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Michael Gillespie
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Michael Gillespie is a corporate partner who advises senior management and boards of companies and investors acting throughout the world, including the United States, Latin America, Asia, India, Russia and various other jurisdictions and regions.
Position
Over three decades, Mr. Gillespie has served as trusted advisor to some of the largest companies and groups globally. His work has covered a broad span, from M&A and other strategic transactions to critical governance, compliance and risk management issues. He has served on Debevoise’s Management Committee and is a senior member of the M&A, TMT and Latin America groups, among others. Mr. Gillespie is also Co-Head of Diversity & Inclusion at the firm.
Career
Mr. Gillespie joined Debevoise as an associate in 1986 and became a partner in 1995.
Education
He received a B.A. summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1982 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1986.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
(Leading lawyers)Operating from New York, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP combines a longstanding presence in the telecoms and broadcast space with the cross-departmental capabilities of the wider firm; able to leverage the firm’s offerings in M&A, intellectual property, finance, and tax in conjunction with industry expertise, the practice is well-equipped to service clients in the telecoms sector on their complex corporate transactions, both in the US and internationally. Jonathan Levitsky heads the practice, focusing primarily on public and private M&A and joint ventures in the telecoms and media space, working for a wide range of clients such as private equity, healthcare, and market-leading telecoms and broadcast operators. Michael Gillespie is noted for his strong corporate practice, acting for a range of companies and investors globally in telecoms M&A and other strategic transactions. Michael Diz, working from San Francisco, brings a broad-based transactional practice, advising major telecoms and broadcast clients as well as private equity investing in the space in respect of the structuring and negotiation of complex M&A and other corporate matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Telecoms and broadcast: transactions United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)