Gibson Dunn Practices, Lawyers Recognized by The Legal 500 UK 2027
Accolades | September 30, 2026
Gibson Dunn earned 32 practice area rankings and 28 individual rankings in the 2027 edition of The Legal 500 UK.
Five partners were named to The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, recognizing individuals who receive consistent feedback from the market for continued excellence, and 15 partners and of counsels were named Leading Lawyers in their respective practices.
The firm was recognized in the following categories:
- Corporate and Commercial – Corporate Tax
- Corporate and Commercial – Equity Capital Markets – Mid-Large Cap
- Corporate and Commercial – EU and Competition
- Corporate and Commercial – Financial Services Regulation
- Corporate and Commercial – M&A Deals Over £750m
- Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity: High Value Private Equity Deals
- Corporate and Commercial – VAT and Indirect Tax
- Corporate and Commercial – Venture Capital
- Dispute Resolution – Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail
- Dispute Resolution – Premium Commercial Litigation
- Dispute Resolution – Competition Litigation
- Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution – Public International Law
- Employment – Employer Employment Law
- Finance: Acquisition Finance
- Finance: Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
- Finance: Transport Finance and Leasing
- Industry Focus: Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Industry Focus: TMT
- Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A
- Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: Project Finance
- Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas
- Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Power Electricity and Nuclear
- Public Sector: Administrative and Public Law
- Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment
- Real Estate: Property Finance
- Risk Advisory: Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity
- Risk Advisory: ESG
- Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Artificial Intelligence
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Fintech: Regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and Telecoms
Our Legal 500 Hall of Fame practitioners for 2027 are: Sandy Bhogal – Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Tax; Steve Thierbach – Corporate and Commercial: Equity Capital Markets; Ali Nikpay – Corporate and Commercial: EU and Competition; Philip Rocher – Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation; and Christopher Howard – Finance: Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency.
The partners named as Leading Lawyers are: Chris Haynes – Corporate and Commercial: Equity Capital Markets: Mid-Large Cap; Michelle Kirschner – Corporate and Commercial: Financial Services Regulation; Ali Nikpay – Dispute Resolution: Competition Litigation; Penny Madden – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; Federico Fruhbeck – Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A; Patrick Doris – Public Sector: Administrative and Public Law; Sean Tierney – Real Estate: Commercial Property: Investment; Robert Carr – Real Estate: Property Finance; Mark Manson-Bahr – Real Estate: Property Finance; Sacha Harber-Kelly – Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (advice to corporates); Joel Harrison – TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and telecoms; Ben Fryer – Corporate and Commercial: Tax; James Cameron – Finance: Transport Finance and Leasing; and Robbie Sinclair – Employment: Employers.
In addition, Alice Brogi was named a Next Generation Partner for Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Transactions – High-Value Deals (£500M+) and Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A; Mark Leverkus was named a Next Generation Partner for Finance: Transport Finance and Leasing; Tom Jackson was named a Next Generation Partner for Finance: Transport Finance and Leasing; and Christopher Slack was named a Next Generation Partner for Real Estate Funds. Also, Freya Church was named a Leading Associate for Real Estate – Commercial Property: Investment; Ceyda Knoebel was named a Leading Associate in Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; and Suzanne Thomson was named a Leading Associate in Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency.
The guide was published on September 30, 2026.