Gibson Dunn Ranked in the 2020 UK Legal 500

October 4, 2019

The UK Legal 500 2020 ranked Gibson Dunn in 15 practice areas and named seven partners as Leading Lawyers.  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: M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £500m+
  • Corporate and Commercial: Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
  • Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation
  • Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
  • Dispute Resolution: Public International Law
  • Human Resources: Employment – Employers
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas
  • Public Sector: Administrative and Public Law
  • Real Estate: Commercial Property – Hotels and Leisure
  • Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment
  • Real Estate: Property Finance
  • Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime

The partners named as Leading Lawyers 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; Cyrus Benson – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; Jeffrey Sullivan – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; and Alan Samson – Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment and Real Estate: Property Finance. Claibourne Harrison has also been named as a Rising Star for Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment. The guide was published on September 26, 2019.

Gibson Dunn’s London office offers full-service English and U.S. law capability, including corporate, finance, dispute resolution, competition/antitrust, real estate, labor and employment, and tax.  Our lawyers advise international corporations, financial institutions, private equity funds and governments on complex and challenging transactions and disputes.

Our London corporate practice is at the forefront of cross-border M&A, financing and joint venture transactions, including advising clients seeking to access U.S. and European capital markets.  Team members handle major domestic and multi-jurisdictional commercial cases before English, EU and Commonwealth courts, and have a wealth of experience in taking complex matters to trial.  Gibson Dunn’s London office was founded more than 30 years ago.  Our dynamic team includes many dual-qualified lawyers with extensive language skills.