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Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Her practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, equity investments, restructuring transactions and general corporate governance. She works with companies in a broad array of industries, and has extensive experience working with media, entertainment and technology companies and private equity sponsors. In 2025, Ms. Hathaway-Zepeda was named a Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyer by Lawdragon, as well as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers. In 2024, the Los Angeles Times recognized Ms. Hathaway-Zepeda on its list of “Entertainment Business Visionaries,” which honors “uniquely talented visionaries” whose “expertise fuels the engines that drive the industry forward.” She was also named a leader in mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporate governance, in the 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, which highlights “the future leaders of the law.” Additionally, Ms. Hathaway-Zepeda was recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal in its 2024 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” feature, which spotlights the region’s noteworthy women legal professionals. Ms. Hathaway-Zepeda currently serves on the Board of Directors of the California Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, where she is also Chair of the Governance Committee. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Center at Caltech, where she is a member of the Executive Committee. Additionally, she is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Hiring Committee. She has also served on the Corporations Committee of the California Lawyers Association, and on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Law School Association of Los Angeles. Ms. Hathaway-Zepeda is admitted to practice in the State of California and the State of New York. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Hathaway-Zepeda served as managing law clerk to Chief Judge Sandra Lynch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She received her law degree from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and a finalist in the 100th Ames Moot Court Competition. Prior to law school, she earned a master’s degree with a focus on international economics from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom as a recipient of the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship. Ms. Hathaway-Zepeda received her undergraduate degree magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard University, where she was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard International Review.
