Bethany Saul (she/her) is an associate in the Litigation Department, where she specializes in trial litigation and complex civil litigation. She represents clients in commercial disputes across a range of practice areas, including securities litigation, class actions, contract disputes, and M&A litigation, and government and internal investigations. Bethany has considerable trial experience, including arbitral hearings and bench trials in federal and state courts.

Bethany maintains an active pro-bono practice, which was recognized in December 2023, when she won the Frank Wheat Memorial Award for her commitment to pro-bono work in the immigration/asylum and reproductive justice space. Bethany is also actively involved in diversity and mentorship programming, serving as Co-Chair of the Women’s LGBTQ+ committee and formerly serving on the Junior Board of Legal Services NYC for three years.

Bethany earned her B.A. from Boston University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was a research assistant in both administrative law to Professor David Kamin and federal civil procedure to Professor Arthur R. Miller, for whom she revised the Wright & Miller Federal Practice & Procedure treatise. She served as an extern to the Honorable Judge J. Paul Oetken of the Southern District of New York. Bethany is admitted to practice in California and New York.

Securities Litigation and Regulation

  • Represented a leading provider of automotive maintenance and repair services and former officers in a securities fraud class action alleging misleading disclosures regarding challenges in certain business segments, securing final approval of a favorable pre-trial settlement resolving the litigation.
  • Represented foreign solar energy company and former officers in a securities fraud class action alleging misstatements concerning demand and inventory levels in the company’s European business, securing dismissal of significant portions of plaintiffs’ claims and a favorable settlement of the remaining claims following amended complaint.
  • Represented U.S.’s largest pipeline company in connection with securities fraud class action, supporting discovery, motion for summary judgment, and trial preparation, all of which ultimately resulted in favorable pre-trial settlement.
  • Represented an international development bank in lawsuit against its former president arising from misuse of the institution’s funds for personal enrichment, with a focus on state-law market manipulation claims and related breach of fiduciary duty allegations.
  • Represented publicly-traded software company in internal investigation in response to allegations of improper recognition of revenue. Following presentation to staff, the SEC closed the investigation.
  • Represented a family office in multiple mediation proceedings involving cryptocurrency investments, developing innovative theories under SEC and New York regulation of digital asset sales, contributing to a favorable settlement.
  • Represented multinational investment bank in SEC Section 16 inquiry, requiring highly expedited internal investigation and discovery, resulting in inquiry closure.
  • Represented finance company and its CEO in civil securities fraud action brought by the SEC in S.D.N.Y., managing expedited discovery and fact development.

Delaware Corporate Law

  • Briefed successful motion to dismiss for private equity firm related to post-acquisition earn-out dispute in Delaware Court of Chancery, and successfully represented buyer through expert arbitration process.
  • Represented global e-commerce company in share ownership dispute filed by former employee in Delaware Court of Chancery, focusing on accelerated fact investigation and discovery, resulting in favorable pre-trial settlement.
  • Represented CEO and board of directors of publicly-traded company in corporate control contest, including expediated trial in Delaware Court of Chancery, resulting in post-trial success for CEO in proxy contest.

Other Representative Matters

  • Represented publicly-traded satellite company in breach of contract and unjust enrichment action, including two-week bench trial in federal court.
  • Represented foreign energy company in breach of contract action, including two-week international arbitral hearing.

Pro-Bono Matters

  • Reproductive justice – Bethany currently represents plaintiffs in multiple nationally-watched reproductive justice matters, securing preliminary and permanent injunctions for state-wide abortion bans.  She has co-chaired multiple arguments and successfully argued a motion for preliminary injunction.
  • Asylum & immigration– Bethany represents minors and LGBTQ+ individuals in affirmative and defensive asylum matters at the agency, trial, and appellate levels. She has stand-up experience in family court, agency representations, and immigration court.

Jennafer Tryck is a partner in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  She is a member of the Firm’s Litigation, Labor and Employment, Insurance and Reinsurance, and Class Actions practice groups, and represents clients across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, telecommunications, health care, and higher education.

Jennafer specializes in defending plan sponsors and insurers in high-stakes Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) litigation in the trial courts and on appeal.  She has represented clients in a wide range of single-plaintiff and class-action matters, including defending employers against excessive fee and prohibited transaction claims, tobacco surcharge claims, and 401(k) plan forfeiture claims.  She also defends plan sponsors and fiduciaries against challenges to the calculation of benefits for large defined-benefit pension plans.  In addition to litigation defense, Jennafer also dedicates a significant portion of her practice to advising clients on limiting litigation exposure for ERISA and non-ERISA benefit plans.    

Jennafer is recognized as a Next Generation Partner for her work in ERISA litigation by Legal 500. The Best Lawyers in America® has also recognized her as “One to Watch” in the areas of Commercial Litigation (2021-2026) and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2026).

Select Representative Matters:

  • Secured complete dismissal, with prejudice, of plaintiffs’ claims in ERISA “excessive fee” fiduciary-breach class action brought against outpatient surgical care company.
  • Successfully struck plaintiffs’ damages experts and jury demand, in addition to multiple claims and thirteen named defendants, in ERISA fiduciary breach class action brought against leading private university.
  • Represent multinational automobile manufacturer in wide range of single-plaintiff and class-action ERISA matters challenging the client’s administration of its retirement and health and welfare plans.
  • Defend large health insurer in multiple putative nation-wide class actions challenging coverage and reimbursement decisions for ERISA-governed health plans.
  • Represent major manufacturing and telecommunications companies in class actions alleging violations of ERISA actuarial equivalence requirements.

Professional Activities and Education:

Jennafer also maintains an active pro bono practice, including securing a new jury trial from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on a grandmother’s excessive force claim, and drafting an amicus brief on behalf of Kids In Need of Defense in a successful effort to enjoin regulations that limit asylum access for unaccompanied immigrant children.  She also serves on the Board of Directors of the OC Lavender Bar Association, the official association of LGBT and allied attorneys, judges, and law students in Orange County.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jennafer served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Dana Fabe of the Alaska Supreme Court and as an extern to Judge John W. Sedwick of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.  She received her law degree from the University of California, Irvine School of Law where she was a member of the law school’s inaugural class.  Jennafer also holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Jennafer is a member of the California and Alaska bars and is admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits and the United States District Courts for the Central District of California, Northern District of California, and Eastern District of Michigan.

Harris M. Mufson is widely recognized amongst the top employment litigators in the country.  Clients seek Harris’ advice when confronting their most complex employment issues, including disputes regarding discrimination and retaliation, whistleblowing, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, defamation, breach of contract, wage and hour laws, and restrictive covenants.  Most recently, Harris secured sweeping injunctions in two of the most high-profile restrictive covenant disputes in the country.  Harris also recently secured a complete victory on behalf of a client in a week-long jury trial of a high-stakes whistleblower retaliation claim under California law.  The jury returned a unanimous defense verdict after 10 minutes of deliberations.

In addition to fiercely defending clients in court, Harris counsels clients on compliance with employment-related laws, as well as the development, implementation and enforcement of personnel policies and procedures.  He has also conducted numerous internal investigations regarding sensitive employment matters.

Recognized as a thought leader in the industry, Harris has delivered numerous seminars before the American Bar Association on key developments in employment laws.  As a result of Harris’ extraordinary talents, he has received numerous distinctions.  Ranked by Chambers and Legal 500 for his Labor & Employment work, he was also named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers Guide, featuring “the nation’s top advisors to businesses, universities, nonprofits and other organizations dealing with the mind-bending matrix of today’s global workforce.” Harris was also named a BTI Client Service All-Star MVP, recognizing “the attorneys delivering the absolute best levels of client service”.  Additionally, he was recognized as a “Labor & Employment Star” by Benchmark Litigation and consistently ranked by The Best Lawyers in America®. 

Representative recent litigations include:*

  • Secured two temporary restraining orders preventing a competitor from continuing its playbook to misappropriate confidential information and solicit clients (Edelman Financial Engines, et al, v. Prime Capital (D.Del. 2026));
  • Secured a significant victory on behalf of the NBA Players Association when a federal magistrate judge recommended dismissal of all discrimination claims asserted against by former NBA player Von Wafer (Vakeaton Wafer v. National Basketball Players Association (N.D. Fl. 2026));
  • Secured a complete dismissal of claims for Amazon.com Services LLC in a New York wage and hour class action (Bettis, et al. v. Amazon.com Services LLC (E.D.N.Y. 2026));
  • Secured a sweeping injunction to stop a competitor from continuing its tortious interference and unfair competition after its “lift out” of 150 employees (Marsh USA LLC v. Gronovius, et al (S.D.N.Y. 2026));
  • Enjoined former Palantir employees from continuing their plan to “pillage” Palantir’s best engineeers to build a copycat business and requiring forensic remediation to address theft of confidential information (Palantir v. Jain, et al. (S.D.N.Y. 2026));
  • Secured an injunction enforcing non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements signed by former senior employees of Marsh (Marsh USA LLC v. Parrish, et al (S.D.N.Y. 2025));
  • Secured a sweeping injunction in DraftKings’ trade secrets and noncompete lawsuit against the former head of its VIP business (DraftKings Inc. v. Michael Hermalyn (D. Mass. 2024));
  • Won a high-stakes jury trial on behalf of a client in defense of a whistleblower retaliation claim under CA Labor Code §1102.5. (Adam Fox v. Harry Winston, Inc. (C.D.C.A. 2023));
  • Enjoined the Town of East Hampton from proceeding with an unprecedented and highly-publicized plan to close the historic East Hampton Airport—which has operated continuously as a public airport for the past eighty-five years—and reopen it shortly thereafter as a purported “private use” airport subject to substantial restrictions on aircraft operators’ ability to use it in the future (East End Hangars, Inc. et al v. Town of East Hampton, (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2022));
  • Won a high-profile lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General alleging health and safety violations under New York Labor Law (Letita James, Attorney General of the State of New York v. Amazon.com Inc. (1st Dep’t 2022));
  • Obtained a temporary restraining order enjoining a former sales executive from engaging in competitive activities in violation of his non-competition obligations (Capchase Inc. v. Sukhraj (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2022));
  • Obtained a temporary restraining order enjoining a former sports executive from violating his non-competition obligations (Relevent Sports LLC v. Stillitano (S.D.N.Y. 2022));
  • Won a complete dismissal of a Bank Secrecy Act whistleblower lawsuit (Shaikh v. National Bank of Pakistan (2nd Cir. 2021)).

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Harris was a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department of an AmLaw 50 firm, where he served as co-head of the Whistleblowing & Retaliation Practice Group and the Disability, Accommodation & Leave Management Practice Group.

Harris earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2006, where he was Senior Editor of the Journal of Labor and Employment.  Harris earned a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003.

Harris is deeply committed to his pro bono practice and is Chairman of the Mount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership, an organization established in 2016 to provide free legal services to low income patients to prevent and remedy unjust and hazardous social and environmental conditions.  Harris also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Allen-Stevenson School.

*Some representations occurred prior to Harris’ association with Gibson Dunn.

Ryan C. Stewart is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Labor & Employment Practice Group.

Ryan has represented clients in federal and state courts across the country at both the trial court and appellate levels, as well as in arbitration, agency, and administrative proceedings. He has experience representing employers in both single plaintiff and class action litigations across a wide range of labor and employment matters, including those involving federal and state wage-and-hour laws, Title VII and other federal and state discrimination laws, disability and accommodation laws, wrongful termination, whistleblower protection statutes, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, unfair labor practices, immigration law and compliance, and executive employment disputes. Ryan also has experience representing clients in disputes involving high-profile personal tort offenses. He is an accomplished brief writer and has significant experience in trial proceedings, including direct examination of fact witnesses in a National Labor Relations Board proceeding.

In addition to his litigation experience, a substantial portion of his practice involves advising employers on an extensive variety of employment-related issues, including wage-and-hour compliance, joint employment status, independent contractor status, executive separations and related agreements, employee terminations, confidentiality and other employment-related contractual agreements, enforcement of restrictive covenants, employee handbooks and policies, including those related to sexual harassment complaints, affirmative action and other regulatory compliance, and sensitive workplace investigations. Ryan has advised employers regarding pay equity audits, analysis, and remediation efforts. He also has experience advising clients regarding interactions with the government, including the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Ryan is recognized as a “Key Lawyer” for his work in labor and employment disputes by Legal 500. He was named a 2024 “Rising Star” in the Employment category by Law360, recognizing him as an attorney “whose legal accomplishments belie their age.”  Benchmark Litigation US also named him to its 2024 “40 & Under” list of “top emerging talent in litigation” and Lawdragon to its 2026 “500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers Guide.”

Representative engagements include:

  • Secured defense judgments denying all claims in three wage-and-hour arbitrations on behalf of Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC in three arbitrations. 
  • Successfully represented Enterprise Holdings, Inc. in a Rule 23 class action alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) (Wordlaw v. Enterprise Holdings, Inc. et al. (N.D. Ill.) and obtained dismissal with prejudice of nine individual BIPA complaints filed by settlement opt-outs;
  • Secured dismissal on the pleadings of discrimination and harassment claims brought by former employee and secured affirmance of the dismissal on appeal.  (Sousa v. Amazon.com, Inc. (D. Del.));
  • Secured summary judgment victories and won Second Circuit appeal for Credico (USA) LLC in a pair of wage-and-hour nationwide class actions involving misclassification claims on grounds that the workers were exempt outside salespersons and Credico did not jointly employ plaintiffs with its subcontractors (Vasto v. Credico (USA) LLC, et al. (S.D.N.Y. 2017, 2d Cir. 2019); Martin v. Assurance Wireless et al. (S.D.N.Y. 2017));
  • Secured dismissal of all opt-in wage-hour claims against Enterprise Holdings, Inc. in a nationwide overtime class and collective action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Massachusetts Wage Act, and currently representing Enterprise Holdings with respect to the second amended complaint (Bah v. Enterprise Holdings, Inc. et al. (D. Mass.));
  • Secured a significant trial win for Cablevision in a long-running and highly-publicized labor union dispute with the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO (CWA). Following a 21-day trial before an NLRB administrative law judge, prevailed on key unfair labor practice charges brought by the NLRB Regional Director on behalf of the CWA against Cablevision (CSC Holdings, LLC and Cablevision Systems, New York City Corp. (NLRB 2016));
  • Successfully represented Enterprise Holdings, Inc. in a highly-publicized, nationwide Rule 23 class action alleging WARN Act violations related to Covid-19 layoffs (Benson v. Enterprise Holdings, Inc. et al. (M.D. Fla.));
  • Represented and helped obtain favorable settlement for an applied technology company in a lawsuit brought by a former executive alleging disability discrimination, retaliation, and defamation;
  • Successfully represented Amazon.com in two lawsuits filed by a former employee alleging discrimination on the basis of age and religion and wage-hour violations on a class-wide basis, including successfully briefing a pre-discovery motion to strike the wage-hour class claims and disqualify class counsel in the class action (Colby v. Amazon.com, Inc. (Wash. Super. Ct.));
  • Represented Nike and secured a confidential settlement following favorable rulings in misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and business tort litigation involving Adidas and three former Nike footwear designers (Nike, Inc. v. Dekovic, et al. (Or. 2014));
  • Successfully represented Family Dollar Stores, Inc. in nationwide class action involving gender discrimination and Equal Pay Act claims (Scott v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (W.D.N.C.));
  • Obtained summary judgment for Walmart.com in lawsuit filed by a former employee alleging whistleblower retaliation and disability discrimination (Huynh v. Walmart Stores, Inc. (N.D. Cal.));
  • Defeated conditional certification and secured summary judgment victory for national restaurant chain in putative nationwide wage-hour collective action (Rafferty v. Denny’s (S.D. Fla.));
  • Represented Vox Media, Inc. in nationwide wage-and-hour class actions alleging that SB Nation Site Managers are misclassified as independent contractors (Bradley v. Vox Media, Inc. (D.D.C.); Spruill v. Vox Media, Inc. (D.D.C.));
  • Advised Fortune 500 company regarding interactions with Department of Labor relating to ERISA compliance and prohibited transaction exemptions; and
  • Advised Fortune 150 company regarding nationwide pay equity audit and analysis.

Ryan has also published articles relating to employment law, including an article in Law360’s Expert Analysis series regarding joint employment status under the FLSA and an article regarding the employment-related aspects of the California Immigrant Worker Protection Act.

He earned his law degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. At Harvard, he received The Dean’s Award for Community Leadership. Prior to attending law school, Ryan graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University with High Honors in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science.

Ryan is a member of the Florida, Maryland, and District of Columbia bars.

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

John earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Baylor University School of Law in 2023. John served as the Executive Editor and the Notes & Comments Editor on the Baylor Law Review. He also acted as the ABA Representative for the Student Bar Association. John is also active with the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers and was named as the “One to Watch” in July of 2025.

John is admitted to practice in the State of Texas.

Eliza A. Kaiser is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Eliza represents employers in high-profile employment litigation, arbitration, investigations, and advisory matters, with significant experience partnering with clients on their most sensitive and complex engagements – where reputational and strategic risk is at stake.

Eliza has extensive experience litigating a wide range of employment disputes in federal and state courts, including single-plaintiff matters, collective actions, administrative and agency proceedings, arbitrations, and mediations. Her experience includes handling claims involving allegations based on discrimination, whistleblowing, wage and hour violations, breach of contract, and tort. She regularly represents financial institutions and has significant experience litigating and arbitrating employment disputes in regulated industries, including leading FINRA, AAA, and JAMS arbitration matters.

Eliza’s market-leading investigations practice is built on tailored processes and focused on achieving strategic resolutions. She is consistently engaged by Boards and general counsel for pre-litigation complaints, confidential investigations, and C-suite and high-level executive matters. Additionally, she regularly conducts investigations into employment issues, including claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblowing, and employee misconduct.

Eliza also counsels clients concerning all aspects of the employment relationship, such as equal employment opportunity, employment policies, hiring, termination, disciplinary action, leave and medical issues, and employment contracts.

Eliza’s prior experience as an in-house employment lawyer at a major investment bank provides her with a unique perspective on the issues facing employers. She has a deep understanding of the business, regulatory, and reputational considerations facing banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and sales and trading operations. Eliza also regularly represents clients across leading industries, including in the professional services, consulting, and technology fields.

Eliza’s strategic judgement and steadfast commitment to her clients have earned her recognition from leading publications. She is recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA (2025-2026) and Legal 500 (2017-2026), which named her one of its Leading Partners, describing her as a “superb employment lawyer – pragmatic and strategic.” Eliza has also been named to the annual Lawdragon Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers list (2019-2026), New York Super Lawyers list (2018-2020, 2023-2025) and Rising Stars list (2014-2017).

Rankings & Recognition:

  • Chambers USA – Leading Lawyer (2025-2026)
  • Legal 500 – Leading Partner (2026), described as a “superb employment lawyer;” Next Generation Partner (2024), described as “an integral team member” and “someone the client values tremendously;” Next Generation Lawyer (2017-2023)
  • Lawdragon – Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers (2020-2026); 40 Up and Comers in Corporate Employment Law (2019)
  • Benchmark Litigation – Labor and Employment Star (2019-2025); Litigation Star (2026)
  • New York Super Lawyers – Annual List (2018–2020, 2023–2025); Rising Star (2014–2017)

Cédric Elst is an associate in the Brussels office of Gibson Dunn, where he is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.

Cédric’s practice covers all areas of EU competition law, including merger control, abuse of dominance, and anti-competitive agreements, as well as foreign direct investment, EU trade defense, and EU customs law.

Cédric holds a LL.B. in Dutch & European Law and a master’s degree in Corporate & Commercial Law from Maastricht University, as well as a master’s degree in Law & Economics from Utrecht University.

Cédric is fluent in English, Dutch, and French.

Stephen Hammer is a senior associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn.  He is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice groups.

Mr. Hammer specializes in litigating high-stakes appeals and critical motions in federal and state courts.  During October Term 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court appointed Mr. Hammer to brief and argue an immigration case involving expedited removal orders and adopted his position on a key question regarding the timing of judicial review.  Riley v. Bondi, 606 U.S. 259 (2025).  Mr. Hammer has also presented argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Fifth Texas Court of Appeals.  He has been recognized as a Leading Associate in appellate law by the Legal 500 and as an appellate Rising Star multiple times by Super Lawyers.

Mr. Hammer maintains an active pro bono practice focused on religious liberty issues and crime victims’ rights and serves as a vice president of the Dallas Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society.  He is a contributing lawyer-editor for the twelfth edition of Black’s Law Dictionary.

Representative Matters:

  • Won unanimous Supreme Court decision holding that an insurer with financial responsibility for bankruptcy claims is a party in interest with a right to be heard in reorganization proceedings; team named Law360 Legal Lions of the Week.  Truck Ins. Exch. v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., 602 U.S. 268 (2024).
  • Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to vacate in full the SEC’s Private Fund Advisers Rule, which would have fundamentally changed the way private funds and their advisers are regulated and cost $5.4 billion and millions of hours of employee time; team named Law360 Legal Lions of the Week and runner-up for AmLaw Litigation Daily’s Litigator of the Week.  Nat’l Ass’n of Private Fund Managers v. SEC, 103 F.4th 1097 (5th Cir. 2024).
  • Convinced the Fifth Circuit to reverse order holding the head of a major state agency in contempt and imposing $100,000 in daily fines and to reassign the case in long-running institutional-reform litigation; team received shout-out from AmLaw Litigation Daily’s Litigator of the Week.  M.D. ex rel. Stukenberg v. Abbott, 119 F.4th 373 (5th Cir. 2024).
  • Persuaded the D.C. Circuit to expedite review and vacate an EPA order denying a small refinery exemption from the Renewable Fuel Standard; team named runner-up for AmLaw Litigation Daily’s Litigator of the Week.  Alon Refin. Krotz Springs, Inc. v. EPA, 172 F.4th 12 (D.C. Cir. 2026).
  • Convinced the First Texas Court of Appeals to grant five mandamus petitions directing trial court to dismiss billions of dollars in tort claims against power generation companies in multidistrict litigation arising out of the 2021 Texas winter storm; persuaded the Texas Supreme Court to deny mandamus review of those decisions without argument.  In re Luminant Generation Co., 711 S.W.3d 13 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2023, orig. proceeding [mand. denied]).
  • Successfully defended AT&T from emergency challenge to multibillion-dollar 5G wireless deployment brought by airline industry on eve of rollout.  In re Expanding Flexible Use in the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band, No. 18-122 (FCC).
  • Persuaded Virginia trial court to grant summary judgment to Trinity Industries on $1.2 billion in claims under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and secured affirmance of that decision from the Virginia Court of Appeals; Commonwealth ex rel. Harman v. Trinity Indus., Inc., No. 1264-24-2 (Va. Ct. App.); won unanimous affirmance of dismissal of action against Trinity Industries under the Tennessee False Claims Act from the Tennessee Court of Appeals, State ex rel. Harman v. Trinity Indus., Inc., No. M2022-00167-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App.); won unanimous affirmance of order denying motion to amend complaint against Trinity Industries under New Jersey False Claims Act from the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, State ex rel. Harman v. Trinity Indus., Inc., No. A-3788-21 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.).
  • Convinced the Fifth Circuit to affirm grant of summary judgment to Health Management Systems in False Claims Act case involving hundreds of millions of dollars in alleged damages, U.S. ex rel. Frey v. Health Mgmt. Sys., Inc., No. 24-11018 (5th Cir.); won affirmance from Fifth Circuit of award of attorneys’ fees to Health Management Systems in another False Claims Act case brought by the same relator, U.S. ex rel. Frey v. Health Mgmt. Sys., Inc., No. 25-20146 (5th Cir.).
  • Won unanimous affirmance of summary judgment for State Farm from the Ninth Circuit in closely watched insurance case involving water intrusion damage to condominiums in Pacific Northwest.  Gold Creek Condo.-Phase I Ass’n of Apartment Owners v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., No. 22-35606 (9th Cir.).
  • Preserved appellate reversal of half-billion-dollar jury verdict in trade-secrets case by persuading the Texas Supreme Court to deny review after calling for full merits briefing.  HouseCanary Analytics, Inc. v. Title Source, Inc., No. 20-0683 (Tex.).
  • Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to render judgment upholding the constitutionality of Texas Justice of the Peace’s practice of allowing volunteer chaplains to perform invocations before court proceedings.  Freedom from Religion Found., Inc. v. Mack, 49 F.4th 941 (5th Cir. 2022).
  • Presented argument on behalf of criminal defendant in appeal involving application of the plain hearing doctrine under the Wiretap Act.  United States v. Carey, 18-50393 (9th Cir.).

Before joining the firm, Mr. Hammer served as a law clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Gregory G. Katsas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Mr. Hammer graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as a managing editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.  Before law school, Mr. Hammer served as an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army.  His military decorations include the Bronze Star.  Mr. Hammer received an M.Phil. in theology from the University of Oxford, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship.  He received an A.B. summa cum laude in classics from Princeton University and graduated as Latin salutatorian.

Mr. Hammer is a member of the Texas and District of Columbia bars.  He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh, D.C., and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas and the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Katharine Janes is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice group.

Prior to joining the firm, Katharine served as a law clerk to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Robert D. Sack on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She previously worked as a public defender in Washington, D.C. and New Hampshire, representing clients in trial, appellate, and postconviction proceedings.

Katharine graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as Online Development Editor of the Virginia Law Review and President of the Student Bar Association. At graduation, Katharine was awarded the Margaret G. Hyde Award for character and scholarship, the law school’s highest honor. Katharine also holds an M.A. in Legal History from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Katharine is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States.

Allyson N. Ho is Co-Chair of the firm’s nationwide Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group and partner in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. She has presented over 100 oral arguments in federal and state courts nationwide, including seven before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Chambers has ranked her among leading appellate advocates nationwide every year for the past 17 years, describing her as “a go-to for bet-the-company cases,” “a fantastic legal mind,” “a top-drawer lawyer,” “a miracle worker,” “a magician” who “creates paths to victory that others do not see,” and “a total legend”—“undoubtedly one of the premier appellate lawyers in the United States.”

Benchmark Litigation has named her one of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation,” a “Litigation Star,” and shortlisted her for “Appellate Litigator of the Year.”  She is also one of the few appellate lawyers nationwide to be named by corporate counsel to the BTI Client Service All-Stars List.

The American Lawyer has recognized her in its “Litigators of the Week” column every year for the past five years. The National Law Journal has repeatedly featured her on its “Appellate Hot List.” Law360 has honored her multiple times as an “Appellate MVP,” “Litigation Powerhouse,” and leading member of the “Appellate Group of the Year.” Texas Lawyer has recognized her as a “Distinguished Leader,” “Attorney of the Year Finalist,” leading member of a “Litigation Department of the Year,” and one of the state’s most “Winning Women.”

Federal and State Appellate Practice

Allyson has argued significant business cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in the areas of bankruptcy, patents, ERISA, employment, administrative law, and the False Claims Act. The National Law Journal called Allyson a “Veteran SCOTUS Advocate” in the “upper echelons of Supreme Court practice,” Law360 named her a “Supreme Court Star” and “one of the nation’s preeminent appellate lawyers,” and EmpiricalSCOTUS.com ranked her among “the most successful attorneys that currently practice before the Court.”

She has also successfully represented businesses in every federal court of appeals in the country, as well as state appellate courts nationwide, including courts in Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia.

Her most significant wins include multiple U.S. Supreme Court decisions overturning decades-old precedent opposed by the business community, several multi-billion dollar and nine-figure reversals in both federal and state appellate courts across the country, critical class-certification reversals, and landmark constitutional rulings.

Government and Public Service Experience

Allyson has a distinguished record of experience at the highest levels of the federal government. She served as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush, Counselor to Attorney General John Ashcroft, and law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Jacques L. Wiener Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Her record of public service also includes appointments to various boards and commissions. President Donald Trump appointed her to the Religious Liberty Commission. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz appointed her vice chair of the Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, which evaluates potential appointments of all federal judges and U.S. Attorneys in Texas. Governors Rick Perry and Greg Abbott previously appointed her to the Texas Judicial Council. She has also served as a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States, on the boards of the United States Supreme Court Historical Society and the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, and on the Federalist Society Board of Visitors, the Washington Legal Foundation Legal Policy Advisory Board, and the U.S. Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the Northern District of Texas. She has testified before Congress on issues of importance to the business community.

Other Background Information

An active pro bono litigator, Allyson works most frequently with First Liberty Institute, the National Organization for Victim Assistance, and the National Crime Victim Law Institute. Her amicus briefs have been repeatedly cited in Supreme Court opinions and during oral argument.

She graduated from Duke University magna cum laude  with a B.A. in English, Rice University with an M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature, and the University of Chicago Law School with high honors. She was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. She and her husband Jim, a federal judge, have a twin daughter and son.

Dylan Morrissey is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and maintains an active pro bono practice.

Dylan earned his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. During law school, he served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Michael W. Fitzgerald of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and as a research assistant to Professor Cary Franklin. He also served as an Articles Editor on the UCLA Law Review, held leadership roles with OutLaw, and volunteered with multiple pro bono clinics. Dylan received the Masin Family Academic Excellence Silver Award and authored How Bruen and Dobbs Resolved Opposing Historical Traditions through Hidden Equal Protection Analysis, published in the Columbia Law Review Forum. Prior to attending law school, Dylan was a Litigation Project Assistant at a boutique litigation firm and worked closely with senior leadership in youth civic engagement nonprofits. 

Dylan received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Brown University, where he graduated with honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Michael S. Diamant is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group, and serves on the firm’s Finance Committee. His practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, and corporate compliance.

Michael has been recognized as one of the leading U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) experts in the United States by Chambers USA nationwide (2016–2026) and Chambers Global (2017–2026). He has also been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for work in Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2021–2026). Who’s Who Legal named Michael to its “Investigations Guide” (2019, 2022–2024), Thought Leaders: USA list (2023–2024), Thought Leaders: Global Investigations Review (2022–2024) and to its “Future Leaders: Investigations” list (2018, 2020). He was selected to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under Hot List” (2016–2018, 2020) and listed as a “Future Litigation Star” (2016, 2019, 2025, 2026) and “Rising Star” (2016). Michael was also named to Global Investigation Review’s “40 Under 40” list (2014, 2017), and named to Law360’s “Rising Stars” for White Collar (2017).

Michael has broad white collar defense experience representing corporations and corporate executives facing criminal and regulatory charges. He has represented clients in an array of matters, including accounting and securities fraud, antitrust violations, and environmental crimes, before law enforcement and regulators, including the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Michael also has led numerous internal investigations for publicly traded corporations and conducted fieldwork in nineteen different countries on five continents. In addition to his U.S. government-facing work, Michael has extensive World Bank Group enforcement experience, working on behalf of clients under investigation by the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) and assisting companies already subject to World Bank sanction, as well as representing clients before other multilateral development bank enforcement authorities. He has negotiated numerous settlement agreements with INT, obtained declinations, and successfully litigated to complete victory in the World Bank’s sanctions process.

A recognized expert on corporate compliance, Michael routinely advises clients on the adequacy of the design and implementation of their corporate ethics and compliance programs, often conducting risk assessments and program evaluations. He served as a DOJ-appointed independent compliance monitor, overseeing the implementation of competition-related controls and core compliance program elements at a corporation subject to a non-prosecution agreement with DOJ’s Antitrust Division. Michael’s compliance-related representations have included extensive work on all programmatic elements, including whistleblowing and investigative procedures, codes of conduct, expense approval and reimbursement processes, and oversight and governance functions, among many others. Michael has designed entire ethics and compliance programs for Fortune 100 corporations, and he frequently assists companies in preparing for compliance presentations to DOJ in advance of the government’s corporate charging decision. He also conducts compliance trainings for in-house counsel, corporate executives, and line employees. And he has served as a faculty member for the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association’s Global Law School.

Select representative public engagements handled by Michael include the following:

  • Serving as lead criminal defense counsel of Mercedes-Benz Group AG before DOJ in its diesel investigation and successfully obtaining a criminal declination (2016–2024);
  • Representing Grupo Mecánica del Vuelo Sistemas, S.A.U., before the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency and securing a negotiated settlement (2019–21);
  • Representing Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras before the SEC and DOJ in their FCPA investigations and successfully negotiating resolutions to both investigations (2014–18);
  • Representing Acciona Ingeniería S.A. before the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency and securing a negotiated settlement of that investigation (2017–19);
  • Representing MTS Systems before the FCPA Units of the SEC and DOJ and securing a written declination from both to conclude their long-running investigations (2017);
  • Representing Mead Johnson Nutrition during FCPA investigations by the SEC and DOJ, reaching an SEC resolution and obtaining a DOJ declination (2013–15);
  • Serving as post-resolution counsel to Daimler AG during its FCPA monitorship (2010–13);
  • Representing ARINC before the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency and securing a negotiated resolution of that investigation (2011–12);
  • Helping to lead the compliance monitorship for Siemens AG, pursuant to the then largest-ever FCPA resolution with the SEC and DOJ (2009–12);
  • Helping to lead the FCPA compliance monitorship for Statoil ASA, the first non-U.S. organization to receive an FCPA monitor pursuant to enforcement actions by the SEC and DOJ (2007–09);
  • Representing St. Jude Medical before the SEC in its Oil-for-Food investigation, which resulted in the SEC declining to bring an enforcement action (2005–07).

Select notable professional publications by Michael include the following:

Michael’s academic publications include the following:

Select external speaking engagements that featured Michael include the following:

  • “SEC Enforcement, FCPA & Other Regulatory Compliance” (May 2026), the Center for Professional Education’s SOX 404 Virtual Conference;
  • “SEC Enforcement: A New Day” (December 2025), the Center for Professional Education’s SEC Virtual Conference;
  • “The Essentials of Updating Your Due-Diligence Playbook: Adapting to New Risks Impacting Your Supply Chains, Third Parties, and M&A Transactions” (National Harbor, Maryland; December 2025), ACI’s 42nd Annual Conference on FCPA and Global Anti-Corruption;
  • “A Changed Landscape for Corporate Enforcement” (Minneapolis, Minnesota; October 2025), Corporate Governance and Compliance Roundtable with the University of Minnesota’s Corporate Institute;
  • “Internal Audits and the Expectations of Regulators and Enforcers: A Legal Perspective” (Toronto, Canada; October 2025), the International Audit Practice Consortium’s Fall 2025 Meeting;
  • “FCPA Compliance and Enforcement” (October 2025), guest lecture at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Law;
  • “Ethics, FCPA, Fraud & Disclosure Process in an International Environment” (September 2025), the Center for Professional Education’s International Operations Accounting Virtual Conference;
  • “Brazil Business Relocation” (July 2025), panel discussion hosted by the Coalition for Integrity;
  • “SEC Enforcement, FCPA & Other Regulatory Compliance” (May 2025), the Center for Professional Education’s SOX 404 Virtual Conference;
  • “Changes to the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (Indianapolis, Indiana; April 2025), Corporate Governance and Compliance Roundtable with Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business;
  • “AI Risk and Compliance: Updated DOJ Corporate Compliance Guidance and Enforcement Preview” (January 2025), Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Virtual Presentation;
  • “Ethics, FCPA, Fraud & Disclosure Process in an International Environment” (September 2024), the Center for Professional Education’s International Operations Virtual Conference;
  • “Recent Developments in Multilateral Development Bank Enforcement” (February 2024), Guidepost Solutions-Gibson Dunn Webinar;
  • “Labor Law, Data Privacy and Internal Investigations” (October 2021), Virtual White Collar Crime Workshop sponsored by Shinshu University;
  • “The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA): Global Reach and Enforcement Webinar” (March 2021), Webinar hosted by the Association of Corporate Counsel, Israel;
  • “Effective Compliance Programs” (November 2020), Virtual White Collar Crime Workshop sponsored by Shinshu University;
  • “World Bank Enforcement: Considerations for Companies Accepting Development Funding” (September 2020), KPMG-Gibson Dunn Webinars for US/EU and Asia;
  • “New DOJ Compliance Program Guidance: Evolving Retail Compliance Programs to Address Impact of COVID-19 and New Emerging Risks” (July 2020), Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Virtual Presentation;
  • “How to Develop Global Compliance Programs” (Washington, D.C.; September 2019), White Collar Crime Workshop cosponsored by Shinshu University & the Embassy of Japan;
  • “DOJ & SEC Enforcement Priorities Under the Trump Administration” (Arlington, Virginia; May 2018), Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Compliance Council Meeting;
  • “Environmental Crimes Enforcement” (San Diego, California; February 2018), The American Bar Association’s 32nd Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime;
  • “Conflicts of Interest, Corruption and Compliance Risks” (New York City; October 2017), Practicing Law Institute’s Advanced Compliance and Ethics Workshop 2017;
  • “Anti-Corruption Statutes and Legal Ethics” (Washington, D.C.; October 2017), 6th Annual Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit at Georgetown University Law Center;
  • “World Bank Sanctions: Defense Perspective” (Washington, D.C.; June 2017), guest lecture at American University Law School.

Michael clerked for the Honorable Fortunato P. Benavides of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is a 2003 magna cum laude graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. At Georgetown, he served as Senior Articles & Notes Editor of the American Criminal Law Review and authored the article on the False Claims Act for the Seventeenth Survey of White Collar Crime, 39 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 491 (2002). In 2000, Michael received his Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service magna cum laude from Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Ben Gelman is a tax associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn.

Ben earned his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2025, where he graduated with High Honors. During law school, Ben served as Submissions Editor for the Columbia Journal of Tax Law. Ben received his Bachelor of Arts in Applied Economics from Queen’s University in 2022.

Ben is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Paniz Arab is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. Paniz advises public and private companies on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic corporate transactions. Her experience includes public company acquisitions, private company transactions, and related corporate governance matters. Paniz works with clients on transaction execution, due diligence, and other aspects of complex M&A transactions.

She graduated summa cum laude from UCI Law in 2022, where she served as an Executive Editor on the UC Irvine Law Review, and the Diversity and Outreach Chair on the Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law. Paniz received a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies from UCLA in 2017.

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

Federico Fruhbeck is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn. Federico is Co-Chair of the Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group, Co-Head of Private Equity in Europe, and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets Practice Groups.

Federico’s practice focuses on cross-border M&A transactions across Europe and Latin America for private equity clients and large family-owned conglomerates, with a particular focus in the infrastructure, ESG and real assets sector. He also advises both issuers and underwriters on capital markets transactions, particularly in high-yield issuances (including green bond issuances) and initial public offerings. He has extensive experience across multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and the Nordic region.

Federico is recognised in the Chambers UK 2026 guide for Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above and Infrastructure. He is additionally recommended by The Legal 500 UK 2026 as leading individual for Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing. He was also recognised by Law.com LegalWeek as one of the Rising Stars in private equity in 2021 and 2022 and also nominated for the British Legal Awards in 2021 as a Rising Star – Private Practice. Federico is a frequent speaker and contributor on private equity and infrastructure, as well as on climate change and ESG matters. Federico is named in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2022 list, which recognises the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Federico was a partner at a prominent international law firm in London, and also practiced with another international law firm in New York and London.

Federico received his licentiate degree (Juris Doctor equivalent), summa cum laude, from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in 2007 and a Master of Laws with honors in 2010 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He is admitted to practice in New York and Spain, and is a registered foreign lawyer with the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales. Federico is a native Spanish speaker and also fluent in English, German, and French.

Representative experience:*

Digital Infrastructure:

  • KKR in their investment in Gulf Data Hub, one of the largest independent data center companies in the Middle East, creating a landmark strategic partnership to invest $5 billion in the region.
  • KKR and Oslo Pensjonsforsikring in their investment in 30% of Telenor Fibre ASA, Telenor’s fibre optic business, for $1 billion.
  • H.R.L Morrison on its acquisition of 33.3% in Lyntia Networks, one of the leading dark fibre providers in Spain.
  • The consortium formed by AXA IM and Swiss Life in their acquisition of Lyntia Networks, a leading wholesale operator in the Spanish telecommunications market and the only neutral provider operating both lit and dark fibre. Awarded 2023 Global Infrastructure Investment Deal of the Year by the M&A Atlas Awards.
  • Asterion Industrial Partners in its partnership with MS3, a provider of full fibre services to homes and businesses, to expand the company’s fiber network and create an emerging fiber platform in the North of England.
  • KKR on its investment in 49% of Reintel, the leading dark fibre infrastructure operator in Spain, creating a strategic partnership with Red Eléctrica de España, the partly state-owned and listed Spanish corporation which operates the national electricity grid in Spain.
  • An institutional investment management firm on a line of equity investment into a UK telecom infrastructure provider and commercial contracts relating to the construction, management and marketing of 5G telecom infrastructure.
  • Advised KKR on the acquisition of a stake in Telxius, a telecom infrastructure owner and service provider in Europe and Americas.

Social Infrastructure:

  • Advised Goldman Sachs on its investment in and financing of the acquisition of Urban Campus Group (UCG), a France-headquartered co-living and co-working real estate provider and management company.
  • KKR in their investment into Dukes Education, a UK-based premium school operator.
  • KKR and John Laing on John Laing’s agreement to acquire HICL Infrastructure PLC’s interest in four UK public-private partnership projects (the Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital PFI Project, the Queen’s Hospital PFI Project, the South Ayrshire Schools PFI Project and the Priority Schools Building Programme North East Batch.

Transportation:

  • Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in their $5.65 billion acquisition of Safe Harbor Marinas from Sun Communities Inc., one of the world’s largest marina businesses.
  • KKR on its strategic control investment in Green Mobility Partners (GMP), aimed at creating a leading European rail leasing platform to meet growing demand for sustainable rail infrastructure across Europe.
  • KKR in the sale of European Locomotive Leasing, a leading pan-European provider of electric locomotive leasing solutions, to AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets and Crédit Agricole Assurances.
  • An international investment fund in an acquisition and joint venture to acquire one of the largest fleets of feeder vessels in Europe, based in Greece.
  • The Blackstone Group in several acquisitions, including its acquisition of Alliance Automotive Group.
  • OHL Concesiones, the seventh largest infrastructure concessions group in the world, in its tender offer to acquire, together with IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, 100% of the outstanding public share capital OHL México, now named Aleatica, for approximately $1 billion.

Utilities:

  • Blue Earth AG in their investment in Quatt, a scale-up specialised in small heat-pumps.
  • Asterion Industrial Partner’s funders (led by Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander and Kommunal Kredit) in the funding of Asterion’s €2.3 billion offer to acquire Steag, one of Germany’s leading utility company.
  • Asterion Industrial Partners on their inaugural acquisition and sale of Proxiserve, a leading French company in the energy sector, which operates 4.5 million water and heat meters, to Vauban Infrastructure, which is the first exit of Asterion Industrial Partners Fund I portfolio.
  • Blue Earth Capital AG in their participation in Sense Labs, one of the leading companies in real-time home energy intelligence.
  • KKR on the investment, alongside OTPP, in Caruna Oy, Finland’s largest electricity distribution company. The transaction, which represented the second deal undertaken under KKR’s core infrastructure strategy, involved the acquisition of First Sentier Investors’ 40% stake in Caruna Oy as well as the separate acquisition of OMERS’ 40% stake.
  • Asterion Industrial Partners on inaugural acquisition and subsequent sale of Energy Assets Group (EAG), a UK-based utility infrastructure company involved in delivering utilities services (including gas, electricity, water and fibre) to end users, to Macquarie.
  • A Private infrastructure fund in their bid to acquire Adven, a district heating company in the Nordics, from Infracapital and AMP Capital.
  • A Private infrastructure fund in their bid to acquire Miya Water, a water concession company, from Bridgepoint (ultimately acquired by Antin).
  • KKR on its investment in Northumbrian Water, a UK water and waste-water services company controlled by CK Group.
  • Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in their bid to acquire Urbaser S.A., a waste management / waste collection, from CNTY.
  • Blue Earth Capital AG in their investment in AMP Robotics, a leader in advanced robotics recycling systems.
  • Blue Earth AG in their investment in reev, a leading software provider for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
  • Representing Blue Earth in their investment in SWTCH Energy Inc., which offers EV charging solutions for multi-tenant properties.
  • Spartan Acquisition Corp. III, a SPAC, in its $3.14 billion business combination with Allego Holding B.V., a leading pan-European electric vehicle charging network.

Power, renewables and sustainable energy:

  • EQT in their acquisition of ju:niz energy, a battery storage company in Germany and the first investment of EQT out of their Transition Energy strategy.
  • KKR on the agreement to launch a new power-to-X platform with IGNIS, a leading integrated global renewable group based in Spain, to develop green hydrogen and ammonia projects.
  • Técnicas Reunidas, one of Europe’s leading clean energy engineering company, in their €150 million capital increase.
  • First Reserve in the acquisition of a €300 million stake in Abengoa, a Spanish infrastructure and energy conglomerate.
  • Gestamp in its sale of its wind portfolio business in Brazil to Actis for €700 million.

Oil & Gas:

  • KKR on its acquisition of a minority stake in ADNOC Gas Pipeline Assets, which operates 38 gas pipelines and two export terminals in the United Arab Emirates.
  • Asterion Industrial Partners in their investment in a stake in Dunkerque LNG from AXA-IM, France’s largest LNG receiving and regasification terminal facility and one of the largest in continental Europe.

Other:

  • Blue Earth Capital on their investment, together with MKB and the Canada Growth Fund, in Cascadia Windows & Doors.
  • Blue Earth Capital on their investment in GeologicAI.
  • HBX Group (and its shareholders CCPIB, Cinven and EQT) on the establishment and launch of The Luxurist, the world’s first fully integrated luxury travel ecosystem.
  • Cinven on its disposal of its stake in the Planasa group, a global leader in the agri-food sector, specializing in breeding the next generations of berry varieties: blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries, to EW Group.
  • The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of a majority stake in Spain-based plywood manufacturer Garnica from Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) and certain shareholders.
  • Brown-Forman, a distilled spirits producer, on its purchase of the ultra-premium Gin Mare brands of Mediterranean-inspired gin from global spirits distributor Vantguard and MG Destilerías, a Spanish distiller of premium-class spirits.
  • Intrum AB in their acquisition of Haya Real Estate from Cerberus.
  • KKR in multiple acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures, including the acquisition of Välinge, the tender offer, acquisition and joint venture arrangements in connection with GfK SE, the acquisition and subsequent additional investment in Saba Aparcamientos, the sale of KION AG, the acquisition of PortAventura , in the acquisition and subsequent merger of Mehilainen and Mediverkko, as well as representing KKR portfolio companies on multiple investments.
  • Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, the Belgium-based investment holding company, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Webhelp, one of the world’s leading call centre operators headquartered in Paris; Deal values Webhelp at €2.4 billion (enterprise value), making the acquisition both the largest LBO transaction in France in 2019 and the first for Groupe Bruxelles Lambert.
  • An international investment fund in the acquisition of €3 billion in NPLs, REOs and other assets from a Spanish bank.
  • An international investment fund in the attempted bid to acquire the largest amusement park company in Spain.Representing public entities, including KfW, in over 40 transactions for an aggregate value of over €150 billion.
  • TDR Capital in their acquisition of Stonegate Pub Company.

Capital Markets:

  • Vía Célere, the largest homebuilder in Spain and Värde Partners portfolio company, on its offering of €300 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes due 2026 and €30 million super senior revolving credit facility. The offering represented the first green bond by a residential real estate developer in the Euro market.
  • El Corte Inglés, the leading department store in Spain and one of the world’s largest retailers, on its offering of €600 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2024.
  • Sponsors and issuers in multiple high yield issuances, including KKR (Bond Aviation and KION AG), Blackstone (Alliance Automotive Group), Apax (Travelex and Rhiag), TDR Capital (IMO Carwash) and HG Capital (TeamSystem), as well as several Spanish issuers, including Gestamp Automocion, Grupo Antolin-Irausa and PortAventura.
  • Representing issuers in multiple initial public offerings including Vitol Group and Helios Investment Partners in Vivo Energy’s £2 billion IPO in the London Stock Exchange, Gestamp Automocion in its €1 billion initial public offering on the Madrid Stock Exchange and representing KKR in the initial public offering of KION AG.

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

Publications

Federico co-authored the “United Kingdom: Private Equity” chapter for Legal500’s Q&A series, providing a 21-question overview of private equity laws and regulations in the UK (2026).

Ben Saltsman is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is chair of Gibson Dunn’s Land Use and Development Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. Ben’s practice focuses on successfully obtaining land use entitlements for major real estate development projects in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and throughout California, as well as advising institutional investors and lenders on development-related matters.

Capitalizing on his deep understanding of both local government and the laws governing development in California, Ben works with clients to strategically navigate the complex interaction of local and state land use laws, politics / public policy, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). He advises clients on CEQA matters, the California Coastal Act, zoning law, historic preservation standards and ordinances, and State laws governing the dissolution of redevelopment agencies in California.

Ben’s clients include private developers, financial investors and lenders, non-profit organizations, airlines, religious institutions, large land owners, energy, and industrial and logistics companies. He has successfully advised clients on a wide-range of projects, including the redevelopment of large retail centers, industrial and infrastructure projects, mixed-use and multi-family developments, Class A office developments, large master planned communities, creative office campuses, the redevelopment of former military bases, hotels, research and development facilities, and the reconstruction of two new terminals at LAX.

Ben has been recognized as a leading lawyer by:

  • Chambers USA 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 for California Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
  • The Legal 500 U.S. 2026 as a Leading Lawyer in Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
  • The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 in
    Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ 2022, 2023 and 2024 in Land Use and Zoning Law
  • California Lawyer Association 2016 as one of the Attorneys of the Year for extraordinary achievement in Real Estate & Development

Highlights of Ben’s recent experience include advising:

  • Murphy’s Bowl LLC in the land acquisition and pre-development strategy for the Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center (IBEC), also known as the Intuit Dome, the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team as well as a fourth major concert venue in the City of Inglewood.
  • Los Angeles Rams in the successful entitlement of the team’s practice facility in the Warner Center neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles.
  • Delta Air Lines, Inc. in the entitlement of two new terminals at Los Angeles International Airport.
  • JP Morgan in the complicated redevelopment of Sunnyvale Mall in Northern California including successfully negotiating and securing a comprehensive update of the special development permits, housing agreement, development agreements.
  • The Kroenke Group in leading the development team implementing the multi-billion dollar sports and entertainment complex (SoFi Stadium) on 298 acres in the City of Inglewood.
  • The entitlement effort on the redevelopment of the two City blocks in Beverly Hills, California containing the Saks and former Barneys Beverly Hills stores with more than 640,000 square feet of new development including an adaptive reuse of the historic women’s store, the relocation of the Saks Women’s store, and the addition of housing, creative office, restaurant and retail uses to reactivate the street.
  • Ongoing entitlement of the Great Park Neighborhoods in Irvine, allowing for the development of more than 10,500 homes, hundreds of acres of parks, millions of square feet of office and such non-traditional uses such as a major cancer hospital and related office and treatment facilities all within a master planned community comprising the former Maria Corps Air Station El Toro.

Additional relevant information about Ben include:

  • Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ben served as a senior advisor to a Los Angeles County Supervisor for nearly 15 years where he was responsible for planning and land-use issues, and coordinating policies and programs with developers, homeowner groups, environmental organizations, and various state and local governmental entities. Ben also oversaw, among other agencies, the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), the Community Development Commission and the Los Angeles County Housing Authority. As a Supervisor’s Deputy, Ben coordinated the successful entitlement and approval of major private sector and public sector development projects, including: a major campus master plan, a specific plan for a Los Angeles movie studio and entertainment complex, funding and entitlements for more than one thousand affordable housing units throughout Los Angeles County, the acquisition of thousands of acres of publicly owned open space, and the certification of a local coastal program by the California Coastal Commission.
  • Ben earned his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, in 2014 from Loyola Law School where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. He received his Master of Planning degree, with highest honors, in 2007 from the University of Southern California, and his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 2002 from UCLA where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
  • Ben has also lectured at academic and professional forums and written a nationally award winning paper on best practices in the land use entitlement process.
  • He is a past board member of Pasadena Heritage and has an extensive pro bono practice.

Stacie B. Fletcher is a litigation partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is co-chair of the Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Group. Stacie has handled a wide variety of cases under federal and state environmental statutes, including serving as lead counsel on numerous high-profile enforcement defense matters with U.S. EPA and state agencies.

Stacie has been recognized by Chambers USA as a leading environmental lawyer in the District of Columbia each year since 2021. According to Chambers USA, clients note that she “sets the bar in terms of her unrivaled expertise in her field, her strategic prowess, her hustle and ability to execute and deliver excellent results in the most difficult of circumstances.”

Law360, which recognizes attorneys who have “distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals,” named Stacie a 2023 “Environmental MVP.” Stacie is also recognized as a “Leading Partner” in the area of Environmental Litigation by The Legal 500 US from 2022-2026. She is named by Lawdragon among the Leaders in Environmental Law in 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. In 2018 and 2019, Stacie was recognized as a Euromoney LMG “Rising Star” in the area of Environmental Law. From 2017 to 2021, she was recognized by The Legal 500 US as an up-and-coming “next generation” lawyer in the area of Environmental Litigation and, from 2014 until 2017, as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in Environmental Litigation for the Washington D.C. area. In 2025, the Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Group was named Practice Group of the Year by Law360.

Representative engagements include:

  • Secured a comprehensive multistate settlement on behalf of Mercedes-Benz USA LLC and Mercedes-Benz Group AG resolving environmental and consumer protection claims related to diesel emissions, following a coordinated investigation by 50 U.S. states and territories (2025).
  • Representing Daimler Truck North America in litigation seeking to clarify heavy-duty emissions obligations under California law following federal statutory revocation of California’s mobile source requirements. Secured a preliminary injunction against the California Air Resources Board and state officials, halting enforcement of California’s “Clean Truck Partnership” as preempted by federal law. The victory, recognized as an American Lawyer Litigator of the Week Runner-Up, followed coordinated resolutions of parallel federal antitrust and environmental proceedings challenging the “Clean Truck Partnership” and ensured that manufacturers can sell federally compliant trucks nationwide. Daimler Truck North America LLC et al. v. California Air Resources Board et al. (E.D. Cal. 2025).
  • Successfully obtained on behalf of eBay Inc. Rule 12 dismissal of claims by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging violations of three major federal environmental statutes, a victory recognized as an American Lawyer Litigator of the Week Runner-Up. United States v. eBay Inc., No. 23-CV-7173, 2024 WL 4350523 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2024).
  • Defended upstream oil and gas company in an enforcement action by the United States and the State of New Mexico relating to emissions from the company’s production facilities. The resulting consent decree resolving the case contained one of the first Supplemental Environmental Projects approved by US DOJ and EPA since the policy was reintroduced under the Biden Administration. The vast majority of money committed under the consent decree went directly to improved operations and projects that benefitted the environment and local communities through reduced emissions. United States & New Mexico Environment Department v. Matador Production Company (D.N.M. 2023).
  • Represented oil and gas company in enforcement action by the United States alleging violations by the company’s predecessor at a refinery in California. The resulting settlement and modification of an earlier consent decree allowed the company to transform its refinery into a renewable fuels plant. United States v., et al v. Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, L.L.C. (W.D. Tex. 2023).
  • Secured dismissal with prejudice of local jurisdiction’s tampering claims against Mercedes-Benz and Daimler. This case involved novel issues surrounding the application of state and local anti-tampering laws, including the preemption of those laws and post-sale actions they may apply to. Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County v. Mercedes Benz USA, LLC, et. al. (M.D. Fla. 2022).
  • Represented Mercedes-Benz and Daimler in an investigation relating to compliance with Clean Air Act requirements governing emissions after-treatment and in related settlement of civil claims with the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Attorney General, the California Air Resources Board, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. United States v. Daimler AG et al., No. 02564 (D.D.C. 2020) & California v. Daimler AG, No. 02565 (D.D.C. 2020).
  • Obtained summary judgment for a pulp and paper manufacturer in a series of lawsuits alleging that air emissions from the client’s facilities have caused personal injuries and property damage. International Paper v. Brantley, 09-cv-230, 2017 WL 2292767 (M.D. Ala. May 24, 2017). In 2018, Euromoney LMG recognized this victory as a “Matter of the Year.”
  • Successfully prosecuted a $250 million CERCLA cost recovery action against the United States represented by the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division. During a two-week bench trial in federal district court, Stacie cross-examined key government experts and directed examination for a critical fact witness on the government’s affirmative defenses. The court entered declaratory judgment requiring defendant United States to pay 29% of the client’s future remediation costs. Lockheed Martin Corporation v. United States (D.D.C.).
  • Representing energy and chemical manufacturing clients in enforcement actions alleging violations of the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review program, the New Source Performance Standards, and the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants. Most recently, Ms. Fletcher was counsel representing Tesoro Corporation in a company-wide federal enforcement action alleging violations at six of the company’s seven refineries. In crafting the settlement for this enforcement action, the parties developed several initiative measures under EPA’s Next Generation program. EPA promoted the innovative aspects of the settlement in its annual report and listed Tesoro as its third most important enforcement matter in 2016, following the Volkswagen diesel settlement and BP Deepwater Horizon.
  • Defended refiner in federal enforcement action alleging violations of the Title II regulations governing fuel quality. United States v. Tesoro Corporation (D.D.C.). In lieu of responding to defendant’s motion to dismiss, the government dropped over one-half of its claims. The matter later settled on favorable terms.
  • Counsel for Fortune 500 company and its subsidiaries in three four separate hazardous waste and/or Clean Air Act federal enforcement matters relating to chemical manufacturing and hazardous waste management.
  • Defended rocket motor manufacturing company in state court toxic tort litigation alleging personal injuries and medical monitoring damages for alleged groundwater contamination. This case was brought by Tom Girardi (the famed plaintiffs’ counsel featured in the movie “Erin Brockovich”). After securing a pivotal ruling from the San Bernardino Superior Court excluding key expert witnesses for the plaintiffs, the court dismissed all claims raised by the bellwether plaintiffs. Stacie handled key experts on the source of the groundwater contamination and the standard of care for waste disposal practices.
  • Representing trade association of automobile manufacturers challenging state regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. Green Mountain Chrysler Jeep v. Crombie; Central Valley Chrysler Jeep v. Goldstene; and Association of International Automobile Manufacturers v. Sullivan.

Stacie received her law degree from the University of Virginia, where she was Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Davidson College.

Stacie is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Brian Scrivani is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Brian’s practice focuses on advising private equity firms and public and private clients on a wide range of corporate transactions including leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions, public company acquisitions, sales and divestitures and mergers-of-equals. He also advises board of directors and special committees on corporate and securities law, fiduciary matters and corporate governance matters including unsolicited offers, proxy contests and other activist defense matters.

Brian was named a “Rising Star” in M&A by The Deal and The Legal 500 has recognized him as a recommended practitioner in private equity buyouts.  

His recent experience includes the following representations: *

  • Agrolimen in its acquisition of Ollie
  • Apollo Global Management and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
    • in its $5.2 billion take-private acquisition of Arconic Corporation
    • in its majority acquisition of ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. from ABC Group Canada
    • ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. in its acquisition of WMG Technologies, $130 million acquisition of Plastikon Industries’ automotive business and, alongside funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, in ABC Technologies’ $255 million acquisition of dlhBOWLES, Inc. from MPE Flow House, Inc.
    • its acquisition of a majority interest in Cox Media Group’s broadcast television stations, including the company’s radio, newspaper and TV properties in Ohio, from Cox Enterprises Inc.
    • Diamond Resorts International, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in the $1.4 billion sale of Diamond Resorts to Hilton Grand Vacations
    • alongside Hudson Executive Capital in the proposed $2.3 billion acquisition of Cardtronics plc
    • West Technology Group, a portfolio company of Apollo, in the $2.4 billion sale of West Technology Group’s safety business to Stonepeak
    • in its acquisition of Kem One Group
    • in its $338 million take-private acquisition of The New Home Company
    • Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings, a former portfolio company of Apollo, in Pinnacle’s sale to The J.R. Simplot Company
    • Rackspace Technology in various transactions and refinancings
  • Brookfield Asset Management in its acquisition of Peakstone Realty Trust
  • E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in its merger of equals with Dow Chemical Company, its proxy contest by Trian Partners, its spin-off of The Chemours Company (DuPont’s performance chemicals business), its sale of DuPont Performance Coatings (k/n/a Axalta, Inc.) to The Carlyle Group, and its acquisition of Danisco A/S by tender offer
  • Express Scripts in its acquisition of WellPoint’s NextRx subsidiaries
  • Gamut Capital Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation in their investment in PS Logistics
  • Gilead Sciences in its acquisition of Pharmasset
  • Honeywell in the activist campaign by Third Point
  • Kate Spade & Company in its acquisition by Coach, Inc.
  • The Kraft Heinz Company in its proposed acquisition of Unilever
  • News Corporation in its acquisition of Move, Inc.
  • The special committee of the Pilgrim’s Pride board of directors in its acquisition of Moy Park from JBS
  • Qualcomm Incorporated in connection with its successful defense against the unsolicited offer and proxy fight from Broadcom and in the proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors
  • Searchlight Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
    • alongside Rêv Worldwide, Inc., in their $1 billion acquisition of the consumer business of Netspend from Global Payments
    • Octave Group in its sale of PlayNetwork to Mood Media
    • TouchTunes in its sale to TA Associates
  • Twenty-First Century Fox in the spin-off of News Corporation, its media, entertainment and publishing businesses

Brian has also advised private companies in their initial public offerings including: *

  • Clear Secure, Inc., in its $470 million initial public offering of Class A common stock, lead managed by Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Allen & Co and Wells Fargo Securities
  • Rackspace Technology in its initial public offering of approximately $700 million of common stock, lead managed by Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and J.P. Morgan

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Brian was a partner at an international law firm. Brian received a B.A. in English and History, with distinction, from the University of Virginia in 2002. He then received a J.D., with distinction, from the University of Texas School of Law in 2007, where he was the Chief Articles Editor of the Texas Law Review. Brian is admitted to practice in the state of New York.

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

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.

Robert D. Giannattasio is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and practices in the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group, Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group, and Finance Practice Group.

Rob has a broad corporate and capital markets practice representing issuers and underwriters on a variety of public and private debt and equity offerings, including acquisition financings, investment-grade and high-yield debt offerings, IPOs and follow-on equity offerings, liability management, and cross-border transactions.

Rob also advises on M&A transactions, SEC matters, corporate governance, and disputes.

He has been recognized for his work in capital markets by Legal 500, Lawdragon, and IFLR1000.

Rob received his law degree cum laude from Boston College Law School. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New York and is admitted to the bar in New York, California, Massachusetts, and the Supreme Court of the United States.