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Veteran project finance lawyer raymond Azar joins Gibson Dunn as Co-Chair of Power and Renewables Practice Group. Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Gibson Dunn announced today that Dr. Raymond Azar has joined the firm's New York office, where he will serve as a partner in the Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group and as Co-Chair of the Power and Renewables Practice Group. A leading project finance lawyer, Ray advises developers, borrowers, and lenders on transactions spanning every phase of a power project. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ray was a partner at White & Case. "Ray is an exceptional power lawyer with a rare combination of sponsor- and lender-side experience across a project's full life cycle," said Tomer Pinkusiewicz, Co-Chair of the Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group. "The power market is growing rapidly in both scale and complexity, increasing demand for advisers who can work across all aspects of a transaction. Ray's experience is highly complementary to our strengths across project development, financing, and M&A, giving clients even greater depth on their most complex power and infrastructure transactions." "I've known and worked alongside members of this team for years, so I know firsthand the strength of the platform, the culture, and the caliber of its clients. With the growth across the power industry, the timing was especially compelling," said Ray. "Power is no longer simply a procurement line item - it is central to where, when, and how major projects get built. Data centers are the clearest example: five years ago, the data center and the power plant were separate transactions; increasingly, they are one deal. Clients need advisers who can approach the project and its power solutions as an integrated whole. This is where this team's distinctive strengths really come through." Ray's arrival continues the expansion of the firm's energy and infrastructure platform, which has recently added Gianluca Bacchiocchi and Jamal Lama in New York, Noah Hansford and Terrie Khoshbin in Dallas, James Johnson and Victoria Delacey in London, Clay Brett and Omar Samji in Houston, and Waleed Rasrommani in Riyadh. Together, these additions deepen the firm's capabilities for clients across the increasingly interconnected energy and digital infrastructure sectors. Gibson Dunn's Power and Renewables Practice Group, which Ray will co-lead, advises clients globally on the development, financing, acquisition, and sale of renewable energy, energy transition, and conventional power assets. About Dr. Raymond Azar Ray's practice focuses on sponsor- and lender-side power and infrastructure transactions. His dealmaking experience spans renewable energy, energy transition, conventional power, oil and gas, petrochemicals, and infrastructure across debt, equity, structured finance, and capital markets transactions. His work with both developers and lenders - from early-stage development and engineering through financing and execution - gives him distinctive versatility and a broad perspective on how complex power and infrastructure projects are developed, structured, financed, and executed. Analysis | Jobs | News

Gibson Dunn adds Fund Finance lawyer Andrew Hogan in New York. Tuesday, September 22, 2026 Gibson Dunn announced today that Andrew (Andy) Hogan has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in its Finance and Investment Funds Practice Groups. Andy represents investment funds, fund sponsors, and lenders in a broad range of complex and bespoke fund-level and fund-adjacent financing transactions, including subscription, net asset value (NAV) and hybrid facilities, structured fund finance transactions, and financings utilizing structured finance and securitization techniques. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Andy was a partner at Mayer Brown. Andy's arrival builds on Gibson Dunn's growing fund finance and structured capital platform, following the addition of Duncan McKay as Head of Fund Finance in 2025. "Andy is an outstanding addition to our busy and rapidly scaling fund finance and structured capital platform," said Duncan. "He has deep experience advising sponsors on their most complex and bespoke fund financings, together with sophisticated structured finance and securitization capabilities. As the market increasingly demands solutions that cut across traditional fund finance and structured finance products, Andy adds significant depth to our ability to structure and execute innovative financings for sponsors throughout the life cycle of their funds and investment platforms." "I was drawn to Gibson Dunn by its world-class, full-service platform and deep client relationships," said Andy. "Fund finance is evolving rapidly, with traditional product categories increasingly converging with structured finance and securitization. Gibson Dunn's elite and global platform creates a tremendous opportunity to bring those capabilities together and develop sophisticated, innovative financing solutions tailored to our clients' needs." Gibson Dunn's fund finance and structured capital team advises the world's preeminent asset managers, investment fund sponsors, direct lenders, and investors on complex and bespoke fund-level and fund-adjacent financing and structured capital transactions across investment strategies and global markets. Working closely with the firm's premier Investment Funds, Capital Markets, Structured Finance, Derivatives, Private Credit, Insurance and Reinsurance, Financial Regulatory, and Tax practices, the team provides clients with integrated, cross-disciplinary advice and seamless execution on their most sophisticated transactions. About Andrew Hogan Andy represents borrowers and lenders in a broad range of fund finance and structured finance transactions, including subscription facilities, hybrid and NAV facilities, unencumbered asset facilities, special purpose vehicle financings, rated note transactions, and collateralized fund obligations. He brings deep experience advising on complex and bespoke financings that utilize structured finance and securitization techniques. He advises clients throughout the life cycle of these transactions, from structuring and term sheet negotiations through documentation, closing, amendments, refinancings, and other ongoing financing matters. Analysis | Jobs | News

ABA Death Penalty Representation Project marks 40 years, recognizes firms, lawyers for pro bono service. The ABA Death Penalty Representation Project marked its 40th anniversary at its 2026 Volunteer Recognition & Awards Event on Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C. Since its founding in 1986, the project has worked to improve the quality and availability of legal representation for persons facing death sentences. "As we mark our 40th anniversary, we are proud to honor the law firms and lawyers who take on these extraordinarily complex, high-stakes pro bono cases," said Emily Olson-Gault, chief counsel and director and of the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project. "There is no federal constitutional right to counsel beyond the early stages of a capital appeal, but it is at this critical stage where new information so often comes to light, such as violations of a person's rights at trial. For 40 years, the project has helped the pro bono community step in to fill that gap, identify these cases and provide effective pro bono representation." The 2026 Volunteer Recognition & Awards Event honored law firms and individual attorneys whose pro bono work has shown exceptional commitment to excellence in capital defense. The Exceptional Service Award, presented to firms nominated by their peers for outstanding service to death row prisoners, was awarded to Arnold & Porter, Gibson Dunn and White & Case. The project also presented the John Paul Stevens Guiding Hand of Counsel Award, which recognizes the extraordinary efforts of individual attorneys and full-time capital defenders. First presented to Justice Stevens in 2011, this year's award was given to Don Knight and Brian M. White. The event was hosted at Crowell & Moring. "The right to counsel is not merely abstract as a constitutional promise," ABA President Barbara J. Howard said in recorded remarks. "It becomes real because lawyers are willing to show up, take difficult cases, challenge injustice and remain at their clients' side even when the outcome is uncertain." Seth Waxman, former solicitor general of the United States, provided keynote remarks and spoke about the project's history. Waxman is one of the project's founders. Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking," joined him in presenting the awards. "Since its creation, the project has connected more than 500 capital cases with pro bono counsel," said Keith J. Harrison, Crowell & Moring partner and chair of the Project Steering Committee. "These are tough cases at the intersection of criminal law and civil litigation, and they require tremendous commitment from lawyers and their firms. We commend the firms who have volunteered to take on these cases over many years, and we congratulate our winners of the Exceptional Service Award and John Paul Stevens Guiding Hand of Counsel Award for their remarkable service," To watch the awards event, click here. For additional photos from the event, contact ABA Communications.