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Adam Hakki
Adam Hakki
Partner, Co-Chair of the Executive Committee and Board and U.S. Chair.
Alejandro Gordano
Alejandro Gordano
Alejandro advises corporations, governments and investment banks on corporate finance transactions, including SEC-registered and exempt debt and equity offerings, credit facilities, restructurings, liability management and structured finance transactions, including diversified payment right securitizations. He also provides SEC-disclosure and corporate governance advice, and has knowledge of the banking, transportation, TMT, biotech, retail and energy sectors. Alejandro has been at the forefront of ESG capital market deals across Latin America, leading a number of ESG “firsts”, including the first emerging-market sustainability-linked bond, the first sustainability-linked bond by a sovereign worldwide, the first international sustainability-linked bond out of Peru, and the first exchange offer in Argentina replacing standard bonds with green bonds.
Azam Aziz
Azam Aziz
Global Head of Corporate and a partner in the Derivatives & Structured Products practice
Dan Gold
Dan Gold
Dan Gold is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. His practice focuses on securities class actions, fiduciary duty cases, class actions and other complex commercial litigation matters. He has successfully represented numerous corporations, boards of directors, individuals and financial institutions, including the dismissal of shareholder derivative cases against the directors of AT&T and the dismissal of securities class actions against Tenet Healthcare and ExxonMobil. Dan also obtained denial of class certification and dismissal of all claims in a matter brought by hedge fund investors seeking more than $1 billion in damages, summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging improper competition with the American Airlines Center, summary judgment on a $780 million claim arising from a major telecommunications transaction and denials of class certification in significant consumer class actions for the National Football League (NFL). He also played a leading role in successfully defending the NFL in a jury trial against fraud claims brought by Super Bowl XLV ticketholders. Dan has been recognized for securities litigation by Chambers USA, with clients noting that he is “a really smart lawyer,” an “excellent strategist” and a “great writer,” with “very good common sense” and “problem-solving” abilities. He has also been recognized by The Legal 500 for his work in M&A Litigation, Acritas as an “Acritas Star – Standout Lawyer,” by Thomson Reuters as a “Texas Super Lawyer” and by D Magazine as a “Best Lawyer in Dallas” for Securities Litigation and Enforcement. Dan frequently writes and speaks on issues related to class actions, securities litigation and fiduciary duties. Dan has presented, interviewed and published articles for various organizations and publications, including the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Dallas Business Journal, Bloomberg, Compliance Week, Corporate Counsel, Securities Regulation Law Journal, Business Insurance, DFW Financial Services Counsel Roundtable, Securities Reform Act Litigation Reporter, Law360, UT Conference on Securities Regulation and Business Law, Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association Securities Section and the Dallas Bar Association Business Litigation and Antitrust and Trade Regulation sections. For his service commitment, Dan received the I. Zesmer Young Leadership Award from the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas in 2019 and was honored as the Cardozo Society 2014 Young Attorney of the Year. He also serves as a member of the Anti-Defamation League Regional Board for North Texas and Oklahoma, a member of the board of Levine Academy and Co-Chair of the Professional Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.
Donna Parisi
Donna Parisi
Global Co-Head of International DCM, Derivatives & Securitization and Financial Institutions Sector Lead
Jennifer Morton
Jennifer Morton
Partner and leader of firm's broker-dealer regulatory practice
Thad Behrens
Thad Behrens
Thad Behrens is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. His practice focuses on the representation of companies, boards of directors, executives or underwriters in high-stakes commercial disputes, including securities actions, shareholder derivative cases, M&A litigation, tender offer litigation, proxy contest lawsuits and internal investigations. He also has extensive experience in defending class actions involving consumer protection, environmental issues, healthcare and telecommunications. He has obtained major victories for some of the most recognizable companies in the U.S. For example, Thad recently obtained dismissals for two matters on behalf of Tenet Healthcare, a securities case and the other a medical care case. He also won a putative environmental class action lawsuit for AT&T by first obtaining denial of class certification and then securing voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit. Thad led the successful defense of the National Football League (NFL) in a consumer class action brought by ticketholders to Super Bowl XLV—first obtaining a denial of class certification and then winning the subsequent federal jury trial against the remaining individual plaintiffs. He also obtained summary judgment for the NFL in two different lawsuits brought in Texas state courts by a fantasy football convention company. Thad has also led BP Products North America, Inc. to victory by defeating class certification and securing a voluntary dismissal in a $10 billion environmental litigation brought by property owners who claimed to have been harmed by alleged air emissions from one of the company’s oil refineries. Ranked by Chambers USA for securities litigation, sources tell the directory that Thad is “the smartest lawyer I’ve ever worked with and 100 steps ahead of most counsel” and “one of the smartest lawyers you will find in the securities area,” noting that he “is thought of really highly and is really good on his feet.” Clients also describe him as “trusted,” “very client-friendly, very smart and very strategic in his thinking” an “excellent writer, thoughtful and cost efficient” who “works well with other law firms” and “always has in mind the overarching goal and our broader interests, as opposed to just trying to win litigation.” Thad is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America of Woodward/White, Inc. for Litigation – Securities, by Thomson Reuters as a “Texas Super Lawyer” and by D Magazine as a “Best Lawyer in Dallas” for Class Actions and Securities Litigation and Enforcement. In addition, Thad was named “Litigator of the Week” by Texas Lawyer in recognition of his successful representation of client AT&T in a federal class action suit. Prior to entering private practice, Thad served as a law clerk for the Honorable Garland E. Burrell, Jr. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Thad is also a recognized leader in the community. He is a Master of the Bench in the esteemed Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court, a former president of the Dallas Federal Bar Association and an alumnus of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s famed Leadership Dallas program.
William Schwitter
Bill is Global Co-Head of Sector Strategy and has a diversified practice covering mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities law, and he is a recognized long-standing leader in the US debt capital markets. He has extensive experience advising clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, which frequently involve complex structuring and financing arrangements, as well as on corporate governance and other strategic advisory matters. Bill’s clients range from global public corporations to famous restaurateurs and their investment funds, and he regularly represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in their M&A and finance activities. His broad-based experience includes advising on leveraged buyouts, private placements, public equity offerings, bond issuances, special purpose acquisition companies, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and board of director and special committee fiduciary matters. His work covers a variety of industries, including technology, media and entertainment, hospitality, consumer retail, telecommunications and manufacturing.

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