Avi Gesser

Avi Gesser serves as a Partner at Debevoise & Plimpton since January 2020, following a tenure at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP from September 2013 to January 2020, where Gesser was the primary author of the Davis Polk Cyber Blog. Prior to this, Gesser held significant roles within the U.S. Department of Justice, including Deputy Director of the Deepwater Horizon Task Force, overseeing operations and prosecution against major companies for the Macondo oil spill, and Counsel to the Chief of the Fraud Section, managing over 100 federal prosecutors on various fraud-related cases. Earlier experience also includes a partnership at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP from July 2007 to May 2010. Gesser's educational background features advanced legal degrees from New York University School of Law and the University of Cambridge, as well as a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Manitoba.