Ryan Gorsche and Katie Legband O’Brien, corporate M&A partners, have joined O’Melveny in Dallas from BakerHostetler, where they practiced in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital groups. They will focus their practices on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and private equity matters, according to a news release.
Before joining O’Melveny, Gorsche and O’Brien practiced together at BakerHostetler’s Dallas office, advising private and public companies as well as private equity sponsors on a range of transactional matters.
Gorsche’s experience included representing clients in buy-side and sell-side acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, divestitures, corporate restructurings and venture capital financings, and he previously served as in-house counsel for a multibillion-dollar hedge and private investment fund.
O’Brien advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and other corporate matters and previously served as a judicial intern for the Supreme Court of Texas.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Ryan and Katie to our fast-growing Dallas office and to our outstanding M&A team, said O’Melveny chair Bradley J. Butwin. “Their dynamic skillset and extensive experience leading complex deals will immediately benefit our clients.”
Gorsche graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004 with a degree in religion and from the University of Texas in 2007 with his JD. O’Brien graduated from Southern Methodist University with degrees in political science and psychology in 2013 and from the University of Texas with her JD in 2016.
Gorsche and O’Brien represent private and public companies, as well as private equity sponsors, in a broad range of corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, divestitures, restructurings and venture capital financings. Their practices span multiple industries, including energy, technology, transportation, media and healthcare, with experience handling both domestic and cross-border deals.