Lawdragon Names 41 Gibson Dunn Lawyers to 500 Leading Dealmakers List for 2027
Accolades | October 16, 2026
Lawdragon
Lawdragon has named 41 Gibson Dunn lawyers to its 500 Leading Dealmakers list for 2027, which honors lawyers who “close the transactions that remake industries, redraw markets and move trillions of dollars of value.”
The firm’s leading dealmakers are: Aaron Adams (New York) – Finance, Private Equity; Jonathan Ashtor (New York) – IP & Technology Transactions; Barbara Becker (New York) – Corporate, M&A; Richard Birns (New York) – Private Equity, M&A; Jeffrey Chapman (Dallas) – M&A, Private Equity; Candice Choh (Los Angeles) – M&A, Private Equity; Evan D’Amico (Washington, D.C.) – Corporate, M&A; Michael Darden (Houston) – M&A, esp. Oil & Gas, Energy & Infrastructure; Andrew Fabens (New York) – Capital Markets, Securities Regulation, Corporate Governance; Sebastian Fain (New York) – M&A, Activism Defense, Corporate Governance; Alexander Fine (New York) – M&A, Finance, Private Equity; Tull Florey (Houston) – M&A, Securities, esp. Oil & Gas; Stephen Glover (Washington, D.C.) – M&A, Private Equity; Sarah Graham (Los Angeles) – M&A, Private Equity; Sean Griffiths (New York) – Private Equity, M&A, Corporate Finance, Energy; Shukie Grossman (New York) – Investment Funds; Andrew Herman (Washington, D.C.) – Private Equity, M&A; Hillary Holmes (Houston and Dallas) – Capital Markets, esp. Energy; Doug Horowitz (New York) – Private Equity, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance; Elizabeth Ising (Washington, D.C.) – Corporate Governance, Securities Regulation; Thomas Kim (Washington, D.C.) – Securities Regulation & Corporate Governance; Caith Kushner (New York) – Corporate Finance; Ari Lanin (Los Angeles) – Private Equity; Rob Little (Dallas) – M&A, Capital Markets, Private Equity; Stewart McDowell (San Francisco) – Capital Markets, Private Equity, M&A, Cross-Border; Duncan McKay (New York) – Fund Finance; Ryan Murr (San Francisco) – Corporate, M&A; Saee Muzumdar (New York) – Corporate, M&A; Michael Piazza (Houston) – Private Equity, M&A, Finance, Oil & Gas; Tomer Pinkusiewicz (New York) – Capital Markets, Projects, Infrastructure, Latin America; John Pollack (New York) – Corporate, M&A; Doug Rayburn (Dallas) – M&A, Securities, Oil & Gas, Energy; George Sampas (New York) – M&A, Cross-Border, Energy, Aviation; Brian Scrivani (New York) – M&A, Private Equity; Jesse Sharf (Los Angeles) – Real Estate, Corporate, Finance; Steven Shoemate (New York) – Private Equity, M&A; Roger Singer (New York) – Private Equity, Investment Funds, Real Estate; Eric Sloan (New York) – M&A, Finance, Tax; George Stamas (Washington, D.C.) – M&A, Finance, Private Equity; Lilat Voskanyan (San Francisco) – Private Equity, M&A; and Lori Zyskowski (New York) – Corporate Governance.