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Ariana Gilani

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Overview

Ariana Gilani is an associate in the firm’s Advertising and Brand Protection and Antitrust and Competition groups. Her practice spans transactions, investigations, litigation, compliance, and regulatory advice. She consistently applies a service-minded approach, carefully aligning legal strategies with her clients’ short-term and long-term goals.

In her advertising and brand protection practice, Ariana provides counsel on copyright protection, trademark prosecution and infringement, new advertising campaigns and product launches, marketing and sponsorship agreements, claim substantiation, and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigations.

As part of her antitrust and competition practice, Ariana advises clients on proposed mergers and investigations and assists with ongoing litigation and filings.

While in law school, she was a member of The George Washington Law Review, a student attorney in GW Law’s Intellectual Property & Technology Law Clinic, served in leadership roles in the Student Intellectual Property Law Association and GW Law First Generation Professionals Association, and competed as a finalist in GW Law’s 2025 Rothwell Intellectual Property Law Moot Court Competition.

Career & Education

    • U.S. Copyright Office
      Office of the General Counsel, Law Clerk, 2024
    • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
      Judicial Intern, Judge Zia M. Faruqui, 2024
    • U.S. Copyright Office
      Office of the General Counsel, Law Clerk, 2024
    • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
      Judicial Intern, Judge Zia M. Faruqui, 2024

    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D.,

      with honors, 2025

    • University of Georgia, A.B., magna cum laude, cognitive science, 2022
    • University of Georgia, B.B.A., magna cum laude, management, 2022
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D.,

      with honors, 2025

    • University of Georgia, A.B., magna cum laude, cognitive science, 2022
    • University of Georgia, B.B.A., magna cum laude, management, 2022

    • District of Columbia
    • District of Columbia

Ariana's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.22.26

Ghost Advertising: Compliance Takeaways From the Gymshark Influencer Class Action

A recently filed class action lawsuit against Gymshark, a prominent athletic apparel company, highlights the escalating legal risks associated with influencer marketing. The complaint, brought in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 16, 2026, alleges that Gymshark systematically paid social media influencers to promote its products without ensuring that the influencers were providing clear and conspicuous disclosures about such payment, in violation of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidance and New York state law....

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Practices

Ariana's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.22.26

Ghost Advertising: Compliance Takeaways From the Gymshark Influencer Class Action

A recently filed class action lawsuit against Gymshark, a prominent athletic apparel company, highlights the escalating legal risks associated with influencer marketing. The complaint, brought in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 16, 2026, alleges that Gymshark systematically paid social media influencers to promote its products without ensuring that the influencers were providing clear and conspicuous disclosures about such payment, in violation of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidance and New York state law....

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