Financial Times Names Gibson Dunn Among Most Innovative Law Firms in North America

Accolades  |  December 9, 2025

Financial Times

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Gibson Dunn was recognized at The Financial Times (FT) Innovative Lawyers Awards North America 2025 as one of the Most Innovative Law Firms, and was honored as the Most Innovative Firm in two categories: the Business of Law category for our comprehensive three-pronged AI strategy, and the Practice of Law – Disputes and Litigation category for our precedent-setting win in an OpenAI defamation suit.

The firm was also Highly Commended in the Practice of Law – Restructuring category for our Liability Management Exercises (LMEs), and partner Eugene Scalia (Washington, D.C.) was named one of the Top 10 Individual Practitioners for his administrative law and regulatory work.

In addition, Barbara Becker was recognized in the Law Firm Leaders category as one of the top five women chairs / managing partners.

The FT’s annual Innovative Lawyers Awards North America spotlight the firms and in-house teams that use innovative approaches to deliver exceptional value to businesses and society.