Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Heiko Kai Schultz has joined the Los Angeles office as of counsel. Previously a partner with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Schultz practices commercial litigation.

Schultz's practice covers a wide range of disputes, including commercial, intellectual property, bankruptcy, securities, accounting malpractice and environmental litigation. He has experience representing companies and individuals in the medical, financial, accounting, aircraft and electronic industries.

Recent matters include his representation of the debtors in 1,600 adversarial cases arising out of the In re Fleming Companies bankruptcy; a surgeon and inventor in a patent and contract dispute case with a medical device firm; and Arthur Andersen in an accounting malpractice case brought by Frederick's of Hollywood.

Schultz received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1997 and a degree in history from the University of California in 1994.