At its annual GCR Awards, Global Competition Review named Washington, D.C. partner Kristen Limarzi as Dealmaker of the Year for 2023 and Broadcom’s €65 billion purchase of VMware as Merger Control Matter of the Year – Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
Firm News | April 10, 2024
Los Angeles partner Daniel Swanson and San Francisco of counsel Eli Lazarus are the authors of "Antitrust Ruling Shows Limits of US Law's Global Reach" [PDF] published by Law360 on March 28, 2024.
Article | March 29, 2024
The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 has recommended Gibson Dunn in 29 categories in Belgium, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia and UAE.
Firm News | March 27, 2024
This update provides an overview of China’s major antitrust developments during 2023.
Client Alert | March 19, 2024
Gibson Dunn received 38 rankings in Chambers Europe 2024: 27 individual rankings and 11 firm rankings.
Firm News | March 14, 2024
The European Commission has revised its Market Definition Notice, softening the rigidity of the Commission’s earlier approach and granting it more flexibility in competition assessments, particularly in relation to digital and R&D intensive markets.
Client Alert | February 23, 2024
Gibson Dunn has been recognized in ten categories in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Deutschland.
Firm News | February 15, 2024
Fifteen Gibson Dunn partners were featured by Who’s Who Legal in its Thought Leaders – Global Elite 2024 guide.
Firm News | February 6, 2024
Brussels Managing Director Nicholas Banasevic, London and Paris partner Robert Spano and Brussels associate Ciara O'Gara are the authors of "Cos. Should Plan Now For Extensive EU Data Act Obligations" published by Law360 on February 1, 2024.
Article | February 1, 2024
Law360 named Gibson Dunn one of its six Competition Groups of the Year for 2023. The firm was recognized for scoring “key rulings in cases last year for clients including Merck and Chevron” and “helping guide VMWare’s $61 billion sale to Broadcom.”
Firm News | February 1, 2024
The Who’s Who Legal Germany 2024 guide recommended Frankfurt partners Dirk Oberbracht in M&A, Georg Weidenbach in Competition, and Finn Zeidler in Commercial Litigation, and Munich partners Lutz Englisch in M&A, Ferdinand Fromholzer in Corporate Governance and M&A, and Benno Schwartz in Investigations.
Firm News | January 26, 2024
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced its annual update of Hart-Scott-Rodino thresholds for pre-merger notifications of certain M&A transactions.
Client Alert | January 24, 2024
Our lawyers provide an analysis of IQVIA/Propel Media and its potential effect on merger enforcement.
Client Alert | January 23, 2024
Law360 named Gibson Dunn a Firm of the Year for 2023, featuring the law firms that received the most Practice Group of the Year awards.
Firm News | January 22, 2024
Key practitioners from our Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Palo Alto offices hosted Gibson Dunn’s annual complimentary MCLE briefing which provides 8.0 hours of CLE credit, including specialty subjects such as Ethics, Elimination of Bias, and Competence Issues.
Webcasts | January 16, 2024
London partner Deirdre Taylor and associate Molly Heslop are the authors of "What Can Be Learned From Adobe-Figma Merger Termination" [PDF] published by Law360 on January 15, 2024.
Article | January 15, 2024
The EU’s Data Act, which takes effect January 11, imposes wide-ranging data sharing, product design, and contractual obligations on providers of Internet of Things devices and related services, and on cloud computing providers. The Act applies to all sectors of the economy and to businesses of all sizes.
Client Alert | January 8, 2024
On 18 December 2023, Adobe and Figma mutually agreed to terminate their $20 billion merger deal, after they concluded that there was “no clear path” to get clearance from EU and UK antitrust regulators.
Client Alert | December 27, 2023
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have jointly released the final version of the 2023 Merger Guidelines, designed to increase scrutiny of deals.
Client Alert | December 21, 2023
Gibson Dunn was ranked in the 2024 edition of Global Competition Review’s GCR 100 – Global Elite, a list of the world’s top 25 antitrust practices.
Firm News | December 18, 2023
Six Gibson Dunn partners were recognized in the 2024 edition of Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders – Competition.
Firm News | November 30, 2023
San Francisco partner Rachel Brass was named to the Daily Journal’s Top Antitrust Lawyers 2023 list, which features California’s top antitrust lawyers.
Firm News | November 29, 2023
Washington, D.C. partner Svetlana Gans received the Federalist Society Practice Groups Division’s inaugural 2023 Volunteer of the Year Award for “the energy she has brought to the Executive Committee as Co-Chair [of the Corporations, Securities & Antitrust Practice Group] and the important impact she has made upon the Federalist Society's antitrust programming over the past year.”
Firm News | November 21, 2023
The inaugural edition of Who's Who Legal's 2024 Thought Leaders: USA featured 42 partners from Gibson Dunn.
Firm News | November 13, 2023
The leading German legal publication JUVE recommended Gibson Dunn in Germany in the 2023/2024 edition of its annual directory.
Firm News | October 27, 2023
Gibson Dunn was recognized with seven firm and 18 individual rankings in the 2023 edition of Chambers UK. The firm was recognized in the categories.
Firm News | October 19, 2023
Gibson Dunn earned 21 practice area rankings in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 UK.
Firm News | October 4, 2023
On September 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission, delivering on recent agency promises to increase scrutiny of private equity-backed transactions and strategies, released a complaint filed against private equity sponsor Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe and U.S. Anesthesia Partners, a Texas-based provider of anesthesia services and Welsh Carson portfolio company. With this slate of claims, the FTC takes aim at Welsh Carson and USAP’s serial acquisitions over a decade, post-merger conduct, and the “roll-up” strategy employed by USAP and Welsh Carson.
Client Alert | September 27, 2023
Gibson Dunn antitrust practitioners discuss the proposed changes to the DOJ-FTC Merger Guidelines, along with potential implications for the HSR merger review process. The speakers also share practical advice and considerations for M&A going forward.
Webcasts | September 21, 2023
Beginning January 1, 2024, California will broaden its already expansive restrictions on employee non-compete agreements.
Client Alert | September 20, 2023
Thirteen Gibson Dunn partners were recognized in Who’s Who Legal Competition 2023.
Firm News | September 7, 2023
The Daily Journal named Los Angeles partners Theane Evangelis and Samuel Liversidge to its annual list of the Top 100 Lawyers in California.
Firm News | September 7, 2023
On August 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced the resolution of an antitrust investigation into the proposed acquisition by EQT Corporation of THQ Appalachia I, LLC and THQ-XcL Holdings I, LLC, two companies backed by equity commitments from funds managed by Quantum Energy Partners.
Client Alert | August 18, 2023
Best Lawyers® named 11 Gibson Dunn lawyers as the 2024 Lawyer of the Year in their respective practice areas and cities.
Firm News | August 17, 2023
Partners from Gibson Dunn’s antitrust and corporate practice groups discuss proposed changes and additions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger notification form, including a review of key changes, their potential impact on HSR filing preparation and transaction timelines, as well as preliminary thoughts on new best practices to address these developments.
Webcasts | August 3, 2023
In a recent landmark judgment, the EU’s Court of Justice has sided with the European Commission on how the EU merger control rules should be interpreted and applied.
Client Alert | August 2, 2023
Our lawyers discuss the updated draft Merger Guidelines jointly issued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice.
Client Alert | July 20, 2023
Our lawyers discuss the proposed first major overhaul of the Hart-Scott Rodino Act premerger notification requirements since the HSR program was established 45 years ago.
Client Alert | June 29, 2023
Gibson Dunn earned 54 practice area rankings, including 18 top-tier rankings in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 – United States.
Firm News | June 23, 2023
Global Competition Review has named Frankfurt associate Jan Vollkammer to its inaugural 2023 FIC 40 under 40 list, which profiles the next generation of top foreign investment control lawyers in the world.
Firm News | June 21, 2023
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is advising Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. on its $5.4 billion merger with NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc.
Firm News | June 15, 2023
In its 2023 edition, Chambers USA awarded Gibson Dunn 106 first-tier rankings, of which 36 were firm practice group rankings and 70 were individual lawyer rankings.
Firm News | June 1, 2023
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its Antitrust and Competition Practice Group with two new lawyers in the Washington, D.C. office: Ryan Foley has joined the firm as of counsel, and Zoë Hutchinson is a new lateral associate.
Press Releases | May 31, 2023
Our lawyers discuss how city attorneys and certain county counsels in California may use their newly provided authority to investigate businesses under the state’s Unfair Competition Law.
Client Alert | May 18, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court held today in two related cases that federal district courts have jurisdiction to resolve constitutional challenges to the structure or existence of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Client Alert | April 14, 2023
The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 has recommended Gibson Dunn in 21 categories in Belgium, France, Germany and UAE.
Firm News | April 13, 2023
Our lawyers discuss a German draft bill that marks a substantial shift towards a new era of antitrust law enforcement, including providing additional powers to the German Federal Cartel Office.
Client Alert | April 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Federal Trade Commission hosted international and state antitrust enforcers for panel discussions on current and emerging enforcement trends.
Client Alert | April 5, 2023
Concurrences recognized New York partners Reed Brodsky and Eric J. Stock at its 2023 Antitrust Writing Awards.
Firm News | March 29, 2023
Gibson Dunn received 36 rankings in Chambers Europe 2023: 24 individual rankings and 12 firm rankings.
Firm News | March 16, 2023