Lindsay M. Paulin is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Government Contracts practice. Lindsay’s clients include contractors and their subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers across a range of industries including aerospace and defense, information technology, professional services, private equity, and healthcare.

Lindsay was most recently recommended by The Legal 500 2025 for her work in Government Contracts. She was also recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as “Up and Coming” in the area of Government Contracts – Nationwide. Lindsay has been named to Law360’s “Rising Stars” of 2024 in the area of Government Contracts, “amongst attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.” She has also been named among the National Law Journal’s 2023 D.C. Rising Stars, featuring attorneys “who have wielded influence in their practice areas in the D.C. area and beyond.” Lindsay was recognized by Best Lawyers as “One to Watch” for Administrative and Regulatory Law (2022 – 2023) and Criminal Defense: White Collar (2023), as well as being featured in Super Lawyers Washington D.C. as a “Rising Star” since 2019.

Lindsay’s practice focuses on a wide range of government contracts issues, including internal investigations, claims preparation and litigation, bid protests, government investigations under the False Claims Act, cost allowability, suspension and debarment proceedings, mergers and acquisitions involving government contractors, and compliance counseling. She has represented clients in disputes before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the Boards of Contract Appeals, the United States Government Accountability Office, administrative agencies, and other federal and state courts.

A sample of recent and ongoing representations include:

• Ongoing representation of multiple major aerospace and defense contractors before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Court of Federal Claims, and Federal Circuit in disputes regarding compliance with the Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulation cost principles.
• Represented Amazon Web Services in Court of Federal Claims bid protest of U.S. Department of Defense award of Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract, resulting in DoD cancellation of contract award to competitors.
• Defended government contractor providing logistics and network management services to the military in DOJ investigation of alleged fraudulent bills for goods and services not provided, resulting in DOJ declination and dismissal of the underlying qui tam.
• Represents clients, including private equity firms and government contractors, on M&A transactions.

Lindsay received her law degree with high honors from the George Washington University Law School in 2012, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an Editor of the George Washington Law Review. While in law school, Lindsay worked for a McLean, Virginia-based government contractor, providing support to the Department of Defense Office of the General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs. In 2009, she received her Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs summa cum laude from the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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

Joe West is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and former co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Practice. For over 40 years, Joe has concentrated his practice on contract counseling, compliance/enforcement, and dispute resolution. He has represented both contractors (and their subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers) and government agencies, and has been involved in cases before various United States Courts of Appeals and District Courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims, numerous Federal Government Boards of Contract Appeals, and both the United States Government Accountability Office and Small Business Administration.

Joe’s practice spans multiple industries including aerospace and defense, information technology, professional services, banking and financial institutions, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, telecommunications, and construction and architecture/engineering. He enjoys an exceptional reputation for his expertise in government contracting. Joe was awarded a Peer Review Rating of “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell for 34 consecutive years (1991- 2024) and is regularly recognized as one of the top government contracts lawyers nationwide by Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers (2005- 2025) and recognized by The Legal 500 for Government Contracts (2025). Washington DC Super Lawyers ranked Joe in the Government Contracts practice area for 18 consecutive years (2007 – 2024), and has named him as one of the “Top 100” Washington, DC lawyers across all practice areas multiple times. Chambers USA has also recognized Joe as one of the leading construction lawyers in the nation. He has received repeated recognitions from The Legal Times, Washington Business Journal, and The Washingtonian Magazine. In addition, Who’s Who Legal recognized Joe in its inaugural 2023 edition of Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders: USA, which features “practitioners at the apogee of the US legal market.”

Joe has particular expertise in compliance and enforcement matters and has led numerous internal investigations. He has handled dozens of “mandatory disclosure” matters before numerous agency Inspectors General and published the initial Briefing Paper on the subject. Additionally, he has defended Civil False Claims Act charges brought by qui tam relators and the Department of Justice. Joe has developed compliance programs for corporate clients and conducted corresponding training.

Joe’s practice also focuses on suspension and debarment. He has successfully represented clients in various industries (e.g., defense, telecommunications, construction, and pharmaceutical manufacturing) in formal suspension and/or debarment proceedings and in their continuing relationships with agency debarment officials.

On national security issues, Joe has worked closely with companies in satisfying the requirements of the National Industrial Security Program overseen by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (formerly the Defense Security Service) in conjunction with foreign investments or acquisitions. He has also advised numerous companies as to dealing with foreign investment in U.S. companies, including filings with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and he has expertise and published a number of pieces regarding matters involving the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Joe also has in-depth experience with all types of ADR and he regularly works on claims analysis, development, negotiation and resolution by litigation, if necessary.

Joe has litigated (for both plaintiffs and defendants) numerous award challenges in Federal Courts and before the Government Accountability Office. Joe is also the author of several articles, and he has lectured extensively on the government’s use of Past Performance Information as the most significant non-price evaluation factor in the source selection process. In addition to handling disputes, Joe has vast knowledge of terminations, having spent over three years working on the largest default termination in government contracts history. He has also successfully negotiated and litigated numerous default and convenience termination disputes.

Within the area of construction and engineering, Joe has provided contract expertise on project finance disputes in numerous countries and worked with international arbitration partners on major construction disputes under ICSID and UNCITRAL rules. Additionally, he has handled a variety of prime-sub issues including work with clients to negotiate all types of subcontract, vendor and supplier agreements and litigated disputes arising out of subcontracts and teaming agreements.

Representative Client/Matters

• Represented CH2M Hill (now owned by Jacobs Engineering) in connection with Air Force, EPA and GSA contracts
• Represented Cisco Systems in connection with government enforcement actions against some of its resellers
• Represented Fluor Corporation in connection with internal reviews of several projects
• Represented Fluor Corporation with respect to contract disputes in Afghanistan
• Represented Bank of New York Mellon with respect to its agreements with the Department of the Treasury to provide cash management services
• Represented Northrop Grumman in a dispute with major subcontractors over the design and development of the B-2 stealth bomber
• Represented Parsons Corporation’s Infrastructure and Technology Group with respect to contracts with the U.S. Air Force
• Represented the U.S. Navy in the largest default termination in Government Contracts history; led a team that devoted 20-lawyer years annually to this effort for almost 4 years
• Represented the United States Postal Service in defending its award of a $7 billion contract to Federal Express to carry Express and Priority mail
• Provided Government Contracts expertise to a multi-disciplinary team that worked with the Secretary of Health and Human Services on anti-terrorism issues for Wyeth (formerly American Home Products)

Joe graduated with high honors from the George Washington University Law School in 1977, where he served as Editor of The George Washington Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He graduated magna cum laude from Villanova in 1971 with a Bachelor in Civil Engineering, where he was elected to Tau Beti Pi and Chi Epsilon (Engineering and Civil Engineering honor societies respectively).

Joe is a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and served four years as an officer in the United States Navy Civil Engineer Corps. He has held (and is presently qualified to hold) top secret and special access security clearances and is a member of the bars of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Professional Affiliations

• Member, American Bar Association Public Contract Law and Litigation Section (Vice Chair of the Public Contract Law Section’s Pro Bono Committee from 1999 – 2002, Vice Chair of that Section’s Acquisition Reform and Emerging Issues Committee from 2006 – 2008, and Co-Chair of the Section’s Debarment and Suspension Committee from 2009 – 2012; Vice Chair of the Committee from 2013 to present)
• Member, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry (Member of the Forum’s Governing Committee from 2008 – 2011; Chair of the Forum’s Steering Committee of Division 1 (Dispute Avoidance and Resolution) from 2002 – 2004)
• Co-Chair, Steering Committee of the Government Contracts and Litigation Section, District of Columbia Bar (2004 – 2006)
• Member, Board of Governors of the Construction Law and Public Contracts Section, Virginia State Bar (1997 – 2003)
• Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers (1999 –  2021); member of the College’s Board of Governors (2014 – 2017)
• Member, Advisory Board of Thomson/Reuters/West’s The Government Contractor (formerly owned by Federal Publications, Inc.) (1995 -2024)
• Member of, and Certified as a Professional Contract Manager by, the National Contract Management Association

Representative Professional Writings

• “Federal Government Reviews of Contractor Past Performance,” the Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Volume 10, Number 1, Winter 2016 (with Erin N. Rankin)
• “Dealmaker’s Guide to National Security Implications Of Foreign Investment In U.S. Government Contractors,” Briefing Papers, Second Series (with Judith A. Lee, Jose W. Fernandez, Andrea F. Farr, and Stephenie Gosnell Handler), Thomson Reuters, 2015
• “National Security Implications of Foreign Investment in U.S. Government Contractors/Edition II,” Briefing Papers, Second Series (with Judith A. Lee, Jose W. Fernandez, Annie Yan, and Sarah B. Gleich), Thomson Reuters/West, 2014
• “The Environmental Protection Agency’s Suspension and Debarment Program,” Briefing Papers, Second Series (with Raymond B. Ludwiszewski, Robert F. Meunier, and Carey A. Fenton), Thomson/Reuters/West, 2013
• “The Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System,” Briefing Papers, Second Series (with Diana G. Richard and Owen F. Whitehurst), Thomson/Reuters/West, 2011
• “The Reasonableness of Liquidated Damages Provisions – Why Only the Look Back Approach Can Prevent Windfalls,” the Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Volume 4, Number 1, Winter 2010 (with Michael B. Hissam)
• Federal Government Construction Contracts, Second Edition, published by the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry in 2010 (co-edited with Michael A. Branca, Aaron P. Silberman, John S. Vento, Adrian L. Bastianelli, III and Andrew D. Ness) (and co-author with Christyne K. Brennan of chapter on “Termination for Convenience”)
• “Contractor Business Ethics Compliance Program and Disclosure Requirements,” Briefing Papers, Second Series (with Diana G. Richard, Karen L. Manos, Christyne K. Brennan, et al.), Thomson Reuters/West, 2009
• “Postemployment Conflict of Interest Restrictions on Former Employees of the Executive Branch,”  Briefing Papers Second Series, (with Diana G.  Richard and Christyne Brennan), Thomson Reuters/West, 2009
• The Construction Law Handbook Second Edition, published by Aspen Law & Business/Wiley Law Publications in 2008 (co-author with Christyne K. Brennan of chapter on “The Use of ADR in Federal Claims”)
• The Virginia CLE Desk Book on Construction Law, published by Virginia Continuing Legal Education in 2008 (co-author with Christyne K. Brennan of chapter on “Federal Public Construction”)
• “National Security Implications of Foreign Investment in U.S. Government Contractors,” Briefing Paper Second Series, (with Judith A. Lee, Christyne K. Brennan, Dave M. Wharwood and Patrick F. Speice, Jr.), West Group, 2007 – Thomson West
• “Suspension and Debarment,” Briefing Papers Second Series, (with Timothy J. Hatch, Christyne K Brennan and Lawrence J.C. Van Dyke), West Group, 2006 – Thomson West
• “U.S. Export Control Compliance Requirements for Government Contractors” Briefing Papers, Second Series (with Judith A. Lee and Jason A. Monahan), West Group, 2005 – Thomson West
• Federal Government Construction Contracts, published by the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry in 2003 (co-edited with Adrian L. Bastianelli, III and Andrew D. Ness), author of chapters on “Termination for Convenience” and “Past Performance Information”
• The Construction Law Handbook, published by Aspen Law & Business/Wiley Law Publications in 1999, author of chapter on “The Use of ADR in Resolving Federal Construction Contract Disputes” – Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.
• Design-Build Contracting Claims, published by Aspen Law & Business/Wiley Law Publications in 1999 (co-edited with Barry B. Bramble) (author of chapter on “Claims and Dispute Resolution in Federal Design-Build Projects”) – Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.
• “Past Performance,” Briefing Papers, Second Series, (with Robert Wagman, Jr.), West Group, 1999 – Thomson West
• “Contract-Related Statutes of Limitations,” Briefing Papers, Second Series (with Susan B. Cassidy), West Group, 1997 – Thomson West
• “Practical Advice Concerning the Federal Government’s Termination for Convenience Clause,” The Construction Lawyer (Volume 17, Number 4; October 1997) – American Bar Association.
• “The Use of Past Performance Information in the Source Selection Process: How the Skeletons in Your Closet Can Scare Away Government Business,” Contract Management (with Aseem V. Mehta), NCMA; December 1996 [This article received NCMA’s Charles J. Delaney Memorial Award for the best article published by NCMA during 1996 – National Contract Management Association.]

Dana E. Sherman is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Her practice focuses on high-stakes securities and commercial disputes involving complex financial concepts.  Dana represents public and private companies and their officers and directors in stockholder class actions and stockholder derivative actions, as well as related litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country.

Recent representative matters include:

• Represented four members of the board of directors of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings in an expedited trial before the Delaware Court of Chancery arising from a proxy contest initiated by the company’s executive chairman.  Gibson Dunn’s clients prevailed in the proxy contest after the court issued its post-trial opinion.
• Represented the Nasdaq Stock Market in securing complete dismissal on summary judgment of putative securities class action concerning high-frequency trading.
• Defending Energy Transfer, a Fortune 100 owner-operator of diversified energy assets, in multiple securities class actions arising from pipeline projects in Pennsylvania and Ohio.  Secured summary judgment ruling substantially narrowing the claims that could be litigated in one action and reducing potential damages exposure by over 90%, resulting in a highly favorable settlement.
• Represented Coupang, Inc. in securing favorable pre-trial settlement for global e-commerce company in share ownership dispute filed by former employee in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
• Represented Rio Tinto Group in securities enforcement action concerning multi-billion-dollar investment in Mozambique.
• Represented Empire Merchants, LLC in connection with civil RICO lawsuit against Maryland liquor distributor and related advancement litigation in state and federal courts.
• Trial counsel to plaintiff in federal civil rights action concerning excessive force allegations.

She also maintains an active pro bono practice.  In partnership with Legal Services NYC and Immigration Equality, she represents LGBT persons seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Immigration Courts.  She has also represented civil rights claims to a federal jury.

She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 2016, where she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as a Managing Editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.  While in law school, Dana served as a judicial extern to then-Chief Judge Robert Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and an extern in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

Dana is admitted to practice in the State of New York as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

John Chesley is a Chambers-ranked litigation partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. Office. He focuses his practice on white collar criminal enforcement and government-related litigation. He represents corporations, board committees, and executives in internal investigations and before government agencies in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, procurement fraud, environmental crimes, securities violations, sanctions enforcement, antitrust violations, and whistleblower claims. He also has significant trial experience before federal and state courts and administrative tribunals nationwide, with a particular focus on government contract disputes.

John served as the Interim Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of a publicly-traded, multi-national corporation, responsible for managing a global team of compliance personnel. In this role, John conducted and oversaw internal investigations, managed a whistleblower hotline, provided compliance advice, created and updated compliance policies, and administered compliance training for tens of thousands of employees worldwide. This opportunity provided John with first-hand insights into the day-to-day challenges experienced by in-house counsel, which he uses to bring practical solutions to the table for all of his clients.

John has been recognized repeatedly as one of the leading lawyers of his generation. Most recently, John was recommended by The Legal 500 2025 for his work in Government Contracts. He was also recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA as a leading FCPA practitioner, in which clients described him as “smart, practical and [] a pleasure to work with,” as well as “incredibly responsive and practical in his advice.” Other rankings include “Global Leader in Crisis Management” (Lawdragon), “Top Rated White Collar Attorney” (Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers),  “World’s Leading Young Investigations Specialist” (Global Investigations Review), “Rising Star” (Law360, Government Contracts) (The National Law Journal, White Collar), Washington, D.C. “Future Litigation Star” (Benchmark Litigation), and “Future Leader” in Investigations (Who’s Who Legal Investigations).

A representative sampling of John’s reported client engagements include:

• In the Matter of Kraft Heinz Co. – Negotiated a successful resolution of accounting fraud claims brought by the SEC with no criminal component, substantially reduced financial penalty, and non-scienter-based charges;
• United States & SEC v. Hewlett-Packard Co. et al. – Negotiated a successful resolution of FCPA claims brought by DOJ and the SEC, including no criminal disposition for the parent issuer, no compliance monitor, and a substantially reduced financial settlement, then guide successor companies through successful completion of post-resolution reporting period;
• United States v. ZTE Corp. – Successfully litigated criminal probation revocation proceeding, persuading Court not to revoke probation or impose penalties and bring five-year compliance monitorship to an end (3:17-cr-00120-K, Dkt. 191 (Mar. 22, 2022));
• Raytheon Co. v. United States – Won a $59 million judgment after a three-week trial before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in a dispute with the Government concerning pension costs and successfully defended the trial court’s judgment on appeal to the Federal Circuit (105 Fed. Cl. 236 (2012) (aff’d 747 F.3d 1341 (Fed Cir. 2014));
• David R. Faulkner v. State of Maryland – Successfully litigated writ of actual innocence leading to reversal of Mr. Faulkner’s convictions, dismissal of all charges, and his release from prison after 20 years of wrongful imprisonment (468 Md. 418 (2020));
• United States v. Angel Neri Estrada-Tello – Successfully litigated motion for sentencing reduction, resulting in the client’s immediate release and return to his family (8:02-cr-00228 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 14, 2025));
• United States v. Alan J. Saltzman , D.O. – Successfully litigated motion to sever and stay indicted healthcare fraud prosecution based on client’s physical incapacity (2016 WL 287052 (D.D.C. Jan. 22, 2016)), leading to complete dismissal of charges against the client;
• United States v. Michael D. Parry – Investigated allegations of corporate embezzlement on behalf of the Board of Directors of a non-profit organization and government contractor, resulting in a multi-million civil settlement for the organization and criminal prosecution of the former executive;
• In the Matter of Theodore W. Urban – Successful trial defense of the former General Counsel of a broker-dealer charged with failing to supervise a broker, culminating in an acquittal on all charges (99 SEC Docket 994 (2010));
• SEC v. General Electric Co. – Obtained a declination of criminal prosecution by DOJ in an FCPA investigation arising out of the Oil-for-Food Program and negotiated a favorable settlement with the SEC;
• The Allied Defense Group, Inc. – Obtained declinations of criminal and civil enforcement action by DOJ and the SEC in a joint FCPA investigation arising from the arrest of a former employee in the 2010 “FCPA Sting” as well as the dismissal of a federal employment lawsuit brought by the former employee;
• United States v. John Ferro – Obtained dismissal of all charges stemming from an unconstitutional search and seizure; and
• United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Bureau of Safety & Regulation – Obtained the reversal of an administrative occupational safety and health citation in the Court of Appeals of Michigan and then successfully defended the Court of Appeals’ decision before the Michigan Supreme Court (745 N.W. 2d 125 (Mich App. 2007) (aff’d 749 N.W. 2d 746 (Mich. 2008)).

A representative sampling of confidential client engagements include:

• Ongoing representation of a global telecommunications company in an FCPA investigation before DOJ;
• Successfully persuaded DOJ and the SEC to decline charges against two separate global technology companies in FCPA investigations, one arising out of Southeast Asia and the other Latin America;
• Representation of a global consumer packaged goods company in multiple China-based anti-corruption investigations as well as a Russia-based sanctions investigation;
• Representation of a global telecommunications company in an Egypt-based anti-corruption investigation;
• Representation of a global financial institution in a multi-agency investigation concerning the U.S. Treasuries market;
• Representation of global trading company in connection with alleged North Korean sanctions violations;
• Representation of multi-national wellness device manufacturer in connection with alleged FDA regulatory non-compliances;
• Successfully persuaded DOJ and the SEC to decline charges against a senior lawyer in connection with a joint FCPA investigation concerning the alleged breach of a deferred prosecution agreement;
• Successfully persuaded the SEC to decline charges, post-Wells notice, against the CFO of a mining company in connection with allegations of FCPA violations;
• Representation of CIA employee in “Spying on the Senate” investigation, resulting in full exoneration of the client;
• Investigation of alleged corruption concerns in West Africa on behalf of a global energy company;
• Representation of a global telecommunications company in a multi-jurisdictional review of network performance reporting practices;
• Investigation of whistleblower concerns relating to energy reserve reporting practices on behalf of a global energy company;
• Representation of a defense contractor in a Procurement Integrity Act investigation being conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, as well as suspension and debarment proceedings before the Naval Office of Acquisition Integrity;
• Representation of a Big 4 accounting firm in a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations inquiry into international taxation matters;
• Representation of a major multi-national in connection with SOX whistleblower claims raised by an attorney formerly employed by an Indian subsidiary;
• Representation of a defense contractor in an internal review of compliance with export laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations;
• Representation of a defense contractor before the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Defense Contract Audit Agency, and SEC in connection with SOX whistleblower claims raised by the contractor’s chief compliance officer;
• Representation of a defense contractor in a grand jury investigation arising from allegations of improper political contributions;
• Representation of a real estate development firm in a grand jury investigation arising from alleged violations of the Clean Water Act;
• Representation of a senior chemical company executive in connection with criminal antitrust investigations in the United States and Canada and collateral, multi-district civil litigation in the United States; and
• Buy- and sell-side representation of numerous clients across a multitude of industries in connection with pre-acquisition FCPA due diligence reviews.

John publishes and speaks regularly on legal developments, particularly involving the FCPA. In addition, he is frequently quoted in print publications such as Bloomberg BNA, Compliance Week, Corporate Counsel, Global Investigations Review, Law360, The FCPA Report, and SEC Today and has appeared as a legal commentator on the Fox News Channel.

Examples of recent speaking engagements include:

• Co-Presenter, “Key Strategies to Navigating Cross-Border & Multilingual Compliance Investigations” (April 2025);
• Co-Presenter, “FCPA Update: 2024 & Q1 2025 Developments” (April 2025);
• Co-Presenter, “The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act” (December 2024);
• Co-Presenter, “FCPA 2023 Year-End Update” (February 2024);
• Co-Presenter, “FCPA 2022 Year-End Update” (March 2023);
• Co-Presenter, “Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions (2022 Update),” Securities Docket Webcast (February 2023);
• Co-Presenter, “FCPA 2021 Year-End Update” (February 2022);
• Co-Presenter, “Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions (2021 Update),” Securities Docket Webcast (January 2022);
• Co-Presenter, “Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions (2020 Update),” Securities Docket Webcast (February 2021); and
• Co-Presenter, “FCPA 2020 Year-End Update” (January 2021).

In July 2016, a Gibson Dunn team led by John was presented with the “Defender of Innocence” award by The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project in recognition of their efforts to vindicate and free from prison David R. Faulkner.

John graduated with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2005, where he attended classes while working for the National Criminal Enforcement Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. He received his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Maryland in 2001 and also is a former police officer.

John is a member of the bars of the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia and has held a Secret security clearance.

Daniel P. Chung is a partner based in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a nationally-recognized trial lawyer and litigator, and his practice focuses on commercial litigation and defense against civil and criminal regulatory enforcement. He also regularly advises corporate executives, boards, and audit committees, and conducts sensitive internal investigations. His experience spans a broad spectrum of sectors, with particular depth in technology companies, media companies, the healthcare sector, and financial institutions. He is the Co-Hiring Partner of Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Daniel served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted a wide range of complex federal criminal cases, involving securities fraud, health care fraud, insurance fraud, immigration fraud, money laundering, complex racketeering, murder, terrorism, and international drug cartels. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Daniel tried eight federal criminal jury trials to verdict, and briefed and argued numerous federal appeals before the Second Circuit. Daniel has been recognized and honored for his advocacy and thought leadership, including being recommended by The Legal 500 for his work in Government Contracts; as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal; a “Future Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation; and as a “Rising Star” by the National Law Journal.

Recent significant engagements include:

• Represented Amazon Web Services in Court of Federal Claims bid protest of U.S. Department of Defense award of Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract, resulting in DoD cancellation of contract to competitor.
• Obtained a complete voluntary dismissal of a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by U.S. Department of Justice relating to labor costs incurred at nuclear waste management site by defense contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions and Fluor Corp.
• Obtained a complete voluntary dismissal of a federal class action lawsuit alleging false imprisonment, fraud, and various tort claims by former employees against a major contractor for services to U.S. Army.
• Defended a technology/social media company in connection with an investigation by the DOJ and SEC into company’s IPO-related disclosures, resulting in declination of enforcement action.
• Defended a global financial institution in connection with an investigation by the SEC of asset impairment accounting practices, resulting in a declination of enforcement action.
• Defended global pharmaceutical company in connection with a FCPA investigation by the DOJ and SEC, resulting in a declination of criminal prosecution by the DOJ and a favorable settlement with the SEC.
• Defended an officer of offshore drilling company Noble Corp. in an SEC enforcement action alleging improper payments in Nigeria. Settled the case on the eve of trial with no admission of liability and no monetary penalties, in what legal commentators called a “defeat” for the SEC and “significant victories for the individuals.”
• Defended a national commissary services provider in connection with RICO litigation brought by Mississippi State Attorney General relating to alleged corruption scheme with Mississippi Department of Corrections, resulting in a favorable settlement.
• Defended Universal Health Services, Inc. in connection with a nationwide False Claims Act investigation by the DOJ, HHS-OIG, and various state Attorneys General relating to alleged fraud and quality of care issues, resulting in a favorable settlement.
• Defended a former executive of a U.S. software company in connection with a procurement fraud investigation by U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and DHS-OIG, resulting in a declination of criminal prosecution.

Daniel is a regular featured speaker on white collar enforcement and regulatory topics, including for Thomson-Reuters Forums, the American Conference Institute, and the Practising Legal Institute. He has guest lectured at Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Georgetown Law Center, George Washington University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, Columbia Law School, and the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. He is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.

Daniel is a 2003 cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Following law school, Daniel served as a law clerk for the Honorable Norman H. Stahl on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and then for the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Daniel is admitted to practice in the state of New York and the District of Columbia, and before the U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Dhananjay (DJ) Manthripragada is a partner in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Chair of the firm’s Government Contracts practice group, and also a member of the Litigation, Class Actions, Labor & Employment, and Aerospace and Related Technologies practice groups. Mr. Manthripragada has a broad complex litigation practice, and has served as lead counsel in precedent setting litigation before several United States Courts of Appeals, District Courts and state courts in jurisdictions across the country, the Court of Federal Claims, and the Federal Government Boards of Contract Appeals. He has first-chair trial experience and has successfully tried to verdict both jury and bench trials, and has served as lead counsel in arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution forums. His practice spans a wide range of industries, and he has represented some of the world’s leading aerospace and defense, finance, logistics/transportation, high-technology, and pharmaceutical companies in their most significant matters. Mr. Manthripragada is also highly regarded as a trusted advisor to clients regarding significant compliance/enforcement, contract, dispute resolution, and employment issues. He was recommended by The Legal 500 in 2025 for his work in Government Contracts, and recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® “Ones to Watch” in Commercial Litigation in 2021 and 2022.

Complex Trial and Appellate Litigation: Mr. Manthripragada has extensive experience in a broad range of business litigation, including class and mass action litigation. He has served as lead counsel in employment, consumer, wage-and-hour, and unfair competition class actions and other complex litigation matters. In addition to litigating, Mr. Manthripragada counsels clients on compliance with rapidly evolving state and federal law, as well as the development and implementation of business model changes and best practices to minimize the risk of litigation or government enforcement actions. He has counseled clients across a range of industries on recent trends in worker classification, and successful strategies by companies and employers to manage potential liability. He has also conducted numerous internal investigations regarding sensitive matters. Clients have praised Mr. Manthripragada’s ability to craft practical legal solutions to complex problems. Recognized as a thought leader in the industry, Mr. Manthripragada has delivered numerous seminars on key developments in worker classification and arbitration laws. Some of Mr. Manthripragada’s most recent non-confidential matters include:

 

• Represent logistics companies defending multiple enforcement actions alleging misclassification of truck drivers as independent contractors and involving complex issues regarding the preemption of worker classification law AB5.
• Represent Grubhub in landmark trial victory in a federal case ruling that a driver who used Grubhub’s app was an independent contractor, after preemptively defeating class certification.
• Represented Uber in a series of putative class actions asserting that Uber has misclassified drivers as independent contractors, including persuading the Ninth Circuit to grant interlocutory review of a class certification order, and obtaining decisions by the Ninth Circuit enforcing Uber’s arbitration agreements and decertifying a class of hundreds of thousands of drivers.
• Obtained rulings from federal and state courts across the country compelling individual arbitration and dismissing and/or staying class and collective actions.
• Lead counsel for logistics and network companies in a series of putative class actions, PAGA actions, and FLSA actions pending in California state and federal courts, asserting misclassification of drivers as independent contractors.
• Lead trial counsel for multiple platform companies in arbitrations and administrative trials regarding independent contractor classification.
• Represented Hewlett-Packard Company in a two-part, multi-week trial involving breach of contract and unfair competition claims that resulted in a unanimous jury verdict in favor of HP, with the jury awarding HP over $3 billion in damages.
• Counsel for Co-CEOs of algorithmic trading company in five-day arbitration of claims alleging breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, which resulted in a complete victory on all claims and the award of $3 million in attorneys’ fees and costs in favor of Gibson Dunn’s clients.
• Presented CLE class titled “Recent Trends in Arbitration and Worker Classification: What Companies Need to Know Going into 2020.”

Government Contracts Practice: As Chair of the firm’s Government Contracts practice, Mr. Manthripragada has a breadth of experience in the field of government contracts. His government contracts practice focuses on civil and criminal fraud investigations and litigation, complex claims preparation and litigation, qui tam suits under the False Claims Act, defective pricing, cost allowability, the Cost Accounting Standards, and compliance counseling. He has represented government contractors and their subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and federal appellate and trial courts across the country, and has provided advice to clients on issues involving contract negotiations, claims analysis, and contract performance. Mr. Manthripragada also maintains a robust compliance counseling practice, aimed at offering practical guidance on complex regulatory issues while remaining mindful of clients’ business goals.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Government Contract Costs, Pricing and Accounting Report. He also serves on The Government Contractor Advisory Board. Some of Mr. Manthripragada’s most recent non-confidential matters include:

• Ongoing representation of multiple major defense contractors before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals in disputes regarding compliance with the Cost Accounting Standards.
• Successful bid protest before the Government Accountability Office on behalf of a logistics and shipping company.
• Lead counsel for a Department of Defense contractor in negotiating a zero dollar settlement of a government contracts dispute before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.
• Lead counsel for a Department of Defense contractor in a breach of contract claim filed by a subcontractor in California federal court.
• Lead counsel for NASA contractor in successful resolution of a contract dispute relating to labor costs incurred under a services contract in proceedings before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.
• Lead counsel for government contractor in dispute with the Department of Homeland Security, which resulted in resolution of all disputes in contractor’s favor.
• Lead counsel for Department of Defense contractor with respect to contract disputes in Iraq.
• Lead counsel for government contractor with respect to its agreements with the Department of the Treasury to provide cash management services.

Community and Firm Involvement: In addition to serving as a practice group leader, Mr. Manthripragada is Co-Chair of the Los Angeles Office’s Diversity Committee. Mr. Manthripragada is also deeply committed to his pro bono practice and was recognized by the City of Los Angeles for his pro bono work on behalf of human trafficking victims and transition-aged foster youth. He has been recognized by various other organizations, including the Bay Area Legal Aid Foundation, for his pro bono efforts. He was also honored as a winner of Gibson Dunn’s Frank Wheat Memorial Award for his commitment to pro bono work.

Mr. Manthripragada currently serves on the board of the Los Angeles Urban League, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting education, job training, housing, and community development in underserved communities in Los Angeles.

Selected Publications and Webcasts:

• “Aerospace and Related Technologies Update – Spring 2021” Gibson Dunn Client Alert, April 20, 2021
• Recent Trends in Arbitration and Worker Classification: What Companies Need to Know in 2020, May 22, 2020
• “Aerospace and Related Technologies Update – Spring 2020” Gibson Dunn Client Alert, May 19, 2020
• “2018 Year-End Government Contracts Litigation Update” Gibson Dunn Client Alert, February 14, 2019
• “2018 Mid-Year Government Contracts Litigation Update” Gibson Dunn Client Alert, July 30, 2018
• “Aerospace and Related Technologies – Key Developments in 2017 and Early 2018” Gibson Dunn Client Alert, March 16, 2018
• “Species protection versus state agency autonomy: who wins under the California Endangered Species Act?” 36 Envtl. L. Rep. News & Analysis 10644-10657 (2006).

Education and Background: Mr. Manthripragada received a law degree in 2007 from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he served as Chief Comments Editor and Articles Editor of the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy. While in law school, Mr. Manthripragada served as a judicial extern to Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Duke University in 2004.

Before attending law school, Mr. Manthripragada worked in the field of public health, including at the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Public Health Association.

Mr. Manthripragada is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the state of California.

Julia Lapitskaya is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group and co-chair of the ESG: Risk, Litigation and Reporting Practice Group. Julia’s practice focuses on SEC, NYSE/Nasdaq and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 compliance, securities and corporate governance disclosure issues, board and committee matters, corporate governance best practices, state corporate laws, the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, SEC regulations, investor engagement and shareholder activism matters, proxy and annual meeting matters, sustainability and corporate responsibility matters, and executive compensation disclosure issues, including as part of initial public offerings and spin-off transactions.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Securities: Regulation: Advisory” (2025)
• Lawdragon, “500 X – The Next Generation” (2024)
• Euromoney, “Rising Star Awards” (2022)
• Expert Guides, “Rising Stars” (2022)

Julia is a frequent author and speaker on securities law and ESG issues and is a member of the Society for Corporate Governance. She contributed to chapters in the “Executive Compensation Disclosure Handbook: A Practical Guide to the SEC’s Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules”, as well as the PLI Treatise titled “Climate Change, Sustainable Investments, and Social Governance: Law and Compliance.”  

Julia earned her Juris Doctor in 2010 from the New York University School of Law, where she served as Developments Editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics. Prior to attending law school, she graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Political Science and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Shawn Burrows is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and general corporate matters. He also advises clients on cybersecurity, international trade, and technology matters. 

Shawn graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as Co-President of the Harvard Association for Law and Business. He earned his B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy where he graduated as a Distinguished Honor Graduate. Prior to attending law school, Shawn served as an active duty infantry officer in the U.S. Army. He is a graduate of U.S. Army Ranger School, Airborne School, and Air Assault School.

Shawn is admitted to practice in Texas.

Daniel J. Thomasch, a litigation partner in Gibson Dunn’s New York office, represents clients in complex, high- value cases across a broad range of practice areas and industries.

Dan is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and is a past chair of the College’s Federal Rules of Evidence Committee. He has tried cases to verdict in federal and state courts in California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, and has argued appeals in the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits, and in the highest courts of New York, Georgia and Maryland. Dan is regularly asked to assume lead responsibility for ongoing matters after unfavorable pre-trial rulings or other developments have increased the stakes of the litigation and/or diminished the likelihood of success at trial. He has a record of consistent success in those situations.

Lawdragon has ranked Dan as among the “Top 500 Lawyers” and as one of the “500 Leading Litigators.” Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has repeatedly ranked Dan nationally for Product Liability and Mass Torts, and in New York for Intellectual Property. Chambers notes that he “is an outstanding litigator,” and “very strategic, very smart and extremely good on his feet in court.” Managing Intellectual Property consistently names Dan as a “Patent Star,” and he was designated a “Life Sciences Star” in the inaugural publication of LMG Life Sciences 2012 and in each subsequent issue. Dan is also ranked by IAM Patent 1000 in patent litigation, and “Life Sciences: Product Liability” in PLC’s Which Lawyer?, Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys named Dan a “Litigation Star” in New York and nationally for Product Liability and Commercial Litigation. The Best Lawyers in America® named Dan a leading attorney for Product Liability Litigation, and Law & Politics has named him “a Super Lawyer” every year since 2006 for intellectual property litigation, product liability defense, or business litigation. 

Dan is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the Federal Bar Council and The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Thurgood Marshall Award, 1998).

Dan received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and recipient of the Young B. Smith Award. His undergraduate degree is from Northwestern University. After law school, Dan was a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas P. Griesa of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The following is a representative sample of Dan’s cases.*

Patent Litigation

• Western Digital Technologies, Inc. (WD):  Lead trial counsel in a patent infringement action tried to verdict in the Central District of California in October 2024.  Dan successfully argued WD’s Rule 50(a) motion at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, striking the patentee’s damages theory and evidence.  Although the trial court permitted plaintiff to argue for damages under a new and undisclosed theory, WD rested without presenting an affirmative case, and the resulting jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor was reduced to $1 nominal damages on WD’s Rule 50(b) motion.  The case is currently on appeal to the Federal Circuit.
• U.S. Mobile Phone Carrier: Trial and appellate counsel in a patent infringement jury trial in the District of Nebraska. After a multi-week trial, the jury returned a complete defense verdict, finding that all five accused networks  did not infringe any of the six asserted patent claims. On appeal, the Federal Circuit dismissed Plaintiff’s appeal as moot based on its conclusion that the asserted patents recited patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, as argued by Dan on the carrier’s cross-appeal.
• U.S. Mobile Phone Carrier: Obtained a defense verdict of non-infringement and invalidity on all asserted claims in a jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas, after obtaining pre-trial Daubert rulings dramatically limiting plaintiff’s damages claim.
• Lawson Software: Lead trial counsel for defendant in a civil contempt case following a plaintiff’s verdict of patent infringement and the entry of a permanent injunction by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in an action defended by a different law firm. Developed trial and appellate strategies for the contempt proceedings that resulted in a complete victory on the contempt charge and vacatur of the underlying injunction.
• Dow AgroSciences (DAS): Served for more than a decade as lead national trial and appellate counsel on all patent infringement actions against DAS involving patents for making genes and inserting them into plants to make the plants insect-resistant. Devised and implemented a global litigation strategy that successfully defended (through trial verdicts, summary judgment rulings, voluntary dismissals and appellate rulings) DAS’s core business in multiple interrelated patent litigations throughout the United States. He won a qui tam suit against DAS in which plaintiff alleged false marking under 35 U.S.C. § 292. Dan also argued appeals before the Federal Circuit in multiple cases involving patents asserted by and against DAS, and DAS prevailed in each such appeal.*
• Dow AgroSciences (DAS): Dan first-chaired and won a bet-the-company jury trial in the District of Delaware in which DAS prevailed against a competitor asserting patent claims that were alleged to cover all transgenic corn products, both commercial and pre-market, in the United States.
• Alcon Laboratories: Successfully defended Alcon in multiple patent litigations involving prescription drugs used for lowering intraocular pressure in patients suffering from glaucoma, including summary judgment in a case of first impression involving method claims and alleged off-label uses of prescription drugs; argued and won appeal of that ruling in the Federal Circuit.*
• Storz Ophthalmics Company: Obtained dismissal of multiple patent infringement actions involving the design of intraocular lenses and methods for their surgical implantation.*
• Praxis Biologics, Inc.: Successfully defended American Cyanamid Company and Praxis Biologics, Inc. at trial in a patent infringement action related to human infant vaccines against bacterial infections such as meningitis. Trial verdict upheld on appeal to the Federal Circuit.*
• American Cyanamid Company: Lead trial counsel in two bench trials in the District of Colorado arising out of an inventorship dispute with associated claims for copyright infringement and common law torts.

Business Litigation

• Archer Aviation Inc.: Dan represented Archer, an emerging leader in the eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft industry, in the defense of trade secret claims and the assertion of defamation and unfair competition counterclaims in the Northern District of California; the Archer team defeated plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction, obtained dismissal of plaintiff’s most important trade secret claims, and defeated multiple attempts to dismiss Archer’s counterclaims, leading to a favorable settlement.
• Fraud and Breach of Contract: From 2015 through 2024, Dan served as lead counsel for PwC and multiple individuals in an action brought in California Superior Court by the City of Los Angeles (“City”) alleging fraudulent inducement and breach of contract in the implementation of a new Customer Information System for the City’s Department of Water and Power (LADWP). During discovery, Dan and his team uncovered evidence that the City’s counsel had perpetrated a massive fraud on the Court in a related case, in order to facilitate the City’s efforts to blame PwC falsely for problems with LADWP’s new billing system. That evidence forced LADWP’s highest ranking employee to resign, and, following a federal investigation prompted by PwC’s evidence, that individual was convicted for bribery and sentenced to six years in prison. Pursuant to the same investigation, lead outside counsel for the City in the action against PwC and the supervising attorney within the L.A. City Attorney’s office were also convicted of felonies, as was a second employee of the LADWP. Faced with an array of adverse rulings by the trial court, in September 2019, the City dismissed with prejudice all claims against PwC and the individual defendants. In October 2020, the trial court imposed $2.5 million in sanctions against the City and in favor of PwC. That sanctions order ultimately was upheld by the Supreme Court of the State of California in a unanimous decision.
• Audit Report Misrepresentation Claims: Dan recently represented a Big Four accounting firm in a $1.8 billion fraud and misrepresentation case brought by a non-client of the accounting firm in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. Dan’s team obtained dismissal with prejudice of all claims on behalf of investors who allegedly relied on the accounting firm’s audit report to purchase debt in a leveraged loan transaction involving that firm’s client, which led to settlement on terms favorable to defendant.
• ERISA: Dan represented PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) in a high-stakes ERISA class action brought in the Southern District of New York in which Plaintiffs sought to compel payment of “whipsaw claims” exceeding $1 billion. The case settled while pre-trial motions brought by PwC were pending before the district court. 
• Wage and Hour Class Actions: As lead trial and appellate counsel for PwC in multiple wage-and-hour class actions, Dan argued and won in the Ninth Circuit an appeal of an issue of first impression under the California Labor Code, obtaining reversal of the District Court’s summary adjudication in favor of a class of approximately 2,000 unlicensed accountants, and leading to a favorable class settlement.

Product Liability and Mass Torts

• Johnson & Johnson: Co-led product liability team contributing to Gibson Dunn’s independent investigation of company conduct involved in the manufacturing and marketing of talc products and the company’s defense of those claims at trial and on appeal. Our investigation (in conjunction with a corporate governance team) involved the evaluation of general causation and contamination theories through a deep dive into epidemiological and other scientific studies, the analysis of internal documents spanning six decades, and dozens of interviews of fact and expert witnesses. The results of our 18-month investigation were detailed in a 350+ page Special Investigation Report that was publicly filed in the United States District Court (D. N.J.) overseeing shareholder litigation against J&J based on talc litigation liabilities.
• Wyeth: Served as national lead trial and appellate counsel in nearly 400 product liability cases involving claims that childhood vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal caused autism in vaccinated children, prevailing in every case (no settlements). Successfully tried a two-week Frye hearing in which Wyeth attacked all causation theories purporting to link vaccines to autism, resulting in the exclusion of all of plaintiffs’ expert witnesses. Argued the appeal to Maryland’s highest court and obtained a unanimous affirmance, which effectively adopted a new standard for the admissibility of expert testimony in civil cases, Blackwell v. Wyeth, 408 Md. 575, 971 A.2d 235 (2009). That decision resulted in the dismissal of the claims of all of the approximately 300 plaintiffs in cases then-pending against vaccine manufacturers in Maryland. Devised federal preemption strategy that ultimately resulted in the successful conclusion of the national litigation, and argued preemption motions and appeals in state and federal courts, leading to the Supreme Court’s decision in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, in which the Court held that all design defect claims involving recommended childhood vaccines are preempted by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.*
• Breg, Inc.: As appellate counsel, obtained reversal of intentional concealment verdict in the California Court of Appeal, resulting in vacatur of a significant punitive damages award and a dramatic reduction in compensatory damages.
• American Home Products Corporation: First-chaired and won the first jury trial of a case involving alleged neurological injuries from the use of the Norplant System, a contraceptive implant, obtaining a complete defense verdict. Obtained dismissal of numerous cases involving prescription drugs, biologics, medical devices and OTC products, through successful motion practice.*
• The Dow Chemical Company: Obtained dismissal of claims brought on behalf of up to thousands of Brazilian citizens seeking damages under the Alien Tort Statute and state law for alleged injuries from environmental contamination. In another case, Dan obtained dismissal of state law claims brought by more than 300 residents of Ecuador alleging personal injuries from exposure to a commercial fungicide used on banana crops.*
• American Cyanamid Company: Successfully defended litigation initiated by the City of New York to recover for property damage and personal injuries alleged to have resulted from exposure to lead pigment-in-paint manufactured by a putative predecessor-in-interest to Cyanamid.*
• Lederle Laboratories: First-chaired and won three multi-week jury trials of cases involving permanent injuries to infants allegedly resulting from immunization with the whole-cell DTP vaccine. Argued and won the resulting appeals in the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits.*
• Lederle Laboratories: Obtained summary judgment prior to class certification of a statewide consumer class action involving a popular multi-vitamin, Caltrate®.*
• Counseling: Dan counsels corporate clients on potential product liability risks arising out of the introduction of new products to market or the acquisition of product manufacturers or specific product lines.

Insurance Coverage Litigation

• Wyeth: Served as lead counsel in numerous insurance coverage litigations in which the policyholder sought payment of defense costs incurred in the defense of mass tort litigation, and defense and remediation costs for scores of environmental clean-up sites throughout the country. Obtained hundreds of millions of dollars of coverage in highly favorable settlements. Dan has also successfully litigated business interruption claims, claims for coverage under D&O policies and reinsurance disputes.*
• John Wyeth & Brother: Served as lead counsel in an insurance coverage action over defense costs incurred by Wyeth in the defense of Benzodiazepine product liability litigation. Worked closely with barrister and instructing solicitors in the successful trial of Wyeth’s claims in the Commercial Court of London.*

Other Litigation

• Dan has also litigated consumer class actions, and criminal and civil antitrust, securities, RICO, breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and replevin cases.

*Representations occurred prior to Dan’s affiliation with Gibson Dunn.

Patrick Cowherd is of counsel in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn where he currently practices with the firm’s Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Groups. He represents issuers and investment banking firms in connection with public offerings and private placements of both equity and debt securities, including initial public offerings, shelf registrations, and Rule 144A offerings. He has substantial knowledge and transactional experience with exploration and production companies, midstream businesses as well as the oil field services sector.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Patrick served as in-house counsel for nearly a decade at several international companies in the oilfield services industry. He received a J.D., with honors, from The University of Texas School of Law in 2004, and an L.L.M from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005. Patrick earned a B.A., with honors, from The University of Texas at Austin.

Stuart M. Rosenberg is a partner in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn, where his practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling. He handles disputes in the United States District Courts, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission, and California State Court, as well as in Alternative Dispute Resolution proceedings. He has represented clients in a variety of industries and technologies, including software and electronics, medical devices, sporting goods, and automotive design, and has been recognized by The Legal 500 USA for his trade secrets work.

Stuart earned his Juris Doctor degree with distinction in 2005 from Stanford Law School, where he was an Articles Editor for the Stanford Law Review. He graduated from Yale University in 2002 with a degree in Physics & Philosophy. In 2007 and 2008, Stuart served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Paul R. Michel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Stuart is a member of the bar of the State of California, is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and is admitted to practice in the Northern and Central Districts of California, the Eastern District of Texas, and the Federal and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Stuart’s recent representative matters include:

• Patent litigation in the Western District of Texas regarding computer networking technology – Gibson Dunn represents the leading supplier of computer network equipment in a multi-patent dispute with hundreds of millions of dollars in claimed damages.  Stuart and the team prevailed in dismissing multiple patents before trial as invalid or not infringed, and then secured a rare directed verdict during trial on the last remaining patent, resulting in a complete victory for our client on all asserted claims.  The American Lawyer recognized Stuart as the Litigator of the Week for this victory.
• Patent litigation in the Central District of California regarding data storage technology – Gibson Dunn is defending a leading hard drive manufacturer in a dispute regarding encryption technology.  Stuart and the team recently obtained judgment as a matter of law on damages, overturning a judgment of more than $550 million dollars against our client, and successfully reducing the judgment to nominal damages of one dollar instead. 
• Trade Secret and patent litigation regarding electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft– Gibson Dunn represents a leading public company in the Advanced Air Mobility market in a multi-venue dispute relating to electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Stuart and the team recently won key victories, including summary judgment and judgment on the pleadings regarding the majority of the alleged trade secret and patent claims, and the California state and federal court components of the dispute have now been resolved with a forward-looking collaboration between the parties. Stuart deposed key engineers and corporate representatives, worked closely with the technical experts, and briefed and argued key issues in court, including summary judgment for both trade secret and patent claims, as well as patent claim construction and motion practice regarding infringement contentions.
• Patent litigation in the International Trade Commission and district courts regarding smartwatches and trackers – Gibson Dunn represents a leading health and fitness company in a multi-venue patent dispute regarding smartwatches and activity tracking, including several district court cases and an International Trade Commission investigation. Stuart and the team recently won a complete defense for our client in the ITC investigation, including summary determination of noninfringement on multiple patents and a final determination invalidating the only remaining patent after trial, leading Stuart to be recognized as American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week. Stuart prepared and examined witnesses at the trial, handled fact and expert depositions before trial, and led the successful briefing on summary determination.
• Inter Partes Review in the United States Patent and Trademark Office – Gibson Dunn represented a leading medical device manufacturer in a dispute with a direct competitor regarding surgical tools for joint replacement procedures. Stuart argued successfully before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in IPR proceedings, seeking and obtaining cancellation of all claims asserted by the opposing party in litigation.
• Patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas regarding FRAND-encumbered telecommunications patents – Gibson Dunn defended a major United States wireless network operator in a series of patent cases regarding allegedly essential LTE and 3G technologies. Stuart worked with experts on standard setting to pursue counterclaims against the plaintiff for violations of its FRAND obligations, and successfully maintained those counterclaims in the face of pretrial motions before the dispute settled on the eve of trial.
• Patent litigation in the District of Delaware regarding network-based storage technology – Gibson Dunn represented the plaintiff, the market leader in network storage equipment, in infringement litigation against a direct competitor. We obtained summary judgment of infringement, and then prevailed in a jury trial on remaining issues, obtaining an eight-figure damages award. Stuart examined the technical experts and the defendant’s technical fact witnesses at trial, and argued claim construction and other legal issues before the court.
• Patent litigation in the Northern District of California and the Federal Circuit regarding smartphone technology – Gibson Dunn represented a leading smartphone manufacturer in litigation brought against it by a company who claimed to have invented the mobile internet in the 1990s. The plaintiff asserted ten patents, and Gibson Dunn was able to obtain dismissal of all ten patents before trial. Stuart briefed and argued claim construction and successful summary judgment motions on several of the patents.

Dean Masuda is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the firm’s Finance Practice Group. He represents borrowers and private equity sponsors in a variety of debt finance transactions.

Dean is recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 for his work in Banking and Finance Law.

Representative Clients and Transactions*:

• CapVest Partners in its financing of its acquisition of Recochem Corp.
• Cole Haan, a portfolio company of Apax Partners in its refinancing of its credit facilities
• Consolidated Precision Products, a leading manufacturer of highly complex components for the commercial aerospace market, in connection with a refinancing of its existing secured debt and issuance of preferred equity as part of a complicated amend and extend transaction involving more than $1.3 billion in funded debt
• Digital River Inc., a portfolio company of Siris Capital Group in its amendments of its credit facilities
• Galaxy Digital Holdings in its financing of its acquisition of Helios bitcoin mining facility from Argo Blockchain
• Grayshift LLC, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo in its refinancing of its credit facilities
• HPS Investment Partners in its financing for the management-led group’s takeover bid for Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.
• Identity Digital Inc., a portfolio company of ABRY Partners in its refinancing of its credit facilities
• Integra Parent, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo in its financing of its acquisition of Cyborg Security Inc.
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and its portfolio companies in various matters including:
  • Acquisition of SunFireMatrix Inc.
  • Acquisition of Janney Montgomery Scott
  • Take-private of Chase Corporation
  • Incremental financings for GeoStabilization International, LLC
  • Industrial Physics in its amendments to its credit facilities
• Learfield Communications in a comprehensive deleveraging transaction with its lenders and equity partners. Significantly reducing debt by $600 million and raised $150 million in new equity
• Medusind Solutions, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors in multiple refinancings and acquisition financings
• Ortholite LLC, a portfolio company of Trilantic Capital Partners in its refinancing of its senior credit facilities
• Point 41 Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various financing matters including:
  • Acquisition of Interstate AC Services
  • Acquisition of Kimbro Mechanical Inc.
  • Acquisition of Open Source Controls LLC
  • Acquisition of Anchor Heating and Air
• Warburg Pincus in its financing of its acquisition of Everise Holdings Inc.
• 24-7 Intouch Inc., a portfolio company of Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan in its incremental credit facility

Dean earned his Juris Doctor in 2015 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2012. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he was a debt finance partner at a global law firm.

*Includes transactions prior to Dean’s association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Hanh Pham is a French qualified associate in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn, where she serves as a member of the firm’s Finance and Business Restructuring Practice Groups.

Hanh focuses her practice on structured finance and complex cross-border debt restructuring transactions.

She is also involved in syndicated loans, government guaranteed loans and bond issues. Hanh represents both private and listed companies, senior and junior lenders and borrowers in their significant strategic transactions.

As a former member of an investment bank’s Compliance team, she also has particular experience in Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and related compliance topics.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Hanh worked for five years as an AML/CFT Compliance Officer within an investment bank and then practiced within the Banking and Finance department of other international law firms in Paris.

Admitted to the Paris Bar, Hanh holds a postgraduate degree in International Business Law and Management from ESSEC Business School, a Master’s degree in Comparative Business Law from University Paris 2 – Panthéon-Assas and a degree in Distressed M&A – Restructuring from University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne.

She speaks English, French, and Vietnamese fluently.

Stephen Hui is an of counsel in Hong Kong. He is a member of the firm’s Finance Practice Group. He focuses on complex cross-border financing transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance, direct lending, and special situations debt investments.

He has extensive experience throughout the Asia-Pacific region and regularly represents prominent private equity sponsors and private credit funds on their most significant and complex financing transactions at all levels of the capital structure. He has also spent time on secondment with KKR to support their capital markets team and their legal team in a wide variety of matters in the region.

Stephen is recognized as a recommended lawyer for banking and finance by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific guide, which highlights his role in handling matters “concerning acquisition and leveraged finance, mezzanine finance, fund finance, direct lending, and special situations debt investments” and notes his “client service level is impressive.”

Some of his recent and most significant experience includes advising:*

• KKR (and its portfolio companies) on multiple transactions, including: the financing related to its acquisition of a controlling stake in J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which was named “Deal of the Year in Asia” in 2020 by Private Equity International; the financing related to its acquisition of real estate in Singapore; the financing related to its acquisition of infrastructure assets in the Philippines; and the financing related to its acquisition of two waste management companies in South Korea
• Bain Capital (and its portfolio companies) on multiple transactions, including: the financing related to its acquisition of Evident Corporation; the financing related to its investment in Schwan’s Company; the financing related to its acquisition of Classys; and the financing related to its investment in K-Bank
• TPG Capital (and its portfolio companies) on multiple transactions, including: the financing related to its joint venture to acquire real estate in the PRC; the financing related to its investment in Nox; and the financing related to its joint venture acquisition of WTT
• A number of global credit funds and special situations investors on complex structured financings (both onshore and offshore) in the PRC, South Korea, South-East Asia and India

Stephen received his Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney. He is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and in New South Wales, Australia. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Charline Yim is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the International Arbitration and Litigation Practice Groups. She also serves on the firm’s Pro Bono and Hiring Committees.

Charline specializes in international arbitration and has extensive experience representing clients in investment treaty and international commercial disputes. She has advised clients in disputes arising under many of the major arbitration rules including ICSID, ICSID Additional Facility, UNCITRAL, AAA, ICDR, ICC, LCIA, SCC, SIAC, AIAC, DIA, OCC, TAI and DIAC, as well as in ad hoc proceedings. Her clients operate in a wide range of industries, and she has particular experience guiding clients through complex, high-stakes disputes relating to the energy, telecommunications, construction, pharmaceutical, consumer products, financial services and banking industries.

Law360 named Charline a International Arbitration “Rising Star,” recognizing her as an “[attorney] under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age” and Benchmark Litigation named her to its 40 & Under list, which identifies “the best and brightest litigators across the US.” Charline is recognized by Chambers USA and Chambers Global in the International Arbitration Counsel category, by Lawdragon500 X – The Next Generation for International Arbitration, Lexology as an Arbitration Future Leader, and by The Best Lawyers in America® for Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has been described by her clients as an “exceptional lawyer who undertakes deep preparation for cases” and “a real legal expert, who drives problem-solving smoothly in a complex environment and picks up new issues quickly.”

In addition to representing clients in international arbitration proceedings, Charline has represented clients in major global investigations, white collar and civil litigation matters. Her experience includes representing clients in investigations by state and national enforcement authorities including the DOJ, the CFTC and the European Commission, as well as securing the acquittal of an individual defendant in a federal jury trial. She also represents clients in litigation matters relating to international arbitration proceedings including the enforcement of arbitral awards in multiple jurisdictions.

Charline maintains a significant pro bono practice and advises individuals and organizations on public international law and international human rights matters. Her most recent matters include representing human rights defenders before United Nations organs, advising leading international human rights organizations on questions of international criminal law, advising clients with international treaty negotiations, advising clients on the development of transitional justice mechanisms in various countries, and presenting various training courses on public international law, international dispute resolution, transitional justice, and media freedom. In addition, she frequently represents clients in asylum and immigration proceedings. For her commitment to pro bono work, she has been awarded Gibson Dunn’s Frank Wheat Memorial Award and Legal Aid Society’s Pro Bono Publico Award. 

Charline regularly publishes, speaks and lectures on topics relating to international arbitration, public international law and international justice. Recent topics include developments under the Energy Charter Treaty, transitional justice processes and racial injustice in the US, and the importance of diversity in international arbitration.

Charline serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Justice and Accountability and International Senior Lawyers Project, and as a member of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge’s USA Sub-Committee. She has previously served on committees for the American Society of International Law and the New York City Bar Association.

Charline earned her law degree in 2011 from Harvard Law School, where she was the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard International Law Journal, Co-President of the HLS Advocates for Human Rights and recipient of the Class of 2011 Dean’s Award for Community Leadership. She graduated summa cum laude in 2008 from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied Economics, English and Political Science, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to joining the firm, she was an associate in the dispute resolution group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP and a fellow to the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Charline is admitted to practice in the State of New York, and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She has working knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese.

Julian Manasse-Boetani is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s San Francisco office. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, with a focus on antitrust and patent issues.

Julian earned his law degree, with honors and pro bono honors, from the University of Chicago Law School in 2023. As a member of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic he represented Michigan community organizations in state energy regulatory proceedings, seeking increased community solar, grid investment in low-income and BIPOC communities, reduced fossil fuel usage, and other environmental justice goals. During his B.A. in economics, received with honors from the University of Chicago, he completed a year of graduate-level microeconomics coursework and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Immediately before law school Julian worked in the Oakland office of an economic consulting firm for four years, primarily supporting the testimony of professors Carl Shapiro and Fiona Scott Morton in antitrust litigation and regulatory proceedings. While in that role he was part of the trial team that supported Professor Shapiro’s testimony in Steves & Sons, Inc. v. JELD-WEN, Inc., the first private antitrust litigation in which a court has ordered a divestiture remedy. He also worked closely on matters involving fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing rates for standard essential patents, matters involving allegedly exclusionary discounting and/or bundling, and a vertical merger clearance matter before the FTC. 

Julian is admitted to practice law in California.

Sarah Akhtar is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition and Litigation practice groups. Sarah represents clients in government investigations and high-stakes litigation, including criminal antitrust matters. She also conducts confidential internal investigations and advises clients on managing compliance programs.

Prior to joining the firm, Sarah clerked for Chief Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sarah graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as Managing Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. She earned her undergraduate degree with honors from Harvard University, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard International Review and a recipient of the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize.

Sarah is Vice Chair of the Cartel and Criminal Practice Committee of the ABA Antitrust Law Section. She is admitted to practice in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth A. Dabanka is an associate attorney in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Elizabeth earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2024. While at Columbia, Elizabeth was a member of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, worked as a student attorney for the Immigration Rights Clinic and served as a teaching assistant for Contracts and Torts. Additionally, Elizabeth was the treasurer of First Generation Professionals and a member of the Black Law Student Association.

Elizabeth received a Bachelor of Arts in 2020 from Brandeis University, where she graduated magna cum laude. She triple majored in Politics, African and African American Studies, and International and Global Studies.

Elizabeth is admitted to practice in New York.

Angelique Kaounis is a partner in the Century City office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where she practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, with a focus on intellectual property and technology-related issues. Angelique is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property; Trials; Media and Entertainment; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Practice Groups.

Angelique has successfully represented clients in a broad range of litigation matters, including trade secret misappropriation cases, antitrust and unfair competition matters, business tort cases, contract disputes, and class actions in a number of areas, including the high-tech, entertainment, financial services, and healthcare industries. Angelique represents clients in all aspects of litigation, including jury trials, arbitrations, and mediations, and advises in connection with protecting trade secrets, proposed business practices/collaborations, and existing contractual obligations.

Chambers USA has recognized Angelique as one of the country’s leading attorneys for Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets, with clients describing her as “an excellent trial lawyer”—noting her “mastery of trade secret law” and “ability to navigate complex litigation with precision and tenacity.” The Legal 500 USA lists Angelique as a “Recommended Lawyer” in Trade Secrets, and she has been honored three times by Law & Politics and Los Angeles magazines as one of Southern California’s “Rising Stars.”

Some of Angelique’s representative achievements include:

• Co-lead counsel in arbitration defeating software-related trade secrets claims in which Plaintiff sought approximately $500M in monetary relief.   
• Securing dismissal with prejudice of alleged marketing trade secrets on behalf of one of the world’s leading technology and product companies in an ongoing trade secret misappropriation case.
• Securing an order striking alleged system-wide trade secrets for leading mortgage servicing company.
• Successfully resolving trade secret claims brought by an online healthcare services startup.
• Securing dismissal of trade secret claims against one of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders.
• Securing a voluntary dismissal of a trade secret misappropriation claim against an online gaming company.
• Defeating class certification in a multi-state price fixing class action on behalf of a major music label.
• Securing entry of judgment and a permanent injunction against a former employee accused of leaking company confidential information for unauthorized publication.
• Securing entry of judgment and a permanent injunction against a former employee accused of misappropriating trade secrets from a Fortune 500 company for use in a foreign country.
• Obtaining a favorable settlement of breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation claims brought by a television network against former producers.
• Achieving a favorable resolution of trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition and related state law tort claims against a leading packaging manufacturer and its employee.
• Securing dismissal of all claims after summary judgment in favor of an international law firm in a professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract action.
• Advising in a successful regulatory review of a merger between a leading ticketing service company and a leading music promotion company (the matter was short-listed for Global Competition Review Matter of the Year).
• Defeating a motion for class certification in a proposed nationwide class action alleging state tort and unfair competition claims in connection with ink gauge technology in inkjet printers and cartridges.
• Securing an Arbitration Award, including nearly $3 million in attorneys’ fees and costs, in favor of co-CEOs of an algorithmic trading firm in a complex tax arbitration involving claims of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.

Angelique currently serves on the Sedona Conference WG12 (Trade Secrets) drafting committee for Commentary: “The Use of Clean Rooms to Minimize Risk and Protect Innovations.” She also has served as a trial advocacy instructor at Stanford Law School, and as the Vice Chair of the Trade Secrets Interest Group of the California Lawyers Association’s Intellectual Property (IP) Section, having previously served as Chair, and co-Vice Chair, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the IP Section. She presently serves on the Board of Trustees for the California Science Center and the planning committee for the University of Southern California IP Institute, and previously was a member of the Executive Leadership Team or Heart of LA Board for the American Heart Association’s Heart & Stroke Ball – Los Angeles (2013-2019, 2022-2024). Additionally, Angelique has served on the firm’s Associates’ Committee and Diversity Committee. Angelique has been an active member of the University of Pennsylvania Alumni community, having served for three years as the President of the Penn Law Alumni Club of Southern California, of which she is also a Founding Board Member, and as a liaison to PennClubLA.

Angelique earned her J.D. from University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 2000, where she was Internet and Production Editor of The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law and Co-Chair of the Moot Court Board. She received her B.A. in Political Science and Spanish magna cum laude, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers College in 1997. Angelique is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California, the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal, and all California state courts.

Select Publications and Speaking Engagements:

• Panelist, Keeping Your Secrets Secret, IAM Live: Trade Secrets Strategy USA (2024).
• Panelist, Navigating the FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Competes and How Companies Can Still Protect Valuable Trade Secrets, California Lawyers Association (2024).
• Moderator, Focus Session: Controlling Internal Misappropriation, IAM Live: Trade Secrets Strategy USA (2023).
• Contributing Editor, Trade Secret Litigation & Protection Practice Guide, California Lawyers Association (2022).
• Panelist, Trade Secrets Protection, Enforcement & Litigation, Hosted by SandPiper Partners LLC (2020).
• A Practical Approach for In-House Counsel to Protect Your Trade Secrets, Clear Law Institute (2017).
• Ethics of Handling Trade Secrets, California State Bar 89th Annual Meeting (Oct. 1, 2016).
• Daily Journal: Are Your Client Lists Trade Secrets? (2016).
• Developments in Data Protection, California State Bar 88th Annual Meeting (Oct. 10, 2015).
• Presidential Summit Reveals Cybersecurity Concerns, Trends, Law360 (Feb. 17, 2015).
• Co-author, SEC Cybersecurity Findings May Establish De Facto Standard, Law360 (Feb. 6, 2015).
• Contributing Editor, Trade Secret Litigation and Protection in California (3d ed., 2014).
• Recent Developments in California Trade Secret Law, California State Bar 87th Annual Meeting (Sept. 12, 2014).
• Best Practices In Trade Secret Due Diligence, Webinar, The State Bar of California Intellectual Property Law Section Trade Secrets Interest Group (July 2, 2013).
• L.A. Lawyer: High-Tech Stakes – Trade Secret Due Diligence Considerations for Technology Acquisitions (2010).
• California Court of Appeal Issues Decision Upholding Preemption of Claims for Breach of Confidence, Interference with Contract, and Statutory Unfair Competition under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (2009).

Nicholas is a financial services regulatory and fintech lawyer based in Singapore.

He regularly advises global financial institutions, fund managers, payment service providers, commodities traders, fintechs and Web 3 clients on the full spectrum of legal and regulatory matters, including the regulatory perimeter, structuring and offering of products, conduct of business and compliance, change of control, licence applications and regulatory submissions.

In addition to his regulatory practice, Nicholas is also well-versed in products and commercial work involving the structuring, negotiating and documenting of commercial agreements in the financial services, payments, fintech and digital assets industries.

Nicholas received his Bachelor of Laws from the Singapore Management University in 2022. He is admitted to practice in Singapore.