Locations
London
Telephone House
2-4 Temple Avenue
London EC4Y 0HB
United Kingdom
Overview
The London office offers top-tier U.K. and European legal services, reinforced by our fully integrated preeminent U.S. and global platform. Our London teams are consistently recognised as ‘go-to’ practices for clients.
It is a core part of our best-in-class U.S.-based platform and integrates seamlessly with our global network to deliver a truly international service to our clients. We handle complex high-value global and European work out of London, leveraging the expertise of our many internationally qualified London-based lawyers.
We advise leading private capital investors, international corporations, financial institutions, and governments on their highest profile cross-border transactions and international disputes. Our teams are led by highly distinguished lawyers, who provide thought leadership and cutting-edge market advice; they include eminent King’s Counsel, former senior U.K./EU competition/regulatory officials, and best-in-class lawyers recognised in the leading legal directories.
In London we provide all key legal services. Our disputes team is repeatedly recognised as Number 1 globally and has a wealth of experience in taking complex matters to trial, advocating bet-the-company international arbitrations around the globe, and handling cutting-edge competition litigation and white-collar mandates. Our transactional team advises on a broad range of prestigious matters across private equity, cross-border M&A, global finance, capital markets, projects and infrastructure, real estate, and financial regulatory.
Our office also boasts market-leading competition, employment, and tax practices which both support our transactional and litigation teams and advise clients on their most important standalone matters.
Team includes:
A former President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
Two King’s Counsel; a former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Four former senior U.K. government regulatory officials
Office Leaders
Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
Accolades
Richard Birns and Nicholas Tomlinson Named to The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Dealmakers of 2024
The Hollywood Reporter
Lexology Index’s Thought Leaders – Global Elite 2025 Recognizes Nine Gibson Dunn Partners
Lexology Index
Will Summers Named a Private Equity Rising Star by Law.com
Law.com