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John T. Gaffney
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Work Department
Power and Renewables, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation, and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance.
Position
John has extensive experience representing public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and capital markets transactions. He also advises boards of directors and special committees in corporate governance matters. John has considerable transactional experience advising domestic and international clients across numerous industries, including significant depth in the media, telecom, renewable energy and shipping industries.
Career
For more information, please visit https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/gaffney-john-t/.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP boasts a strong array of transactions, including overseeing the purchase and sale of equity stakes in marquee energy players, major company takeovers, and capital markets work involving utilities. The firm has a growing portfolio of tax equity investments work, and on the renewables front the team covers the full life cycle of a project, from the acquisition through to the financing and development piece. Furthermore, the firm has been on the seller side of large-scale utility and energy services holding company transactions, such as advising South Jersey Industries on its $8.1bn sale to Infrastructure Investments Fund. One of the most experienced names in the industry, Peter Hanlon leads on a number of the firm’s most consequential M&A, as well as being a key figure in the group’s capital markets offering. Co-head Nicholas Politan, who also possesses considerable industry experience, is chief advisor to Berkshire Hathaway Energy alongside a number of financial sponsors, developers and producers. Sought out by both public and private companies for his combined M&A expertise and technological acumen, John Gaffney ‘s transactional offering spans both domestic and cross-border instructions, as well as capital markets work. Emad Khalil and Darius Mehraban also come highly recommended. All individuals operate out of New York.
United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Energy transactions: electric power United States > Energy
- Renewable/alternative power United States > Energy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance