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Gerry Spedale is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He has a broad corporate practice, advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets transactions and corporate governance. He has extensive experience advising public companies, private companies, investment banks and private equity groups. His over 30 years of experience covers a broad range of industries, with a focus on the energy industry, including upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services and utilities. Mr. Spedale has been widely recognized, including by Chambers Global and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Nationwide and in Texas. He has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® (2012-2025), Texas Super Lawyers in the Securities & Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions categories (2019-2020, 2023-2024), and as a Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyer (2023-2024). Mr. Spedale earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 1993 from Tulane University Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He graduated cum laude in 1990 from Louisiana State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.