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Gibson Dunn and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advise on rocket manufacturer and AI company SpaceX’s debut on the Nasdaq, raising USD75 billion in the largest IPO in history. Gibson Dunn counselled SpaceX on the IPO, with the law firm’s capital markets team led by Hillary Holmes, Harrison Tucker and Atma Kabad. Julia Lapitskaya and Gerry Spedale advised on regulatory matters, while Thomas Kim, Brian Lane, Osman Nawaz, Mellissa Campbell Duru and Alan Bannister provided securities regulatory advice. Spedale and Collin Cox advised on Texas corporate and litigation law. Gina Hancock and Krista Hanvey provided employment law advice. George Sampas, Rob Little and Chris Trester advised on M&A matters. Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter, Vivek Mohan and Frances Waldmann advised on AI related issues. Madalyn Miller, Matt Axelrod and Lindsay Paulin provided space regulatory advice. Michael Murphy advised on environmental matters, while Bradley Smith provided antitrust advice. Brian Lutz and Stephanie Brooker advised on litigation matters, and Michael Cannon and Eric Sloan provided tax advice. For the international offering, Gibson Dunn’s London Steve Thierbach, Michelle Kirschner, Chris Haynes and Benjamin Fryer advised on the UK retail tranche. Madrid Armando Albarran and Munich Ferdinand Fromholzer advised on the EU retail offering. Davis Polk acted as counsel to the underwriters. The firm assembled a cross‑office team from New York, Northern California, Tokyo, London and Washington. The team included Byron Rooney, Stephen Byeff and Alan Denenberg. Sanders Witkow advised on bank financing matters. The Tokyo team included Christopher Kodama, while the London team included Will Pearce. Pritesh Shah advised on intellectual property and commercial transactions, Matthew Bacal advised on data privacy, cybersecurity and AI matters, and Adam Kaminsky advised on executive compensation. Check out Asia Business Law Journal for more legal intelligence. 📲 Join our membership: https://lnkd.in/ed_d3FHt #ablj #asia #artificialintelligence #legaltech #techlaw #ipo #capitalmarkets #legalnews #legaladvice #legalcounsel #inhousecounsel #businesslaw #legalprofession #lawfirms #lawyers #legal #law #lawdotasia