Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda

Gibson Dunn is advising The North Road Company, the preeminent independent U.S.-based studio founded by Peter Chernin, on its sale to Mediawan, the leading independent European studio led by Pierre-Antoine Capton and co-founded by Capton, Xavier Niel, and Matthieu Pigasse. The combination creates one of the world’s largest independent studios, with major creative hubs on five continents and capabilities spanning all genres, formats, and audiences.~~The Gibson Dunn corporate team is led by partners Ari Lanin, Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda, Sarah Graham, Patrick Ledoux, and Benoît Fleury and includes associates Irina Dykhne, Alisa Balderas, Joey Herman, Elise Widerlite, Hector Gonzalez Medina, Victor Milon, and Marie Gosset. Partners Dora Arash, Jérôme Delaurière, and Lorna Wilson are advising on tax aspects.~~Download PDF~~

Feb 9

1 min

Variety~~Partner Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda is profiled in Variety’s Women’s Impact Report 2025, which highlights women who have significantly impacted the entertainment industry over the past year. This includes “the women who worked the best deals for clients and their companies.”~~Download PDF~~

Oct 29

1 min

Los Angeles Times~~The Los Angeles Times recognized Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda in its inaugural Entertainment Business Visionaries list, which features, “uniquely talented visionaries” whose “expertise fuels the engines that drive the industry forward.”  The list was published on June 18, 2024.~~Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda’s practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, equity investments, restructuring transactions and general corporate governance. She works with companies in a broad array of industries, and has extensive experience working with media, entertainment and technology companies and private equity sponsors.~~Download PDF~~

Jun 28

1 min

Lawdragon~~Lawdragon named 16 partners to its inaugural 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers 2025 guide, which honors “lawyers at the forefront of one of the hottest practices around – advising those who shape what we view, read and admire.”~~The partners recognized are Brian Ascher, Richard Birns, Theodore Boutrous, Stefan dePozsgay, Sarah Graham, Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda, Jillian London, Kevin Masuda, Sean McFarlane, Benyamin Ross, Ilissa Samplin, Matthew Schwartz, Orin Snyder, Maurice Suh, Katie Townsend, and Steve Tsoneff.~~Download PDF~~

Mar 7

1 min

Lawdragon~~Lawdragon named 21 Gibson Dunn attorneys to its 500 X – The Next Generation 2024 guide, which highlights, “the future leaders of the law.” Daniel Alterbaum, Branden Berns, Ella Capone, Jaysen Chung, Martie Kutscher Clark, Megan Cooney, Amy Feagles, Robert Giannattasio, Matthew Gibbons, Justine Goeke, Sarah Graham, Sophia Hansell, Nick Harper, Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda, Andrew Kaplan, Emily Lamm, Julia Lapitskaya, Madalyn Miller, Eve Mrozek, Betty Yang and Charline Yim were recognized. The list was published on June 28, 2024.~~Download PDF~~

Jun 28

1 min