Best Lawyers in Singapore 2025 recognized seven Gibson Dunn attorneys as leading lawyers in their respective practice areas: Grace Chong – Financial Institutions; John Fadely – Private Equity Law, and Private Funds; Jai Pathak – Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Brad Roach – Energy Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Oil and Gas Law; Saptak Santra – Energy Law; Paul Tan – Arbitration and Mediation, and Litigation; and Jamie Thomas – Insolvency and Reorganization Law.
Firm News | April 18, 2024
From the Financial Institutions Practice Group: We are pleased to provide you with the first edition of Gibson Dunn’s monthly U.S. bank regulatory update.
Client Alert | March 29, 2024
Our digital assets update covers recent legal news regarding all types of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, CBDCs, and NFTs, as well as other blockchain and Web3 technologies.
Client Alert | March 29, 2024
On March 1, 2024, a federal district court in Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act is unconstitutional.
Client Alert | March 18, 2024
The proposed information sharing system will help to bring Hong Kong in line with global trends and enhance the effectiveness of its mechanisms to combat fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing.
Client Alert | February 21, 2024
Our digital assets update covers recent legal news regarding all types of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, CBDCs, and NFTs, as well as other blockchain and Web3 technologies.
Client Alert | February 13, 2024
This briefing examines in depth the circulars and consultation paper issued by the SFC and HKMA in December 2023.
Client Alert | February 2, 2024
Our lawyers provide an analysis of last year’s most significant trends and developments in anti-money laundering regulation and enforcement.
Client Alert | February 2, 2024
Our Digital Assets Update covers recent legal news regarding all types of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, CBDCs, and NFTs, as well as other blockchain and Web3 technologies.
Client Alert | December 14, 2023
On October 11, 2023, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission published a consultation paper on the proposed guidelines for market soundings. The Proposed Guidelines are noteworthy since it sets out for the first time the specific regulatory requirements and the SFC’s regulatory expectations in respect of market soundings in Hong Kong.
Client Alert | December 6, 2023
Our Digital Assets Update covers recent legal news regarding all types of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, CBDCs, and NFTs, as well as other blockchain and Web3 technologies.
Client Alert | November 6, 2023
Singapore’s highest court, the Court of Appeal, has held that a sanctions clause in a letter of credit must be strictly and objectively construed.
Client Alert | October 11, 2023
This edition of our Digital Assets Update covers recent legal news regarding all types of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, CBDCs, and NFTs, as well as other blockchain and Web3 technologies.
Client Alert | September 18, 2023
Our lawyers discuss the U.K.’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, which the government has described as the most significant reform of the identification doctrine in more than 50 years and whose proposals have been welcomed by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office.
Client Alert | September 18, 2023
Gibson Dunn lawyers discuss a recent joint notice of proposed rulemaking issued by U.S. federal banking agencies that would require certain large banking organizations to issue and maintain minimum amounts of long-term debt.
Client Alert | September 6, 2023
Our lawyers provide an overview of the new provisions in the reintroduced Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act.
Client Alert | August 22, 2023
This edition of our Digital Assets Update covers recent legal news regarding all types of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, CBDCs, and NFTs, as well as other blockchain and Web3 technologies.
Client Alert | August 22, 2023
On July 27, 2023, the federal banking agencies jointly issued the long-expected notice of proposed rulemaking that would replace the federal banking agencies’ risk-based capital framework for large banking organizations with a new framework—commonly referred to as the Basel III endgame reforms—that would implement international capital standards issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Client Alert | August 3, 2023
Our lawyers analyze the European Parliament’s recently published draft report on the proposal made in late 2022 by the European Commission, which set out contemplated amendments to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
Client Alert | July 25, 2023
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce with Global Legal Group the release of the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Anti-Money Laundering 2023.
Client Alert | July 11, 2023
Washington, D.C. of counsel Ella Alves Capone is one of four lawyers recognized as Law360's 2023 Fintech Rising Stars.
Firm News | July 10, 2023
Gibson Dunn’s first digital assets regular update. This update will cover recent legal news regarding all types of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, CBDCs, and NFTs, as well as other blockchain and Web3 technologies. Thank you for your interest.
Client Alert | July 6, 2023
The EU Markets in Cryptoassets Regulations (MiCA) enter into force this week, which establish a harmonized pan-EU regime for cryptoassets. Our lawyers discuss the scope of the new regulations, which parties they apply to, and obligations on both EU- and non-EU businesses.
Client Alert | June 27, 2023
New York partner Jason Cabral, Washington, D.C. partner Sara Weed and New York law clerk Alejandra Castañeda are the authors of "NYDFS' Virtual Currency Oversight Plan Lacks Clarity" published by Law360 on June 13, 2023.
Article | June 14, 2023
Gibson Dunn lawyers examine federal banking agencies’ expected response to the recent bank failures, and how that response will shape the regulatory landscape for institutions of all sizes and their partners.
Client Alert | May 16, 2023
Our lawyers review changes proposed by the Financial Stability Oversight Council on how it would designate nonbank financial companies as systemically important financial institutions.
Client Alert | April 25, 2023
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jason Cabral and Sara Weed have joined the firm’s New York and Washington D.C. offices, respectively.
Press Releases | March 27, 2023
Gibson Dunn has created a Distressed Banks Resource Center to provide resources and regular updates to our clients on recent bank failures.
Client Alert | March 14, 2023
Gibson Dunn's lawyers present the latest updates on news about distressed banks.
Client Alert | March 14, 2023
Gibson Dunn was recognized in the 2023 edition of Chambers FinTech, a guide to the best law firms and lawyers in the global FinTech industry.
Firm News | December 2, 2022
Gibson Dunn was recognized with seven firm and 20 individual rankings in the 2023 edition of Chambers UK.
Firm News | October 20, 2022
On April 25, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it will begin relying upon a “largely unused legal provision” of the Dodd-Frank Act to supervise nonbank financial companies that purportedly pose risks to consumers.
Client Alert | May 5, 2022
Washington, D.C. counsel Lauren Cook Jackson was named to DCA Live’s Emerging Women Leaders in Law list, which honors “great women attorneys in the Washington region who are emerging as leaders within their firms and the broader DC legal community.”
Firm News | April 11, 2022
Please join our distinguished panelists for a recorded discussion about the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and how they apply in corporate enforcement actions. They discuss issues arising in white collar matters and strategies that can impact the calculation of the Sentencing Guidelines fine range, including gain from the offense, corporate recidivism, and cooperation, among other issues.
Webcasts | March 30, 2022
On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed a long-awaited Executive Order regarding the U.S. government’s strategy for digital assets. Our lawyers review the three principal takeaways from the Executive Order.
Client Alert | March 10, 2022
New York partner Arthur Long is the author of "Virtual Currencies and Innovation in the Dual Banking System," published by The Review of Banking & Financial Services, Vol. 38, No. 1, in January 2022.
Article | January 27, 2022
New York partners Matthew Biben and Mylan Denerstein are the authors of "USA," Chapter 22 of Corporate Investigations 2022 published by International Comparative Legal Guides in January 2022.
Article | January 4, 2022
In this webcast, a panel of Gibson Dunn lawyers provide a comprehensive overview of spoofing and manipulation in the commodities and derivatives markets under the Commodity Exchange Act and other authorities.
Webcasts | December 9, 2021
On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” which adds new reporting requirements for certain cryptocurrency transactions that have little to do with infrastructure, but could have potentially dramatic implications for millions of United States businesses and consumers who have embraced cryptocurrency for its efficiency, transparency, and accessibility.
Client Alert | November 18, 2021
Gibson Dunn's lawyers summarize and analyze the recent report on stablecoins, a type of digital asset that has recently grown significantly in market capitalization and importance to the broader digital asset markets.
Client Alert | November 4, 2021
The New York State Department of Financial Services is the state’s primary regulator of financial institutions and activity, with jurisdiction over approximately 1,400 financial institutions and 1,800 insurance companies. In this webcast, a panel of Gibson Dunn lawyers discusses not only changes to the agency’s leadership and organizational structure, but also recent developments with respect to the agency’s guidance, regulations, and enforcement matters.
Webcasts | October 25, 2021
On Friday October 15, 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an enforcement order against the issuers of the U.S. dollar Tether token (USDT), a leading stablecoin, and fined those issuers $41 million for making untrue or misleading statements about maintaining sufficient fiat currency reserves to back each USDT “one-to-one.”
Client Alert | October 20, 2021
On September 23, 2021, President Joseph Biden announced his intention to nominate Professor Saule Omarova of Cornell Law School to be the next Comptroller of the Currency. This alert touches on the key themes of her academic writings and addresses how these themes could translate into regulatory priorities at the OCC and FDIC.
Client Alert | September 27, 2021
Gibson Dunn lawyers discuss the loan market's transition away from inter-bank offered rates (IBORs) to risk free rates (RFRs) and how market participants, particularly in Islamic transactions, can prepare for forthcoming changes to avoid uncertainty in their financing agreements or other contracts.
Client Alert | June 14, 2021
On 21 May 2021, the Hong Kong government published the Consultation Conclusions on legislative proposals to enhance anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CTF”) regulations in Hong Kong, including a proposal to introduce a licensing regime for virtual asset services providers (“VASPs”).
Client Alert | June 7, 2021
On June 3, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an important decision dismissing a lawsuit by the New York State Department of Financial Services, which was challenging the authority of the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to grant special purpose national bank charters.
Client Alert | June 7, 2021
During the week of May 17, 2021, there were important virtual currency developments at two of the principal federal banking agencies, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Client Alert | May 21, 2021
Join Gibson Dunn panelists for a discussion of recent FCA criminal prosecutions, lessons for board governance from the Aviva plc Final Notice and an update on the Investment Firms Prudential Regime and remuneration.
Webcasts | April 27, 2021
On April 7, 2021, the new regulation of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) governing confidential supervisory information (CSI) became effective in final form. NYDFS has thus joined the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) in making recent amendments to its approach to CSI.
Client Alert | April 21, 2021
New York partner Matthew Biben is the author of "The New Anti-Money Laundering Act: Issues for Financial Institutions," [PDF] published by the New York Law Journal on April 16, 2021.
Publications | April 16, 2021