Gibson Dunn announced today that William “Bill” Savitt, Sarah Eddy, Randall Jackson, Ryan McLeod, Anitha Reddy and Bradley “Brad” Wilson — an accomplished trial, corporate governance and M&A litigation team — are joining Gibson Dunn’s New York office.
“This is a rare and powerful combination. It brings together the nation’s foremost corporate governance, M&A, and high-stakes trial litigation team with the deepest trial, appellate and regulatory platform in the legal profession. There is no other pairing in the market that offers clients more talent, deeper experience, or a better track record,” Barbara Becker, chair and managing partner of Gibson Dunn, said. “This team could have gone anywhere in the world. Gibson Dunn was the only firm they considered.”
The team represents boards and companies in their most consequential matters and has built a distinguished track record in landmark cases in Delaware, against the SEC, in high-profile trials in federal and state courts, and in other high-stakes disputes. The team’s credentials include Supreme Court of the United States and appellate clerkships, senior roles in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and top Chambers rankings across their practices. Having practiced together for many years, they join Gibson Dunn as an established, cohesive team that integrates seamlessly into the firm’s platform.
“We’ve been huge fans of Bill and his team for years, and bringing our forces together is a dream scenario. This partnership creates a litigation powerhouse without equal,” Orin Snyder, co-chair of the firm’s trials practice group, said.
About the Team
William (Bill) Savitt
Savitt clerked for Judge Pierre Leval on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court of the United States. He has been at the center of many of the most consequential corporate law cases and decisions of the last two decades, from the seminal IBP matter through the defense of SB 21 on behalf of the Governor and State of Delaware. He has argued dozens of appeals in the Delaware Supreme Court and the federal circuits and has acted as lead trial counsel in high-stakes disputes in courts around the country. Savitt also regularly advises CEOs and boards on Delaware law and strategic transactions and in crisis situations.
Sarah Eddy
Eddy spent a decade at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where she tried cases, led complex investigations, and argued appeals, capping her tenure as Chief of Appeals. She clerked for Judge Jed Rakoff (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York), Judge John Walker (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit), and Justice John Paul Stevens (Supreme Court of the United States). In private practice, she has taken a leading role in corporate and securities work, including trials in California, Delaware and Texas, and regularly guides companies and boards through internal investigations and regulatory matters.
Randall Jackson
Among the most experienced trial lawyers in the country, Jackson clerked for Judge Nina Gershon (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York) and Judge Ann Claire Williams (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit), served nine years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, and has been lead or co-lead in more than twenty federal trials. In private practice, he has secured widely publicized acquittals and civil-defense victories in federal court, led complex state-court litigation, including merger litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and counseled companies and boards through regulatory matters.
Ryan McLeod
Among the most experienced fiduciary-duty litigators and advisors in the country, McLeod handles some of the most significant and delicate merger-related disputes, including the recent high-profile deal controversy involving Paramount, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery. He clerked for Chancellor William B. Chandler III of the Delaware Court of Chancery and has extensive experience litigating in both that court and the Delaware Supreme Court, including some of the most hotly contested deal enforcement and corporate governance suits of the past two decades.
Anitha Reddy
Reddy is one of the nation’s leading corporate litigators, called on by clients for their most difficult securities, fiduciary and governance matters. After clerkships with Judge John Gleeson (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York), Judge Pierre Leval and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she has built a practice of unusual breadth, combining precedent-setting wins in the Delaware Court of Chancery and Supreme Court of the United States with confidential committee and board counseling.
Brad Wilson
Wilson has an extraordinary range as a complex commercial litigator who covers merger disputes, securities class actions and derivative suits, and proxy contests and other fights for corporate control. He clerked for Judge Maryanne Trump Barry (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit) and has spent his career devising solutions to the stickiest commercial problems and representing clients in state and federal courts across the country.
