Brian J. Forsatz, Ph.D. is a litigation attorney in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. 

Dr. Forsatz advises clients on complex life sciences patent litigations as well as related regulatory, antitrust, and trade secret issues. He has extensive experience in Hatch-Waxman litigation having counseled numerous biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in developing effective patent litigation strategies for a wide array of products. Specifically, Dr. Forsatz has lead patent litigations involving small molecule drugs, biological products, medical devices, and laboratory analytical instruments.

Dr. Forsatz has been named a “Rising Star” three times by Super Lawyers (2021, 2022, and 2023). In 2021, Patexia recognized Dr. Forsatz as among the best performing and most active practitioners in the Hatch-Waxman litigation space since 2021.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Dr. Forsatz was a litigation attorney at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan since 2013. For over a decade before that, Dr. Forsatz worked as a pharmaceutical research and development scientist. During his pharmaceutical career, he conducted original research and was responsible for several research groups that focused on products for a variety of medical conditions, including asthma, allergies, cardiovascular, anti-inflammation, hematology, and oncology. His practical industry experience is indispensable to clients who seek Dr. Forsatz’s assessment as part of their intellectual property strategy.

Representative Experience*:

  • Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.: Multiple Hatch-Waxman actions relating to Sunosi® (solriamfetol) drug product.
  • Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Multiple Hatch-Waxman actions relating to Envarsus XR® (tacrolimus) drug products.
  • Medytox, Inc.: ITC investigation related to botulinum toxin products.
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Brand versus brand patent infringement and trade secret matters.
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Multiple Hatch-Waxman actions relating to Iclusig® (ponatinib) drug product.
  • Celgene Corporation: More than a dozen Hatch-Waxman actions relating to Revlimid® (lenalidomide) drug products.
  • Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma: More than a dozen Hatch-Waxman actions relating to Invokana® (canagliflozin)/Invokamet®/Invokamet XR® drug products.
  • Celgene Corporation: Multiple Hatch-Waxman actions related to Pomalyst® (pomalidomide) drug products.
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Multiple Hatch-Waxman actions relating to Xyrem® (sodium oxybate) drug product.

*Includes recent experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Dr. Forsatz received his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law. Before practicing law, Dr. Forsatz received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Seton Hall University and a B.S. in Biochemistry from Rutgers University.

Hannah Kim is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department.

Hannah earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles. During law school, she was an editor for the Criminal Justice Law Review and a Certified Law Student in UCLA’s DV Clinic, where she represented survivors of domestic abuse. She also interned at the Federal Public Defender’s Office (Central District of California) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Enforcement Division). Hannah’s work has been recognized and published by the California Lawyers Association Criminal Law Journal.

Prior to attending law school, Hannah earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley.

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

Caroline Simms is an associate in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn where she is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. Her practice involves securities offerings and corporate governance counseling. She represents issuers and financial institutions in debt and equity offerings.

Caroline received her J.D., with honors, from the University of Houston Law Center in 2024, where she served as an editor of Houston Law Review. She graduated from Rice University in 2020 where she received her Bachelor of Arts.

Yun Ramona Lin is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups.

Ramona has represented clients, including major multinational corporations and individuals, in the telecommunications, technology, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and energy industries. Drawing on her bilingual background, she liaises seamlessly with clients in both English and Mandarin and advises on complex litigations and high-stakes criminal, regulatory, and internal investigations, with a focus on antitrust, patent, and corporate compliance matters. She has experience in various phases of litigation and investigation, including managing discovery and document productions, preparing for depositions, working with experts, drafting pre-trial motions, conducting witness interviews, participating in government meetings, advising clients on investigative strategies, designing remediation measures, and drafting investigation reports.

Representative litigation matters:

  • Represented SharkNinja in wide-ranging set of cases against Dyson regarding hair care and vacuum patents in the District of Massachusetts. Obtained very favorable settlement for SharkNinja;
  • Represented T-Mobile against Lycamobile in a commercial dispute in the Washington State Superior Court;
  • Representing Apple in a series of antitrust class actions in the Northern District of California.

Representative confidential investigation matters:

  • Representing a global telecommunications company in a criminal investigation before DOJ;
  • Completed a secondment at a Fortune 100 technology company, focusing on Asia-based compliance issues;
  • Represented a global consumer packaged goods company in an anti-corruption investigation;
  • Represented a global telecommunications company in an anti-corruption investigation;
  • Represented a global technology company in an internal investigation into potential books and records violations;
  • Represented a global technology company in an anti-corruption investigation;
  • Represented a global medical device company in a series of China-based investigations.

Ramona earned her Juris Doctor with honors from the George Washington University Law School, where she served as a Legal Research and Writing Fellow and was a member of The American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Anthropology from Knox College, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Ramona is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Shanghainese.

Mike is Of Counsel in Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and focuses on complex commercial disputes. Mike has significant trial experience in matters across a broad range of disciplines and industries, with a particular expertise in the financial services industry.

In addition to his litigation expertise, Mike has extensive experience representing clients in regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, including by the DOJ, SEC, and FINRA.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mike worked as the Head of Litigation for a diversified financial services company and as the General Counsel of an international technology company. He also previously served as a Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice.

Mike received his law degree magna cum laude from the SMU Dedman School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Lead Articles Editor on the SMU Law Review. Mike received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked in the technology industry before beginning his legal career.

Mike is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas.

Randy Kreider is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Randy has significant experience working on complex litigation matters, including prominent federal criminal matters. He has represented clients in high-stakes cases and investigations involving allegations of securities fraud, insider trading, wire fraud, bank fraud, and tax fraud. He was a member of the trial team representing Bill Hwang of Archegos in a 2024 criminal trial in the Southern District of New York that Bloomberg called “Wall Street’s trial of the decade.” He also has experience in complex civil disputes and has helped to provide strategic legal guidance to clients.

Randy maintains an active pro bono practice. He has successfully represented immigration asylum seekers and helped secure a full exoneration of a man who had been wrongfully convicted of murder.

Randy earned his J.D. in 2021 from Columbia Law School, where he was named a Butler Fellow and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar (2019-2021). He served as a Managing Editor of the Columbia Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude from New York University in 2011 with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Broadcast Journalism.

Prior to law school, Randy was an investigative producer for ABC News. He received numerous journalism awards, including News & Documentary Emmy Awards for Business & Economic Reporting and for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Randy was a litigation associate in the New York office of a major law firm.

Randy is admitted to practice in the State of New York. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York.

Simone Yhap is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Her practice focuses on Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Life Sciences.

Simone earned her law degree in 2022 from Northeastern University School of Law with a concentration in Intellectual Property and Innovation. While in law school, she served as the inaugural Chief Diversity Editor and Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the Northeastern University Law Review, and was selected as a Corporate Counsel Women of Color fellow. She was also Chair of the National Black Law Students Association, and member of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Intellectual Property Society, and Student Bar Association. She graduated with honors from Howard University with a B.S. in Biology and a double minor in Political Science and Chemistry.

Simone has been recognized by the National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2024).

She is a member of the New York and Massachusetts bar, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Peter Chau is an associate in Hong Kong. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He has assisted with a range of high-stakes matters, spanning commercial litigation, international arbitration, trust disputes, tax controversy, antitrust reviews, and white-collar defense and investigations. 

Peter has experience with a spectrum of clients based in Asia, Europe and the Americas, including high-net worth individuals, institutional clients, and global conglomerates involved in finance, hospitality, healthcare, telecommunications, and trust administration, among others.

Peter is also actively involved in the firm’s pro bono practice, and has assisted various Hong Kong charitable institutions with their legal affairs.

Peter received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Hong Kong with First Class Honours. In addition to graduating second in his year, Peter received multiple academic prizes (including, among others, the Betty Ho Prize in Law and the Jerome Chan Memorial Prize for P.C.LL.), and was named President’s Scholar, M. W. Lo Memorial Scholar, Woo Li Shiu Charm Memorial Scholar, and Visiting Student to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Peter is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Rodrigo Surcan is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Capital Markets, Business Restructuring and Reorganization, Emerging Companies / Venture Capital, Energy, Financial Institutions, Finance, Infrastructure, Latin America, Liability Management and Special Situations, Life Sciences, Oil and Gas, Power and Renewables, Projects, and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Groups.

His practice focuses primarily on representing corporate and investment banking clients and creditors in liability management transactions, assisting companies since their initial debt incurrence, through their refinancing as normal course of business, up to the restructuring of their outstanding obligations in distress situations (both out-of-court and in-court situations) or advising them on securities laws and regulations in the context of special reorganizations (including spin offs and emergence from bankruptcy).

Rodrigo’s experience encompasses domestic and cross-border (including Latin American) liability management transactions, comprising exchange offers, cash tender offers, consent solicitations, restructurings, refinancings, public and private debt and equity offerings, including SEC registered and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings, private placements, high yield and high grade debt offerings, senior, subordinated and secured offerings, project bonds, IPOs, follow-on and secondary equity offerings, MTN programs, and block trades.

Rodrigo received his Juris Doctor in 2011 from Columbia Law School. In 2007, he earned his Master of Laws from Columbia Law School, where he was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and was a recipient of the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law Certificate of Achievement. Also in 2007, Rodrigo received his Master of Laws from the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo, in Brazil. In 2005, he received his Bachelor of Economics from the Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade da Universidade de São Paulo, in Brazil. In 2000, Rodrigo received his Bachelor of Laws from the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo, in Brazil.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he practiced for almost seven years in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

Rodrigo is admitted to practice in the State of New York and São Paulo, Brazil.

Representative Transactions

Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations

  • Schlumberger Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary of Schlumberger N.V. (NYSE: SLB): over US$3.3 billion in private exchange offers and consent solicitations, including $1.88 billion private exchange offers to exchange four series of senior notes originally issued by Schlumberger Investment S.A. for new series of senior notes, and US$1.5 billion private exchange offer to exchange three series of senior notes for 3.900% senior notes due 2028.
  • Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (NYSE American: GTE) (TSX: GTE) (LSE: GTE): over US$1.2 billion private exchange offers, including private exchange offers for senior secured amortizing notes.
  • Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM): counsel to the dealer managers in a US$500 million private exchange offer of 3.875% senior notes due 2029, issued by Stericycle, Inc., for 3.875% senior notes due 2029, and concurrent consent solicitation.
  • Cornerstone Chemical Company: US$450 million private exchange offer of 6.750% senior secured notes due 2024 for 10.250% senior secured notes due 2027, and concurrent consent solicitation.
  • Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. and Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC, subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A): US$1.6 billion private exchange offer and consent solicitation.
  • Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A): US$5.25 billion registered exchange offer of senior notes.
  • ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO): counsel to the dealer manager on US$120.5 million registered exchange offer of 9.125% senior secured second priority notes due 2021 for a combination of new 8.00% senior secured second priority notes due 2025, cash and common stock.
  • Generación Mediterránea S.A. and Central Térmica Roca S.A., subsidiaries of Albanesi Energía S.A.: counsel to the dealer managers on US$215 million private exchange offer of 13.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2026, 12.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, and 9.625% Senior Notes due 2027 for 11.000% Senior Secured due 2031, and concurrent consent solicitation.

Cash Tender Offers and Consent Solicitations

  • General Electric Company (NYSE: GE): over US$47.0 billion (U.S. dollar equivalent) in abbreviated cash tender offers and waterfall cash tender offers for multiple series of U.S. dollar denominated, euro denominates and pound sterling denominated notes, including the largest cash tender offer, of approximately US$25.0 billion (U.S. dollar equivalent).
  • Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE) and subsidiaries Vale Overseas Limited: and Vale Canada Limited: counsel to the dealer managers in over US$4.3 billion in abbreviated cash tender offers and traditional waterfall cash tender offers for multiple series of notes.
  • Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ): over US$3.0 billion of waterfall cash tender offers of multiple series of notes, and concurrent consent solicitations.
  • Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF): US$3.7 billion cash tender offer.
  • Kraft Heinz Foods Company, a subsidiary of The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC): US$2.0 billion cash tender offer.
  • Hewlett Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ): US$1.9 billion cash tender offer.
  • LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NASDAQ: LYB): US$1.0 billion cash tender offer.
  • Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI): US$950 million cash tender offer and consent solicitation.
  • Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO): US$200 million cash tender offer for 2.550% senior notes due 2060; US$211 million cash tender offer for 2.625% senior notes due 2023.
  • Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR): US$575 million cash tender offer.
  • Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: CLMT): US$121 million cash tender offer of 9.25% senior secured first lien notes due 2024 and 11.00% senior notes due 2025.
  • Forestar Group Inc. (NYSE: FOR): US$339 million abbreviated cash tender offer for 3.850% senior notes due 2026.
  • Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM): counsel to the dealer managers in over US$1.0 billion of cash tender offers.
  • SM Energy Company (NYSE: SM): counsel to the dealer managers in a US$470 million cash tender offer and consent solicitation.
  • Western Midstream Operating, LP, a subsidiary of Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: WES): counsel to the dealer managers in a US$500 million cash tender offer.
  • TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (NYSE: TPH): US$216 million cash tender offer.

High Yield Debt Offerings

  • Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC): over US$11.0 billion private placement of senior secured first lien notes and senior unsecured notes.
  • ModivCare Inc. (NASDAQ: MODV): US$1.0 billion private placement of multiple series of senior notes.
  • ESAB Corporation (NYSE: ESAB): inaugural US$700 million private placement of 6.250% notes due 2029.
  • Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (NYSE American: GTE) (TSX: GTE) (LSE: GTE): further issuance of additional US$250 million private placement of 9.500% senior secured amortizing notes due 2029, including in connection with the acquisition of i3 Energy plc.
  • Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: CLMT): US$350 million private placement of 9.5% senior notes due 2028.
  • SM Energy Company (NYSE: SM): counsel to the underwriters in a US$500 million public offering of 6.625% senior notes due 2027.
  • Parkland Fuel Corporation (OTCMKTS: PKIUF): counsel to the initial purchasers in US$1.0 billion private placement of multiple series of senior notes.
  • Generación Mediterránea S.A. and Central Térmica Roca S.A., subsidiaries of Albanesi Energía S.A.: counsel to the initial purchasers on US$141 million private placement of 11.000% Senior Secured due 2031.

High Grade Debt Offerings

  • General Electric Company (NYSE: GE): over US$10.0 billion public offering of multiple series of notes.
  • Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ): over US$14.0 billion (U.S. dollar equivalent) of U.S. dollar denominated, euro denominated and Canadian dollar denominated senior unsecured notes.
  • Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands B.V., a subsidiary of Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ): US$1.0 billion private placement of multiple series of notes.
  • Hewlett Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ): over US$5.0 billion of public offering of multiple series of senior unsecured notes, including US$1.0 billion of its inaugural sustainability offering of 2.650% notes due 2031.
  • Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG): US$5.0 billion public offering of multiple series of senior notes, as part of the financing of its acquisition of AssuredPartners from GTCR for $13.45 billion.
  • Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE) and its subsidiary Vale Overseas Limited: counsel to the underwriters in US$4.75 billion public offerings of multiple series of guaranteed notes.
  • Enact Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACT): US$750 million public offering of 6.250% notes due 2029.
  • Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO): US$500 million public offering of 4.250% notes due 2032.
  • LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE: LYB): inaugural US$500 million green bond public offering of 5.625% guaranteed notes due 2033.
  • Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT): counsel to the underwriters in over US$1.4 billion private placement of notes.
  • Interstate Power and Light Company, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT): counsel to the underwriters in over US$1.4 billion public offerings of multiple series of debentures, including public offerings of green bonds.
  • Wisconsin Power and Light Company, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT): counsel to the underwriters in over US$2.0 billion public offerings of multiple series of debentures, including public offerings of green bonds.
  • Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TXS: FFH): counsel to the initial purchasers in over US$3.5 billion private placement of multiple series of senior notes.
  • Fairfax India Holdings Corporation (TXS: FIH.U): counsel to the initial purchasers in a US$500 million private placement of 5.000% senior notes due 2028.

Sustainable Financing

  • LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE: LYB): inaugural US$500 million green bond public offering of 5.625% guaranteed notes due 2033.
  • Interstate Power and Light Company, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT): counsel to the underwriters in a US$300 million public offering of green bonds (3.60% senior debentures due 2029); and a US$500 million inaugural public offering of green bonds (4.100% senior debentures due 2028).
  • Wisconsin Power and Light Company, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT): counsel to the underwriters in a US$300 million public offering of green bonds (4.950% Debentures due 2033); a US$600 million public offering of green bonds (3.950% Debentures due 2032); and a US$300 million public offering of green bonds (1.950% Debentures due 2031).

Remarketing

  • South Jersey Industries, Inc. (NYSE: SJI): US$287.5 million remarketing of 5.020% junior subordinated notes due 2031.

Convertible Notes Offerings

  • Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT): counsel to the underwriters in a US$500 million private placement of 3.875% convertible senior notes due 2026.
  • SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEDG): US$632.5 million private placement of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2025.

Convertible Preferred Stock Offerings

  • Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR): US$600 million private placement of series A 6.50% cumulative perpetual preferred stock.

Equity Offerings

  • Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG): US$8.5 billion public offering of 30,357,143 shares of common stock, as part of the financing of its acquisition of AssuredPartners from GTCR for $13.45 billion.
  • Oncoclínicas do Brasil Serviços Médicos S.A. (B3: ONCO3) and controlling selling shareholders affiliated to The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS): R$2.6 billion initial public offering of 135,172,791 shares of common stock, consisting of (i) 90,049,527 shares by the issuer, and (ii) 45,123,264 shares by the controlling selling shareholders (including the sale of 98,500 additional shares); R$897 million follow-on public offer of 87.5 million shares, comprising (i) 20,000,000 shares by the issuer, and (ii) 67,500,000 shares by the controlling selling shareholders and the minority selling shareholders.
  • Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT): counsel to the underwriters in a US$375 million block trade public offering of 8,358,973 shares of common stock and forward sale; and a US$225 million forward sale of 4,274,127 shares of common stock.
  • Trinity Merger Corp. (NASDAQ: TMCXU): US$345 million initial public offering of 34,500,000 units (SPAC).
  • FAST Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: FZT.U): US$200 million initial public offering of 20,000,000 unites (SPAC).
  • Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HRTX): US$200 million public offering of 5,063,292 shares of common stock.
  • Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCKT): US$74 million public offering of 4,082,500 shares of common stock and private placement of 967,742 shares of common stock.

At the Market Equity Offerings

  • Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT): counsel to the agents in up to US$225 million at-the-market offering of common stock.

Rights Offerings

  • ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO): counsel to the dealer manager in a rights offering to holders of common stock to purchase up to US$52.5 million of new 8.00% notes, shares of common stock or a combination thereof.

Equity Tender Offers

  • Aurora Capital Partners affiliates: cash tender offer to purchase Sharps Compliance Corp. (NASDAQ: SMED).

Mergers, Spin Offs and Corporate Restructurings

  • General Electric Company (NYSE: GE): advised GE on its plan to form three industry-leading, global public companies focused on the growth sectors of aviation, healthcare, and energy.
  • advised Aurora Capital Partners affiliate in its acquisition of Sharps Compliance Corp. (NASDAQ: SMED).
  • advised Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (NYSE American: GTE) (TSX: GTE) (LSE: GTE) on its acquisition of i3 Energy plc.
  • advised Trinity Merger Corp. (NASDAQ: TMCXU) on its merger agreement with the Broadmark real estate lending and management companies, to create a mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) named Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. (NYSE: BRMK).
  • advised Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOXA) on the spin-off of Fox Corp. (NASDAQ: FOXA) in connection with the merger with The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS).

Out-of-Court Restructuring

  • represented Cornerstone Chemical Company in connection with its US$70 million out of court restructuring, US$160 million senior secured notes and US$70 million super-priority bridge notes.
  • represented creditors in the out-of-court distressed exchange for Radiology Partners, implementing a complex-multi-tranche exchange that involved a paydown of $250 million of secured debt and the issuance of $720 million of new equity.
  • represented creditors in the restructuring of Global Medical Response, Inc., America’s leading provider of ground medical transportation and mobile healthcare services.
  • represented creditors in the US$946 million out-of-court debt restructuring of Jo-Ann Stores and its affiliates.

In-Court Restructuring

  • US$6.0 billion sale of specialty pharmaceutical company Endo International’s assets to first-lien lenders in Chapter 11, with a newly created company named Endo Inc., ending a multiyear effort to resolve opioid liabilities.
  • represented a cross-holder group of term loan lenders and noteholders on the comprehensive cross-border recapitalization of Venator Materials PLC through a prepackaged Chapter 11 process.
  • represented an ad hoc group of creditors in the prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring of Mallinckrodt plc and opioid trust formed in its previous bankruptcy case.

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Eric R. Womack is of counsel in the Washington office of Gibson Dunn where he currently practices in the firm’s Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group. He earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude as a Robert McKay scholar. Before law school, Eric attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, where he graduated magna cum laude. After law school, he clerked for Judge James Turk in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia and served as a staff law clerk for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Eric served as Deputy General Counsel for the United States Department of Agriculture, where he oversaw litigation matters on behalf of the Department, and as associate counsel in the White House Counsel’s Office. Eric also worked at the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice for over 18 years, where he litigated and supervised some of the most high-profile lawsuits brought against the federal government. 

Eric is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C., and the State of Illinois.

Jamie Thomas is a partner in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Finance Practice Group and heads the banking, finance and restructuring practices in Gibson Dunn’s Asian offices.

With more than 25 years’ experience in the banking, finance and restructuring sectors in Asia-Pacific and Europe, Jamie is recognized as a leading finance lawyer in all major legal directories, including Chambers, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000.

He is a trusted advisor to top-tier private equity sponsors and funds, advising them on complex cross-border leveraged finance transactions, as well as fund financings including subscription-based, NAV and hybrid facilities, and regularly advises alternative capital providers on cross-border special situations financings and direct lending transactions. In addition, Jamie is the pre-eminent advisor to sponsors and companies across Asia on reserves-based and renewable energy financings for the energy and commodity sectors, as well as on their transition to lower carbon options. He also has significant experience in project finance, asset-backed financing, hedges and derivatives, as well as digital assets lending and various cutting edge aspects of decentralised finance (DeFi).

On the restructuring front, Jamie is one of the most experienced restructuring legal practitioners in the market. He heads Gibson Dunn’s award winning restructuring team and is ranked as a Leading Individual in Restructuring and Insolvency –  Singapore by The Legal 500 and was named in the Global Restructuring Review’s (GRR) “Singapore Names to Know” list.

Jamie is the leading choice by debtors, companies and families when faced with bet-the-house restructuring situations, and also has extensive experience advising on creditor led debt restructurings (including complex out-of-court workouts and in-court restructurings) and the implementation of such strategies in Asia. His experience covers the Asia-Pacific region, including Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, China, India, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Philippines and Australia.

Jamie sits on various finance and restructuring committees in Asia. He is Chair of the Indonesian Steering Committee of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) and sits on its Singapore Documentation Committee. He is also a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and the Law Society of England and Wales.

Recent Recognition

Jamie is consistently recognized by leading independent legal directories:

  • Ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific and Chambers Global as a leading lawyer in Banking and Finance for Singapore and Indonesia. Clients and peers have praised Jamie for being “able to find a win-win solution on complex deals and is available 24/7,” a “strategic, commercial thinker” and “an excellent lawyer who can bridge every gap and find solutions,” as well as having “a better understanding of local and regional banking regulatory issues than the vast majority of finance lawyers in South-East Asia.”
  • Ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific as a leading lawyer in Restructuring/Insolvency for Singapore. Clients and peers commented that “Jamie is detail-oriented and always available. His maturity, resilience and level-headedness under pressure set him above his peers” and “he has an excellent knowledge of this region and is excellent on deals, fantastic technically and very to the point on issues.”
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Leading Individual in Banking and Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency for Singapore. Jamie is also recommended for his work in Indonesia and in Energy for Singapore. Clients and peers have praised Jamie for his “excellent tactical mind, high level of client commitment and an impressive ability to grasp complicated, nuanced matters very quickly” and is considered “a veteran with vast knowledge, experience, and a passion for finance, restructuring, and energy-related matters that really is second to none. He is one of the few veterans left in the market in this region who can come up with extremely unique and complex structures and is a master at catering the law to the client’s needs.”
  • Recognized by IFLR1000 as a highly regarded individual in Banking, Capital Markets (Debt) and Restructuring for Singapore.
  • Recognized by Best Lawyers for his expertise in Insolvency and Reorganization Law for Singapore.
  • Named in Asia Business Law Journal‘s Singapore A-List, which identifies the top 100 lawyers in Singapore based on an extensive survey of leading in-house counsel and partners at international law firms.
  • Named in Attorney Intel‘s Top 25 Blockchain and Digital Assets Attorneys of 2025 list, which recognizes lawyers “at the forefront of shaping the legal frameworks that govern digital finance, decentralized technologies, and emerging blockchain applications.”
  • Recognized as a leading lawyer in Expert Guides’ Banking, Finance and Transactional guide.
  • Named in the list of Singapore Names to Know by Global Restructuring Review.

Recent Awards

  • 2024: “Energy Transition Deal of the Year – Indonesia” and “Telecom Deal of the Year – Indonesia” by The Asset at its Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards
  • 2024: “APAC Deal of the Year” by the Energy Council at its Asia Pacific Awards
  • 2024: “Private Equity Deal of the Year” by IFLR at its Asia-Pacific Awards
  • 2024: “Private Equity Deal of the Year” by Law.com International at its Asia Legal Awards
  • 2024: “Best Private Equity Deal, Asia” by FinanceAsia at its Achievement Awards
  • 2024: Finalist for “Debt Market Deal of the Year” by Asian Legal Business at its Indonesia Law Awards
  • 2023: “Indonesian Transition Energy Refinancing Deal of the Year” by The Asset at its Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards
  • 2023: “Law Firm of the Year for Restructuring and Insolvency” by The Legal 500 at its Southeast Asia Awards
  • 2022: “Indonesian Transition Energy Deal of the Year” by The Asset at its Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards
  • 2022: “APAC Deal of the Year” by the Energy Council at its Asia Pacific Awards
  • 2021: “Debt Market Deal of the Year (Premium)” by Asian Legal Business at its Indonesia Law Awards
  • 2021: “Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring” by The Asian Lawyer at its Asia Legal Awards
  • 2021: Finalist for “Restructuring Team of the Year” and “Restructuring Deal of the Year” by IFLR at its Asia-Pacific Awards
  • 2021: Finalist for “Debt Market Deal of the Year (Premium)” by Asian Legal Business at its SE Asia Law Awards
  • 2020: “Restructuring Deal of the Year” by IFLR at its Asia-Pacific Awards
  • 2020: Finalist for “Restructuring Team of the Year” by IFLR at its Asia-Pacific Awards
  • 2019: “Debt Market Deal of the Year” by Asian Legal Business at its SE Asia Law Awards; “Asia Pacific Upstream Oil & Gas Deal of the Year” by IJGlobal at its Asia Pacific Awards; “Indonesian Oil and Gas Deal of the Year” by The Asset at its Triple A Asia Infrastructure Awards
  • 2018: “Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Deal of the Year” by IJGlobal at its Asia Pacific Awards
  • 2017: “APAC Deal of the Year” by the Oil & Gas Council at its Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Awards
  • 2016: “Indonesian Project Finance Deal of the Year” by The Asset at its Asia Infrastructure Awards

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications

Jamie gained his degree specializing in oil and petrochemical science at Manchester University in 1994 and he gained his law qualifications (CPE in 1995 and LPC in 1996) from the College of Law with commendation.

Jennifer Grecco is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation and Artificial Intelligence practice groups. She has experience advising companies on data privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence issues, focusing on compliance counseling and complex corporate transactions.

Jennifer represents companies in a range of industries subject to requirements under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and equivalent U.S. privacy laws in Virginia, Colorado, and other states; the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act);  marketing laws, including the CAN-SPAM Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA); the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and other current and emerging international, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidance, including those related to artificial intelligence.

Jennifer regularly advises public and private companies and financial sponsors on matters including venture and private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, and carveouts. She conducts due diligence, drafts and negotiates privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence-related representations and warranties in transaction agreements, and provides counseling on risks and mitigation strategies. Jennifer also has experience counseling companies on data breach response management and notification concerns.

Jennifer received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as an editor on the Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review and participated in the Entrepreneurship Clinic. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Psychology, magna cum laude, from Barnard College, where she was an Athena Scholar.

Jennifer is admitted to practice in the State of New York and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional – United States (CIPP/US).

Will Fuller is Of Counsel in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Real Estate practice group. He concentrates his practice on real estate finance transactions representing investment banks, debt funds and other institutional lenders in the origination, acquisition, syndication and restructuring of mortgage and mezzanine loans, securitized loans, construction loans, and subordinate debt structures across all asset types. Will’s practice also includes the representation of institutional investors and operating companies in connection with the acquisition and financing of real estate, joint ventures and loan work-outs.

Will has been recognized as a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ in Real Estate Law.

He received his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law, cum laude, where he served as an Articles Editor for the Fordham Law Review. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany.

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

Grace Hart is a litigation partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, the Labor & Employment Practice, the Media, Entertainment & Technology Practice, and the Class Actions Practice.

Grace’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and employment litigation in state and federal courts, at both the trial and appellate levels. She represents multinational companies and individuals in a variety of industries, including technology, life sciences, and retail. She has successfully represented clients in a wide range of matters, including breach of contract, trade secret, and founder disputes. Her employment litigation experience includes matters involving discrimination laws, anti-retaliation and whistleblower protection laws, restrictive covenants, and wage-and-hour laws. 

Representative matters include:

  • Represented Amazon in litigation with the New York Attorney General involving COVID-19 workplace safety and whistleblower retaliation claims. Obtained complete dismissal of all claims filed by the New York Attorney General.
  • Won motion to dismiss race discrimination, retaliation, and COVID-19 workplace safety class action filed against Amazon. Secured affirmance in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
  • Represented Guardant Health and its founders in a high-stakes patent inventorship, trade secret, and breach of contract lawsuit filed by Illumina. Secured order dramatically narrowing lawsuit and ultimately achieved a favorable settlement.
  • Secured a favorable settlement for Modern Health in a founder’s dispute litigation, involving claims of wrongful termination, retaliation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and defamation.
  • Won summary judgment for healthcare technology company and its founders in lawsuit filed by early investor alleging breach of contract and fraud.
  • Represented a pharmaceutical manufacturer in a breach of contract litigation, which settled with the defendant paying Gibson Dunn’s client $125 million.
  • Represented SES in breach of contract and unjust enrichment lawsuit against Intelsat, including a two-week bench trial in federal court.
  • Obtained dismissal of lawsuit filed against religious school alleging defamation, breach of contract, and age discrimination under the First Amendment’s ministerial exception. Secured affirmance in the New Jersey Appellate Division and the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Prior to joining the firm, Grace served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert D. Sack of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Carol B. Amon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Grace received her Juris Doctor in 2016 from Yale Law School, where she served as a Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal and received the Thomas I. Emerson prize for distinguished paper on a subject related to legislation. Grace received her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 2013, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Grace maintains an active pro bono practice. She has represented a tenant in filing a Fair Housing Act action in federal court, obtaining a temporary restraining order and securing a favorable settlement, and has represented clients in immigration appeals before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Ninth Circuit. She has also represented numerous clients in amicus briefs filed in courts around the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition, she provides pro bono employment counsel to non-profit organizations. 

Grace is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits.

Peter W. Wardle is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn and co-chair of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group.

Peter represents issuers and underwriters in equity and debt offerings, including IPOs and secondary public offerings, as well as public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, including private equity, cross border, leveraged buy-out and going private transactions. His IPO experience covers a variety of industries on both the issuer and underwriter side, including some of the largest transactions in the year they were completed. He also advises clients on a wide variety of general corporate and securities law matters, including corporate governance and disclosure issues.

Representative Clients and Transactions:

  • Represented Montrose Environmental Group, Inc., an environmental services company, on its initial public offering and follow-on offerings.
  • Advised Gen Restaurant Group Inc., a Korean-style barbecue restaurant chain, on its initial public offering.
  • Represented F45 Training Holdings, Inc., a franchise fitness company, on its initial public offering and other financings.
  • Advised Mauser Packaging Solutions, an industrial packaging company, in multiple debt offerings and debt exchanges.
  • Represented Leslie’s Inc., a direct-to-consumer pool and spa care company, in connection with multiple public offerings.
  • Advised Peloton Interactive Inc., an interactive fitness platform company, on a follow-on public offering of securities.

Peter earned his Juris Doctor in 1997 from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as business manager of the UCLA Law Review and articles editor of the UCLA Entertainment Law Review. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1992 from Harvard University. He is a member of the firm’s Associate Compensation Committee and the Pro Bono Committee, with a significant pro bono practice advising non-profits on governance, contract and other issues.

Chris is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganisation, and Finance practice groups.

Chris is a leader in English law restructuring and finance with 25 years of extensive international experience. He advises multinational corporations, investment and commercial banks, and financial sponsors on complex corporate restructurings and financing matters across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.

Chris  is highly regarded in Restructuring and Insolvency and Banking and Finance with consistent recognition by Chambers Global, Chambers UK and Chambers Europe (2007– 2025) as a Band 1 practitioner. While at his previous firm, he led the team that was awarded the IFT’s “Adviser of the Year” for the restructuring of Towergate in 2015. He was also named among The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” in 2009 and received the Society of Turnaround Professionals Restructuring Award for his work on the restructuring of WS Atkins in 2004. His expertise has also been recognised in The Legal 500 UK (2014 – 2019), and he has been consistently ranked as highly regarded in IFLR1000 (2014 – 2020).

Chris is a member of the New York Bar, Society of Turnaround Professionals, Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3), Financial Markets Law Committee and Turnaround Management Association.

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Chris was a partner in the Restructuring and Finance practice groups at another major international law firm and led the European Restructuring practice. Chris  is admitted to practice in England and Wales and New York.

Christopher’s experience includes:*

Restructuring

Creditor- and “loan to own” roles:

  • Fidera, as the largest creditor in the Part 26A restructuring plan of the Project Fürst development in Berlin
  • The RCF lenders in connection with the multi-creditor class partially consensual and partially non-consensual restructuring of the Telepizza Group by virtue of one of the first Restructuring Plans in Spain
  • Barclays Bank Plc as administrative agent and sole bookrunner to Cineworld plc in its Chapter 11 restructuring which involved a $1.935 billion Debtor-In-Possession credit agreement
  • The RCF Lenders, and Barclays Bank PLC as lender and sole bookrunner to Cineworld Group plc during its restructuring which involved a $450 million priority senior secured rescue facility and a second-out elevated term loan.
  • The lenders to CarTrawler in relation to its debt restructuring due to being heavily affected by COVID-19. As part of the restructuring, new investor Towerbrook has agreed to acquire all of the share capital and the debt of the existing lenders to CarTrawler
  • The junior creditors in the contested proceedings to restructure Virgin Active using a Part 26A Plan
  • The lenders to Celsa Poland in relation to its restructuring/refinancing
  • An ad hoc group of bondholders enforcing against a subsidiary of Shandong Ruyi (European TopSoho S.à r.l)
  • The lenders to Dümmen Orange during its restructuring
  • Palamon Capital Partners in connection with its continued ownership of the IDH Group, including with respect to the £1bn restructuring and refinancing
  • Three Hills on the restructuring of its debt and equity investment in Recycling Lives
  • AlixPartners as joint administrators of Swissport Holding International in connection with the Swissport restructuring through a scheme and pre-pack
  • Caruso and Vornado with respect to its successful challenge to the Chapter 15 and UK CVA proceedings relating to Arcadia Group and Topshop brands
  • Royal Bank of Scotland plc, HSH Nordbank AG, Piraeus Bank SA and Aegean Baltic Bank SA on the consensual restructuring of Danaos Corporation, consisting of an amendment and extension of all Danaos’ loan agreement, together with a partial equitization of Danaos’ $2.2 billion secured term loans and subsequently NatWest Group on the disposal of its shareholding in Danaos Corporation in an off-market privately negotiated share sale to Danaos
  • The single largest lender in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Bristow Group
  • The second lien lenders in the restructuring of Doncasters
  • Bondholders holding 2023 notes and a number of crossholders in the restructuring of Steinhoff
  • Lombard North Central as lenders to Waypoint Group in its various syndicates, on all Chapter 11 matters including specifically its credit bid under section 363 of The Bankruptcy Code
  • The Company and the shareholders of J&P Overseas Limited, a Middle Eastern construction company on its failed restructuring and subsequent liquidation
  • The shareholders of Four Seasons Healthcare in connection with its debt restructuring
  • The Committee of Unsecured Noteholders on the global restructuring of Algeco Scotsman, Inc.
  • The Committee of Senior Secured Noteholders on the restructuring of Brighthouse Group Limited
  • The lender on the restructuring of distressed U.K./Australian law firm, Slater and Gordon
  • York Capital, who led the Ad Hoc Committee Of Senior Secured Note Holders, in relation to Bibby Offshore Group’s financial restructuring and recapitalisation
  • The lenders to GulfMark Americas, in respect of its debt restructuring‎
  • RBS, as a senior secured lender of Dubai World, and other minority secured lenders, in connection with the $25 billion landmark restructuring of Dubai World
  • hibu, advising the creditors, on its successful refinancing and restructuring the Co-ordinating Committee of Creditors on the global restructuring of Abengoa, a Spanish renewables company operating in more than 80 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Middle East
  • Ad hoc committee of Towergate Insurance Group senior secured creditors in connection with Towergate’s successful restructuring
  • Senior high yield noteholders on the €1.2 billion restructuring of ATU GmbH through a U.K. administration
  • Coordinating committee of distressed funds on the £2.8 billion restructuring of Yell through a scheme
  • Lenders on the £1.4 billion restructuring of Airwave
  • Dissentient creditors on the successful challenge of the $5 billion Rusal Scheme of Arrangement
  • Partially secured lenders on the $10 billion restructuring of Dubai Group
  • Alcentra, Babson, Northwestern and Permira on the restructuring of Almatis through Chapter 11. Having been offered 2% of the equity by the opportunity funds the mezzanine now hold approximately 42% of the equity without having injected new money
  • International lenders on the £1.4 billion restructuring of Petroplus and the subsequent insolvencies in six European countries
  • Lloyds, Prudential, Babson and AXA (as crossholders of the mezzanine and senior debt) on the restructuring of DX Group through a scheme of arrangement that endorsed the use of fee incentives to consenting lenders
  • RBS and Lombard on the restructuring and eventual administration of Halliwells LLP, a major regional

law firm

  • RBS as the co-ordinators of the senior lenders on the £1.4 billion restructuring of Four Seasons Healthcare Group. The capital structure consisted of 12 layers of debt, including a senior bond. This was the first major European CMBS restructuring involving a special servicer
  • A combination of banks and funds on the £1 billion restructuring of the Barracuda pub and restaurant chain
  • RBS and others on the restructuring and eventual run-off of the Lloyds of London insurer, Euclidian Insurance
  • Permira and other second lien and mezzanine debt holders on the restructuring of Hilary’s Blinds
  • Apollo and others as lenders on the restructuring of Primacom AG
  • RBS and other junior debt holders on the restructuring of Oilexco, the Canadian listed North Sea oil lifter. Also advised RBS on the subsequent administration
  • RBS, Babson and others as mezzanine lenders on the £250 million Opco and Propco restructuring of the Barracuda pub Group. The mezzanine lenders acquired the equity and preserved most of their debt for a small £15 million equity injection

Company/shareholder/sponsor roles:

  • Ambatovy on its Part 26A restructuring which facilitated a compromise of over $2bn of debt for the sponsors who retained full equity and economic ownership of the business
  • Advising Terra Firma on its £3.75bn liability management exercise with respect to its $7bn Annington asset
  • Garrett Motion Inc. in its agreement with KPS Capital Partners, LP to purchase its business for $2.1 billion and the commencement of a voluntary Chapter 11 process with the United States Bankruptcy Court to implement the purchase
  • PureCircle plc in its consensual corporate restructuring with its lenders and other stakeholders
  • The shareholders of Four Seasons Healthcare in connection with its debt restructuring
  • Primorsk Shipping Corporation on its pending Chapter 11 reorganisation
  • Advising Kenmare Resources plc on the successful negotiation of restructuring in respect of its project and corporate financings
  • EurotaxGlass’s Group on its €300 million refinancing
  • Arcapita on its global restructuring and subsequent entry into and exit from Chapter 11
  • Sponsors and management on the restructuring of DCK Holdings (largest jewelry concession in the U.K.)
  • Advising Eksportfinans ASA on its $23 billion contingency plan and successfully resisting attempts by debt funds to trigger a global restructuring of the Group
  • DFS on its £750 million Opco and Propco restructuring over an 18-month period
  • La Seda de Barcelona and its European subsidiaries on its initial restructuring and subsequent U.K. scheme of arrangement. This was the first Spanish company to implement a restructuring by way of a U.K. scheme of arrangement
  • Dubai International Capital on the first phase of its $3 billion restructuring with its international banks

Leveraged Finance

  • Goldman Sachs MBD on its leveraged buyout of Dong Energy for EUR 3bn
  • J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas on their provision of post-IPO facilities to Telecolumbus GmbH
  • Goldman Sachs on its refinancing of Expro
  • Apollo funds on the financing of their bid for Keepmoat
  • RBS and BOS on the £600 million leveraged financing of Towergate by Cullum Ventures and RBS Equity Finance
  • RBS on its £300 million of senior and mezzanine facilities to Alflex an Electra Partners investment
  • Barclays on its senior and mezzanine facilities to Duke Street in connection with the acquisition of Oasis Healthcare
  • Crescent Capital on its provision of mezzanine facilities to GTCR in connection with its acquisition of Call Credit
  • Lloyds on the leveraged acquisition of IGEFI Group by Summit Partners
  • RBS on the leveraged acquisition of Inchcape Shipping by Istithmar
  • Barclays Capital on its proposed €2 billion funding of the acquisition by Apax and others of Banca Fideuram
  • Bank of Scotland on the leveraged acquisition by CVV of Paymentshield Insurance
  • J.P. Morgan, Lloyds and other arrangers on the recapitalisation of Lonmin Plc as part of its 2012 equity issue
  • Full Circle Future LLP in connection with its covenant light PIK facility to Advent in connection with the acquisition of DFS

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

Christopher’s recent publications include:

  • “Restructuring Law and Practice: Third Edition,” LexisNexis, 2022
  • “Restructuring Law and Practice: Second Edition,” LexisNexis, 2014
  • “Restructuring Law and Practice,” LexisNexis, 2008

Marie Kwon is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets and Securities and Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Groups. Marie’s practice focuses on counseling corporations and financial institutions on a wide variety of capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, debt offerings and liability management transactions. In addition, she has advised on reporting obligations under the Exchange Act.

Her recent and ongoing experience includes advising:

  • GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: GEHC) in the secondary public offering of 17.25 million shares of Common Stock
  • Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX: AQN) (NYSE: AQN), a Canadian-based energy company, in the remarketing of $1,150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2026
  • HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) in connection with a cash tender offer to purchase its outstanding 3.400% Notes due 2030, 4.200% Notes due 2032, 1.450% Notes due 2026, 3.000% Notes due 2027, 4.000% Notes due 2029, 2.200% Notes due 2025 and 4.750% Notes due 2028 
  • ioneer Ltd, an Australia-based lithium-boron supplier, in its Nasdaq listing and corporate governance
  • Goldman Sachs & Co LLC as financial advisor to EIG on EIG’s acquisition of a 25% stake in Repsol Upstream, comprising Repsol S.A.’s entire global upstream oil and gas business
  • IperionX Limited, an Australia-based titanium company, in its private offerings of ordinary shares and corporate governance
  • Roth Capital Partners, LLC as the sole underwriter in connection with REE Automotive Ltd.’s confidentially marketed public offering of 2,300,000 Class A ordinary shares
  • South Jersey Industries, Inc., a U.S.-based energy company, in its cash tender offer to purchase its Corporate Units and 2021 Series B 1.65% Remarketable Junior Subordinated Notes due 2029

Marie received her Juris Doctor from Columbia University. She graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Marie practiced with the firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP as a member of the Capital Markets Department. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Risa Nakagawa is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Department.

She received her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2024. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in International Economics from Georgetown University in 2019.

Risa is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Hannah L. Bedard is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s litigation department and her practice focuses on intellectual property litigation.

Hannah has litigated a variety of intellectual property matters, including patent, copyright, trade secret, and Lanham Act cases, as well as other complex civil litigation matters, including products liability, contract, and False Claims Act cases. Hannah has experience in all stages of litigation and has represented clients in motions for injunctive relief, summary judgment, evidentiary disputes, and post-trial relief. She has also been a member of numerous appellate teams. Hannah also maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing veterans.

Hannah graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School where she received her Juris Doctor. She served as an executive editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and a teaching assistant in intellectual property law courses. She received her Bachelor of Science in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2011.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Hannah served as a law clerk to the Honorable Raymond C. Clevenger, III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Previously, Hannah practiced with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she focused on intellectual property litigation, and more recently with Wilkinson Stekloff LLP in Washington, D.C.

Hannah is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and before the Second Circuit, Seventh Circuit, D.C. Circuit, Federal Circuit, and District Court for the District of Columbia.

Marcela Hernandez is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department.

Marcela earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of California, Irvine School of Law in 2024. During law school, she was a Certified Law Student in UCI Law’s Criminal Justice Clinic. As part of this Clinic, she represented low-income individuals seeking post-conviction relief and incarcerated individuals seeking compassionate release. She was also a research fellow for the First Year Lawyering Course and served on the Moot Court Board.

Prior to attending law school, Marcela earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Political Science and Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California Irvine in 2020.

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