsible for privacy and security legal issues associated with the company’s products, services, and corporate infrastructure. During his time at Apple, Vivek managed a team of lawyers responsible for privacy counseling for all software, biometric, augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), and search products, and served as lead counsel for information security. He oversaw the privacy and security legal aspects of Apple’s forays into regulated spaces, including in financial services and health, and played a key role in the development of Apple’s GDPR and CCPA compliance strategy and program. He handled some of the team’s most complex issues and served as the team’s point person for regulatory response, legislative developments, global policy advocacy, and congressional testimony.

Earlier in his career, Vivek was in private practice, where he counseled clients in the technology, telecommunications, healthcare and financial services sectors on privacy and cybersecurity. He has represented clients in dozens of investigations before the FTC, SEC, FCC, state Attorneys General, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, financial services regulators, and data protection regulators around the world. Vivek also has significant experience counseling companies responding to legal process issued under law enforcement or national security authorities, including advising on attendant cross-border implications. Vivek has worked as an attorney at Microsoft, at the Internet Bureau of the New York State Attorney General (under a special appointment), and at General Electric’s corporate headquarters (on secondment), and was previously a partner at another international law firm. For five years, he was a resident fellow and later a non-resident associate with the Cybersecurity Project at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Vivek is a thought leader recognized by the legal, academic and policy community. He regularly serves as a panelist and presenter at leading privacy and security conferences and industry events and has guest lectured at Harvard, Columbia, and Yale Law School on issues related to technology regulation. Vivek has served as a member of the Law360 Editorial Board for Cybersecurity and Privacy, and as the co-editor and author of the PLI treatise “Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to the Law of Cyber Risk” (1^st-6^th ed. 2016 – 2022).

Collin Cox, co-partner in charge of the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, is widely recognized for his successes in trying complex commercial disputes. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of subject areas, including technology trade-secrets cases, actions related to the Bernard L. Madoff fraud, fraudulent-transfer cases, royalty disputes, patent litigation, and other business crisis situations. In each of his representations, he prides himself on his ability to get to the heart of a complex matter, making everything as simple as possible, but not simpler (to quote Einstein), to tell a winning story to a jury or judge.

He is among a handful of trial lawyers in Houston with a “Band One” recognition from Chambers USA, in which clients have praised him as “a great, strategic lawyer,” who is “very well versed in the law and easy to work with.” As Chambers USA put it, “Collin is very smart and extremely well credentialed. He is very polished, and a real trial lawyer.” Collin also is listed by Thomson Reuters as one of the “Top 100 Super Lawyers in Texas,” and has been listed as a “Super Lawyer” for more than a decade. In 2025, he twice was named AmLaw’s “Litigator of the Week” – once after a historic jury verdict for Energy Transfer LP and Dakota Access Pipeline in a three-week trial in North Dakota, and again after a twelve-day trial in Phoenix that led to a $296 million verdict.

A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers, Collin currently serves as Vice President of the Houston Bar Association, as Past President of Houston Volunteer Lawyers, and as Chairman and President of Da Camera of Houston. Collin is the past Chairman of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Texas Lyceum, the pre-eminent leadership organization for Texans younger than 45.

Collin maintains a close connection to Duke Law School, where he serves as Chair of the Board of Visitors. He also serves on Duke’s Adjunct Faculty, teaching a class on Hearings Practice each of the last seven years. Collin was recently recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star.” He is named in The Best Lawyers in America® for Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation, as one of the “Leading Litigators in America” by Lawdragon, and among its Global Leaders in Crisis Management, and in H Magazine as a “Houston Top Lawyer.” In 2012, he was recognized as the Woodrow B. Seals Outstanding Young Lawyer in Houston. In 2019, Collin was one of 59 Americans selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar, completing a year-long leadership curriculum centered around four presidential administrations.

Prior to joining the firm, he practiced with a nationally-recognized litigation firm and a premier boutique trial law firm. Collin was a law clerk for the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia.

Representative Matters*

• Energy Transfer LP and Dakota Access Pipeline. Lead trial counsel in a historic $667 million verdict in a trespass and defamation case. The jury’s decision marked the largest verdict in North Dakota’s history. The Gibson Dunn team’s strategic focus on ground torts and defamation claims led to favorable outcomes on multiple counts, including trespass, conversion, nuisance, civil conspiracy, and defamation. The verdict serves as a powerful affirmation of the First Amendment.
• Gray Development and Gray Services v. ZOM Holdings Inc. Lead trial counsel in a twelve-day jury trial in Phoenix, winning a $296 million verdict for Arizona developers Gray Development and Gray Services. The case involved ZOM’s misuse of Gray’s proprietary development plans and breach of non-circumvention and non-disclosure agreements.
• Treyled Life Settlements LLC v. Campos Trust. Lead attorney in a five-day arbitration, resulting in a complete win for Treyled– $2 million arbitration award, plus fees and costs, and take-nothing on opposing party’s counterclaims. The case involved complex issues of securities and state-law licensing.
• Maiden Biosciences Inc. v. DSS, Inc. et al. Following a six-day federal trial in Dallas, won a $15 million jury verdict on fraudulent-transfer claims on behalf of a Maryland collagen manufacturer. The case involved complicated accounting issues and the values of tangible and intangible assets. The judgment included actual damages and exemplary damages.
• Kingston Wind Independence, LLC et al. v. Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ltd. et al. Lead trial lawyer in a 13-day ICDR commercial arbitration seated in London. The case concerned wind turbines purchased by claimants, with fraud and contract claims. Following post-hearing submissions, the case settled favorably.
• Business Logic Holding Corporation v. Morningstar et al. In a complex case involving financial software in the retirement sector, first-chaired a trial team that secured a $61 million cash recovery that represented 95% maximum claimed damages by our client, Business Logic. Reached the last business day before jury selection, the agreement is the 9th largest disclosed trade-secrets settlement in the U.S. Also argued summary judgment, which preserved our misappropriation and breach-of-contract claims and disposed of Morningstar’s counterclaim against our client.
• Joseph Hardesty, et al. v. County of Sacramento. Helped secure a unanimous $107 million federal jury trial win (after five weeks of testimony) for two mining families in California. Plaintiffs alleged that the County of Sacramento violated their procedural and substantive due process rights by improperly shutting down a sand-gravel mine at the urging of a large competitor (#21 U.S. verdict of 2017). Liability was affirmed on appeal but remanded for excessive damages.
• Polyzen, Inc. v. RadiaDyne, L.L.C. First-chaired a defense victory in a four-day jury trial in Raleigh representing defendant RadiaDyne, the designer of balloons used in prostate cancer therapy. Before trial, the court dismissed all patent claims brought by the plaintiff, a manufacturer of medical balloons. At trial, the jury unanimously found for our client on plaintiff’s trade secret claim and its claim for unpurchased inventory. The jury also found that plaintiff breached the relevant contract, competed unfairly with our client, and failed to return tooling paid for by RadiaDyne. After a seven-year journey, the case resulted in a judgment for monetary damages for RadiaDyne, which has since been affirmed by the Federal Circuit.
• Fulcrum Credit Partners v. Strategic Capital Resources, Inc. After a four-day jury trial, won a complete victory for plaintiff Fulcrum, giving the client its full measure of lost damages and its attorney fees. The verdict was named one of the top 15 Texas contract verdicts for the year.
• Ruben Rodriguez v. Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. Secured a complete dismissal of a breach of contract claim brought against client Helmerich & Payne by a subcontract employee who allegedly was injured on an H&P rig located on Encana’s property. Granting our motion to dismiss, the Court held that the plaintiff could not establish he was a third-party beneficiary of his daywork drilling contract where he only pleaded that he received incidental benefits from H&P’s obligations under the contract.
• Sanchez v. Noble Energy. Secured dismissal of a nuisance and personal injury lawsuit brought against Noble Energy in Texas state court involving an alleged accident that occurred in Colorado. After briefing and argument, the court granted our motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens, dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice.

Professional Honors & Affiliations

• The American Lawyer: Awarded “Litigator of the Week” for securing a $667 million trial verdict for the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
• The American Lawyer: Awarded “Litigator of the Week” for securing a $296 million trial verdict for two real estate development companies in Arizona.
• Lawdragon: “500 Leading Litigators in America,” 2023-2026.
• Lawdragon: “500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management,” 2025-2026.
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers in Texas Commercial Litigation, 2015-2024
• The Best Lawyers in America® in Intellectual Property Litigation, 2016-2026
• The Best Lawyers in America® in Commercial Litigation, 2018-2026
• The Best Lawyers in America® in Arbitration and Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2023-2026
• “Top 100 Super Lawyer” in Texas, Thomson Reuters, 2023-2024
• “Top 100 Super Lawyer” in Houston, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2024
• “Texas Super Lawyer” in Business Litigation, Thomson Reuters, 2013-2024
• “Texas Rising Star,” Thomson Reuters, 2008-2013
• Houston Top Lawyer” in Business Litigation, H Magazine
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow, International Society of Barristers
• 2012 Woodrow B. Seals Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Houston Young Lawyers Association
• Outstanding Young Alumnus of Baylor University, 2008
• Chair, Duke Law School Board of Visitors

Presentations & Publications

• “Business Disputes 2022 Course,” State Bar of Texas, September 2022 (speaker)
• “Helping Clients Overcome Financial Hurdles Mid-Litigation,” Law360, July 16, 2020 (co-author)
• “Nuisance – Trespass and Limitations Issues,” 42nd Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, 2019 (presenter)
• “Discovery of Damages in TCPA Cases,” 32nd Annual Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, 2019 (presenter and co-author)
• “Business Development, Marketing and Networking Strategies,” Practice Skills for Young Lawyers, Texas Young Lawyers Association of State Bar of Texas, March 2017 (panelist)
• Adjunct Professor (Wintersession), Hearings Practice, Duke Law School, 2017-2023
• “Commercial Litigation Trends in Texas,” Financier Worldwide, November 2016
• “Trends in Commercial Litigation,” State Bar 8th Annual Business Disputes Conference, September 2016 (presenter and co-author)

Education & Professional Background

• Duke University, J.D., summa cum laude, 2001 (Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief, 2000-2001, Duke Law Journal)
• University of Cambridge, M.Phil., First Class Honors, 1999
• Baylor University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1997 (Phi Beta Kappa, Outstanding Graduate, College of Arts & Sciences, Student Body President, Permanent Class President)

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

Stuart F. Delery is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where he is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group and the Crisis Management Practice Group. He is an experienced appellate and district court litigator who brings 30 years of experience at the highest levels of government and the private sector to help clients navigate major matters that present complex legal and reputational risks, particularly matters involving difficult statutory, regulatory and constitutional issues. His practice focuses on representing corporations and individuals in high-stake litigation and investigations that involve the federal government across the spectrum of regulatory litigation and enforcement.

Prior to re-joining the firm in 2024, Stuart served as White House Counsel for President Biden from 2022-2023. As Counsel to the President, he advised the President on the full range of constitutional, statutory, and regulatory legal issues, including on questions of presidential authority, domestic policy, and national security and foreign affairs. He managed responses to high-profile congressional and other investigations, and he assisted the President in nominating and confirming federal judges. Stuart also served as Deputy Counsel to the President from 2021-2022. Throughout his time in the White House, he was deeply embedded in the administrative law and regulatory process, working closely with Cabinet secretaries, agency general counsel, and the Department of Justice on policy development and defending litigation challenging Administration actions.

Stuart also was previously the Acting Associate Attorney General of the United States, the third-ranking position at the U.S. Department of Justice. In that position from 2014-2016, Stuart oversaw the civil and criminal work of five of DOJ’s litigating divisions — Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Environment and Natural Resources, and Tax — as well as components supporting state and local law enforcement, among others. As a member of DOJ’s senior management team, he assisted the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General in formulating and implementing DOJ policies. Stuart also served as the Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division, DOJ’s largest litigating division, where among other things he supervised the government’s enforcement efforts under the False Claims Act and litigation defending Congressional statutes, Administration policies, and federal agency actions. In recognition of his service, Stuart received the Edmund J. Randolph award, considered the Department of Justice’s highest award.

Stuart has extensive experience working for audit committees and special committees of the boards of public companies in a range of industries to conduct investigations of alleged wrongdoing and to counsel clients on compliance and other legal issues. He provides practical advice for responding to an immediate crisis and handling matters at the intersection of civil litigation, government investigations, congressional oversight, and public messaging.

Stuart is recognized by Lawdragon as a Global Leader in Crisis Management.

Stuart is a Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School, where he has taught seminars on The Department of Justice, the President, and the Rule of Law (2024, 2026) and Constitutional Practice: Structure and Norms (2020). He was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University, in Spring 2025.

Stuart received his law degree in 1993 from Yale Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor of the Yale Law Journal. He graduated with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia in 1990. Following law school, Stuart clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Byron White and for Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 

Ryan Bergsieker is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Denver office. A former federal cybercrimes prosecutor who has tried more than 45 cases to verdict, Ryan’s practice is focused in three areas: government investigations, complex civil litigation, and cybersecurity/data privacy counseling.

In ranking Ryan as one of the top white collar defense and government investigations lawyers in Colorado, Chambers & Partners (ranked 2017-2025) highlights client reports that Ryan “demonstrates good judgment and produces an excellent work product,” is “prompt, responsive and dependable,” “draws on strong expertise in government investigations and cybersecurity,” and is “very strong on tech and hacking.” Based on client feedback, BTI named Ryan to its nationwide 2020 Client Service All-Stars List, recognizing “attorneys who stand above all the others in delivering the absolute best in client service.” He also has been consistently recognized by The Best Lawyers in America ® (2021-2025) in Criminal Defense: White Collar, and named a “Complete Lawyer” who “excel[s] in the courtroom, in the boardroom, in client meetings and out in the community.” Lawdragon recognized Ryan in their 2025 and 2026 list of 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management and their 2026 list of 500 Leading Litigators in America for his expertise in Investigations, Litigation, and Cybersecurity.

Ryan has particular experience with Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and State Attorney General investigations, and substantive expertise regarding federal, state, and international consumer protection, privacy and cybersecurity laws, regulations, and standards.

Ryan has served on the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Federal Advocates and the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the District of Colorado. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University with an A.B. from the School of Public and International Affairs. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served on the Board of the Yale Law Journal and as a civil procedure teaching assistant. After graduating from law school, Ryan clerked for the Honorable David M. Ebel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Ryan served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Colorado. He coordinated the District’s computer hacking prosecutions, served as its subject matter expert on electronic surveillance law, and investigated and prosecuted a wide range of crimes, including computer intrusions, denial of service attacks, theft of proprietary business information, identity theft, pharmaceutical misbranding, wire fraud, mail fraud, and murder. In addition to trying cases before nearly every judge in the District, he led dozens of criminal investigations and argued multiple appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. As a result of Ryan’s work, the United States Attorney awarded him the District’s Distinguished Service Award and the U.S. Attorney’s Award of Excellence.

Representative Government Investigations Matters

• Representing publicly traded social media company in FTC investigation related to disclosures regarding the company’s use of consumers’ personal information.
• Representing publicly traded e-commerce company in FTC investigation following then-largest-ever data breach.
• Representing publicly traded fintech company in CFPB inquiry regarding payment practices.
• Representing multiple publicly traded healthcare providers and payors in Department of Health and Human Services investigations of potential HIPAA violations.
• Representing publicly traded social media company in Department of Justice investigation regarding alleged algorithmic bias in the delivery of housing ads.
• Conducting internal investigation for publicly traded retail company regarding electronic exfiltration of sensitive company information in corporate espionage scheme.
• Conducting internal investigation for publicly traded hospitality industry company regarding the unauthorized use of company computer resources for cryptocurrency mining.
• Representing multiple tech industry companies in selecting and interfacing with independent assessors/reviewers/monitors appointed under FTC and DOJ consent orders.
• Representing publicly traded e-commerce company in parallel investigations by state attorneys general regarding revisions to user agreement.
• Representing privately held software company in FTC COPPA investigation.
• Representing publicly traded healthcare provider in multi-state parallel criminal and civil False Claims Act investigations by DOJ.
• Representing publicly traded automobile manufacturer in investigation by coalition of state attorneys general regarding advertising claims.

Representative Civil Litigation Matters

• Representing large government contractor in False Claims Act qui tam litigation.
• Representing financial institution in theft of trade secrets litigation.
• Representing publicly traded recreational industry company in litigation over control of significant resort property.

Matt Benjamin is a trusted advisor and trial lawyer in Gibson Dunn’s New York office. Matt is an integral member of the firm’s General Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense and Investigations, Crisis Management, and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Groups. Matt’s practice sits at the cross-section of complex litigation, criminal defense, and crisis management. He also has deep experience counseling prominent individuals and companies in sensitive and often confidential defamation and reputational recovery matters and investigations.

Matt was recognized by Lawdragon as one of 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management in 2025 and 2026.  Matt’s dedication to his clients also has earned him recognition as a leading Criminal Defense: White-Collar attorney in The Best Lawyers® in America‘s 2024 and 2025 guides. 

General Commercial Litigation and Trials Experience

Matt’s litigation practice focuses on high-profile complex commercial litigation and trials. He has represented companies and individuals in technology-focused litigation, including at trial. For example, Matt successfully represented the founders and early employees of the popular dating app Tinder in multibillion-dollar litigation against InterActiveCorp and Match Group, Tinder’s parent companies, in New York State Supreme Court. After a nearly four-week jury trial and days before the case was scheduled to go to verdict, the defendants agreed to pay $441 million to settle. Matt also represented Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg in a high-profile federal breach of contract case brought by Paul Ceglia alleging a significant ownership interest in Facebook. After Matt and the Gibson Dunn team proved the alleged ‘contract’ was a forgery and got the case dismissed as a fraud on the court, Ceglia was criminally prosected by federal authorities.

Matt’s recent litigation clients include BNP Paribas, in a civil class action and six-week jury trial arising out of the bank’s historical activities in Sudan; Churchill Downs Incorporated, in defeating horse trainer Bob Baffert’s lawsuit to force his entry into the Kentucky Derby after having been suspended for multiple failed drug tests; PepsiCo, in a breach of contract action brought by two of its independent bottlers; and Esperion Therapeutics, in a $300 million payment battle in the SDNY against global pharma company Daiichi Sankyo Europe.  

White Collar Criminal Defense and Internal Investigations

Matt has also developed a distinguished practice in white-collar criminal defense and investigations, representing clients in high-stakes investigations and regulatory matters. He has defended companies like Polymarket in criminal and civil investigations and litigation; represented multibillion-dollar online retailer in a bet-the-company internal investigation; represented the Office of the Governor of the State of New Jersey in a high-profile internal investigation related to allegations concerning the George Washington Bridge toll lane realignment in, including preparation of an exhaustive 340-page public report of findings and recommendations; and represented DraftKings in wide-ranging internal investigation, numerous criminal and regulatory investigations, and civil actions related to compliance with federal and state gaming laws, including enforcement action brought by New York Attorney General seeking to enjoin DraftKings from operations. 

Crisis Management and Communications

Clients turn to Matt when they face a media armed with misinformation, often by a competitor. Through a combination of proactive media engagement and litigation strategy, Matt helps clients navigate these high-pressure communications crises.  Given the confidential nature of these reputational engagements, a list of corporate and individual clients is available upon request.

Pro Bono Experience and Board Affiliations

Matt is dedicated to his robust pro bono practice. Most recently, Matt was proud to partner with the Anti-Defamation League to launch an unprecedented, coordinated network of law firms to provide free legal assistance to victims of antisemitism–ADL Legal Action Network, powered by Gibson Dunn.  In addition, Matt partnerned with the ADL, Hillel International, and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law to launch the Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL), a free legal protection helpline for students and professors on college campuses who have experienced antisemitic violence, hate, and discrimination. Since its founding in November 2023, CALL has received nearly 1,000 incident reports from students and faculty at over 260 college campuses across the country. 

The Federal Bar Council selected Matt to receive the Thurgood Marshall Award for Exceptional Pro Bono Service, recognizing his “extraordinary contribution to public service and persistent dedication to enhancing access to justice for those most in need.” In particular, Matt was honored for his efforts in developing Gibson Dunn’s groundbreaking pro bono programs in support of the Alternatives to Incarceration programs of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Through this program, Gibson Dunn attorneys have provided pro bono civil legal services, including representation in housing, public assistance benefits, immigration, professional licensing, transactional, and family law matters, to dozens of defendant participants in the ATI programs.  Under Matt’s leadership, Gibson Dunn attorneys have expanded their pro bono program to the RISE Court in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

For the last decade, Matt has also represented the family of the late Professor Dan Markel in law enforcement and related matters arising from Professor Markel’s tragic murder. 

Matt has a particular expertise in federal sentencing law and policy. Matt was appointed a non-voting member of the United States Sentencing Commission’s Practitioners Advisory Group, through which the national defense bar provides the Commission with input on a variety of sentencing-related issues, including proposed amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and legislative initiatives. Matt was also appointed a member of the Federal Bar Council’s Committee on Sentencing and Alternatives to Incarceration. He has written numerous articles about federal sentencing policy, including in the Federal Sentencing Reporter, and is an annual contributor to the ABA’s two-volume treatise, “Practice Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,” a comprehensive sentencing resource.

Matt serves on the Board of Directors of Classic Stage Company (CSC), a leading Off-Broadway theater.

Matt graduated from New York University School of Law, where he served as an Executive Articles Editor for the Annual Survey of American Law and research and teaching assistant to Professor Amy Adler. He graduated cum laude from Yale College with a Bachelor of Arts in the History of Art. Matt served as a law clerk to the Honorable George Z. Singal in the United States District Court for the District of Maine.

Matt 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.

Michael Dore is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he is a member of the Media, Entertainment and Technology practice group, as well as the Law Firm Defense and White Collar Defense and Investigations practice groups. Michael is a former federal prosecutor with extensive experience in high-stakes criminal and civil matters across a broad range of practice areas. 

Michael is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2023 in the category of White-Collar Criminal Defense and was named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports, and Media Lawyers and Global Leaders in Crisis Management guides.

Michael has first-chaired trials and argued appeals on a wide array of issues.  He also regularly represents entities and individuals in connection with federal and state grand jury investigations and prosecutions.  Michael’s significant investigations experience includes internal investigations and externally focused investigations in litigation matters.  He has uncovered fraudulent conduct by opposing parties in several recent matters that helped end the civil matters and became the subject of federal criminal investigations. Michael’s substantive areas of expertise also include defamation, anti-SLAPP laws, securities and accounting fraud, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and issues related to cryptocurrency.  His recent and ongoing representations include:  

Government and Internal Investigations

• Social Networking Company: Represent a large social networking company in a government investigation related to its collection of user data.
• University of Southern California: Represented USC in matters related to the federal government’s Operation Varsity Blues prosecutions charging dozens of individuals with crimes connected to college admissions.
• Biotechnology Company: Represented a company’s Board of Directors in its investigation of a whistleblower complaint alleging misappropriation of trade secrets by the CEO.
• U.S. Elected Official: Represented an elected official in a federal grand jury investigation related to campaign contributions.

Defamation

• Archer Aviation: Represented Archer, a leader in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, in its defense of trade secret claims brought by Wisk Aero. Michael oversaw the prosecution of Archer’s counterclaims for defamation and related torts seeking more than one billion dollars in damages, obtaining a complete denial of Wisk’s motion for summary judgment. The case settled shortly before trial.
• Ashley Judd: Represents Ashley Judd in her lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein for the harm he did to Ms. Judd’s career by defaming her to filmmakers in retaliation for Ms. Judd having rejected his advances. Ms. Judd secured a published Ninth Circuit reversal of the district court on a sexual harassment issue of first impression under California law.
• Tinder Founder: Successfully defended a founder of Tinder against a defamation claim brought by the company’s former CEO, with the federal district court and Ninth Circuit dismissing all claims against him.

Cryptocurrency

• Naomi Osaka: Represent Naomi Osaka in her defense with other professional athletes and entertainers in ongoing putative class actions arising out of the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency company FTX.
• International Law Firm: Represented a law firm in matters related to potential malpractice claims arising from its past representation of a bankrupt cryptocurrency lender, resulting in no complaint being filed.
• NFT Creator: Represented a successful NFT company related to “rug pull” allegations and resulting violent threats from investors.

Media and Entertainment Litigation

• Worldwide Pants, Inc.: Obtained summary judgment, affirmed by the Ninth Circuit, on behalf of David Letterman’s production company in its defense of a federal suit over international royalties.
• Television Studio: Defended a major television studio against profit participation claims in an arbitration related to streaming revenues. Michael uncovered deceptive conduct by the claimant and the case settled on favorable terms for the client.

Law Firm Defense

• International Law Firm: Represented a law firm accused of facilitating a criminal scheme to defraud a municipality in a real estate venture.
• International Law Firm: Represented a law firm accused of failing to uncover a real estate investment fund’s loan fraud that caused investors hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

From 2010 to 2015, Michael served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.  A member of the Violent and Organized Crime section, Michael investigated and prosecuted a wide range of federal crimes, including RICO, money laundering, extortion, wire fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud, and crimes against children.  He successfully tried several complex multi-defendant cases against the leader of a foreign organized crime syndicate, members of the Mexican Mafia, and other organized crime figures responsible for murders, attempts to kill law enforcement, and money laundering across five continents.

Michael has a robust pro bono practice that includes numerous matters on behalf of journalists.  He has successfully opposed subpoenas for journalists’ newsgathering materials in several high-profile criminal matters and partnered with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to obtain a judicial finding of factual innocence and a record settlement for a journalist who was violently and wrongfully arrested while reporting on a public protest. He has been published in multiple journals, including the Virginia Law Review, the Marquette Law Review, and the Columbia Science & Technology Law Review, with both trial and appellate courts citing his works. 

Michael received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Amherst College, where he graduated magna cum laude.  He received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review. He is a member of the Privacy Law Legislative Committee of the California Lawyers Association.

M. Kendall Day is a nationally recognized white-collar partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Fintech and Digital Assets Practice Group, Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Institutions Practice Group, co-leads the firm’s Anti-Money Laundering practice, and is a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations and Crisis Management Practice Groups.

Kendall is recognized as a leading White Collar attorney, ranked both nationally (in Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations) and in the District of Columbia (as a leading White Collar attorney) by Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers. Most recently, Kendall was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® (2023-2026) for his work in white-collar criminal defense and named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers guide (2024-2025), which highlights “lawyers who connect it all – data and security, innovation and inspiration, litigation and exploration.” He is also recognized by Lawdragon as a Global Leader in Crisis Management. The Legal 500 US 2025 guide distinguishes Kendall as a “Recommended Lawyer” in Financial Services Litigation and Banking.

His practice focuses on internal investigations, regulatory enforcement defense, white-collar criminal defense, and compliance counseling. He represents financial institutions; fintech, digital asset, and multi-national companies; and individuals in connection with criminal, regulatory, and civil enforcement actions involving anti-money laundering (AML)/Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), sanctions, FCPA and other anti-corruption, securities, tax, wire and mail fraud, unlicensed money transmitter, false claims act, and sensitive employee matters. Kendall’s practice also includes BSA/AML compliance counseling and due diligence, and the defense of forfeiture matters.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Kendall had a distinguished 15-year career as a white collar prosecutor with the Department of Justice (DOJ), rising to the highest career position in the DOJ’s Criminal Division as an Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG). As a DAAG, Kendall had responsibility for approximately 200 prosecutors and other professionals. Kendall also previously served as Chief and Principal Deputy Chief of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section. In these various leadership positions, from 2013 until 2018, Kendall supervised investigations and prosecutions of many of the country’s most significant and high-profile cases involving allegations of corporate and financial misconduct. He also exercised nationwide supervisory authority over the DOJ’s money laundering program, particularly any BSA and money-laundering charges, deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements involving financial institutions.

Earlier in his time as a white collar prosecutor, from 2005 until 2013, Kendall served as a deputy chief and trial attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the DOJ. During his tenure at the Public Integrity Section, Kendall prosecuted and tried some of the Criminal Division’s most challenging cases, including the prosecutions of Jack Abramoff, a Member of Congress and several chiefs of staff, a New York state supreme court judge, and other elected local officials. He started his career in 2003 when he was selected to join the Attorney General’s Honors Program as a prosecutor in the DOJ’s Tax Division. Kendall also was stationed overseas as the Justice Department’s Anti-Corruption Resident Legal Advisor in Serbia.

Representative Matters

• Represented Binance.com, a global crypto currency exchange, in securing resolution of criminal and civil investigations brought by DOJ, the CFTC, FinCEN, and OFAC. 
• Defended a publicly traded financial institution in a DOJ AML investigation and achieved a declination of prosecution.
• Secured a no-penalty, Non-Prosecution Agreement for a U.S. health care company in connection with government investigations of wire fraud and securities violations.
• Represented a Special Committee of the Board of Directors of a U.S. publicly traded diagnostic laboratory and obtained a no-penalty Non-Prosecution Agreement in connection with multiple government investigations of alleged health care fraud and False Claims Act violations.
• Succeeded in convincing INTERPOL to cancel multiple red notices and delete a client’s data from INTERPOL’s system.
• Represented the Boards of Directors of multiple global financial institutions in connection with government investigations of alleged international money laundering, AML violations, foreign corruption, sanctions violations, and related issues.
• Secured for an Indonesian paper company a Deferred Prosecution Agreement in connection with alleged sanctions and bank fraud allegations.
• Successfully resolved an investigation by the California Attorney General into allegations that a public traded biotechnology company engaged in misleading and deceptive marketing practices.
• Secured for the third largest Israeli bank a Deferred Prosecution Agreement in connection with government investigation of alleged tax evasion.
• Represented the Board of Directors of an international tobacco company in connection with a DOJ and OFAC investigation of alleged sanctions violations.
• Conducted internal investigation and analysis of FCPA allegations for a publicly traded company.
• Represented a global financial institution in connection with government investigations of AML violations and related issues.
• Represented a leading independent company in the specialty ingredients business in connection with a DEA investigation for alleged failures to declare the import and export of certain List 1 controlled chemicals.
• Served as pool counsel representing various employees in an SEC investigation of potential AML violations for a publicly traded financial institution.
• Conducted AML compliance review for a publicly traded financial institution.
• Representation of a leading non-profit organization in connection with an internal review of employee conduct and the organization’s response.

Selected Recent Speaking Engagements

• Bahamas Financial Services Board, AML and Sanctions Enforcement, February 2023
• American Gaming Association, Annual Anti-Money Laundering Summit, “State of Play: What the Experts are Saying,” April 2022
• American Gaming Association, Annual Anti-Money Laundering Summit, “Decrypting the Role of Digital Currency in Casinos,” October 2021
• American Bar Association, 34th Annual Institute on White Collar Crime, “Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture – Seizing Everything ‘Involved in’ Crimes,” October 2021
• Corporate Crime Reporter, “Interview: On the Ebb and Flow of Corporate Crime Prosecutions,” August 2021
• American Bar Association webcast, “DOJ White Collar Enforcement: What to Expect in 2021 and the Coming Years,” March 2021

Kendall received a number of awards while at the DOJ, including the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service, the second highest award for employee performance; the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service; and the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Ensuring the Integrity of Government.

Kendall clerked for Chief United States District Court Judge Benson E. Legg of the District of Maryland. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he graduated in 2002 after winning first place in the Lile Moot Court Competition and being selected to receive the Margaret G. Hyde Graduation Award. He graduated with honors and highest distinction from the University of Kansas in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in Italian Literature and Humanities.

Kendall is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Eric Vandevelde is a litigation partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office. He is Co-Chair of the Artificial Intelligence practice group and a member of the firm’s White Collar, Privacy & Cybersecurity, and Intellectual Property practice groups. As a former federal prosecutor who supervised the Cyber & IP Crimes section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California, Eric has significant first-chair trial experience, both while at the DOJ and in the private sector. He has a deep technical background, with a degree in computer science from Stanford and having worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley and Latin America.

Eric has repeatedly been recognized by Chambers, with clients describing him as “phenomenal” and “exceptional,” their “go-to attorney for government investigations or any possible changes at regulatory level,” and noting that his “technical background and legal acumen were critical to [their] success.”  He is ranked by Chambers USA nationwide for Artificial Intelligence and in California for Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. Eric has also been recognized for his work in White Collar by Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America®, and the Daily Journal, including as one of the Top 20 Cyber/Artificial Intelligence lawyers in California. Eric was recognized as a Key Lawyer in the areas of Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense by The Legal 500 US in their 2024 edition. Lawdragon also named Eric to its 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors (2024-2026) and 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers lists (2024-2025).

Eric has a broad practice—handling criminal and civil trials, internal investigations, enforcement matters, advisory work for boards and management, and product counseling—but nearly all of his matters lie at the intersection of technology and the law, and involve cutting edge issues in AI, cryptocurrency, data privacy, cybersecurity, biotech, fintech, gaming, and software. He has also represented clients in some of the highest profile, highest stakes cases in the country concerning government demands for personal data and technical assistance in connection with criminal and national security-related investigations.

Representative criminal and regulatory investigations matters:

• Representing several technology companies in multiple DOJ investigations regarding AI-based platforms and technology, including with respect to training data provenance, safety efforts, and content moderation.
• Representing cryptocurrency platform in investigations by the DOJ, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
• Obtained formal declination for mobile gaming company in coordinated consumer protection investigations by multiple state regulators relating to in-app purchases.
• Obtained successful resolution for leading technology company in investigation by 30+ state Attorneys General and multiple District Attorneys’ offices, alongside parallel investigations by DOJ, SEC, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
• Obtained formal declinations for financial services executives in connection with “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal.
• Obtained successful resolution for online gaming and fantasy sports company in wide-ranging criminal and regulatory investigations.
• Obtained successful resolution for healthcare services provider in nationwide False Claims Act (FCA) investigation by DOJ and the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS).
• Obtained successful resolution, with no admission of wrongdoing, for CFO of publicly traded company in parallel SEC and DOJ investigations.
• Led internal investigation for nutraceutical company, uncovering evidence of fraud through digital forensics and recovering $20+ million within days of confronting perpetrators.

Representative litigation matters:

• Lead trial lawyer defending Rimini Street, a leading software support provider, in multiple litigations against Oracle.  Defense caused Oracle to drop more than $1.4 billion in claimed damages on the eve of trial.
• Represented Amazon Web Services in bid protest regarding the U.S. Department of Defense’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract.
• Represented AT&T Mobility in lawsuit arising out of alleged theft of cryptocurrency and related cybersecurity issues.
• Represented Machine Zone, a leading mobile game developer, in complex commercial litigation against former datacenter services provider involving allegations of theft of trade secrets, breach of contract, and fraud.
• Represented Amgen in lawsuit involving patent licensing dispute.
• Represented AddOn Networks in copyright infringement, DMCA, and CFAA lawsuit.
• Represented St. Jude Medical in trade secret case involving theft and misuse of confidential information by former employee in company’s research and development arm.

AI / Cybersecurity / Privacy matters:

Across a wide range of industries, including software, hardware, social media, cloud and other online services, retail and luxury goods, health care, biotech and other life sciences, telecom, transportation, and private equity, Eric has helped numerous clients identify and manage AI, cybersecurity, and privacy risks:

• AI – Represented and advised technology companies, including social media and gaming companies, regarding compliance and risk mitigation with respect to AI, dark patterns, and other algorithmic decision-making issues.
• Data Breach / Incident Response – Represented victim companies in crisis management and remediation efforts (including managing forensics, consumer notification and regulatory reporting requirements, law enforcement interactions, and public relations) in connection with some of the largest and most sophisticated cyberattacks and data breaches.
• Cybersecurity – Advised C-suite, boards, and audit or special committees on cybersecurity risk and best practices, and compliance with applicable cybersecurity laws and regulations.
• Privacy – Advised and proactively managed compliance efforts with respect to various privacy laws and regulations, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
• Government Demands for Data and Assistance – Handled complex, high-profile, or contentious demands for data and technical assistance by government agencies and law enforcement via subpoenas, search warrants, pen registers, wiretaps, national security letters (NSLs), and other formal process issued under federal and state law, including the Stored Communications Act (SCA), Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), and Wiretap Act. Successfully litigated against the government to resist overbroad and unlawful process, as well as accompanying non-disclosure (i.e., “gag”) orders. Advised companies on encryption issues relating to such disputes.

From 2007 to 2014, Eric served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. He was Deputy Chief of the Cyber & IP Crimes unit, supervising one of the nation’s largest teams of federal prosecutors dedicated to investigating and prosecuting computer hacking and intellectual property offenses. He was the lead prosecutor on numerous high-profile cyber-crime investigations, including cases involving corporate espionage, theft of trade secrets, APTs, botnets, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, and other sophisticated cyberattacks by nation-state actors. Eric has handled the prosecution of several infamous hacking groups that infiltrated government and corporate servers around the world. He also successfully prosecuted numerous traditional white collar cases as part of the Major Frauds Section, including healthcare fraud, mortgage fraud, investment fraud, tax fraud, and government procurement fraud cases, as well as some of the largest Ponzi scheme cases in Southern California. For his work with the government, Eric received numerous awards and commendations from federal agencies, including the FBI, Secret Service, IRS, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Eric is an active member of the legal community and committed to pro bono work. He served as Co-Chair of the ABA White Collar Crime Committee for Southern California. He currently serves on the board of the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, which provides direct representation to survivors of domestic violence and families in crises, and he was previously a board member for the Federal Bar Association of Los Angeles. Eric graduated from UCLA School of Law, Order of the Coif. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable A. Howard Matz, United States District Judge, Central District of California.

Ashlie Beringer has three decades of experience representing media and technology companies in periods of transformation and crisis. Ashlie’s practice focuses on defending global regulatory and litigation matters and advising on product, business and compliance strategies, particularly on issues related to disruptive technologies, data, artificial intelligence and online platforms. Ashlie has successfully represented platforms and technology companies in a range of industries in regulatory and criminal investigations before the FTC, CFPB, NYDFS, Department of Justice, and California, New York, Illinois, Texas, Washington DC and multi-state state Attorneys General, while coordinating strategy for parallel regulatory investigations around the globe.

Ashlie returned to Gibson Dunn as a partner of the Palo Alto office, after serving as Facebook’s Deputy General Counsel from 2013 to 2020, where she led the company’s global Privacy, Product, Regulatory and Litigation legal teams. At Facebook, Ashlie was a member of the core management team and successfully defended the company against hundreds of global regulatory challenges and lawsuits, and designed product and business strategies that advanced business goals while earning regulatory approval. She built a global team of more than 180 lawyers and legal professionals worldwide and continually innovated to find working models that promoted collaboration, professional evolution and innovation.

Indicative of her leadership, Ashlie was selected as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Tech and Innovation Practice Group and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group. Ashlie actively advises public company Boards on oversight of cybersecurity risks and mitigation strategies and works closely with C-Suite teams on core business and product strategies in a range of industries, leveraging her unique combination of regulatory, business and technology expertise.

Ashlie developed the Art of Product Counseling Method™, which is an innovative model for developing strategic mitigations to address key risks and requirements during product launches and has trained many legal teams on the Method™ in Art of Product Counseling Workshops.

Prior to joining Facebook, Ashlie was a partner at Gibson Dunn where she developed a leading technology practice and played a critical role in shaping the legal and regulatory landscape to enable innovation in new and misunderstood technical platforms.

Ashlie received her law degree from Yale Law School in 1996, where she served as Editor of the Yale Law Journal and was the winner of the Yale Mock Trial Competition. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California Los Angeles, summa cum laude. She served as Law Clerk to Judge Richard Matsch in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Colorado.

Honors/Awards

• Recognized by Legal 500 as the “go-to” for complex regulatory investigations across the US and globally
• Ranked Band 2 by Chambers in Artificial Intelligence – Nationwide (2025), with clients noting that Ashlie is a “go-to for strategic and creative thinking” and “one of the most practical, problem-solving lawyers [they] have encountered in the tech space.”
• Highlighted by Chambers as a key contact in Gibson Dunn’s ranked global multi-jurisdictional Technology, Media, and Telecommunication practice
• Listed as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America by Lawdragon (2023-2025)
• Listed as one of the 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors by Lawdragon (2024-2026)
• Listed as one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America by Lawdragon (2023-2026)
• Listed as one of the 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers by Lawdragon (2024-2025)
• Named as one of the Women Leaders in Tech Law as part of The Recorder’s California Legal Awards (2023, 2025)
• Identified as one of the Global Data Review’s Top Women in Data (2022)
• Named by The Silicon Valley Business Journal in their annual Women of Influence List, which features “the 100 most influential women in the Silicon Valley” (2021)
• Recognized by The Daily Journal has one of California’s top 100 lawyers (2012)

Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Palo Alto office, where she co-chairs the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) practice, and is a key member of the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation practice, including as the leader of the firm’s State Privacy Law Task Force. With extensive experience advising companies on AI, data privacy, and cybersecurity issues, Cassandra focuses on strategic product counseling, regulatory compliance counseling, global program development, regulatory enforcement matters (including in connection with the California Attorney General’s Office, California Privacy Protection Agency, and Federal Trade Commission), and complex transactional representations (including assisting companies with targeted assessments in M&A, joint development, vendor and outsourcing agreements). Cassandra advises clients in various industries, including technology, retail, luxury fashion, gig economy, financial, energy / oil and gas, and transportation.

Cassandra’s client work and contributions to the field have led to significant industry recognition. She has been recognized by Chambers Global 2025 as a “Global Market Leader” in their Artificial Intelligence rankings. Daily Journal named Cassandra to their list of Top Artificial Intelligence Lawyers 2024. Law360 recognized her as one of the top five Cybersecurity/Privacy attorneys under 40 in their Rising Stars of 2024 list. The Legal 500’s 2024 ranking of the firm in the Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy And Data Protection) category featured a client testimonial describing Cassandra as “always [] excellent, smart and practical. Appreciate her ability to describe common practice and give advice on reasonable assumption of risk.” Lawdragon named Cassandra to its 2024, 2025, and 2026 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors list, which highlights “100 stellar players who capture the state of artificial intelligence in the law today, with a side of interesting legal tech.” She was also named as The Recorder’s 2022 Women Leaders in Tech Law list, which honors “the top women attorneys whose recent achievements have contributed to progress at technology companies and in the law.” Euromoney recognized her as a 2022 Rising Star in the Americas for Privacy and Data Protection. And the Silicon Valley Business Journal named her to its 2022 40 Under 40 list, which honors “tremendously impressive young professionals, doing truly ground-breaking work.”

Cassandra is also a prominent thought leader in the fields of AI and privacy. She has served as Chair of the Practicing Law Institute’s annual AI program in 2023 and 2024. At Gibson Dunn, Cassandra plays a key role in publishing dozens of the firm’s client alerts on these topics, including the comprehensive end of year publications Artificial Intelligence Review and Outlook and U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Review and Outlook. Cassandra co-wrote a chapter on “United States: Artificial Intelligence,” which was published in the Global Data Review Insight Handbook for three years straight. In addition to legal publications, Cassandra provides numerous expert insight quotations and articles for mass media outlets. Her expertise and leadership in the AI and privacy space enable her to stay at the forefront of regulatory trends and legal changes. Cassandra also maintains a significant pro bono practice, particularly in areas related to AI and privacy.

Cassandra is Gibson Dunn’s Palo Alto office Hiring Partner, and Professional Development Committee Member. She is a member of the State Bar of California, a licensed patent attorney, and a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

Cassandra received her law degree from the UCLA Law in 2011, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and graduated undergrad with a Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology, and a minor in Political Science.

Mitchell T. Dost is a corporate associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group.

Mitchell has experience representing sponsors in the formation, marketing and operation of open- and closed-end private investment funds across a range of investment strategies, including debt and equity real estate funds and buyout funds. Mitchell also advises on a variety of matters related to private funds, including co-investments, internal sponsor arrangements, secondary transactions, separate accounts and joint ventures.

Mitchell received his Juris Doctor from Queen’s University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in applied economics from Queen’s University and holds an MBA from the Smith School of Business.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mitchell was an associate of an international law firm. As a member of their Corporate Group in Toronto, he advised clients on a range of domestic and cross-border matters, including M&A, equity capital markets, and other structured transactions. He also completed secondments at CIBC and Northleaf Capital Partners.

Mitchell is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and the State of Texas.

Jordan Estes is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s New York office. A seasoned trial attorney and former federal prosecutor, she has been lead or co-lead counsel in 14 federal jury trials. She represents corporations and individuals in high-stakes criminal and regulatory matters and complex civil litigation, including securities litigation and class actions. Jordan brings over 15 years of litigation experience to her practice, including more than eight years with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Her extensive experience and proven track record make her a formidable advocate for her clients in the most challenging legal environments.

Jordan has been lead or co-lead counsel in high-stakes criminal trials that received national news coverage. Jordan’s recent experience includes the defense of Bill Hwang of Archegos Capital Management in a highly publicized 10-week trial that laid the groundwork for appeal on novel legal issues related to market manipulation. As a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Jordan represented the government in the month-long trial of former Nikola Corporation CEO Trevor Milton for securities fraud and the two-week trial of a former Congressman Stephen Buyer for insider trading. Her jury addresses have been covered by The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, the New York Post, among other news outlets, and her closing argument in United States v. Milton was featured in a Law360 article entitled “How Trial Attorneys Can Craft a Winning Closing Argument.” In addition to her courtroom achievements, Jordan was also recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as “Up and Coming” in the area of White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations in New York.

During her tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Jordan served as co-chief of the General Crimes Unit and was a senior member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. She tried 13 cases to verdict, securing convictions in all of them on charges including securities fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, health care fraud and racketeering offenses. Her notable matters include a securities fraud trial of a CEO involved in a $200 million bond fraud scheme; a month-long wire fraud trial of an executive of a Big Four accounting firm; a health care fraud trial of a pharmacist; and four trials involving racketeering offenses. Jordan also argued multiple cases before the Second Circuit.

As a senior member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, Jordan led investigations and prosecutions of cryptocurrency fraud, accounting fraud, insider trading and bank fraud across various industries. She also managed relationships with stakeholders at the SEC, the CFTC, the FBI, and other federal agencies.

In her role as co-chief of the General Crimes Unit, she supervised dozens of attorneys and managed hundreds of cases, including those involving money laundering, tax fraud, health care fraud, cybercrime, threats, cyberstalking, and sex trafficking. She supervised over a dozen trials and conducted the Office’s trial training program for junior prosecutors.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jordan was a partner in the New York office of a major law firm. She began her legal career in the litigation practice of a leading global law firm, following prestigious clerkships with both the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jordan earned her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Mississippi.

Representative Experience

Criminal

• Defended Bill Hwang of Archegos in a 10-week trial for market manipulation and wire fraud in the Southern District of New York.  Although Bill Hwang was convicted, the trial team won rulings excluding some of the most damaging evidence in the case and laid the groundwork for Mr. Hwang’s appeal on novel legal issues related to market manipulation.
• Trial counsel for investment firm founder facing securities and wire fraud charges arising out of alleged fraud against private credit lenders in Southern District of New York and parallel SEC case.
• Representing public company executive in DOJ Antitrust investigation.
• Representing former public company executive in bribery investigation in Eastern District of New York.
• Representing entrepreneur in securities fraud investigation in Southern District of New York and parallel SEC investigation.
• Representing victim-witness in sex trafficking trial of the Alexander brothers in the Southern District of New York.
• Prosecuted the two-week insider trading trial of former Congressman Stephen Buyer in the Southern District of New York, delivering the closing argument that led to conviction.*
• Prosecuted the month-long securities fraud trial of Trevor Milton, the former Chairman of Nikola Motor, in the Southern District of New York, delivering the closing argument that led to conviction.*
• Prosecuted a three-week securities fraud trial in the Southern District of New York involving a $200 million bond fraud scheme, delivering the opening statement and rebuttal argument that led to conviction.*
• Prosecuted the month-long wire fraud trial of a former KPMG executive and a former PCAOB employee in the Southern District of New York, delivering the opening statement.*
• Prosecuted a three-week racketeering and gambling trial in the Southern District of New York involving the Genovese Crime Family, delivering the closing argument that led to conviction.*
• Prosecuted a two-week healthcare fraud and narcotics trial against a pharmacist in the Southern District of New York, delivering the opening statement and rebuttal argument that led to conviction.*

Civil

• Trial counsel for Amazon in a $500 million contract dispute in the Southern District of New York.
• Representing the former CFO of Silicon Valley Bank in connection with securities litigation and multiple governmental investigations concerning the bank’s failure in March 2023.
• Representing Churchill Downs in a putative class action asserting RICO and related claims in the Eastern District of New York.
• Representing public company in putative class action asserting securities fraud claims in the Northern District of California.
• Obtained favorable settlement for an individual in a civil fraud action brought by the Federal Trade Commission in the Southern District of New York related to a cryptocurrency exchange.
• Represented major UK bank in LIBOR-related class action litigation in the Southern District of New York.*
• Won ICC arbitration for a university related to a contract dispute.*  

*Prior to Gibson Dunn

Jun Qi Chin is an associate in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Financial Regulatory Practice Group. She is currently on secondment.

Jun Qi regularly advises global and local financial institutions and corporates on their financial regulatory and related compliance issues, such as in connection with the expansion of their businesses into Singapore or the introduction of new products and services. She has extensive experience advising banks, fund managers, exchanges, brokerages and payment service providers on a broad range of financial regulatory matters, including licensing and other regulatory engagement processes, conduct and governance obligations and regulatory change projects.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jun Qi was a regulatory lawyer at an international law firm and was also an in-house counsel at a U.S.-headquartered multinational payment card services corporation, where she advised stakeholders on the launch and deployment of various payment products and services, and on the application of regulatory requirements across the Asia-Pacific region.

Jun Qi is recognized as a Leading Associate for Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

She received her Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore in 2013. Jun Qi is admitted to practice in Singapore. She is fluent in English and Mandarin.