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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Aaron Beim has joined the firm's New York office as a partner. Beim, formerly with Haynes and Boone, will continue to focus on his real estate practice. "Aaron is a terrific addition to the firm," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "We have one of the top real estate practices in the U.S., and Aaron's practice will add to our existing strength and deepen our relationship with several shared clients." "Aaron is a superstar," said Eric Feuerstein, Co-Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group. "He is one of the most highly regarded real estate finance lawyers under 40. He is smart and talented, and we are excited to bring him on boa
May 1, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the addition of six leading energy partners as founders of the firm's newly opened Houston office.
April 27, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the addition of four partners to its Hong Kong office: Paul Boltz, Scott Jalowayski, Michael Nicklin and Brian Schwarzwalder. The team, which joins from Ropes & Gray's Hong Kong office, will continue their private equity, finance and securities practice at Gibson Dunn.
April 21, 2017
The U.S.
March 7, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the winners of the firm's annual team and individual Frank Wheat Memorial Awards. The Frank Wheat award is given every year to lawyers in the firm who obtain significant results for their pro bono clients and demonstrate leadership and initiative that serve as inspiration to others. This year, the team award is presented to lawyers in Gibson Dunn's Denver office for their successful work in a high-stakes zoning matter before the Colorado Supreme Court. The individual award is presented to Dallas associate Andrew LeGrand for his instrumental role in developing an informal pro bono appellate program at the firm.
March 7, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is pleased to announce John Hartley will join the Hong Kong office as senior counsel, where he will continue to focus on finance transactions.Hartley was a partner at White & Case in Hong Kong, from 2008 through 2014, where he served as Asia head of banking, capital markets and restructuring and as office managing partner. Most recently, he was an independent legal consultant in Hong Kong.With more than 25 years of experience in Hong Kong, Hartley has been involved in almost all aspects of debt finance ranging from plain vanilla syndicated lendings to tax driven structures, leveraged acquisitions, securitization, real estate finance and capital markets. He has been responsible for the structuring, negotiation and documentation of a number of sign
March 6, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Avi Garbow will join the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Garbow most recently served as the General Counsel for the U.S.
March 6, 2017
Following the announcement of the opening of its new Houston office on February 6, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the addition of two partners. The new partners are Michael P.
March 1, 2017
In a sign of their unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion, more than forty of the nation's leading companies and employers filed a brief yesterday as amici curiae in Darweesh v. Trump, urging the federal court in the Eastern District of New York to grant injunctive relief against the recent Executive Order restricting travel and immigration into the United States.The brief's signatories represent a range of industries critical to the national and global economies, including the fields of high-tech, computing, and information technology.
February 17, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the formation of its new Aerospace and Related Technologies Industry Group. The newly formed group will formally integrate the firm's efforts on behalf of companies operating in the aerospace and defense, commercial space and related technology sectors. "The firm has a long and successful track record of serving clients in the aerospace and emerging technology sectors," said Ken Doran, Chairman & Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "We are seeing unprecedented growth in the aerospace industry due to, for example, the increasing privatization of space activities, demand for satellite-based services, and the commercial use of drones. We are well-positioned in terms of experience, capability and loc
February 14, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that it has opened a new office in Houston. The new office will be anchored by a team of highly regarded partners, who focus on complex energy transactions in the oil and gas sector. Together, the team will have the full range of energy transactional experience, including public and private M&A, asset acquisitions and divestitures, and joint ventures; debt and equity capital markets; finance and restructuring; tax (focused on MLPs); and regulatory matters. The team will initially consist of eight partners, who will be announced in the coming weeks."We are extremely excited to open a new office in Houston, long considered an epicenter of the energy industry," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partne
February 6, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Brian Rosenthal will join the firm as a partner in the New York office. He joins the firm from Mayer Brown and will continue his intellectual property practice."Brian is a terrific addition to the firm," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "He is a talented IP lawyer with extensive trial experience. He has a terrific reputation as a strategist, counselor and trial lawyer. Our IP practice is extremely busy, and Brian will add additional depth to help us meet client demand in this area." "Brian is a superb IP trial lawyer, with substantial and successful experience handling scores of major patent cases in courts around the country, and we are delighted he is
January 19, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Ahmed Baladi will join the firm as a partner in the Paris office. Formerly a partner with Allen & Overy, Baladi will continue to focus his law practice on information technology and digital transactions, outsourcing, data privacy and cybersecurity.He will be accompanied by of counsel Vera Lukic and associates Emmanuelle Bartoli and Adélaïde Cassanet. All three are also formerly with Allen & Overy. "Many of our clients in Europe and around the globe are increasingly turning to us for advice on data privacy, cybersecurity, digital transformation and outsourcing matters," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "Ahmed's experience and expertise will add greater dep
January 16, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Joshua Tod has joined the firm as of counsel in the London office. Previously of counsel with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Tod will support Gibson Dunn's existing EMEA private investment funds practice.Tod has extensive experience advising private equity, infrastructure, credit and real estate funds. He regularly counsels clients on the establishment and operation of private investment funds, including advising on the structuring and marketing of such funds and commercial issues arising from their operation. He has represented a range of private fund managers on multi-billion large buyout and mid-market fundraisings. He also advises on matters ranging from drafting commercial contracts between ma
January 5, 2017
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elected 13 new partners, spanning both corporate and litigation-related practices and the firm's offices, effective January 1, 2017."We would like to congratulate our new partners on this very important professional achievement," said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "Each of them exemplifies the core values of the firm – excellence, professionalism and collegiality. I know that they will carry on our highest traditions."The new partners are: Timothy P.
December 14, 2016
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kristin Linsley will join the firm as a litigation partner in the San Francisco office. She joins the firm from Munger, Tolles & Olson and will continue to practice complex business litigation.
October 12, 2016
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Stuart Delery, the former Acting Associate Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the No.
September 12, 2016
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that John M. Pollack, former Co-Chair of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP’s M&A and Securities Group, will join the firm as a partner in New York.
August 19, 2016
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Benjamin Wagner, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, will join the firm as a partner in the Palo Alto office.
August 2, 2016
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that former federal prosecutor Patrick Stokes will join the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Stokes most recently served as Senior Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division at the U.S.
July 5, 2016