Lawdragon Names 28 Gibson Dunn Partners Among 500 Leading Global Litigators for 2026
Firm News | May 29, 2026
Twenty-eight Gibson Dunn partners have been named by Lawdragon to its list of 500 Leading Global Litigators for 2026. The list celebrates lawyers who “dazzle with their fluency in law, language and global business alongside their commitment to the rule of law as a framework for addressing differences.”
The firm’s leading global litigators are: Mohammed Bashir (Riyadh) – International Arbitration, Governmental, Litigation; Eric Bouffard (Paris) – Litigation, International Arbitration; Ted Boutrous (Los Angeles) – Transnational Litigation; Susy Bullock (London) – Transnational Litigation; Elaine Chen (Hong Kong) – Transnational Litigation; Trey Cox (Dallas and Houston) – Global Litigation; Patrick Doris (London) – Global White-Collar Investigations & Litigation; Theane Evangelis (Los Angeles) – Global Litigation; Charles Falconer KC (London) – Transnational Litigation; Jean-Pierre Farges (Paris) – International Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy; Pierre-Emmanuel Fender (Paris) – Transnational Litigation, Restructuring; Brian Gilchrist, OBE – Transnational Litigation & Investigations; Perlette Michèle Jura (Los Angeles) – Transnational Litigation; Penny Madden KC (London) – International Arbitration, Transnational Litigation; Nooree Moola (Dubai) – International Arbitration, Judgment Enforcement; Allan Neil (London) – Transnational Litigation & Investigations; Patrick Pearsall (Washington, D.C.) – International Arbitration & Litigation, esp. Investments; Piers Plumptre (London) – International Arbitration, Judgment Enforcement; Osma Rajah (London) – International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution; Markus Rieder (Munich) – Transnational Litigation, Securities Litigation; Philip Rocher (London) – International Dispute Resolution, Investigations; Benno Schwarz (Munich) – Global Investigations & Compliance; Orin Snyder (New York) – Global Litigation; Robert Spano (London and Paris) – Geopolitical Strategy & International Law; William Thomson (Los Angeles) – Transnational Litigation; Doug Watson (London) – Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Energy; Betty Yang (Dallas) – Global Litigation, Energy; Finn Zeidler (Frankfurt) – Global Litigation & Investigations.