Gibson Dunn Ranked in The Legal 500 UK 2024

Accolades  |  October 4, 2023

The Legal 500

Gibson Dunn earned 21 practice area rankings in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 UK. Six partners were named to Legal 500’s Hall of Fame, recognizing individuals who receive consistent feedback from the market for continued excellence, and eight partners were named Leading Lawyers in their respective practices.

The firm was recognized in the following categories:

  • Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Tax
  • Corporate and Commercial: Equity Capital Markets – Mid-High Cap
  • Corporate and Commercial: EU and Competition
  • Corporate and Commercial: Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory
  • Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, £750m+
  • Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity: Transactions – High-value Deals (£250m+)
  • Corporate and Commercial: VAT and Indirect Tax
  • Dispute Resolution: Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail
  • Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation: Premium
  • Dispute Resolution: Competition Litigation
  • Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
  • Dispute Resolution: Public International Law
  • Employment: Employers
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Power (including Electricity, Nuclear and Renewables)
  • Public Sector: Administrative and Public Law
  • Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment
  • Real Estate: Property Finance
  • Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (advice to corporates)
  • TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and Telecoms

Legal 500’s Hall of Fame for 2024 consists of: Sandy Bhogal – Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Tax;  Steve Thierbach – Corporate and Commercial: Equity Capital Markets; Ali Nikpay – Corporate and Commercial: EU and Competition; Philip Rocher – Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation; Cyrus Benson – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; and Alan Samson – Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment and Real Estate: Property Finance.

The partners named as Leading Lawyers are: Michelle Kirschner – Corporate and Commercial: Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory; Penny Madden KC – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; Federico Fruhbeck – Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing; Anna Howell – Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas; Patrick Doris – Public Sector: Administrative and Public Law;  Robert Carr – Real Estate: Property Finance; Sacha Harber-Kelly – Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (advice to corporates); and Joel Harrison – TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and telecoms. Benjamin Fryer has been named a Next Generation Partner for Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Tax; Alice Brogi has been named a Next Generation Partner for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing; and Claibourne Harrison has been named a Next Generation Partner for Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment. Additionally, Mitasha Chandok has been named a Rising Star for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas. The guide was published on October 4, 2023.

Gibson Dunn’s London office offers full-service English and U.S. law capability, including corporate, finance, dispute resolution, competition/antitrust, real estate, labor and employment, and tax.  Our lawyers advise international corporations, financial institutions, private equity funds and governments on complex and challenging transactions and disputes.