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Gibson Dunn lawyers have deep roots in the oil and gas industry, one of the premier U.S. corporate restructuring and reorganization practices and the nation’s leading litigation practice.
April 14, 2020
Best Lawyers in Singapore 2021 has recognized five Gibson Dunn attorneys as leading lawyers in their respective practice areas: Troy Doyle – Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Jai Pathak – Banking and Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Brad Roach– Energy Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Saptak Santra – Banking and Finance and Energy Law; and Jamie Thomas – Banking and Finance.
April 13, 2020
The Am Law Litigation Daily named Scott Edelman, Deborah Stein and Nathaniel Bach as its Litigators of the Week for defeating a $100 million suit against Universal Music Group after a 2008 warehouse fire destroyed master recordings by several music legends.
April 10, 2020
Gibson Dunn was among the firms recognized by China Business Law Journal in the International Firm categories for Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption and Corporate Compliance for its annual 2020 awards.
April 8, 2020
Lord Charles Falconer has been appointed as Shadow Attorney General by Keir Starmer, leader of the UK Labour Party. In British parliamentary practice, the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet consists of senior members of the opposition party who scrutinise their corresponding government ministers, develop alternative policies, and hold the government to account for its actions and responses.
April 7, 2020
Asian-mena Counsel recognized Murphy Oil’s $2.127 billion divestment of its entire Malaysian operations to PTT Exploration and Production Company Limited (PTTEP), the publicly listed subsidiary of Thailand’s national oil company, PTT, with an honorable mention in its Deals of the Year for 2019.
April 3, 2020
The National Law Journal named New York partner Jane Love among its 2020 Health Care/Life Science Trailblazers.
April 1, 2020
India Business Law Journal has named Jai Pathak to its 2020 International A-List, featuring “the top India-focused lawyers at international firms.” The list was published on March 24, 2020.
April 1, 2020
The Hollywood Reporter named Century City partner Scott Edelman and New York partner Orin Snyder to its 2020 Power Lawyers list, which features “the top 100 entertainment attorneys in America.” The feature was published on March 26, 2020.
March 27, 2020
Managing IP recognized Gibson Dunn at its Americas Awards 2020 with two awards. The firm was selected as the United States Patent Contentious Firm of the Year.
March 26, 2020
Gibson Dunn was recognized in the 2020 edition of the Latin Lawyer 250 for its Latin America-related work in six practice areas: Anti-Corruption Investigations and Compliance, Arbitration, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, and Litigation.
March 26, 2020
Who’s Who Legal recognized 11 Gibson Dunn attorneys in the 2020 Investigations guide. Hong Kong Partner Kelly Austin and Washington, D.C. partners Richard Grime and Joseph Warin were named Global Elite Thought Leaders.
March 25, 2020
The Daily Journal named Los Angeles partner Jason Lo among its 2020 Top Intellectual Property Lawyers. His profile was published on March 18, 2020. Jason Lo practices intellectual property law, with a focus on patent and trade secrets litigation.
March 18, 2020
Gibson Dunn chairman and managing partner Ken Doran provides information for clients about Gibson Dunn's response to COVID19, including implementing a temporary work-from-home protocol and creating a Resource Center for updates.
March 16, 2020
Gibson Dunn received 32 rankings in Chambers Europe 2020: 24 individual rankings and eight firm rankings. The firm was recommended in the following categories: Competition/European Law – Belgium; Corporate Investigations – Europe-wide; Corporate/M&A: High-End Capability – France; Restructuring/Insolvency – France; TMT: Information Technology – France; Compliance – Germany; Corporate/M&A: High-End Capability – Germany; Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime: Corporate Advisory – Germany.
March 16, 2020
London partner Gregory Campbell and Paris partner Pierre-Emmanuel Fender were featured in "#Interview: The impact of Brexit on crossborder insolvency," [PDF] published in Mayday Mag on March 9, 2020.
March 13, 2020
The Am Law Litigation Daily named New York partners Mitch Karlan, Lee Dunst and Nancy Hart as its Litigators of the Week for successfully persuading a jury to side with their client Textron Financial Corporation.
March 13, 2020
London associate Ryan Whelan was named “Legal Personality of the Year” at the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2020 for his work in leading the legal and political campaign in the UK against “upskirting.” The award was presented on March 11, 2020.
March 12, 2020
New York partner Lawrence Zweifach was named to the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame. The 2020 inductions include 41 “legendary lawyers from dealmaking, the plaintiff bar, corporate litigation, public interest titans and academia.” The announcement was made March 12, 2020.
March 12, 2020
Benchmark Litigation recognized Gibson Dunn at its Benchmark US West awards ceremony with seven awards. Gibson Dunn was named the California National Firm of the Year and California Firm of the Year for both Antitrust and Labor & Employment.
March 10, 2020