Saee Muzumdar > Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

The ‘highly skilled professionals’ at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher have a diverse client roster that features financial institutions, global private equity funds, UK plcs and US conglomerates. With a comprehensive sector focus across the infrastructure, financial services, technology, healthcare, life sciences, energy and real estate industries, the highly experienced firm-wide corporate bench is led by Robert Little and Saee Muzumdar , who are based in Dallas and New York respectively. In London, Wim De Vlieger offers significant experience in strategic cross-border M&A and capital market transactions, while Federico Fruhbeck focuses on M&A across Europe and Latin America, particularly in the ESG, infrastructure and real assets space. Mark Sperotto has a broad practice covering all aspects of corporate, private equity and investments work, with expertise in the UK and Italian markets and across the retail, leisure, gaming and e-commerce sectors. Dual qualified as a barrister and solicitor, Selina Sagayam is well-versed in corporate matters involving the City Code, joint ventures, and corporate governance. Private equity M&A lawyers Alice Brogi and Amar Madhani are also noted.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s M&A fields a deep bench of experienced transactional experts who ‘are strong from their junior associates through to its senior partners’ and are capable of advising on all aspects of domestic and cross-border deals, including on corporate, tax, IP, and executive compensation matters. The team, which maintains offices across the US, has extensive expertise in the energy field, as evidenced by its role in advising Pioneer Natural Resources on its $64.5bn merger with ExxonMobil. Robert Little co-heads the group from Dallas, specializing in complex joint ventures, while Houston-based partner Tull Florey is an expert in the oil and gas sectors. Operating out of New York, practice co-head Saee Muzumdar has extensive experience handling transactions the media and tech industries, Barbara Becker frequently handles all-cash acquisitions, and Andrew Kaplan advises on negotiated and contested takeovers.

One of the heavyweight New York-based transactional practices in the energy market, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP handles major M&A, as well as development and financing, and its lawyers are well versed in utility-scale solar and wind power projects. A mix of utilities providers, renewable project owners and major investors look to a power and renewables team jointly led by Peter Hanlon and Nicholas Politan, both of whom are experienced in the range of renewable projects. John Gaffney is counsel of choice to a number of renewable energy companies, while Gerry Spedale, at the Houston office, acts for private equity investors in this space. Saee Muzumdar and Darius Mehraban are further names to note. Unless otherwise noted, all named lawyers are based in New York.