Press Releases - Gibson Dunn

Press Releases

Gibson Dunn is pleased to share notable developments about the firm. We invite you to browse the latest announcements across our global organization or search to locate information specific to your interest.

Litigation Partner Joshua Lerner Joins Gibson Dunn in San Francisco

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Joshua Lerner has joined the firm as a partner in its San Francisco office. Lerner, formerly a partner at Durie Tangri, will continue to focus on litigating major complex commercial matters.

September 10, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds M&A Partner David C. Lee in Orange County

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that David C. Lee will join the firm as a partner in the Orange County office. Lee, formerly with Latham & Watkins, will continue his mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and venture capital practice at Gibson Dunn.

September 9, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Competition Partner Christian Riis-Madsen to Brussels Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Christian Riis-Madsen will join the firm’s Brussels office as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.

September 3, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Leading Bank Regulatory and Enforcement Litigator Matthew Biben

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Matthew L. Biben has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Biben, formerly a co-lead of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Banking Industry Group, will serve as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Financial Institutions Practice Group and continue his financial institutions practice with a focus on complex regulatory and litigation matters.

August 19, 2019

Former Special Counsel Prosecutor Zainab Ahmad to Join Gibson Dunn as Partner in New York

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP today announced that leading prosecutor Zainab Ahmad will join the firm as a partner in the New York office. Ahmad will join the firm after serving as a Senior Assistant Special Counsel in Special Counsel Robert S.

July 10, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Real Estate Partner Kimberly Schlanger in Houston

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kimberly Schlanger has joined the firm as a partner. At Gibson Dunn, she will continue her national commercial real estate practice from the firm’s Houston office.

June 3, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Tax Partner Edward S. Wei in New York

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Edward S. Wei has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Wei, previously a partner with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, joins as a member of Gibson Dunn’s Tax Practice Group.

June 3, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Litigator Elizabeth Papez in D.C.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Papez has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, where she will continue to focus her practice on high-stakes class actions, complex commercial litigation, and appeals.

March 6, 2019

Gibson Dunn Announces Annual Pro Bono Award Winners

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the winners of the firm’s annual team and individual Frank Wheat Memorial Awards. The Frank Wheat Memorial Award is given annually to individual lawyers and teams that have demonstrated leadership and initiative in their pro bono work, obtained significant results for their pro bono clients, and served as a source of inspiration to others.

March 5, 2019

Litigation Partner Deborah Stein Joins Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Deborah L. Stein has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Stein, formerly with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, will continue representing clients in their most significant commercial litigation matters.

January 24, 2019

Former U.S. House General Counsel Thomas Hungar Returns to Gibson Dunn’s D.C. Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas G. Hungar has returned as a partner to the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. After serving for the past two and a half years as General Counsel for the U.S.

January 23, 2019

Leading Energy Transactions Partner Jerry Farano Joins Gibson Dunn in Denver

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Gerald (Jerry) P. Farano has joined the firm as a partner in the Denver office. Farano, formerly with Jones Day, will continue his energy transactions practice.

January 14, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Litigation Partner Shireen Barday to the New York Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Shireen Barday has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Barday, formerly with Kirkland & Ellis, will continue her commercial litigation practice.

January 10, 2019

Gibson Dunn Launches Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Group

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has launched a new practice group focused on artificial intelligence and automated systems.

December 17, 2018

Gibson Dunn Promotes 17 Lawyers to Partnership

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elected 17 new partners, effective January 1, 2019. “We would like to congratulate our new partners on this important professional achievement,” said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn.

November 26, 2018

Gibson Dunn Launches Betting and Gaming Practice

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has launched a new practice group focused on betting and gaming. This multi-discipline and multi-jurisdictional practice group will handle complex litigation, regulation and compliance, and corporate and real estate transactions.

November 8, 2018

Gibson Dunn Adds Former Prosecutor Ralf van Ermingen-Marbach in Munich

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Ralf van Ermingen-Marbach has joined the firm as of counsel in the Munich office. Van Ermingen-Marbach’s addition continues the expansion of Gibson Dunn’s German compliance and white collar practice.

November 5, 2018

Gibson Dunn Adds PCAOB Enforcement Attorney in Washington, D.C.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that David C. Ware has joined the firm as of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on government investigations and enforcement actions, internal investigations, and litigation in the areas of auditing and accounting, securities fraud, and foreign corruption.

July 27, 2018

Securities Litigator Michael Celio Joins Gibson Dunn in Silicon Valley

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Celio has joined the firm as a partner in the Palo Alto office. Formerly a partner with Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San Francisco, he will continue to focus on securities litigation, white collar defense and securities enforcement.

July 9, 2018

Gibson Dunn Appoints Partners Jay Srinivasan and Peter Wardle to Lead the Los Angeles and Century City Offices

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has named antitrust partner Jay Srinivasan and capital markets partner Peter Wardle as Co-Partners in Charge of the Los Angeles and Century City offices, effective July 1, 2018.

July 5, 2018