Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs
Accolades | October 10, 2025
The AmLaw Litigation Daily
Shout out to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partners Matthew Rozen and Miguel Estrada and associate Jeff Liu, who secured a ruling at the D.C. Circuit for client Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. in its long-running lawsuit against Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. The appellate court upheld a decision allowing Helmerich’s claims that PDVSA expropriated its Venezuelan subsidiary to survive, denying PDVSA’s motion to dismiss based on sovereign immunity, lack of personal jurisdiction and the act-of-state doctrine.
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