Rob Dixon

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that 200 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective October 1, 2024. Austin Name Practice Area Tanya Jane Embers Debt Finance Kelly King M&A and Private Equity James John Lomeo Intellectual Property Litigation Rachel Malhiet Tax John L. Polansky Intellectual Property Litigation Bay Area Name Practice Area Alistair Blacklock Litigation Michael Brar Investment Funds Psalm Cheung Antitrust & Competition Benjamin J. Jain M&A and Private Equity Todd Melchior Investment Funds Sean O'Connell Investment Funds Seth J. Pritchard Technology & IP Transactions Christopher Simpson Investment Funds Julia Waterhous ESG & Impact Michael White M&A and Private Equity Boston Name Practice Area Elizabeth M. Kelly Litigation Tony Mu Investment Funds William G. Phalen International Trade & National Security Kimberly Snyder M&A and Private Equity Chicago Name Practice Area Sarah K. Angelino Litigation Brian D. Arnfelt M&A and Private Equity Josephine Bae M&A and Private Equity Francesco A. Castaldi M&A and Private Equity Shirley Chan Litigation Alan Chen M&A and Private Equity Rob Dixon M&A and Private Equity Wes Gangi Investment Funds Frankie P. Gregg M&A and Private Equity Gabriela Zamfir Hensley Restructuring Adam M. Janes Intellectual Property Litigation Matthew Kita Debt Finance Jacob A. Klapholz Debt Finance Kelly McGinnis Kluka Healthcare Mike Kraft Litigation Neal Loughery Debt Finance Joshua Morgan Investment Funds Neha Nigam Litigation Caitlin Pyrce Employee Benefits Zoe Quick M&A and Private Equity Jasmina H. Resic Investment Funds Scottie Shermetaro Technology & IP Transactions Chris Stackhouse Litigation Claire Stephens Restructuring Katie J. Welch Litigation Carolyn J. Weltman Litigation Dallas Name Practice Area Jessica Berkowitz M&A and Private Equity John Christian Litigation Alexandra Dayneka-Hayes M&A and Private Equity Matthew Taylor Demopoulos Debt Finance James B. Kelly Debt Finance Ethan Joel Levinton Litigation Thomas Matteson M&A and Private Equity Jordan Rex M&A and Private Equity Skyler Sikes M&A and Private Equity Adam Wojcik M&A and Private Equity Hong Kong Name Practice Area Yawen Li M&A and Private Equity Mavis Sun Restructuring Mack Wan Investment Funds Jiayi Wang M&A and Private Equity Jonathan Yan M&A and Private Equity Leo Zhou M&A and Private Equity Houston Name Practice Area Ahmed N. Alrikhaimi Project Development & Construction Jack Chadderdon M&A and Private Equity Susan Czaikowski Investment Funds Jarrod Hunter Gamble M&A and Private Equity Peter Hyams M&A and Private Equity Grant Jones Litigation Daniel J. Kirksey Debt Finance Rebekah Kostelak Executive Compensation Charles H. Martin Debt Finance Nicole Dressler Martin Tax Brandon A. Newman Executive Compensation Orla O'Callaghan Litigation Danielle O'Neal Litigation Brittany Scheier M&A and Private Equity Gabrielle Sumich M&A and Private Equity Brittany Taylor Debt Finance Jacob Volz M&A and Private Equity Nathan Wolcott Investment Funds Michael Denney Wright Capital Markets London Name Practice Area Michael Akpomiemie Tax AJ Brown Capital Markets Fraser Burlingham Investment Funds Serguei Chevtchenko Capital Markets Gabrielle Chiu Investment Funds Alexander Clarke Investment Funds Fiona Coffee M&A and Private Equity Oliver Cutbill Investment Funds Jack Davies Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Raluca Dumitru Financial Services Regulatory Jef Dupont M&A and Private Equity Jamie Gordon M&A and Private Equity Kristin Hanshaw Investment Funds Alexandra Holden Debt Finance Julian Holland M&A and Private Equity Samantha Jones Antitrust & Competition Rhett McPhie Investment Funds Kunal Nathwani Tax Joseph O'Brien M&A and Private Equity Rohan Sahai Capital Markets Luke Scott Investment Funds Will Seal Restructuring Daniel Stathis Restructuring Yanru Tao Investment Funds Ben Zeris Technology & IP Transactions Los Angeles Name Practice Area Maisie Allison Litigation Elena Babakhanyan Debt Finance Spencer Brass M&A and Private Equity Timothy M. Cory Investment Funds Aura Gilham Investment Funds Nathaniel Edward Haas Litigation Sarkis Haroutunian Real Estate Phillip M. Kim Real Estate Leland Langston Investment Funds Peter Liskanich M&A and Private Equity Ugo Nwasike Investment Funds Joe Porter M&A and Private Equity Christian Rivas Debt Finance Michael J. Shea Investment Funds Philippe Simard M&A and Private Equity Van Whiting Capital Markets Andrew Won Debt Finance Arman Zadeh Investment Funds Miami Name Practice Area Gardner Bell M&A and Private Equity Paige S. Comparato Litigation Ashley Garcia Investment Funds Ngozi J. Nezianya M&A and Private Equity Alex Roggio Investment Funds Munich Name Practice Area Johannes Lappe Restructuring Maximilian Liegl M&A and Private Equity Ann-Kathrin Ziegler Restructuring New York Name Practice Area Marie-Joe Abi-Nassif M&A and Private Equity Nicholas Adzima Restructuring Vinicius A. Beraldo Debt Finance Maria L. Bourdeau Trusts & Estates Travis Bruno Executive Compensation Lisa S. Cha Executive Compensation Bradley Cho Debt Finance Julia Y. Choi Debt Finance Erica D. Clark Restructuring Paige N. Costakos Executive Compensation Ross J. Fiedler Restructuring John Folkerth Investment Funds Gina Park Garcia Real Estate Adamantia Giannakis Real Estate Amanda B. Gottlieb M&A and Private Equity Ethan Green Investment Funds Ashley Grolig Litigation Raghav Gupta Debt Finance Zahraa Hadi M&A and Private Equity Yoonie Han Debt Finance Matthew B. Hershkowitz Intellectual Property Litigation Adam Holzschuh M&A and Private Equity Alee Jamel Tax Anusheh Khoshsima Employment & Labor Esther Kim Investment Funds David B. Kobray Debt Finance Amanda Lamothe-Cadet Litigation Alexander Lazar Investment Funds Sandra Lewitz M&A and Private Equity Dan Li M&A and Private Equity Eric Li M&A and Private Equity Zachary R. Manning Restructuring Sumer Marquette M&A and Private Equity Ashley Martin Debt Finance Callie McBreen Investment Funds Annemarie Mierzejewski Executive Compensation Adam Mohamed Debt Finance Giorgia A. Nagalli M&A and Private Equity Ashlee Newman Investment Funds Patrick O'Connor M&A and Private Equity Abbey Quigley Intellectual Property Litigation Alix Simnock M&A and Private Equity Divya Suwasini Investment Funds Oliver Yee M&A and Private Equity Paris Name Practice Area Louise Chappey Tax Riyadh Name Practice Area Husni Almousli Restructuring Salt Lake City Name Practice Area Robert M. Ahlander Investment Funds Michael Farrell Tax Mike Lehr Litigation Garrett W. Messerly Litigation Jonathan R. Palmer Investment Funds David R. Williams Litigation Washington, D.C. Name Practice Area Chris Brassfield Antitrust & Competition Ashley Cade Intellectual Property Litigation Soowan Julia Choi Litigation Nicole M. Cleminshaw Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Kayla M. Davis Employment & Labor Leah Hamlin Litigation Bradley Jensen Debt Finance William P. Lane Investment Funds Luke P. McGuire Litigation Matthew J. McIntee Intellectual Property Litigation Yaffa A. Meeran Litigation Camille Mott Investment Funds Meredith Pohl Litigation Chad Richards Energy Regulatory James C. Robinson Litigation Lauren Taylor Antitrust & Competition Lany L. Villalobos Executive Compensation Note: For certain partners, admission will take effect when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.

Oct 1

5 min

Gibson Dunn represented PT Asianet Media Teknologi (Asianet), a Lightstorm Group entity, in the joint acquisition by Asianet and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison of PT MNC Kabel Mediacom, a leading fiber-based network services provider in Indonesia. Following this transformational acquisition for Asianet, it will have a network of more than 15,000 kilometers of fiber and more than 1.5 million home passes across ten key cities in Indonesia, making it one of the largest carrier-neutral FTTH operators in the country. The Gibson Dunn corporate team was led by partner Saptak Santra and included of counsel Marcus Tan and associates Kai Wen Chua and Amanda Ng in Singapore; partner Patricia Tan Openshaw in Hong Kong; and partner Rob Dixon and of counsel Natalie Lamb in London. Partners Jamie Thomas and Patricia Tan Openshaw led the financing team, which included associate John Cheah and attorney Chee Jun Ann. Download PDF

Dec 7

1 min

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kavita Davis has joined its Global Finance Practice Group as a partner in the London office. Kavita focuses on cross-border debt finance matters, and has significant experience in advising on leveraged buyouts representing sponsors, including sponsors focusing on infrastructure transactions. She received her B.A., LL.B. (Hons) from the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences in India, and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. Federico Fruhbeck, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group and Head of Private Equity in Europe, said: “Our lawyers know Kavita well, having worked closely with her on complex cross-border deals. Her practice has a great number of synergies with groups around the firm, as is evident, for example, with her significant experience representing sponsor clients in private equity acquisitions in the infrastructure, industrial and real assets space.” Doug Horowitz, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Global Finance Practice Group added: “Beyond being especially well known in the global infrastructure finance world, Kavita’s broad finance skill set allows her to be immediately impactful to our clients around the globe with English law finance needs.” Penny Madden, Co-partner in charge of Gibson Dunn’s London office, said: “We are excited to welcome Kavita to the firm and to the London office. Over the last few years we have attracted fantastic talent to join our growing transactional practices in London, and her arrival strengthens our finance bench, allowing us to expand our offering to clients around the globe.” Kavita noted: “It is a fantastic time to be joining Gibson Dunn’s growing finance practice and the firm’s focus on infrastructure transactions was a particular draw.” Kavita’s hire follows a period of growth for Gibson Dunn’s Finance Practice Group over the past year, including with the arrivals of partners Doug Horowitz and Jin Hee Kim in New York; Frederick Lee in Dallas; Chad Nichols in Houston/New York; Ben Shorten and Trinh Chubbock in London; and Darko Adamovic in Paris. Her arrival also complements the strategic build out of the Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group, with high profile hires including Federico Fruhbeck, Alice Brogi, Rob Dixon, Wim De Vlieger, Till Lefranc and Isabel Berger in London; and Marwan Elaraby, Renad Younes, Laleh Shahabi, Jade Chu and Samuel Ogunlaja in the UAE. Download PDF

Sep 18

2 min

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Periscope Equity, a Chicago-based private equity firm specializing in founder-led, technology-enabled services firms, on its acquisition of a majority recapitalization in The RepTrak Company, the global leader in reputation intelligence. This acquisition by Periscope Equity is a significant milestone, poised to strengthen RepTrak's competitive market position and accelerate its growth trajectory. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Robert Wilson, Rob Dixon and Jaisel Patel; tax lawyers Mike Conroy and Weiwei Chen; and technology & IP transactions lawyers Dan Lewis, Maggie King and Dan Sotos.

Dec 6

1 min