Angela Coco is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn.

Angela’s practice spans a broad range of complex civil and criminal litigation matters, with a focus on high-stakes white collar defense, securities-related investigations, and commercial litigation across all industries. Angela has served as a key team member representing clients in regulatory inquiries, internal investigations, and enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, as well as various other federal, state, and local government agencies and attorneys general. Angela has been involved in all stages of arbitration and litigation and has contributed to successful outcomes in both bench and jury trials.

Angela maintains an active pro bono practice and has handled a wide range of matters, including serving as first-chair in the successful representation of an asylum petitioner before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (U.S. Immigration Court). She has also partnered with organizations such as Legal Services NYC, Catholic Charities, and HerJustice to provide legal services to individuals in need. 

Angela earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 2022, where she served as an Executive Editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform, and as an intern to the Honorable Judge Richard M. Berman of the Southern District of New York. While attending law school, Angela was awarded certificates of merit for superior academic performance and for recognition in Pro Bono service. Angela also represented low-income individuals and United States Veterans in Michigan State Courts through the Veterans Legal Clinic and Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic. In February 2022, Angela authored an article published in The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Journal analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on the older workforce and proposing reforms to ensure a safer workplace.  
 
Angela earned her Bachelor of Arts in history from Wellesley College, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with departmental honors. At Wellesley, Angela also received the Deborah W. Diehl Prize for Distinction in History, and was honored with various other awards and fellowships recognizing her superior academic performance and papers in various disciplines.

Angela is admitted to practice in the State of New York, before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Tax Court, and the Executive Office for Immigration Review.

Cate Harding is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

She has represented individual and corporate clients across various industries in all matter of high-stakes trial-level litigation in federal and state courts. Her practice focuses on complex civil matters, including wide ranging employment litigation, class actions, commercial disputes, and First Amendment matters. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, in which she has represented victims of mass atrocities in seeking redress in U.S. federal courts.

Cate received her law degree from New York University School of Law in 2019. During law school, she was an Articles Editor for the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy and served as a board member for the National Security Law Society. Cate was also an oralist for NYU Law’s Jessup International Law Moot Court team, which was one of 32 teams worldwide that advanced to the competition’s final rounds. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 2010 in Public Policy.

Prior to law school, Cate worked at the intersection of U.S. foreign policy, international development, and diplomacy for both the U.S. Government and community-based organizations in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa.

Cate is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

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

Morgan earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2024, where she was a Forum editor of the Columbia Law Review and placed first in the regional Frederick Douglass Moot Court competition. While at Columbia, Morgan worked as a student attorney for the Columbia Community Advocacy Lab and served as chair of the Community Engagement committee for the Paralegal Pathways Initiative.

Morgan received a Bachelor of Arts in 2019 from the University of Denver, where she was a Boettcher Scholar. She double majored in International Studies and Media Studies.

Morgan is admitted to practice in New York.

Benjamin Spock is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Ben received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2024 from the Fordham University Law School where he served as an Associate Editor of the Fordham Law Review. Ben graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

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

Luke Wearden is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where he currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Luke received his law degree in 2023 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. During law school, he was a member of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and the Moot Court team, as well as an editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology. Following law school, Luke served as a law clerk to the Honorable Peter J. Phipps of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Luke is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Amanda P. Goetz is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Amanda received her Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law, where she earned several academic awards and scholarships. While in law school, Amanda was the President of the Business Law Association, a Research Assistant, and a Teaching Assistant for numerous courses, including Business Strategy & Corporate Governance. Amanda graduated with High Honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, a minor in Applied Psychology, and a Technology Management Certificate from the College of Engineering.

Amanda is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Konstantinos Flogaitis is an English and New York qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Konstantinos advises on a wide range of corporate matters, including public and private M&A, private equity, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations.

He received a law degree at the University of Cambridge and an LL.M. (with Distinction) at Georgetown University Law Center.

Sanzana Faroque is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Sanzana represents both public and private companies and financial sponsors in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments, restructurings, and other corporate transactions.

She earned her Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law, where she served on the Urban Law Journal and participated in the Securities Litigation Clinic. Sanzana received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Human Rights from Barnard College, where she was an Athena Scholar.

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

Katlin McKelvie is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the firm’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Care Practice Group. With over two decades of experience in food and drug law, including as Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Katlin advises clients on complex regulatory and policy issues associated with FDA regulation of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.

As Deputy General Counsel at HHS, Katlin was responsible for advising senior HHS officials on FDA-related regulatory, enforcement, and litigation matters. Prior to joining HHS, she served as Deputy Health Policy Director and Senior FDA Counsel to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for Chair Patty Murray. As Committee staff, Katlin played a pivotal role in shaping multiple pieces of legislation the FDA is currently working to implement, most notably the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (FDORA). Before her time in the Senate, Katlin spent 11 years at FDA, first as Regulatory Counsel in the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and then as Associate Chief Counsel for Drugs in the Office of the Chief Counsel.

Katlin received her undergraduate degree, cum laude, with honors from Davidson College, and her J.D., cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was Executive Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal. She clerked for Judge Douglas P. Woodlock on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and then worked in private practice with a focus on food and drug law.

Katlin is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia.

Julian von Imhoff is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Munich office. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Julian focuses his practice on German and international commercial arbitration and complex litigation matters.

Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024/2025 have recognized Julian in their list “Ones to Watch” for Litigation.

Julian’s experience includes advising, among others*:

  • an international automobile manufacturer regarding the consequence management in connection with diesel emissions;
  • a German investment company on an enforcement of claims against a D&O insurer;
  • a European financial institution in various matters regarding economic and financial sanctions of the EU and the U.S.;
  • a multinational company in the shipping sector in an internal investigation concerning alleged corruption and accounting irregularities;
  • a financial institution regarding the consequence management in connection with so-called “cum/ex” transactions;
  • Mercedes-Benz in diesel-related litigation;
  • a European company in a complex post M&A dispute, including arbitration and several litigation proceedings;
  • a European company in ESG related questions;
  • several international companies in commercial disputes, including litigation proceedings and insolvency-related matters;
  • a European company regarding cartel damages claims, including litigation proceedings.

He studied law at the University of Munich, where he passed his first state examination in 2013. During his legal clerkship, Julian worked for different renowned international law firms in Munich, Hamburg and New York City. He passed his second state examination at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg in 2019. Julian has been admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) since 2019.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he was an associate in the Corporate Governance practice of a renowned U.S. law firm in Munich.

In addition to his native German, Julian speaks English.

*Includes experiences prior to joining Gibson Dunn
 

Grace Feitshans is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices in the firm’s Transactional Department.

Grace earned her Juris Doctor in 2023 from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. While in law school, she served as a member of the Small Business Clinic and had concentrations in Business Law and Media, Entertainment, and Technology Law. Grace graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations – Global Business.

Grace is admitted to practice in the state of California.

Alexandra Eldredge is an English law qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn, and is a member of the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Groups.

Alexandra advises on a wide range of domestic and cross-border matters, including in relation to mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate reorganisations.

Nicolette Fata is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Nicolette represents private equity clients and their portfolio companies in connection with all aspects of their M&A activities and other corporate matters.

Nicolette received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2019 from Seton Hall University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a Comments Editor on the Seton Hall Law Review. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Government and Italian, with a minor in Economics, from Georgetown University in 2016.

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

Kyle Ezring is an associate in the New York City office of Gibson Dunn. He is currently a member of the firm’s Transactional Department.

Kyle graduated magna cum laude from Fordham University School of Law, and was selected as a member of the Order of the Coif. At Fordham, he served as an editor on the Fordham Moot Court Board and was a member of the Fordham Urban Law Journal. He earned Bachelors of Arts degrees in History and Philosophy from Colgate University.

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

Amanda Estep is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices with the firm’s Transactional Department.

Amanda earned her law degree in 2020 from Columbia Law School, where she served as a member of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. She graduated in 2015 from University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor degree in Biopsychology.

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

Akila Bhargava is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, and focuses primarily on white collar defense and investigations.

Before joining the firm, Akila was a litigation associate at an international law firm and worked on a variety of white collar defense matters and complex civil litigation, including DOJ and FTC investigations, securities litigation, antitrust litigation, and commercial disputes.

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2018, where she was Research Editor on the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and President of the South Asian Law Students Association. Akila also served as an Arthur Littleton and H. Clayton Louderback Legal Writing Fellow and a Penn Law Global Women’s Leadership Project Fellow. In 2015, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Vanderbilt University.

Akila is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

Tommy McCormac is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Labor & Employment Practice Group.

Tommy has represented clients in a wide range of employment litigation matters, including cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, and wage-and-hour violations.

He has particular experience in class and collective actions alleging misclassification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). For example, Tommy was part of a trial team that secured a complete defense verdict following a bench trial on behalf of a trucking company facing claims by 6,000+ participants in its training program who alleged they were employees owed minimum wage under the FLSA.

Before joining the firm, Tommy served as a law clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2017-2018), and the Honorable Gerald J. Pappert, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2016-2017).

Tommy graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2016, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. While at Penn, Tommy was a member of the Supreme Court Clinic, led by now–Judge Stephanos Bibas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In 2013, Tommy graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where he majored in Economics and Political Science.

Tommy is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Siddharth Sharma is special counsel in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Transportation Finance Group.

Siddharth earned his LLB and LLM degrees from King’s College London and is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.

Siddharth acts for financiers, equity investors, leasing companies and operators across a range of international financing, leasing, sale, portfolio sales, M&A, capital markets and restructuring transactions involving aircraft, rolling stock, ships and other moveable equipment.

Siddharth co-authored the United Kingdom chapter in the Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide for Aviation Finance & Leasing.

Transactions on which Siddharth has acted include advising: *

  • Silverpoint Capital as an equitizing creditor in the Nordic Aviation Capital Chapter 11 proceedings.
  • Avolon on its acquisition of CIT’s commercial aircraft leasing business.
  • Chorus on its sale of Falko Regional Aircraft Limited and related assets to Cerberus.
  • Dubai Aerospace Enterprise on its acquisition of an aircraft portfolio and Boeing order book from China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited.
  • Fortress on its sale of Falko Regional Aircraft Limited and related assets to Chorus.
  • Investec and Shawbrook Bank on the purchase of Lombard’s offshore leasing business.
  • Oaktree on its sale of Abelo Capital to Cerberus.
  • SMBC Aviation Capital on its $6.7bn acquisition of Goshawk Management Limited.
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Limited on its acquisition of Macquarie Rotorcraft Limited from Macquarie Asset Management.
  • Abelo Capital on it’s on its $230m secured aircraft financing facility led by MUFG, Deutsche Bank and Societé Générale.
  • BNP Paribas and CACIB on the $300m warehouse financing for Bleriot Aviation Funding DAC.
  • Centrebridge on its proposed financing for Virgin Atlantic Airways.
  • Citi and MUFG on $2bn revolving credit facility for International Airlines Group.
  • Deutsche Bank, CACIB and Societé Générale on an aircraft secured warehouse financing for Airborne.
  • JP Morgan on the LHR slot security aspects on a secured financing for Air Canada.
  • TrueNoord on the restructuring of its aircraft secured financings with Citi and Nord LB.
  • Abelo Aviation Capital on its various aircraft purchase agreements with ATR.
  • Avolon on delivery delays and other issues under its aircraft purchase agreement with Airbus.
  • SMBC Capital on delivery delays and other issues under its aircraft purchase agreement with Airbus.
  • TUI Group on its settlement with Boeing with respect to the 737 MAX grounding.
  • AerCap on an engine leasing structure with Pratt & Whitney for a portfolio of 90 aircraft engines.
  • Avolon on its sale of aircraft assets to various counterparties and leasing of aircraft to various airlines.
  • Banc of America, Investec and BBAM on various JOLCO aircraft transactions.
  • SMBC Aviation on its sale of aircraft assets to various counterparties and leasing of aircraft to various airlines.
  • TrueNoord on acquisition of aircraft portfolios and related financing arrangements.
  • TUI on various sale and leaseback transactions for Boeing aircraft with Doric, ITOCHU, Chishima, NBB and SBI and on the novations for various aircraft leases.
  • WealthCap on the sale of various Airbus aircraft on lease to Singapore Airlines.
  • Wilmington Trust as agent and security trustee under various secured aircraft financings..

 

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

Ahin Lee is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the Firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of its Antitrust and Competition and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups.

Ahin received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New York University School of Law where she was the recipient of the Review of Law and Social Change Stewardship Award. While in law school, Ahin served as the Managing Editor of the Review of Law and Social Change and was a Human Rights Scholar at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. She also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Ahin graduated summa cum laude from Seoul National University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations in 2019.

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

Jessica Egbebike is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn.

Jessica earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2023, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and the Executive Financial Officer of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual. While at Columbia, she worked as a student attorney for Columbia’s Lawyering in the Digital Age Clinic, a legal extern at Cadre, and a legal intern for the Tenant Defense Unit at The Legal Aid Society. Jessica served as a student senator for the Columbia Law School Student Senate, the Treasurer and 3L Representative for the Black Law Students Association, and the Secretary for OutLaws. She also received certification in Sustainable Capitalism and Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2020.

Jessica received her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Political Science from the University of Florida in 2018.

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