Patrick Hennessy is an English qualified partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher.  He is a member of the Corporate Transactional, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Real Estate practice groups. Mr. Hennessy has extensive experience advising clients in the U.K., across Europe and Asia on a wide range of corporate matters, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, disposals, leveraged buy-outs and joint ventures.

Mr. Hennessy has a particular focus on corporate real estate, mainstream private equity (including management and institutional buyout transactions) and all aspects of real estate private equity (including real estate mergers and acquisitions, real estate joint ventures and co-investment deals and structures).  Mr. Hennessy has advised clients on numerous high profile, cross-border, complex transactions in these areas.

Mr. Hennessy also has significant experience advising clients in the betting and gaming industries.

Mr. Hennessy is recognised by Legal 500 UK 2022 for Private equity: transactions – high-value deals, in which clients note he is an “exceptional lawyer….technically brilliant, responsive and commercial.”

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Hennessy trained and practiced at Mayer Brown International LLP where he completed secondments to Cable & Wireless plc and AstraZeneca plc.