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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Sebastian Schoon will join the firm as a partner in the Munich office, where he will continue his finance practice. Prior, he was a partner with Ashurst LLP. Schoon's addition follows the expansion of Gibson Dunn's German practice with three corporate partners who joined in 2016, including Ferdinand Fromholzer in Munich, and Dirk Oberbracht and Wilhelm Reinhardt in the recently opened Frankfurt office and litigation partner Finn Zeidler, who joined the Frankfurt office earlier this year."We welcome Sebastian to the firm," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "He is widely recognized as a rising star among finance lawyers in Germany. Following the recent opening o
July 18, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Sullivan will join the firm later this year as a partner in the London office. Currently with Allen & Overy, Sullivan practices international commercial and investment treaty arbitration."Jeff will be an excellent addition to our international arbitration team," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "He has a vibrant practice and an excellent reputation in the market. Given the prevalence of investment treaty disputes and the inclusion of arbitration clauses in large commercial transactions and investment ventures, we believe that this is an area of increasing importance to our clients." "Jeff's investment treaty expertise will add to our bench stren
July 11, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Anna Howell will join the firm as a partner. Howell, who will join the firm from Herbert Smith Freehills, will be based in the firm's London office, where she will continue handling complex cross-border transactions in the energy sector.
June 13, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that a five-lawyer team will join the Paris office as partners to launch new litigation and finance practices and reinforce the office's existing restructuring and corporate capabilities. The team, formerly with Ashurst LLP in Paris, is comprised of Amanda Bevan, Eric Bouffard, Bertrand Delaunay, Jean-Pierre Farges, and Pierre-Emmanuel Fender."This year marks our 50th year in Paris. We will celebrate by taking a transformational step in the development of our Paris office by adding strong litigation, arbitration, restructuring and finance capabilities," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "Their practices provide many synergies with our overall global platform – they will
June 8, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce Takeshige Sugimoto has joined the Brussels office as an of counsel. Formerly with WilmerHale, Sugimoto focuses his practice on two distinct areas, namely:Complex competition law investigations, including international cartels and abusive practices, extending to merger control proceedings and antitrust counselling, and Data protection and cybersecurity issues, especially assisting leading Japanese companies on how to navigate through data protection regulations, applying for binding corporate rules and securing data protection authorities' approval for data transfers. "We are very pleased to have Takeshige join us," said Peter Alexiadis, Partner in Charge of the Brussels office. "His extensive experien
June 1, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce Christopher T.
May 17, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has named partner Ferdinand Fromholzer as Partner in Charge of the Munich office and partner Dirk Oberbracht as Partner in Charge of the Frankfurt office, both effective May 1, 2017.
May 4, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Finn Zeidler will join the firm's Frankfurt office as a partner. Zeidler, who joins the firm from Latham & Watkins, will continue his dispute resolution and white collar defense practice.
May 3, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has named real estate partner Andrew Lance as Co-Partner in Charge of the New York office, effective May 1, 2017.
May 3, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Aaron Beim has joined the firm's New York office as a partner. Beim, formerly with Haynes and Boone, will continue to focus on his real estate practice. "Aaron is a terrific addition to the firm," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "We have one of the top real estate practices in the U.S., and Aaron's practice will add to our existing strength and deepen our relationship with several shared clients." "Aaron is a superstar," said Eric Feuerstein, Co-Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group. "He is one of the most highly regarded real estate finance lawyers under 40. He is smart and talented, and we are excited to bring him on boa
May 1, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the addition of six leading energy partners as founders of the firm's newly opened Houston office.
April 27, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the addition of four partners to its Hong Kong office: Paul Boltz, Scott Jalowayski, Michael Nicklin and Brian Schwarzwalder. The team, which joins from Ropes & Gray's Hong Kong office, will continue their private equity, finance and securities practice at Gibson Dunn.
April 21, 2017
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 award is given every year to lawyers in the firm who obtain significant results for their pro bono clients and demonstrate leadership and initiative that serve as inspiration to others. This year, the team award is presented to lawyers in Gibson Dunn's Denver office for their successful work in a high-stakes zoning matter before the Colorado Supreme Court. The individual award is presented to Dallas associate Andrew LeGrand for his instrumental role in developing an informal pro bono appellate program at the firm.
March 7, 2017
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March 7, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is pleased to announce John Hartley will join the Hong Kong office as senior counsel, where he will continue to focus on finance transactions.Hartley was a partner at White & Case in Hong Kong, from 2008 through 2014, where he served as Asia head of banking, capital markets and restructuring and as office managing partner. Most recently, he was an independent legal consultant in Hong Kong.With more than 25 years of experience in Hong Kong, Hartley has been involved in almost all aspects of debt finance ranging from plain vanilla syndicated lendings to tax driven structures, leveraged acquisitions, securitization, real estate finance and capital markets. He has been responsible for the structuring, negotiation and documentation of a number of sign
March 6, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Avi Garbow will join the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Garbow most recently served as the General Counsel for the U.S.
March 6, 2017
Following the announcement of the opening of its new Houston office on February 6, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the addition of two partners. The new partners are Michael P.
March 1, 2017
In a sign of their unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion, more than forty of the nation's leading companies and employers filed a brief yesterday as amici curiae in Darweesh v. Trump, urging the federal court in the Eastern District of New York to grant injunctive relief against the recent Executive Order restricting travel and immigration into the United States.The brief's signatories represent a range of industries critical to the national and global economies, including the fields of high-tech, computing, and information technology.
February 17, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the formation of its new Aerospace and Related Technologies Industry Group. The newly formed group will formally integrate the firm's efforts on behalf of companies operating in the aerospace and defense, commercial space and related technology sectors. "The firm has a long and successful track record of serving clients in the aerospace and emerging technology sectors," said Ken Doran, Chairman & Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "We are seeing unprecedented growth in the aerospace industry due to, for example, the increasing privatization of space activities, demand for satellite-based services, and the commercial use of drones. We are well-positioned in terms of experience, capability and loc
February 14, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that it has opened a new office in Houston. The new office will be anchored by a team of highly regarded partners, who focus on complex energy transactions in the oil and gas sector. Together, the team will have the full range of energy transactional experience, including public and private M&A, asset acquisitions and divestitures, and joint ventures; debt and equity capital markets; finance and restructuring; tax (focused on MLPs); and regulatory matters. The team will initially consist of eight partners, who will be announced in the coming weeks."We are extremely excited to open a new office in Houston, long considered an epicenter of the energy industry," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partne
February 6, 2017