diff --git a/vertexai/generative_models/__init__.py b/vertexai/generative_models/__init__.py
index a4d6d29298..f460b9e408 100644
--- a/vertexai/generative_models/__init__.py
+++ b/vertexai/generative_models/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     ChatSession,
     Content,
     FinishReason,
+    FunctionCall,
     FunctionDeclaration,
     GenerationConfig,
     GenerativeModel,
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
     "ChatSession",
     "Content",
     "FinishReason",
+    "FunctionCall",
     "FunctionDeclaration",
     "HarmCategory",
     "HarmBlockThreshold",
diff --git a/vertexai/generative_models/_generative_models.py b/vertexai/generative_models/_generative_models.py
index 3898d74400..cf68c01a9b 100644
--- a/vertexai/generative_models/_generative_models.py
+++ b/vertexai/generative_models/_generative_models.py
@@ -2302,13 +2302,13 @@ def text(self) -> str:
             ) from e
 
     @property
-    def function_calls(self) -> Sequence[gapic_tool_types.FunctionCall]:
+    def function_calls(self) -> Sequence["FunctionCall"]:
         if not self.content or not self.content.parts:
             return []
         return [
             part.function_call
             for part in self.content.parts
-            if part and part.function_call
+            if part._raw_part._pb.WhichOneof("data") == "function_call"
         ]
 
 
@@ -2483,8 +2483,12 @@ def file_data(self) -> gapic_content_types.FileData:
         return self._raw_part.file_data
 
     @property
-    def function_call(self) -> gapic_tool_types.FunctionCall:
-        return self._raw_part.function_call
+    def function_call(self) -> "FunctionCall":
+        return (
+            FunctionCall._from_gapic(self._raw_part.function_call)
+            if self._raw_part.function_call
+            else None
+        )
 
     @property
     def function_response(self) -> gapic_tool_types.FunctionResponse:
@@ -2495,6 +2499,40 @@ def _image(self) -> "Image":
         return Image.from_bytes(data=self._raw_part.inline_data.data)
 
 
+class FunctionCall:
+    """Function call."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        name: str,
+        args: Dict[str, Any],
+    ):
+        self._raw_message = aiplatform_types.FunctionCall(name=name, args=args)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_gapic(cls, raw_message: aiplatform_types.FunctionCall) -> "FunctionCall":
+        response = cls.__new__(cls)
+        response._raw_message = raw_message
+        return response
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return _proto_to_dict(self._raw_message)
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return self._raw_message.__repr__()
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return self._raw_message.name
+
+    @property
+    def args(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        # We cannot use `type(self.args).to_dict(self.args)`
+        # due to: AttributeError: type object 'MapComposite' has no attribute 'to_dict'
+        return self.to_dict().get("args")
+
+
 class SafetySetting:
     """Parameters for the generation."""
 
@@ -2953,10 +2991,9 @@ def respond_to_model_response(
                     )
 
                 try:
-                    # We cannot use `function_args = type(function_call.args).to_dict(function_call.args)`
-                    # due to: AttributeError: type object 'MapComposite' has no attribute 'to_dict'
-                    function_args = type(function_call).to_dict(function_call)["args"]
-                    function_call_result = callable_function._function(**function_args)
+                    function_call_result = callable_function._function(
+                        **function_call.args
+                    )
                     if not isinstance(function_call_result, Mapping):
                         # If the function returns a single value, wrap it in the
                         # format that Part.from_function_response can accept.
diff --git a/vertexai/preview/generative_models.py b/vertexai/preview/generative_models.py
index cb70d23d5f..73b590c7d5 100644
--- a/vertexai/preview/generative_models.py
+++ b/vertexai/preview/generative_models.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     Candidate,
     Content,
     FinishReason,
+    FunctionCall,
     FunctionDeclaration,
     HarmCategory,
     HarmBlockThreshold,
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ class ChatSession(_PreviewChatSession):
     "ChatSession",
     "Content",
     "FinishReason",
+    "FunctionCall",
     "FunctionDeclaration",
     "HarmCategory",
     "HarmBlockThreshold",