Press Releases - Gibson Dunn

Press Releases

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Gibson Dunn Named “Litigation Department of the Year” and Partner Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. Named “Litigator of the Year Grand Prize Winner” by The American Lawyer

The American Lawyer has named Gibson Dunn the winner of its biennial “Litigation Department of the Year” competition and selected Los Angeles partner Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. as “Litigator of the Year Grand Prize Winner.”  The firm was also named a finalist in the White Collar/Regulatory Department of the Year.

January 2, 2020

Gibson Dunn Adds Roscoe Jones, Jr. to Public Policy Practice Group in D.C.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Roscoe Jones, Jr. has joined the firm as counsel in its Washington, D.C. office. Jones focuses his practice on advising clients on various public policy matters.

December 17, 2019

Gibson Dunn Promotes 13 Lawyers to Partnership

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elected 13 new partners, effective January 1, 2020. “We congratulate our new partners on this important and well-deserved professional achievement,” said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn.

November 20, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Leading Litigator Markus Rieder in Munich

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Markus Rieder will join the firm as a partner in the Munich office. Currently a partner with Latham & Watkins, he will continue to practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation, commercial arbitration, and compliance and white collar defense at Gibson Dunn.

November 20, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Employment Partner Nataline Fleury in Paris

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Nataline Fleury has joined the firm in Paris as a partner. Fleury, formerly with Ashurst from 2008 as head of the Paris employment practice, will continue to practice in the areas of employment, social security and employee benefits.

November 4, 2019

Kristen Limarzi, Former Chief of the Appellate Section of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, Joins Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kristen Limarzi has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. She previously served as the Chief of the Appellate Section of the U.S.

October 15, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Former SEC Corporation Finance Special Counsel in Washington, D.C.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Courtney Haseley has joined the firm as of counsel in its Washington, D.C. office as a member of the Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group.

October 10, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Tax Partner Ben Fryer in London

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Ben Fryer will join the firm as a partner in the London office. Currently a partner with Mayer Brown, Fryer will continue his tax practice at Gibson Dunn.

October 7, 2019

Gibson Dunn Strengthens Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice with Addition of Three Highly Regarded Partners in New York

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Scott J. Greenberg, Steven A. Domanowski and Michael J. Cohen have joined the firm as partners in the New York office.

October 3, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Financial Regulation Partner Michelle Kirschner in London

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michelle Kirschner will join the firm’s London office as a partner. Kirschner, formerly a partner with Macfarlanes, will continue to focus on financial services regulation at Gibson Dunn.

October 1, 2019

Capital Markets Partner Boris Dolgonos Joins Gibson Dunn in New York

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Boris Dolgonos has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office. Dolgonos, formerly a partner at Jones Day, will continue his capital markets practice, advising issuers and underwriters on equity and debt offerings, as well as providing securities reporting counsel to U.S.

September 23, 2019

Litigation Partner Joshua Lerner Joins Gibson Dunn in San Francisco

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Joshua Lerner has joined the firm as a partner in its San Francisco office. Lerner, formerly a partner at Durie Tangri, will continue to focus on litigating major complex commercial matters.

September 10, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds M&A Partner David C. Lee in Orange County

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that David C. Lee will join the firm as a partner in the Orange County office. Lee, formerly with Latham & Watkins, will continue his mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and venture capital practice at Gibson Dunn.

September 9, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Competition Partner Christian Riis-Madsen to Brussels Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Christian Riis-Madsen will join the firm’s Brussels office as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.

September 3, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Leading Bank Regulatory and Enforcement Litigator Matthew Biben

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Matthew L. Biben has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Biben, formerly a co-lead of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Banking Industry Group, will serve as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Financial Institutions Practice Group and continue his financial institutions practice with a focus on complex regulatory and litigation matters.

August 19, 2019

Former Special Counsel Prosecutor Zainab Ahmad to Join Gibson Dunn as Partner in New York

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP today announced that leading prosecutor Zainab Ahmad will join the firm as a partner in the New York office. Ahmad will join the firm after serving as a Senior Assistant Special Counsel in Special Counsel Robert S.

July 10, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Real Estate Partner Kimberly Schlanger in Houston

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kimberly Schlanger has joined the firm as a partner. At Gibson Dunn, she will continue her national commercial real estate practice from the firm’s Houston office.

June 3, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Tax Partner Edward S. Wei in New York

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Edward S. Wei has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Wei, previously a partner with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, joins as a member of Gibson Dunn’s Tax Practice Group.

June 3, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Litigator Elizabeth Papez in D.C.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Papez has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, where she will continue to focus her practice on high-stakes class actions, complex commercial litigation, and appeals.

March 6, 2019

Gibson Dunn Announces Annual Pro Bono Award Winners

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 Memorial Award is given annually to individual lawyers and teams that have demonstrated leadership and initiative in their pro bono work, obtained significant results for their pro bono clients, and served as a source of inspiration to others.

March 5, 2019