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Leading the Way: Gibson Dunn Shapes the Legal Landscape in the Golden State

California is where Gibson Dunn began and where—for decades—it has led the way as the most successful, most respected, and most creative law firm in the region.

Gibson Dunn has been an integral part of the fabric of California, since the firm’s founding in Los Angeles in 1890. Today, while Gibson Dunn has become global in reach with a network of 21 offices around the world, the firm’s five California offices – Los Angeles, Century City, Orange County, Palo Alto, and San Francisco – are home to a significant number of the firm’s attorneys, who are among the leading lawyers in the state (and beyond).

Recognized as a 2023 “California Powerhouse” by Law360, and one of the six law firms that “are handling some of the biggest deals and most high-profile courtroom battles,” our lawyers tackle some of the toughest issues from Hollywood to Silicon Valley, across the United States, and around the world.

Our California litigators (ranked Band 1 in Chambers USA) have been at the forefront of groundbreaking cases that have shaped the legal landscape in both the region and nationwide. They have developed creative and successful solutions to their clients’ most challenging legal problems across a diverse array of industries and practices. We represent clients in all types of commercial disputes – antitrust, consumer class actions, data privacy and cybersecurity, intellectual property, labor and employment, securities, and white-collar defense. We bring a creative approach and have been on the cutting edge of issues ranging from the arbitrability of class actions, to the classifications of workers in the “gig economy.” We have deep experience and a winning track record in California’s state and federal courts – we have prevailed in many high-stakes jury and bench trials in California, and several of our California-based lawyers have been victorious before the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Our California-based litigators and white-collar practitioners also have extensive experience representing clients before the State of California, including the California Attorney General and other state agencies.

Gibson Dunn’s California transactional attorneys have experience with virtually every type of corporate or commercial transaction. With a wide range of premier corporate practices, our team routinely handles a broad range of business transactions and investments for domestic and international clients, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, private equity and venture capital funds, partnership transactions, capital markets debt and equity offerings, disclosure and regulatory issues, corporate governance issues, out-of-court workouts, and all aspects of restructuring transactions. Our clients include household names within the healthcare, consumer products, retail, media, technology, gaming, entertainment, sports, and financial services space. We also have a market-leading real estate group with 15 Chambers-ranked partners who have played a critical role in transformative projects that have redefined many skylines across the country.

Our California team includes four former United States Attorneys (presidential appointments), a former California state court judge, numerous former state and federal prosecutors, four former U.S. Supreme Court clerks, a former member of the U.S. Congress, and a former member of the California Assembly.