Anna Korbakis is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Orange County office and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. She represents borrowers, lenders, institutional and non-institutional investors, private equity funds, developers and operators in a broad array of commercial real estate transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, financings and joint ventures. Anna has experience working with a diverse set of asset classes, including multifamily complexes, office and retail buildings, industrial projects, data centers, hotels, and vacant land.

She was recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in Real Estate Law in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

Anna graduated cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she served as Articles Editor on The Georgetown Law Journal. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California, graduating summa cum laude and majoring in Political Science with double-minors in Spanish and Business Law.

Anna is a member of the California Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Thad A. Davis is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s New York and San Francisco offices, and is nationally recognized as a highly accomplished trial lawyer who has tried business and regulatory cases throughout the United States. He is undefeated in jury trials, and has both secured and defeated nine- and ten-figure awards as trial counsel, including in 2024. Thad is a trial lawyer with a national practice of trying bench and jury trials, as well as arbitrations, in complex business and regulatory litigation matters, including against the SEC, DOJ, and in private litigation of all types. His experience includes trade secret, class actions, securities, corporate governance and control disputes, merger and acquisition matters, anti-corruption, antitrust, unfair competition, data privacy, cybersecurity, employment, False Claims Act, and related regulatory litigations. A former co-chair of the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice Group, Thad regularly represents public companies, leading venture capital and private equity firms, portfolio companies, hedge funds, directors and officers, and high net worth individuals in a variety of complex commercial disputes and government and internal investigations. His business and matters have been recognized and covered by leading national and international publications, and he speaks and publishes widely on issues of key importance to clients and colleagues.

Thad has been recognized among the top half-dozen securities lawyers in the United States as a Law360 Securities MVP in 2014, and by The Best Lawyers in America for Criminal Defense: White Collar since 2016. His work has garnered him recognition by the Daily Journal for a “Top Defense Verdict of 2011” and “Top Defense Verdict of 2017,” and earned him recognition in The American Lawyer’s “Big Suits” for trial results in 2014. During Thad’s tenure as Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation Practice, the group and its members regularly received accolades from industry-leading publications and peer rating organizations.

Before joining Gibson Dunn as Co-Chair of Securities Litigation, Thad built out from scratch the litigation department of the San Francisco office of a leading international law firm, prior to which he was an equity partner at a global business trial firm in Los Angeles, having been invited to join the firm in 2001.

In addition to his service for clients and in firm practice group leadership, Thad has served as a highly reviewed trial advocacy instructor at Stanford Law School for 15 years, and has also taught at the Stanford Directors College. In addition, he has served as an ABA Presidential nominee to the Task Force on AML Gatekeeper Regulations; a co-editor and co-author of the firm’s PLI Securities Litigation Treatise; co-chair of the ABA Subcommittee on Corporate Criminal Prosecutions, and a commenter on the ABA Criminal Justice Monitors Standards. His pro bono interests and clients have included San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco Legal Aid Society, Cal Lawyers for the Arts, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, and the Marin Humane Society.

Thad served as a law clerk for the Honorable Laurence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Selected Matters

• Against “titans of the plaintiff bar,” as first chair in nationally covered technology-related proceeding, obtained confirmed judgment in 2024 after over 25 days of testimony, overcame a presumption to defeat alleged ten-figure trade secret claims of damages and attempt to take client’s IP on all counts, including defeating all claims for trade secret protection or status, zeroing out trade secret damages, defeating all claims of IP ownership, royalties, licenses, or injunction, and otherwise resolving finally all claims of contract breach and use of opponent’s supposed confidential information, and preserving client’s total rights to its IP; destroyed opposing industry expert at deposition such that he did not testify further, obtained key admissions from opposing party CEO and other fact witnesses, and put on damages expert. Described by fact finder as “extremely competent and well-prepared counsel.”
• Also in 2023 proceeding against leading national antitrust trial boutique, as first chair in multiple week trial proceeding involving client’s disruptive technology worth ten figures, secured finding of monopolist status and conduct on antitrust claims; won permanent injunction against leading technology company contracts and practices, allowing client unfettered right to commercialize its product; examined opposing party CEO, obtaining key testimony confirming pretextual IP concerns and retaliatory, monopolistic conduct.
• Earned “Top Verdict” for 2018 for client in one of most notorious health care related False Claims Act matters in recent California history.
• Settled at close of evidence SEC administrative proceeding after four week hearing in 2017 related to major venture fund meltdown.
• After a six-week jury trial, in a matter the government had described as “slam dunk” and “open and shut,” secured acquittal on two securities fraud counts mid-trial, and argued and won motion for mistrial as to remaining securities, conspiracy, wire fraud and false statement counts, in arguably first-ever criminal securities fraud case tried to verdict in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; personally cross-examined all but one of the government’s witnesses, including most crucially the purported “whistleblower” former Audit Committee Chair, and according to jury after trial made those witnesses the “[defense’s] best witnesses” (United States v. Jiang (Case No. 13-cr-152)(D.D.C. 2014)).
• Won directed verdict at trial of matter involving leading Bay Area restaurant entity and entertainment management group, in the middle of presenting defense case against claims of various attempted business torts and contract breaches.
• After a three week jury trial in California state court, secured complete (and unanimous) defense jury verdict for leading Bay Area client, on contract, fiduciary duty, discrimination and punitive damages claims brought by former CEO of the client (Chase v. Seton et al.).
• Won complete victory at trial before the Delaware Chancellor as company counsel resisting production of books and records to a dissident director attempting to take control of client (Gunther v. 5i Sciences).
• First chaired multi-week trial regarding election of directors of and management authority over group of insurance companies; post-trial, won writ protecting the companies and preserving clients’ board and management positions, and also won merits appeal.
• In a matter involving dismissal of co-founder of Fortune 500 company, won verdict on all counts, and fees, costs, and interest, when hired shortly before trial and after reopening discovery.
• Won judgment on all counts, including interest and fees, as plaintiff counsel in contract action after three-month trial for Bay Area client.
• First-chaired three-week arbitration for claimant asserting fraud and related claims arising out of a stock compensation agreement in a public specialty retail company; secured eight-figure award in case where respondent claimed client owed zero (Sullivan v. Lumber Liquidators et al.).
• Won complete defense verdict after 10-day arbitration, representing several leading venture capital firms in securities fraud dispute related to venture investment and alleged loss of $282 million.
• Representing respondent investment firm, helped secure award of only $1.5 million, representing roughly one percent recovery by claimant in arbitration over alleged $125 million in investment losses.
• On eve of injunction hearing and after expedited discovery, including depositions of senior management, secured settlement valued at $95.5 million of notes at full par value plus accrued interest and legal fees for Tang Capital and class, in a lawsuit brought against Affymetrix. Cash to satisfy the notes had been wrongly pledged as collateral by Affymetrix in order to borrow $190 million to finance its proposed $330 million purchase of eBioscience Holding Co. Inc., a fact withheld from the note holders; transaction also represented a fundamental change to Affymetrix under the relevant indenture.
• Secured declination letter from SEC after four-year investigation of leading health system related to accounting, pension funding, disclosure, and auditor issues.
• Successfully concluded year-long investigation exonerating company, management, and board in mortgage finance space regarding various shareholder actions.
• Secured denial of injunctive relief in most prominent merger-related litigations throughout California over the past several years.
• In the Countrywide Securities Litigation (New York Funds case), counsel for one of only two defendants dismissed at summary judgment phase before settlement of matter for high nine figures.
• Took over before trial, five years into case, and secured summary judgment – after prior denial of summary adjudication – in alleged monopolization case against major national health care system (Fox v. Good Samaritan et al.).
• Secured summary judgment for clients Bain Capital and Catterton in dispute over alleged oral rollup agreement in restaurant franchise industry (T-Bird v. OSI et al.).
• Secured eight-figure settlement for private equity client Apax Partners after being hired before trial related to investment in Home Organizers and related litigation.
• Secured injunction for leading service industry software maker against chief rival, alleging trademark infringement, unfair competition, and cybersquatting claims (Finance Express v. Nowcom).
• Successfully dismissed price fixing class action against leading foreign electronics manufacturer (In re LCD Litigation).
• For leading video technology company client, helped secure standstill agreement and time-out order in trade secret, unfair competition, and related dispute over departure of a key employee.
• Secured terminating sanctions against a plaintiff for pursuing a frivolous claim of employment discrimination against Nanosyn, Inc. in the California Superior Court for Sonoma County; won dismissal on anti-SLAPP grounds in follow-on action by disgruntled plaintiff.
• Secured dismissal of over 80 percent of claimed damages in wage and hour class action, based on extraterritoriality arguments under California and Federal law (Wright. v. ARCC).
• Secured no-action letter from FTC in alleged monopolization case in the health care industry after year-long investigation.
• Secured dismissal of consumer class action involving alleged spam texting of over one billion messages (In re Jingle Networks).
• Part of defense team for largest data privacy class actions in recent history, and regular counsel for clients in matters related to data privacy practices and suspected breaches.
• In investigation by DOJ and Manhattan District Attorney, related to payment processing and related OFAC issues, settled for $297 million by other parties, secured no penalty and no mention of client (senior company officer) in settlement.
• Secured settlement to keep Doyle Park Elementary School open following a lawsuit brought against the Santa Rosa School Board in response to the announcement that the school, which has a high Latino enrollment, was to be closed at the end of the 2012 school year in part to make way for a newly created French American Charter School.

Manahil Zafar is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn.

Manahil received her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as a student attorney with the Human Trafficking Clinic, research assistant to Professor Patrick Barry, and President of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. She graduated, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Psychology from New York University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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

James Springer is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the firm’s Transactional Department.

He advises public and private companies, private equity firms, boards of directors, and special committees in connection with a variety of complex transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, asset sales and other carve-out transactions, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, reorganizations, joint ventures, strategic investments, and equity and debt financing transactions. James also regularly advises clients on public company readiness matters and works closely with new public companies on their initial SEC reporting and compliance processes and corporate governance matters.

Selected representations include the following:

• Essential Utilities (NYSE: WTRG), an American utility company, in its pending sale of Peoples Gas WV to Hope Gas.
• Vahanna Tech Edge Acquisition Corp. I (Nasdaq: VHNA), a special acquisition purpose company, in its pending $683 million business combination with Roadzen Inc., an insurance technology and infrastructure company.
• Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III (Nasdaq: FWAC), a special acquisition purpose company, in its pending $550 million Up-C business combination with Mobile Infrastructure Corporation, a parking facilities REIT.
• Rubicon Technologies (NYSE: RBT), a software platform providing full-service waste management, recycling, and smart city technology solutions, in its $1.7 billion Up-C business combination with Founder SPAC (Nasdaq: FOUN).
• Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL), a healthcare infrastructure REIT, in its UPREIT reorganization.
• DocGo Inc. (fka Ambulnz, Inc.) (Nasdaq: DCGO), a mobile and telehealth provider, in its $1.1 billion business combination with Motion Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: MOTN).
• Rotor Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: ROT), a special acquisition purpose company, in its $1.3 billion business combination with Sarcos Corp., an industrial robotics and microelectromechanical systems developer (Nasdaq: STRC).
• Empower Ltd. (NYSE: EMPW), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.55 billion business combination with Holley Inc., an aftermarket automotive parts manufacturer and distributer (NYSE: HLLY).
• Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) in its joint venture with Atria Senior Living to acquire the real estate portfolio of Holiday Retirement, a portfolio company of Fortress Investment Group, for $1.6 billion.
• Cortina Partners in its sale of its medical air transport portfolio company, Classic Aviation, to Intermountain Health.
• Landsea Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: LSEA), the U.S. homebuilder, in its $510 million business combination with LF Capital Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: LFAC).
• The Rhône Capital in its joint venture with the Chatterjee Group to acquire Lummus Technology, an industrial petrochemicals business, for $2.73 billion.
• Guest Services Inc. in its sale of its produce distribution business to The Costal Companies, a portfolio company of the Arlon Group.
• Eaton Corporation Inc. (NYSE: ETN) in its acquisition of Power Distribution Inc., a power distribution business, from Dunes Point Capital.
• Trinity Merger Corp. (Nasdaq: TMCX), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.5 billion business combination with Broadmark Realty Capital Inc., a real estate lending company (NYSE: BRMK).
• Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) in its joint venture with ProMedica Health Systems, Inc. to acquire HCR ManorCare, Inc. for $2.73 billion.
• CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) in its acquisitions of Apartments.com for $585 million and Apartment Finder for $170 million.

James graduated with high honors from the George Washington University Law School in 2014 and was elected the Order of the Coif. In 2011, he graduated summa cum laude from the George Washington University, where he completed a double major in Geography and Environmental Studies and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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

John T. Gaffney is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and serves as Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Cleantech Industry Group. John is also a member of the firm’s Power and Renewables, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Groups. He has extensive experience representing public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and capital markets transactions. John also advises boards of directors and special committees in corporate governance matters. John has considerable transactional experience advising domestic and international clients across numerous industries, including significant depth in the cleantech, media, telecom, renewable energy, and shipping industries.

Kristen P. Poole is a corporate partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn, where her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity.

Kristen represents both public and private companies, as well as financial sponsors, in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments, restructurings, and other complex corporate transactions. She also advises clients with respect to general corporate governance matters and shareholder activism matters.

Kristen received her Juris Doctor in 2010 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was an Articles Editor for the Virginia Journal of International Law. She received her Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, in Business Finance from Virginia Tech in 2006.

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

Andrew Kaplan is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn, where his practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters.

Andrew represents both public and private acquirors and targets in connection with mergers, acquisitions and takeovers, both negotiated and contested. Andrew also advises corporations and their boards of directors in connection with corporate governance and compliance matters, shareholder activism, takeover preparedness, and other corporate matters. He also represents various major investment banks as financial advisors in M&A transactions, and hedge funds in their M&A and investment activities. Andrew also has represented both issuers and underwriters in a variety of securities transactions.

Andrew was named to The Deal’s Top Rising Stars: Class of 2021, which “recognizes exemplary new U.S.-based partners with a focus on M&A and private equity.” He was also recognized by Law360 as a Rising Star in Mergers and Acquisitions for 2024.

Andrew received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2011 from Cornell University, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis in 2008.

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

Christopher O. Lang is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He represents both public and private companies and financial sponsors in connection with M&A, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments, recapitalizations, and other complex corporate transactions.

Christopher has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America^™ in Corporate Law for 2022 and 2023.

Christopher received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2013 from the New York University School of Law, where he was a Robert McKay Scholar, a Jacobson J.D. Scholar in the Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business and served as a Notes Editor on the New York University Journal of Law and Business. Christopher received his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Finance and Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with honors from the University of Delaware in 2010, where he was the recipient of the Alexander J. Taylor Sr. Award for the most outstanding male graduate. Additionally, Christopher is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Charterholder and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

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

Kohl Anderson is a litigation associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Houston office.

Kohl’s practice consists of trials and appeals in complex commercial litigation. He has represented clients in state and federal court, on both the plaintiff and defense side, in a wide range of cases—including but not limited to breach of contract, intellectual property, product liability, and probate.

Recent and Ongoing Representative Matters:

• Successfully defended General Electric against fraud and lost profits claims arising out of Winter Storm Uri, achieving a complete summary judgment victory. Alta Power LLC v. General Electric International, No. 3:23-cv-0270 (N.D. Tex.). Case currently on appeal.
• Served on jury trial team defending Johnson & Johnson in a personal injury case. Newton v. Johnson & Johnson, No. DC-19-09317 (Dallas County Dist. Ct.). Obtained a favorable settlement during the second week of evidence.
• Argued and won an uncontested divorce trial as pro bono counsel. No. 202-40551 (Harris County Dist. Ct.).
• Representing T-Mobile before the Federal Circuit in an appeal of patent infringement litigation. T-Mobile v. KAIFI, LLC, No. 25-1006 (Fed. Cir.).
• Representing an investment banking firm as a third-party in a shareholder dispute arising out of one of the largest take-private mergers in U.S. history. No. CJ-2022-4162 (Oklahoma County Dist. Ct.).
• Representing prominent Houston-based generator distributor and its president in a probate dispute over company ownership. No. 503109-401 (Harris County Probate Ct.).

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Kohl served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alfred H. Bennett on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Kohl graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served as an Articles Editor for the Texas Law Review, the academic chair for Thurgood Marshall Legal Society, a student ambassador for the admissions office, and a Dean’s Fellow. Before law school, he graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering. At Texas A&M, Kohl was member of the NCAA and SEC Championship-winning men’s track & field team and president of the Nu Alpha chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.

Kohl is a member of the Texas bar, and is admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.

Michelle M. Gourley is a partner in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Michelle is a corporate transactional lawyer whose experience includes advising both strategic companies and private equity clients (including their portfolio companies) in connection with public and private merger transactions, stock and asset sales, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and other complex corporate transactions. Michelle works with clients across a wide range of industries, and has extensive experience working with life sciences companies (pharma and medical device) and media, technology and entertainment companies.

Representative Transactions

• Represented an international security company in the disposition of one of its divisions across seven countries
• Represented a European manufacturer of medical devices in a series of investments in the U.S.
• Represented a European plastics manufacturer in the acquisition of two operating companies in the U.S.
• Represented a U.S.-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical products in matters ranging from an acquisition of new product lines to day-to-day commercial transactions with suppliers and distributors
• Represented a private equity group in multiple acquisitions, and the related investor group and mezzanine and senior debt financing, across the Midwest, California, and Texas in various industries, including three tank manufacturing companies and a professional services provider
• Represented a private equity group in multiple acquisitions, and the related investor group and mezzanine and senior debt financing, across the U.S. in industries in various industries, including repair services and software distribution
• Represented a European software company in the acquisition of a U.S.-based software provider
• Represented the owner of a manufacturer seller and distributor of protein-based food products company in the disposition of the issued and outstanding equity of the company to a foreign acquirer

Michelle graduated, magna cum laude, from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (J.D., 2007). Michelle earned her undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University (B.A., French, political science, 2004). Michelle is an active member of the firmwide Diversity Committee.

Michelle is admitted to practice in California.

Amy Shao is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices with the firm’s Litigation Department. 

Amy earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law. While in law school, Amy served as a member of the First-Generation Advocates program and Asian Pacific American Law Students Association.

Prior to attending law school, Amy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Amy is admitted to practice in the State of California. 

Justine Kentla is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Her practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, internal and government investigations, and regulatory compliance. Justine has a wide breadth of experience representing corporate clients and individuals in grand jury and regulatory investigations, including those conducted by the DOJ, SEC, and state law enforcement agencies. Consistent with her commitment to public service, Justine has also maintained a robust pro bono practice, most notably securing a gubernatorial pardon for a client from California Governor Brown. She was recently recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Litigation – Securities (2025-2026).

She received her law degree from U.C. Berkeley School of Law, where she was a submissions editor of the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law. While in law school, Justine received the U.C. Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Public Service for co-founding The Focus Forward Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing reentry services to individuals charged with federal crimes. She earned a B.A. with honors in International Studies and Political Science from The University of Chicago in 2010. Prior to attending law school, Justine worked at the Federal Defenders Office in the Southern District of New York.

Justine is currently admitted to practice law in the State of California.

Jaclyn Neely is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, Securities Enforcement, Anti-Money Laundering, and Litigation Practice Groups.

Jaclyn regularly represents clients, including major multinational corporations, financial institutions, and individuals, in criminal, regulatory, and internal investigations, with a focus on anti-corruption and anti-money laundering issues. Her practice includes advising clients under investigation by regulators; coordinating and conducting site visits, witness interviews, and document reviews and productions; working with in-house and outside legal, audit, and compliance teams; preparing presentations and reports; and designing remediation measures. Jaclyn’s practice also includes assessing corruption risks and advising clients on anti-corruption and general compliance programs, procedures, and training. She has participated in multiple large-scale FCPA investigations and SEC enforcement actions relating to allegations of securities fraud and other violations of the securities laws, and she recently represented an individual defendant in a white collar criminal trial in federal court. Jaclyn also regularly advises on transactions, evaluating corruption and related risks and conducting due diligence.

She has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in the area of Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2021 – 2026).

Jaclyn maintains an active pro bono practice, focusing on the fields of immigration, gender-based violence, and alternatives to incarceration programs.

She received her Juris Doctor in 2012 from Columbia Law School, where she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as the bluebook editor of the Columbia Law Review. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009.

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

Cassidy Lewis is a litigation associate in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office.

Cassidy earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2024, where she graduated cum laude with honors. While in law school, Cassidy earned the Dean’s Academic Achievement Award. She also served as a student attorney for the Wisconsin Innocence Project, where she contributed to the successful exoneration of a wrongfully convicted individual. In addition, Cassidy was also an editor for the Wisconsin International Law Journal and served as an Academic Enhancement Fellow, tutoring first year law students in civil procedure and criminal law.

She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from California Polytechnic State – San Luis Obispo.

She is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Patrick W. Pearsall is an international arbitration and disputes partner in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He is Global Co-Chair of the Geopolitical Strategy and International Law practice. Patrick is Chambers ranked in multiple practice areas and focuses on helping clients resolve complex disputes, respond to crises, and protect themselves in dozens of jurisdictions throughout the world. He has litigated in U.S. courts at the highest levels and has practiced under all of the world’s leading arbitral rules. Patrick regularly advises sovereign states and Fortune 500 companies and is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts in the world on international law. Clients describe Patrick as a “rockstar” with an “unmatched razor-sharp mind” who is an “incredible,” “terrific advocate and a real thought leader.”

Patrick’s experience cuts across several industries, including energy, mining, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, maritime, fisheries, financial services, infrastructure, geographic boundaries, consumer products, emergent technology, and manufacturing. Clients reach out to Patrick at all stages of a potential or active dispute. In addition to his commercial and treaty disputes work, Patrick is often called upon to assist companies, executives, and sovereign states when they are struggling with exposure from a geopolitical crisis. Patrick is a recognized specialist in investment protection and dispute avoidance. He has successfully resolved claims involving tens of billions of dollars for clients.

Patrick is widely recognized, including by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and Lexology as a “Global Elite Thought Leader.” He is also listed by Latinvex as one of the ten best disputes lawyers in Latin America and is recommended by Legal 500. He was previously named to Global Arbitration Review’s “45 under 45” list, which features global leaders in the field of international arbitration under 45. Patrick has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America year after year for his work, one of the youngest to hold this peer-ranked distinction at the time of his first recognition.

For nearly a decade, Patrick served in the U.S. State Department, working on economic and natural resources diplomacy, and trade and dispute resolution. He departed in 2017 as Chief of Investment Arbitration, responsible for defending the United States in various international fora. In addition to his representations, Patrick was on the drafting committee for the revision of the ICC Rules, an advisor on the revision of the AAA and ICDR Rules, and led the negotiations of several bilateral and multilateral treaties on behalf of the United States. He sits on the Panel of Arbitrators for the International Center of the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) as well as for the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKAIC) and the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB).

Select Representative Experience*:

Commercial Disputes and Geopolitical Crisis Management

• Representing a large multinational bank in four related ICC arbitrations in Brazil.
• Representing a large multinational bank in an ICC arbitration against a European telecommunications company.
• Representing a global mining company in a dispute concerning intellectual property and trade secrets.
• Representing large electronics manufacturing company in an ICC arbitration arising from a failed joint venture agreement and an intellectual property dispute.
• Representing a multinational Asian-headquartered client in a series of ICC and ICDR arbitrations arising out of a joint venture agreement.
• Representing a large construction company and private equity firm in a series of disputes under the ICDR arising out of a large municipal infrastructure project.
• Representing a global technology company on a sensitive geopolitical matter and internal international governance issues.
• Advising a Latin American state on a crisis concerning administrative actions in a key sector of its economy.
• Representing one of the largest companies in the world on a series of disputes arising from alleged competition violations in several jurisdictions.
• Representing Luxshare Ltd. at the United States Supreme Court on the question of how section 1782 of the United States Code should be interpreted to apply to discovery in aid of arbitration.

Public International Law and Investment Arbitration

• Representing a Latin American state before the Permanent Court of Arbitration on a claim concerning alleged breaches in relation to a large metallurgical complex.
• Representing a renewable energy company in an investment under ICSID claim against a European state.
• Representing a Fortune 500 company in two separate investment arbitrations against two separate Latin American states under ICSID.
• Representing a large European energy company against a Latin American state to protect against an expropriation.
• Representing a Latin American state in a billion-dollar arbitration under ICSID concerning a bond issuance.
• Representing a European multinational energy company in an ICSID annulment proceeding and follow-on U.S. federal court enforcement proceedings.
• Representing the Kingdom of Sweden in a multibillion-dollar claim brought by an energy company under the Energy Charter Treaty.
• Representing a European state in an investment claim brought through the Energy Charter Treaty under the SCC Rules.
• Representing the United States in a UNCITRAL arbitration arising from the alleged expropriation of a gold mine.
• Representing the United States in a multibillion-dollar ICSID arbitration arising out of a permit denial for a large cross-border infrastructure project.

Treaties Assisted in Negotiating

• Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP Investment Chapter)
• Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (Investment & Environmental Chapters)
• United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA)
• United States – China Bilateral Investment Agreement (US-China BIT)
• North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)
• Korea United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS)
• United States Panama Free Trade Agreement (US-Panama FTA)
• United States Peru Free Trade Agreement (US-Peru FTA)
• International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID Rule Revisions)

Patrick has earned degrees from Columbia Law School, the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, and Columbia College. He graduated from Columbia Law School with honors and from Columbia College magna cum laude, where he received the Robert Lincoln Carey prize, which is awarded annually to one student college-wide who achieved the highest academic achievement. Prior to practice, Patrick worked at the ICC Secretariat and for the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Patrick is a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia Law School, where he directs the International Claims and Reparations Project, and at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches on international dispute resolution. He regularly lectures at several other leading law schools and conferences around the world, and has published several articles and chapters on international arbitration and litigation, international investment law, and public international law, many of which have been cited in international arbitration decisions, courts around the world and leading treatises. He is the co-author of two books: Reflections on International Arbitration and International Claims Commissions, the leading treatise on the subject. 

Patrick has served as an officer to the IBA Arbitration Committee in various roles for nearly a decade, is a member of the Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, co-chairs the Mid-Atlantic Committee of the United States Council for International Business, and is the incoming Vice President of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) where he has also served on the Executive Council, the Executive Committee, and co-chaired the ASIL Annual Conference. Patrick was also co-chair of the 75-member international delegation to Ukraine for the 75^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which became the subject of an award-winning film.

Patrick is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and New York and is a registered foreign lawyer in England and Wales.

Recent Publications:

• Patrick W. Pearsall, Causation and the Draft Articles on State Responsibility, 37 ICSID Rev. – Foreign Inv. L. J. 192 (2022).
• Patrick W. Pearsall, The Role of the State and the ISDS Trinity, 112 AJIL Unbound 249 (2018).
• Patrick W. Pearsall et al., International Litigation, 44 Int’l Lawyer 167 (2010).
• Patrick W. Pearsall, Article 26 of the VCLT: Pacta Sunt Servanda, in General International Law in International Investment Law: A Commentary, 64 (Andreas Kulick & Michael Waibel eds., 2024).
• Patrick W. Pearsall, David Ingle & Gary Smadja, The Energy Charter Treaty: A Friend or Foe of Decarbonisation?, in Investment Arbitration and Climate Change 245 (Anja Ipp & Annette Magnusson, eds. 2024).
• Chiara Giorgetti & Patrick W. Pearsall, Creating an International Compensation Mechanism for Ukraine, in Research Handbook on International Claims Commissions, 292 (Chiara Giorgetti, Patrick W. Pearsall & Hélène Ruiz-Fabri eds., 2023).
• Chiara Giorgetti & Patrick W. Pearsall, International Claims Commissions: Learning from the Past, Looking at the Future, in Research Handbook on International Claims Commissions, 1 (Chiara Giorgetti, Patrick W. Pearsall & Hélène Ruiz-Fabri eds., 2023).
• Patrick W. Pearsall, The New Invisible College, in Pro-Arbitration Revisited: A Tribute to Professor George Bermann from his Students Over the Years, 33 (Elora Neto Godry Farias, Gino Rivas, Gustavo Favero Vaughn & Mateo Verdías Mezzera eds., 2023).
• Patrick W. Pearsall & Craig D. Gaver., Guarantees Against the Stay of Enforcement, in Provisional and Emergency Measures in International Arbitration, 228 (Julien Fouret ed., 2023).
• Timothy Nelson et al., Should Costs Go with the Cause in Investment Treaty Arbitration?, in Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, 265 (Meriam Al-Rashid, Kabir Duggal, Miriam K. Harwood & Todd J. Weiler eds., vol. 13 2020).
• Patrick W. Pearsall et al., Parallel Proceedings: A Right or Wrong?, in Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, 247 (Meriam Al-Rashid, Kabir Duggal, Miriam K. Harwood & Todd J. Weiler eds., vol. 12 2019).
• Patrick W. Pearsall & J. Benton Heath, Causation and Injury in Investor-State Arbitration, in Contemporary and Emerging Issues on the Law of Damages and Valuation in International Investment Arbitration, 81 (Christina L. Beharry ed., 2018).
• Robert Reyes Landicho et al., Full Protection and “Cyber” Security?, in Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, 133 (Ian A. Laird, Borzu Sabahi, Frédéric G. Sourgens & Todd J. Weiler eds., vol. 11 2018).
• Ian A. Laird et al., Promoting and Protecting Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region: What Is the Role for Investment Agreements?, in Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, 61 (Ian A. Laird, & Todd J. Weiler eds., vol. 4 2012).
• Patrick W. Pearsall, International Investment Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region and the Promotion Objective, in Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, 35 (Ian A. Laird & Todd J. Weiler eds., vol. 4 2012).
• Research Handbook on International Claims Commissions (Chiara Giorgetti, Patrick W. Pearsall & Hélène Ruiz-Fabri eds., 2023).
• Reflections on International Arbitration: Essays in Honour of Professor George Bermann (Julie Bédard & Patrick W. Pearsall eds., 2022).
• Patrick W. Pearsall & Kyle R. Rice, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): Investment Protection and Arbitration, Thomson Reuters Practical Law
• Chiara Giorgetti & Patrick Pearsall, A Significant New Step in the Creation of An International Compensation Mechanism for Ukraine: The Council of Europe Establishes A Register of Damages Caused by Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine, Just Sec. (July 27, 2023),
• Patrick W. Pearsall & Guled Yusuf, United Nations General Assembly Seeks Historic Climate Change Opinion from International Court of Justice, JDSupra (May 4, 2023),
• Chiara Giorgetti, Markiyan Kliuchkovsky, Patrick W. Pearsall & Jeremy K. Sharpe, Historic UNGA Resolution Calls for Ukraine Reparations, Just Sec. (Nov. 16, 2022),
• Chiara Giorgetti, Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi and Patrick W Pearsall, Launching an International Claims Commission for Ukraine, EJIL: Talk! (May 20, 2022),
• Patrick W. Pearsall, The Biden Administration Approach to Investment Arbitration? Retail Multilateralism, Kluwer Arb. Blog (Nov. 9, 2020)
• International Finance Corp.: May International Organizations Violate Rights with Impunity?, Just Sec. (Oct. 30, 2018)
• Patrick W. Pearsall & Thomas Wingfield, A View Toward the Post-Brexit Future: The UK in the NAFTA? Part II, Kluwer Arb. Blog (Feb. 13, 2018)
• Patrick W. Pearsall & Thomas Wingfield, A View Toward the Post-Brexit Future: The UK in the NAFTA? Part I, Kluwer Arb. Blog (Feb. 11, 2018)
• Patrick W. Pearsall, Note, Means/Ends Reciprocity in the Act of State Doctrine, 43 Colum. J. Transnat’l L. 999 (2005).

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn

Stephen I. Glover is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn who has served as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Stephen has an extensive practice representing public and private companies in complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity and debt offerings, and corporate governance matters. His clients include large public corporations, emerging growth companies and middle market companies in a wide range of industries. He also advises private equity firms, individual investors, and others.

Stephen has been ranked in the top tier of corporate transactions attorneys in Washington, D.C. for the past nineteen years (2005 – 2025) by Chambers USA America’s Leading Business Lawyers. He has also been selected by Chambers Global for the past five years as a top lawyer for USA Corporate/M&A. Chambers has singled out Stephen as the only “Star” corporate lawyer in the District of Columbia. Stephen has also been named Washington, D.C. “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America® in the 2026 edition for Securities/Capital Markets Law, and in 2018 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law. In 2018, he was recognized by BTI Consulting as a BTI Client Service All-Star MVP for making the Client Service All-Star list in four consecutive years.

Stephen is the author or co-author of several books, including M&A Practice Guide; Business Separation Transactions: Spin-Offs, Subsidiary IPOs and Tracking Stock; and Partnerships, Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances. He has written more than 60 articles and speaks frequently on corporate and securities law issues.

Stephen has served as a member of the DC Bar Board of Governors and the DC Bar Pro Bono Committee, and as Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for the D.C. Bar’s Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Section. He is a member of the advisory board of BNA’s Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report and the editorial board of The M&A Lawyer. He has served as D.C. representative to the New York Tribar Opinion Committee. Stephen has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Stephen served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall in the United States Supreme Court from 1981 to 1982 and to J. Skelly Wright, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1980 to 1981. He was the DC Bar Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year for 2004.

Stephen earned his law degree cum laude in 1980 from Harvard Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Amherst College.

Selected recent representations include:

• Apex Tools, a joint venture between Danaher and Cooper Industries, in its $1.6 billion sale to Bain Capital
• CACI in its contested $7.2 billion bid for CSRA, as well as several other multi-billion bids and numerous completed transactions.
• The Carlyle Group Holdings Conflicts Committee in connection with Carlyle’s conversion from a publicly traded limited partnership to a corporation
• Cortina Partners in numerous acquisitions and dispositions, including the sale of Classic Aviation, an air ambulance service, to Intermountain Health Care.
• CoStar in its acquisitions of Apartments.com, Apartment Finder and other internet-based apartment listing services
• Eaton Corporation in several transactions, including the $3.3 billion sale of its hydraulics business to Danfoss, the $1.4 billion sale of its lighting business to Signify, the $920 million acquisition of Souriau-Sunbank from Transdigm, and the formation of a $1.2 billion joint venture with Cummins Engines for the production of automated transmissions
• Euronet Worldwide in its contested $1 billion bid for MoneyGram International
• Intel in its approximately $2.5 billion flash RAM manufacturing venture with Micron Technology
• Marriott International in numerous transactions, including its contested $13.6 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, its acquisition of UK public company Elegant Hotels, its acquisition of the Gaylord hotel brand and management company, the spin-off of Marriott Vacations Worldwide, its vacation ownership business, and various joint ventures.
• Quidel Corporation in its approximately $6 billion business combination with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings plc.
• The controlling stockholder of government contractor SRA in its $1.8 billion sale to Providence Equity
• Towers Watson in its $18 billion merger of equals with Willis Group, and Watson Wyatt in its approximately $6 billion merger with Towers Perrin that led to the formation of Towers Watson
• United Therapeutics in several acquisitions and dispositions, as well as its conversion to a Delaware public benefit corporation.

Jessica Um is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn, where she practices in the firm’s Transactional Department.

Jessica earned her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as a student attorney in the school’s Intellectual Property and Information Policy (iPIP) Clinic. In this role, she represented clients on matters involving corporate governance, copyright, and media law. Prior to law school, Jessica worked in the music industry, gaining early exposure to transactional work within the entertainment sector.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2019.

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

Ayushi Sutaria is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is currently a member of the Transactional Department.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ayushi worked as an associate with a leading law firm in India, where she assisted on a broad range of India-based acquisition transactions, alongside corporate and foreign exchange law advisory work.

Ayushi received her LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2022. She graduated from law school (B.A., LL.B. (Hons.)) from National Law School of India University, where she served as the Chief Editor of the University-based Indian Journal of International Economic Law.

Ayushi is currently admitted to practice in India and in New York. She speaks English, Hindi, and Gujarati.

Daniela L. Stolman is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Century City office and a member of the firm’s Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Groups. She advises companies and private equity firms across a wide range of industries, focusing on public and private merger transactions, stock and asset sales, and public and private capital-raising transactions. Daniela also advises public companies with respect to securities regulation and corporate governance matters, including periodic reporting and disclosure matters, Section 16, Rule 144, and insider trading.

Daniela has been named as a Rising Star by Southern California Super Lawyers since 2014. The Deal also named her as a Rising Star, which recognizes new M&A partners who are ‘deemed by The Deal to be one of the most promising of 2019.’ She was named a 2019 Rising Star by Law360 for private equity. The list recognizes “attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.”

Representative Transactions – Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented Stone Canyon Industries LLC, a global industrial holding company, in its $850 million recapitalization of its subsidiary, SCI PH Inc., which through its subsidiaries, BWAY and Mauser, is a leading global supplier of rigid packaging products and services.
• Represented Aurora Capital Partners in its acquisition of VLS Recovery Services, LLC, a leading provider of specialty cleaning and waste processing services in the South Eastern United States.
• Represented Stone Canyon Industries LLC in its $2.3 billion acquisition of Mauser Group NV, a global supplier of rigid packaging products and services for industrial use.
• Represented Aurora Capital Partners in its disposition of Dubois Chemicals Inc., a specialty chemical company.
• Represented Group Health Cooperative, a nonprofit integrated health care delivery system, in its $1.8 billion sale to Kaiser Permanente.
• Represented Stone Canyon Industries LLC in its $2.4 billion acquisition of BWAY Corp., a manufacturer of rigid metal, plastic and hybrid containers used to package industrial, bulk food and retail goods.
• Represented Ducommun Incorporated in its sale of its subsidiary, Miltec Corporation, a provider of engineering, technical and program management services principally to the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. intelligence agencies.
• Represented Korn/Ferry International in its acquisition of Hay Group, a global leader in people strategy and organizational performance.
• Represented Doremi Labs, a digital cinema technology company, its sale to Dolby Laboratories Inc.
• Represented AECOM Technology Corporation in its $6.0 billion acquisition of URS Corporation, a provider of engineering, construction, and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world.
• Represented Aurora Capital Partners in its acquisition of National Technical Systems Inc., a leading provider of testing and engineering services.
• Represented Dole Food Company in connection with David Murdock’s $1.6 billion acquisition of outstanding stock to take the company private.
• Represented Aurora Capital Partners in its sale of ADCO Global, Inc., a leading global provider of specialty sealants, tapes and adhesives.
• Represented Dole Food Company in the sale of certain businesses to ITOCHU Corporation for approximately $1.7 billion.
• Represented K-Swiss in its sale to E.Land World, an integrated fashion and retail company.
• Represented Ducommun Incorporated in its acquisition of LaBarge Inc., a supplier of electronics manufacturing services operating across many high-growth industries.
• Represented K&F Industries Inc in its going private sale to Meggitt-USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Meggitt PLC, for approximately $1.8 billion.

Representative Transactions – Capital Markets

• Represented Douglas Dynamics, Inc. in its initial public offering and follow-on secondary offerings.
• Represented Dole Food Company in its initial public offering in 2009, valued at $446 million (the largest IPO in 2009).
• Represented AECOM in a $80 million common stock public offering and an at-the-market equity offering of up to four million shares of common stock.
• Represented Stone Canyon Industries LLC in its Rule 144A acquisition financing for the Mauser acquisition.
• Represented Ducommun Incorporated in its Rule 144A acquisition financing for the LaBarge acquisition.

Additional Representations – Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance

Daniela has represented, among others, the following clients with respect to securities regulation and/or corporate governance matters: AECOM, Dole Food Company (while a public company), Ducommun Incorporated, Fluor Corporation, General Electric Company, Herbalife, HP Inc., Korn/Ferry International, K-Swiss (while a public company), Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, Moody’s Corporation, Neustar, Tiffany & Company, and The Clorox Company.

Publications

Daniela has authored publications and client memoranda on a variety of securities law related matters.

• “Building a Better Insider Trading Compliance Program”
• “SEC Staff Issues Updated Interpretive Guidance on Rule 10b5-1 Plans”
• “Highlights from the 44^th Annual San Diego Securities Regulation Institute” (2016)
• “Highlights from the 43^rd Annual San Diego Securities Regulation Institute” (2015)

Education

Daniela received her law degree in 2006 from the University of Southern California Law School, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and was a Senior Editor of the Southern California Law Review. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.

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

Dennis J. Friedman is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He has led Gibson Dunn’s mergers and acquisitions practice for many years. He has also served on Gibson Dunn’s Executive Committee and its International Management Committee. He is a widely recognized corporate lawyer with extensive experience in the mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. In addition to his 40-plus year legal career, Dennis was an investment banker at several major Wall Street firms, where he was a senior mergers and acquisitions banker and also the head of a merchant banking group.

Dennis is consistently regarded as one of the top M&A lawyers in New York and globally. Dennis has been ranked as a leading M&A lawyer by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Legal 500 United States edition, The Best Lawyers in America®, The International Who’s Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Merger & Acquisition Lawyers, U.S. News Best Lawyers, New York Magazine’s Best Lawyers in New York, American Lawyer Media, Guide to the World’s Leading Banking Finance and Transactional Lawyers, IFLR1000’s Leading Lawyers and has been named a Law360 MVP for Mergers and Acquisitions. He was also named as one of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America and was named among the Lawdragon 2023 Hall of Fame Honorees. Dennis is the recipient of the annual M&A Advisor Leadership Award in recognition of his accomplishments in cross border M&A legal service. He was also named to BTI’s Client Service All-Starts List for delivering “incomparable levels of client service excellence.” In addition, Dennis was ranked as a leading Corporate Governance attorney by Who’s Who Legal and was also named by the National Association of Corporate Directors to the NACD Directorship 100 list as one of the most influential people in the boardroom community. Chambers notes that Dennis has “a very strong knowledge base that comes with having 40 years of experience” and “the advantage that he’s been a banker as well as a lawyer, so he can see everything from that perspective and anticipate additional problems that might arise.”

Dennis represents both domestic and foreign entities, boards of directors, special board committees, and investment banks in many of the world’s largest mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, and unsolicited takeover offers. He also represents private investors in their mergers and acquisitions activity. Dennis advises clients in connection with board governance issues, conflicts of interest, restructurings and recapitalizations.

Dennis has been a frequent speaker at seminars in the United States and abroad on issues relating to corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. He also has co-authored numerous publications on SEC rules and Delaware corporate law issues. He has been a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dennis earned his Juris Doctor in 1969 from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as Articles Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance, in 1966.