Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Tapped to Lead SpaceX IPO: Texas Brief

The Firms Steering SpaceX’s IPO

Gibson Dunn is advising SpaceX on its potentially largest-ever IPO, and Davis Polk is guiding the underwriting banks, Eric Killelea reports.

Gibson Dunn’s team is being led by Houston-based capital markets partners Hillary Holmes, Harrison Tucker, and Atma Kabad, alongside New York-based M&A practice co-chair George Sampas. Davis Polk capital markets and M&A lawyers include partners Byron B. Rooney, Stephen A. Byeff, counsel Joze Vranicar of New York, and California-based partner Alan F. Denenberg.

Gibson Dunn previously guided SpaceX’s $17 billion acquisition of EchoStar’s wireless spectrum licenses in September 2025. Sampas, Holmes, and Tucker ...