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Corporate Board Member - GCs' Top 20 Firms and America's Best Corporate Law Firms
Corporate Board Member magazine ranked Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP eighth in its annual GCs' Top 20 Firms survey, based on a survey of 252 general counsels asked to name the outside law firms they most admire.  In a separate survey, Gibson Dunn was ranked 12th in the publication's annual top 20 list of  America's Best Corporate Law Firms, based on the votes of 340 directors. The rankings are included in the second quarter 2010 issue of the magazine.

Chambers & Partners USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers 
In its 2010 edition, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business awarded Gibson Dunn 51 first-tier rankings, of which 13 were firm practice group rankings and 38 were individual lawyer rankings.  Overall, the firm earned 204 rankings -- 61 firm practice group rankings and 143 individual lawyer rankings.

Gibson Dunn achieved first-tier rankings in the following firm practice group categories: National - Antitrust, National - Antitrust: Cartel, National - Appellate Law, National Securities: Regulation, National - Transportation: Road (Carriage/Commercial), California - Antitrust, California - Corporate/M&A: Southern California, California - Litigation: General Commercial, California - Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, California - Real Estate, District of Columbia - Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, District of Columbia - Labor & Employment and New York - Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded.

This year, 113 Gibson Dunn attorneys were identified as leading lawyers in their respective practice areas, with some ranked in more than one category.  These following lawyers achieved top-tier rankings: Howard Adler, Dennis Arnold, Glenn Beaton, Theodore Boutrous, Robert Cooper, Patrick Dennis, Scott Edelman, Miguel Estrada, Amy Forbes, Barry Goldsmith, Stephen Glover, Brian Kilb, William Kilberg, Daniel Kolkey, Brian Lane, Jonathan Layne, Karen Manos, Daniel Mummery, Mary Murphy, John Olson, Theodore Olson, William Peters, Sean Royall, Richard Russo, Eugene Scalia, Jesse Sharf, Orin Snyder, Gary Spratling, Maurice Suh, Daniel Swanson, Joseph Warin, David West and Joseph West. 

Chambers Europe 2009: Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client's Guide
Chambers Europe 2009, a UK-based independent and comprehensive research-based directory, awarded Gibson Dunn 12 rankings, seven individual rankings and five practice group rankings. The firm was ranked in the categories of Competition/European Law and TMT in Belgium, Corporate/M&A and Tax in France, and Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded in Germany. The partners ranked as leaders in their field are Peter Alexiadis and David Wood in Belgium: Competition/European Law; Peter Alexiadis in Belgium: TMT; Ariel Harroch in France: Corporate/M&A; Nicolas Baverez in France: Public Law; Ariel Harroch in France: Tax and Christoph Kuhmann in Germany: Corporate/M&A.

Institutional Investor - Benchmark Litigation Guide 2010
The 2010 edition of Institutional Investor's Benchmark Litigation Guide has recommended Gibson Dunn in seven of 10 key business litigation practice areas nationally. The firm is recommended in the areas of Antitrust, Appellate, Bankruptcy, General Commercial, Intellectual Property, Product Liability and Securities. Benchmark also recognized 21 partners as top "litigation stars": Wayne Barsky, John Behrendt, Theodore Boutrous, Joseph Busch, Robert Cooper, Michael Denger, Scott Edelman, Miguel Estrada, Barry Goldsmith, Nicola Hanna, Joseph Kattan, Dean Kitchens, Josh Krevitt, Randy Mastro, Theodore Olson, Mark Perry, Sean Royall, Joel Sanders, Eugene Scalia, Gary Spratling, and Andrew Tulumello. Nine partners were recognized as "future stars": Rob Blume, Frederick Chung, Ethan Dettmer, Michael Farhang, Trey Nicoud, Charles Nierlich, Adam Offenhartz, Julian Poon and Aric Wu. Benchmark recommendations are based on extensive interviews with the nation's leading private practice lawyers and in-house counsel.

International Financial Law Review - IFLR 1000 
The 2010 edition of IFLR1000, a guide to the world's leading financial law firms, named Gibson Dunn as a recommended firm in six U.S. categories: Capital Markets - Debt and Equity, Capital Markets - High-Yield Debt, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity - Fund Formation, Private Equity - Transactions, and Restructuring and Insolvency. Seven Gibson Dunn lawyers are recognized as leading partners: Steven Finley, Kevin Kelley, Stewart McDowell and Douglas Smith in Capital Markets; Dennis Friedman, Kevin Kelley and Jonathan Layne in Mergers and Acquisitions; and Jennifer Bellah Maguire in Private Equity. In the Western Europe region, Gibson Dunn is recommended in the EU Competition category. Gibson Dunn is also recommended in three Latin America categories, Banking, Capital Markets and Mergers and Acquisitions.

American Lawyer's A-List  
American Lawyer magazine ranked Gibson Dunn on its prestigious A-List for the fourth consecutive year in 2009. The American Lawyer considers the 20 A-List law firms to be the most elite law firms in the country.  The rankings are determined by financial performance, commitment to pro bono and diversity and associate training and satisfaction.  The A-List is featured in the July 2009 issue.

PLC Which Lawyer? - Global 50
Gibson Dunn was named as one of the Global 50 by PLC Which Lawyer? in its 2009 Yearbook. The Global 50 are recognized as the "law firms that received the greatest depth and breadth of recommendations across the research" for the 2009 edition. Gibson Dunn was noted as "a West Coast stalwart with a truly global outlook. … The firm's continued expansion beyond its established US and European offices, most recently in Dubai and Singapore, is evidence of the firm's global vision for the future. This ambition has helped Gibson Dunn earn its place among the top law firms in the world." The directory named Competition/Anti-trust, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution and Labour and Employee Benefits as global areas of excellence for Gibson Dunn, which also achieved 48 individual lawyer recommendations in various practice areas.

Legal 500 - EMEA 2010
The EMEA Legal 500 (Europe, Middle East and Africa)  has recognized Gibson Dunn's Belgium, Germany, France and Dubai offices among its list of recommended law firms for 2010.  The firm is recognized in the following categories:  Competition in Belgium; Administrative and Public Law, and M&A in France; M&A: Mid-sized deals in Germany; and M&A and Investment Funds in Dubai.

US Legal 500 2009
Gibson Dunn was ranked as a top-tier law firm in six categories in the 2009 edition of U.S. Legal 500: Litigation: Environment; Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Film, Music and TV - Advice to Corporates; Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Antitrust - National; Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: National Firms - Large Deals; and Tax: Domestic Tax - West Coast. The firm was also recognized in an additional 28 categories.

New York partner Randy Mastro was again named as one of the top 10 Leading Trial Lawyers in the country, and 15 Gibson Dunn partners were named as Leading Lawyers in 14 categories: Hatef Behnia in Domestic Tax - West Coast; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. in First Amendment Litigation and Counseling, Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense - Automotive/Transport, and Supreme Court and Appellate; Pat Dennis in Environment; Amy Forbes in Real Estate and Construction: California (South): Land Use and Zoning; Dennis Friedman in Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: M&A: National Firms - Large Deals; Jonathan Layne in Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: M&A: National Firms - Large Deals; Randy Mastro in Leading Trial Lawyers; Daniel Mummery in Media, Technology & Telecoms: Technology - Outsourcing; Theodore B. Olson in Supreme Court and Appellate; Eugene Scalia in Labor and Employment Litigation; Jesse Sharf in Real estate and Construction: California (South): Transactions and Finance; David Sinak in Domestic Tax - Central; Orin Snyder in Media, Technology and Telecoms: Film, Music and TV - Advise to Corporates; Gary Spratling in Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Antitrust - National; and Daniel Swanson in Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Antitrust - National.

UK Legal 500 2009
The UK Legal 500 2009 has recognized Gibson Dunn's London office among its list of recommended law firms in 11 areas, including Flotations: Small and Mid-Cap, M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, Private Equity, EU and Competition, Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, Employment, Commercial Property, Commercial Property - Hotels, Property Finance, and Dual US/UK Capability. 

 Asia Pacific Legal 500 2008/09
The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2008/09 has included Gibson Dunn's Singapore office among its list of recommended law firms in the Offshore Market category.  Singapore partner Emad Khalil was recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Projects and Energy.  The Singapore office is also mentioned in the Brunei section for its work advising the Brunei Economic Development Board.   

American Lawyer - Mid-Level Associates Survey
Gibson Dunn was ranked 6th out of 157 law firms across the country in the American Lawyer's 2008 Mid-Level Associates Survey, up from No. 38 last year.  The survey asks mid-level associates to evaluate their law firms in 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction, including relations with partners and other associates, interest and satisfaction level with their work, training and guidance, policy on billables, management openess about firm strategies and partnership chances, firm's attitude toward pro bono work, compensation and benefits, and inclination to stay at their firms for two or more years.

PRACTICE GROUP ACCOLADES

Global Competition Review - Global Elite and GCR 100
Global Competition Review ranked the firm's antitrust practice 11th in the world in its Global Elite ranking, which features the top 20 antitrust practices in the world. Featured in GCR 100 - 10th Edition (2010), Global Competition Review's annual survey of the world's leading competition practices, the Global Elite ranking is based on four main factors: size of competition practice; number and location of nominees to The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists; stability of the practice (measured in net partner gains or losses over the year); and the number of votes it received from rival firms. Gibson Dunn was also ranked as an elite firm in the category United States: California and was highly recommended in the area of United States: Governmental Antitrust. Additionally, 11 attorneys are ranked in The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers: Peter Alexiadis, Jarrett Arp, Robert Cooper, Michael Denger, Joseph Kattan, Sean Royall, Joel Sanders, Gary Spratling, Peter Sullivan, Daniel Swanson and David Wood.

Global Arbitration Review - GAR 100
Global Arbitration Review listed Gibson Dunn in the third edition of GAR 100, its annual guide to the international arbitration capabilities of law firms.  While noting the "recent creation" of Gibson Dunn's formal practice group, "a reporter noted that, in conversations with arbitration groups in London during 2008, Gibson Dunn began to be identified as a firm that was being seen far more often on pitches and making moves." 

National Law Journal - Appellate Hot List

Law360 - Employment Defense Firm of the Year
Law360 named Gibson Dunn one of the six Employment Defense Firms of 2009, recognizing the firms for their work on the year's major cases.  The ranking was published on January 1, 2010. 

Law360 - Competition Firm of the Year
Law360 named Gibson Dunn one of the top six Competition Firms of the Year for 2009, based on "both front-page mergers and major litigation victories."  The article commented, "In sum, the courtroom accomplishments attest to the fact that Gibson Dunn's antitrust group relishes trying cases, even in the daunting antitrust world where defendants often face the threat of treble damages."  The ranking was published on January 1, 2010.  Law360 also ranked Gibson Dunn second among the largest competition practices in the United States, based on number of lawyers in the group.  The ranking was published on December 4, 2009.

Law360 - Largest Securities Practices
Law360 ranked Gibson Dunn fourth among the largest securities practices in the United States, based on number of lawyers in the group.  The ranking was published on December 4, 2009.

LAWYER ACCOLADES

BTI's 2010 Client Service All-Stars 
BTI Consulting named Washington, D.C. partners Dan Nelson and John Olson to its 2010 BTI Client Service All-Stars list.  The list is based solely on "unprompted, unequivocal recommendation from corporate counsel" from large and Fortune 1000 companies.  More than 60 percent of corporate counsel selected the All-Stars for their client focus: "true thought leadership; innovation; creativity applied to the client; focused, practical problem-solving; valued counsel; responsiveness and accessibility; total commitment to the client."  

NACD Directorship 100
The National Association of Corporate Directors has named Washington, D.C. partner John Olson to its third annual Directorship 100 list.  The Directorship 100 identifies the "who's who of the corporate governance community," lawyers who exert the most profound influence on the boardroom agenda.

Asian Legal Business - ALB Hot 100
Singapore partner Jai Pathak was named to Asian Legal Business' "Hot 100" list of lawyers.  The list features lawyers "who have performed outstandingly in their field, or courted controversy and turned heads" and who have "set newsrooms abuzz in their pursuit of excellence, in one of the most challenging years for legal sectors seen across the Asian region."  The list was issued on September 24, 2009.

Century City Bar Association - Litigator of the Year
The Century City Bar Association has named partner Scott Edelman as Litigator of the Year for 2009. CCBA's Lawyers of the Year are "not only are the 'best of the best' in Century City, but unquestionably among the finest lawyers in their fields in the entire United States," said CCBA President Mitchell Stein.

US Legal 500 2009 - Leading Trial Lawyers
The 2009 edition of the U.S. Legal 500 named partner Randy Mastro as one of top 10 leading trial lawyers in the country.

Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal - California's Top 100 Lawyers
The Daily Journal has named Thedoroe J. Boutrous, Jr. and Scott Edelman to its annual list of California's Top 100 Lawyers.  The list is featured in the September 23, 2009 issues of the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the San Francisco Daily Journal.

Los Angeles Business Journal - Who's Who in L.A. Law
The Los Angeles Business Journal named Wayne Barsky, Scott Edelman and Jesse Sharf to its list of Who's Who in L.A. Law, featuring the top 100 attorneys in Los Angeles.  The list appears in the October 5, 2009 issue.

Yale School of Management's Millstein Center for Corporate
Governance and Performance named Gibson Dunn associate Elizabeth Ising as a "Rising Star of Corporate Governance" for 2009. This award recognizes 10 corporate governance professionals from around the world under the age of 40 who were selected by peers, the Center and other industry groups based on past accomplishments and thought leadership, future projects and endeavors, reputation among existing industry leaders, and potential to influence the industry in the future. For a complete list of recipients and further details, please view the Center's press release.

Variety - Dealmakers Impact Report
Variety has named partners Ruth Fisher, Lawrence Ulman and associate Stephen Tsoneff to its Dealmakers Impact Report, featuring the top dealmakers – attorneys, executives, managers and financiers – in the entertainment business.  The report highlights the dealmakers who "negotiate for their clients, lead their companies, shape the business and turn the wheels of the industry."  Fisher and Ulman were named among the top 15 lawyers in the business, while Tsoneff was named among the nine "Dealmakers Up Next".  The report appeared in the September 24, 2008 issue.

Human Resource Executive and Lawdragon - Nation's Top 10 Employment Defense Attorneys
Partner William Kilberg was named among the Top 10 employment attorneys in the country by Human Resource Executive magazine and Lawdragon. The ranking was based on key achievements, including 20-plus years of experience and membership in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, as well as evaluations by peers, clients and judges. The feature, titled "The Best Defense," on the nation's most powerful employment attorneys, is the cover story of the March 2, 2008 issue of Human Resource Executive.

Legal Times - Top Securities Attorneys in D.C.
Partner Brian Lane was named among the seven top securities attorneys in the Washington, D.C. area by Legal Times.  The March 24, 2008 article featuring "Washington's elite bar of corporate governance experts" recognized lawyers who "have a particular specialty: They run the kind of internal investigations that earn regulators' good will."

NAPABA - Best Lawyers Under 40
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association named partner Frederick Chung to its 2008 list of "Best Lawyers Under 40." The list features 18 lawyers, who "have achieved prominence and distinction in their respective fields while demonstrating a strong commitment to the community." The lawyers were honored at NAPABA's annual convention in Seattle on November 22, 2008.

UK Legal Experts 2008
UK Legal Experts 2008 has identified six London partners as experts in their respective fields of practice:  Paul Harter, Kenneth Lamb and Wayne McArdle for Corporate/M&A, Thomas Budd for Bank Lending, Alan Samson for Commercial Property and Cyrus Benson for Arbitration.

National Law Journal - 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America
The National Law Journal has named Debra Wong Yang to its 2008 list of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America. The feature recognizes Yang's achievement as the first Asian-American woman appointed to serve as a U.S. Attorney, as well as for her work and leadership at Gibson Dunn and as a member of the Committee of 100, an international organization that aims to strengthen relations between the United States and China. The list appeared in the May 26, 2008 issue.