Bio

Charles Walker is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn. He regularly counsels publicly traded technology companies and private equity sponsors in complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, recapitalizations, restructurings, executive compensation and equity incentive arrangements, and related general corporate matters. He has handled matters for clients ranging from acquisitions in excess of a billion dollars to small early round equity investments. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Chuck was a partner at Orrick and was also previously a member of DLA Piper’s Northern California corporate practice. Chuck began his legal career as an associate in the private equity group in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2008 and earned his B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Highest Honors – Bronze Tablet, in 2004.