Marwan Azzi

Gibson Dunn advised I Squared Capital on its strategic partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in Inkia Energy, a Peruvian private power generation company.~~The firm’s corporate team was led by partners Marwan Azzi and Jamal Lama and included of counsel John Kim and associates Vikram Vivek and Maramawit Abera. Partner Kathryn Kelly and associate David Horton advised on tax aspects. Partner Attila Borsos advised on antitrust aspects.~~Download PDF~~

Feb 12

1 min

Expert Guides~~Expert Guides has named 38 Gibson Dunn partners to the 2021 edition of its Banking, Finance and Transactional Guide, which recognizes the top legal practitioners in the industry.  Selection to this guide is determined by a survey of fellow legal practitioners in more than 80 jurisdictions.  The Gibson Dunn partners included in the guide are Frankfurt partner Dirk Oberbracht, Hong Kong partners Albert Cho, John Fadely, Scott Jalowayski, Michael Nicklin, and Patricia Tan Openshaw, Houston partner Hillary Holmes, London partners Christopher Haynes and Steve Thierbach, Los Angeles partners Dennis Arnold, Jennifer Bellah Maguire, Jonathan Layne, and Robert Klyman, New York partners Marwan Azzi, Barbara Becker, Joshua Brody, Andrew Fabens, David Feldman, Dennis Friedman, Sean Griffiths, Shukie Grossman, Keith Martorana, Tomer Pinkusiewicz, Michael Rosenthal, Roger Singer, and Edward Sopher, Orange County partner James Moloney, Palo Alto partner Russell Hansen, San Francisco partners Stewart McDowell and Douglas Smith, Singapore partners Brad Roach and Jamie Thomas, and Washington, D.C. partners Mark Director, Stephen Glover, Elizabeth Ising, Thomas Kim, Brian Lane and Ronald Mueller. The guide was published on September 16, 2021.~~Download PDF~~

Oct 7

1 min

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Marwan Azzi has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Azzi, formerly a partner at White & Case LLP, will continue his private equity practice, with a focus on energy and infrastructure and Latin America transactions. “We are delighted to bring Marwan onboard,” said Barbara L. Becker, Chair and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “Marwan is a talented and well-regarded private equity lawyer. His arrival will deepen our bench in private equity, and energy and infrastructure, areas where we see increasing future demand. He also brings significant experience in cross-border M&A in Latin America and in the Middle East, complementing and strengthening our platform in these areas.” “With his exceptional skill set, energy and industry knowledge, Marwan is a terrific addition to the firm,” said Tomer Pinkusiewicz, Co-Chair of the Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group. “Energy and infrastructure funds and private equity clients want to work with lawyers who have extensive, recurring industry experience, and Marwan’s stellar track record makes him an excellent fit for our private equity, energy and infrastructure clients looking to invest in the United States, Latin America and around the world.” “I’m very excited to join Gibson Dunn,” said Azzi. “I look forward to working within the firm’s premier private equity practice and collaborating with teams globally to help clients navigate their most complex, high-value transactions.” About Marwan Azzi Azzi’s practice focuses on representing private equity houses, infrastructure funds and strategic clients on private, domestic and cross-border acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, and co-investments. He has a extensive experience in the infrastructure sector in the U.S. and Latin America and in cross-border M&A across Latin America. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Azzi was a partner at White & Case LLP in New York since 2018. He serves on the board of ABANA, the Arab Bankers Association of North America, as Secretary. He is admitted to practice in New York and Beirut. Azzi received his LLM from Boston University in 2007 and earned his LLB from St. Joseph University (Lebanon) in 2002. Download PDF

Aug 2

2 min

Gibson Dunn advised Reload, a platform that sites, designs, and permits gigawatt-scale data center campuses paired with rapidly deployable on-site power infrastructure, on its sale to Scale, a leading vertically integrated provider of advanced energy solutions backed by EQT.~~Our corporate team was led by partners Marwan Azzi and Jamal Lama and included partner Emad Khalil and associate Chris Ayers. Partner Kathryn Kelly and associate David Horton advised on tax aspects. Partner Kate Napalkova and associate Akiva Reich advised on benefits.~~Download PDF~~

Feb 23

1 min

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised I Squared Capital, a leading independent global infrastructure investment manager, on the spin-off of the Canadian business of its European truck and trailer leasing company, TIP Group, to its US-based trailer lessor Transportation Equipment Network, formerly known as Star Leasing. The Gibson Dunn corporate team was led by partner Marwan Azzi and included of counsel Robert Banerjea and associate Nicole Tedesco. Partners Kathryn Kelly and Sandy Bhogal advised on tax aspects. Download PDF

Apr 18

1 min