Government Contracts

Overview

Gibson Dunn’s Government Contracts Practice Group offers unparalleled expertise, drawing on decades of experience from leading lawyers who have shaped government contracts law.

We guide clients through every aspect of doing business with federal, state, and local governments in the U.S. and internationally. Our lawyers help clients identify, mitigate, and eliminate contractual, civil, and criminal risks of doing business with the government, and when necessary, defend or enforce client interests to achieve their business objectives.

Our lawyers excel in all stages of litigation, focusing on complex, high-stakes disputes involving matters of first impression in key areas such as the U.S. government’s Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulation cost principles; construction, engineering, and contingency contracts; prime-sub disputes; and bid protests. Clients turn to us in times of crisis or when stakes are exceptionally high, or novel issues require creative lawyering. We bring appellate expertise to trial litigation, benefiting government contract clients in landmark cases. While we are proud of our courtroom victories, we also routinely represent clients in all forms of alternative dispute resolution.

Our lawyers provide comprehensive counseling on all government contracting matters and have extensive experience navigating complex corporate transactions involving government contractors.

Our areas of expertise include:

• Litigation, bid protests, and dispute resolution
• Corporate transactions involving government contactors
• Compliance counseling
• Cost allowability, cost accounting standards and government audit defense
• Suspension and debarment
• Crisis management and internal investigations
• False Claims Act compliance, investigations, and litigation
• Complex state and local procurements
• Protection of intellectual property in government contracting

Gibson Dunn is also a leading law firm in aerospace and defense industry M&A work. Our attorneys advise both purchasers and sellers of government contractors, frequently assisting business teams in understanding the impact of government regulations on contemplated transactions. Our teams regularly handle:

• Foreign ownership and control, and related issues such as special security agreements
• Novations and Change of Name Agreements
• Restructuring
• Small business requirements
• Technical data and patent rights on valued intellectual property assets

We assist in drafting and negotiating transaction documents, including representations and warranties concerning government contract issues in merger agreements and stock purchase agreements.