Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’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.
Our London corporate practice is at the forefront of cross-border M&A, financing and joint venture transactions, including advising clients seeking to access the UK, EU and US capital markets. Our London litigation practice handle major domestic and multi-jurisdictional commercial cases before English, EU and Commonwealth courts, and have a wealth of experience in taking complex matters to trial. Gibson Dunn’s London office was founded more than 40 years ago. Our dynamic team includes many dual-qualified lawyers with extensive language skills.
Gibson Dunn’s Munich office opened in 2002, building the firm’s global presence in one of the world’s most dynamic business regions.
Located in the center of Munich, Germany’s third-largest city, our team serves clients throughout Germany and worldwide. At Gibson Dunn’s Munich office, we operate as one German team together with our office in Frankfurt and advise clients operating in or looking to expand into Germany.
Our client list reflects Munich’s diverse economic strength as a high-tech and manufacturing center, with dedicated knowledge of the automotive, aerospace and defense, information technology, nano- and biotechnology, and financial sectors. This includes blue chip corporations, midsized companies (SMEs or, in German, the Mittelstand), investment banks, private equity, and venture capital investors.
Our Munich legal team has deep experience advising on public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity transactions, on corporate and capital markets law, corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory issues. The experience and reputation of our white-collar defense and litigation teams are outstanding and widely recognized, always at the forefront of current trends and developments and sought for by our clients in business-critical situations. We have additional proficiencies in antitrust and competition, data protection, IP/IT, restructuring, and employment law advice.
The opening of our Singapore office in 2008 expanded Gibson Dunn’s geographical reach to significant Asian markets. Gibson Dunn’s Singapore lawyers deliver exceptional service to our international clients doing business in the region and our Asia-based clients with respect to their international matters.
Our lawyers have lived and worked extensively in the region and possess U.S., English, Singapore and Indian law qualifications and experience. Having been awarded a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) license by the Singapore Ministry of Law in 2013, we are one of the few firms that are able to provide our clients with local Singapore law advice in permitted areas. We work seamlessly with our Hong Kong, Beijing and other international offices to provide full coverage for our clients.