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Gibson Dunn’s 2017 Successes

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP had a banner year in 2017 in Texas, as we expanded our practices and deepened our commitment to the state and the region.

Joining our Dallas office, open since 1984, was our new Houston office, handling the full range of complex energy matters and corporate transactions. Gibson Dunn, consistently ranked among the best firms globally in energy, now offers this expertise at the epicenter of the energy industry through our Houston-based team. Our combined Houston and Dallas presences create one of the most sophisticated practices in Texas.

Transactional highlights included advising Houston-based Atwood Oceanics in its $1.8 billion acquisition by London-based Ensco, Concho Resources in its acquisition from Occidental Petroleum of oil and gas assets in the Midland Basin for $600 million, American Midstream Partners in its acquisition of Southcross Energy Partners and its parent and in its $425 million high-yield bond offerings, the underwriters of bond, stock and Preferred Units offerings by Carrizo Oil and Gas, Waste Management, Targa Resources and NuStar Energy, and U.S. homebuilder D.R. Horton in the $745 million acquisition of 75% of real estate development company Forestar Group.

Significant litigation wins included securing unanimous Fifth Circuit reversal of the largest judgment in the history of the False Claims Act for Trinity Industries, serving as the company’s appellate counsel following a Texas federal jury verdict. We successfully defended AT&T in the Oklahoma Supreme Court against the issuance of refunds to AT&T consumers for a potential liability of $16 billion. We also defeated at trial a $7 billion construction arbitration claim. We currently serve as lead counsel in the DOJ’s challenge to AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner and as post-trial counsel to Facebook and Oculus VR, seeking to reverse a $500 million jury verdict.

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