LexisNexis M&A Practice Guide

Jeffrey A. Chapman is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn's Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. He maintains an active M&A practice representing private equity firms and public and private companies in diverse cross-border and domestic transactions in a broad range of industries.

Chambers Global ranks Mr. Chapman as one of the top 50 M&A lawyers in the United States. Law360 named Mr. Chapman one of the nation's top five Private Equity lawyers in 2015. D CEO Magazine and the Association of Corporate Growth named Mr. Chapman the 2016 Dallas Dealmaker of the Year. BTI Consulting named Mr. Chapman to its 2016 BTI Client Service All-Stars list, one of only 37 M&A lawyers in the United States "singled out by general counsels as the best of the best, separating themselves from the pack with the ability to guide any deal and assemble the perfect teams" and "considered the cream of the crop when it came to their client service." Recognized for many years by Chambers USA in its most elite "Band 1" category as one of a handful of the leading corporate lawyers in Texas, Chambers singled out Mr. Chapman in 2013 and elevated him to "Star Individual."

Candice Choh is a partner in the Century City office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where she currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Transactions Practice Group. Ms. Choh has a broad-based corporate practice encompassing mergers and acquisitions, private equity and capital markets transactions. She has represented both public and private companies as well as private equity funds in domestic and international business combination transactions across a wide variety of industries. Ms. Choh has also represented private equity funds in fund formation transactions and both issuers and underwriters in several debt and equity offerings.

Stephen I. Glover is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Mr. Glover has an extensive practice representing public and private companies in complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity and debt offerings and corporate governance matters. His clients include large public corporations, emerging growth companies and middle market companies in a wide range of industries. He also advises private equity firms, individual investors and others.

Mr. Glover was named the 2018 Washington, D.C. M&A Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America® and has been ranked in the top tier of corporate transactions attorneys in Washington, D.C. for the past fourteen years (2005—2018) by Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers. Mr. Glover has also been selected by Chambers Global 2016 and 2017 as a top lawyer for USA Corporate/M&A In 2017 and 2018, Chambers also singled out Mr. Glover as a "Star" corporate lawyer in the District of Columbia. In 2018, he was recognized by BTI Consulting as a BTI Client Service All-Star MVP for making the Client Service All-Star list in four consecutive years. He has been named as a top Washington M&A lawyer by The Washington Business Journal on several occasions. Mr. Glover has also been identified among "Ten of the D.C. Area's Top Deal-Making Attorneys" by Legal Times.

Jonathan Whalen is a partner in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Energy and Infrastructure Practice Groups.

Mr. Whalen’s practice focuses on a wide range of corporate and securities transactions. He has extensive experience representing boards of directors, special committees and private equity sponsors in complex acquisitions and dispositions, and routinely advises companies in connection with public and private securities offerings. Mr. Whalen has also written and spoken extensively on the use of representation and warranty insurance in M&A transactions. In 2018, D CEO magazine and the Association of Corporate Growth named Mr. Whalen a finalist for the 2018 Dallas Dealmaker of the Year.

Mr. Whalen received his law degree summa cum laude in 2009 from the SMU Dedman School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as an Articles Editor on the SMU Law Review. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude and his Masters of Business Administration degree from Louisiana Tech University.