Gibson Dunn Flashcards
What is Gibson Dunn’s London address?
Telephone House
2-4 Temple Avenue
London EC4Y 0HB,
United Kingdom
Tel:
+44 20 7071 4000
Who are the key contacts at Gibson Dunn London?
Danielle Bliss deals with all recruitment for London (partner and associate) as well as for most overseas offices too.
New Office manager is Alison Clifford
Where are Gibson Dunn’s other offices?
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Beijing
Brussels
Century City
Dallas
Denver
Dubai
Frankfurt
Hong Kong
London
Los Angeles
Munich
New York
Orange County
Palo Alto
Paris
San Francisco
São Paulo
Singapore
Washington, D.C.
How many partners at Gibson Dunn London and globally and how many fee earners?
About 27 partners in London as of 19th September 2016
50 associates in London plus 2 of counsel and one senior transactional PSL in London as of 19th September 2016. 27 partners so about 80 total for London.
1200 Lawyers worldwide as of 19th September 2016
Where were Gibson Dunn founded?
LA
Gibson Dunn’s Commitment to Excellence
In May 1872, a tall, 34 year-old, red-bearded lawyer stepped down from the stage-coach at the Plaza of Los Angeles. Corporate attorney John Bicknell had his sights on building a law practice. What greeted him at the stage was an ugly little pueblo with dusty unpaved streets, no industry and scant business. He saw a warren of narrow streets and alleys between decrepit adobe buildings roofed with “brea” from tar pits west of the city. Bicknell, who had summed up his philosophy this way when counseling a younger lawyer, “The safe way is to select a business that you will be satisfied to follow and build up a business of your own,” began to follow his own advice. By the1880s, he had attracted one of the region’s most important clients, the Southern Pacific Railroad.
It took time to select a quality partner. But in 1890, Bicknell, a Republican, teamed with Walter Trask, a Democratic litigator – thus launching the unbroken chain of partnership that today is Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Also launched was a set of unique firm attributes. Those included selecting only quality lawyers; balancing ideas across the political spectrum; and providing powerful resources in both transactional and litigation-related legal services. More than a century later, these attributes still define today’s Gibson Dunn.
In 1897 Judge James Gibson joined the firm, thus instituting another Gibson Dunn tradition — hiring lawyers who make an impact in their communities. In 1903, in a move that created the largest law firm in Los Angeles, Bicknell, Trask and Gibson merged their practice with that of former Los Angeles City Attorney William Dunn and former Assistant City Attorney Albert Crutcher. Carried out at the behest of a client in order to create a “full-service” firm, the combination was called an “experiment” in the local press. It has worked ever since. Nearly 100 years later, the press recently dubbed the firm “The Rescue Squad” for its response and service to clients in legal need. Another article remarked that it remains easier to get into the CIA than to become a lawyer at Gibson Dunn.
The firm grew as the region grew, into both Northern and Southern California, and both nationally and internationally. Gibson Dunn had offices in London and Paris by the 1970s, and has had a significant presence in the nation’s capital and in New York for more than 20 years. The firm opened in strategic locations such as Denver and Dallas in the 1980s. Since 2002, the firm has expanded in Europe by opening offices in Munich and Brussels. As John Bicknell might say, the firm has “built up a business,” based on those attributes of quality, balance and impact and on an unrelenting mission of achieving success for clients – a mission shared today by approximately 800 lawyers worldwide.
Who are the managing partners of Gibson Dunn both in London and globally?
Jeffrey Trinklein and James Cox (Co partners in charge of London office) Kenneth Doran is Managing Partner Globally (LA Based M&A Partner) – accurate 28-September 2016
What awards have Gibson Dunn won?
Ranking in Legal Business / Lawyer 100 / Am Law
Sept 2009 James Barabas sent through these award details:
In the press, two rankings were out recently that we were particularly pleased with. Once again, we made the American Lawyer’s prestigious AmLaw 20 list based on blended measurements including RPL, associate satisfaction and pro bono commitments. We were also ranked #1/50 for gross profit margin in the Legal Business 100 survey out last month. This plus the fact that the firm carries no debt means we are well-placed to ride out the current downturn.
What is the breakdown of work in Gibson Dunn London office?
Corporate (M&A, Private Equity, Finance, Capital Markets, Tax, Labour, Competition): 65%
Re corporate – James Barabas told me on 11th November 2009 that they do a mix of private M&A, Takeovers / city code deals, fund formation, JVs, FSMA advisory. They do far less of work like continuing obligations for listed companies. So quite general. They do very little equity capital markets work. They also do advisory work on commercial contracts. Eg. Have so gambling clients in the US. Some Saudi work, big commercial contracts eg recently some undersea cables work.
Excellent support – they don’t have trainees but they do have a team of career paralegals who do great work. They recently had a deal where they had round the clock secretarial cover over the weekend and managed to get 600 documents on the table for Monday morning so James Barabas feels he has just as good support as he ever had at Freshfields.
They also have overnight typing backup every night in New York where they just send documents over and they get proof read by New York. 2 Operators overnight every night.
James has recently (on Monday) closed off a deal where they sold PlayFish to Electronic Arts - £400 million mid cap deal. PlayFish do games on things like facebook which you play in flash – things like who’s got the biggest brain etc
Everyone has laptops and is completely set up to work from home so no need to come into the office if don’t need to.
Dispute Resolution/International Arbitration: 15%
· Real Estate: 20%
Who make up the Disputes team at Gibson Dunn London?
Litigation (accurate October 2016)
Cy Benson is a U.S. and English qualified partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Co-Chair of the Firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group.
Philip Rocher (Ex Clifford Chance) is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group.
Mr. Rocher specializes in commercial litigation and international arbitration, focusing on resolving large complex matters. He has particular experience in the fields of insurance and reinsurance and auditor liability. He acts for Swiss Re on a variety of matters, including “Bermuda Form” arbitrations in London, and has acted for major U.S. insurers in London arbitration proceedings. He also successfully defended Deloitte in the High Court in London in relation to claims for over £1 billion arising out of the collapse of the Barings Group. In the early 1990s he successfully represented the Plaintiff Names in the Gooda Walker Lloyd’s litigation securing an award in their favor of over £500 million.
Mr. Rocher joined Gibson Dunn in 2005 from the London office of Clifford Chance.
Patrick Doris (Joined in March 2011 from Freshfields as a partner – he had been a senior associate – litigation and competition partner)
Charles Falconer (Ex Lord Chancellor)
Allan Neil (Ex Barrister)
Osma Hudda (internal promotion)
Penny Madden (ex Skadden Arps) is an English qualified partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and a member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group.
Ms. Madden focuses her contentious practice on international arbitration and cross-border disputes. She has a wide range of experience in all key aspects of international arbitration with particular expertise in shareholder, SPA, telecommunications, international trade and insurance disputes. She represents clients across the globe in a wide variety of arbitration proceedings, including those before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), as well as in ad hoc proceedings. In addition to representing clients as counsel and advocate, Ms. Madden regularly sits as an arbitrator.
Ms Madden also has significant experience in high court litigation and regulatory investigations, and frequently advises European companies registered in the United Kingdom and/or the United States on complex multi-jurisdictional regulatory enforcement issues.
Who is the Employment team at Gibson Dunn London?
Employment (Accurate October 2016)
James A. Cox (Ex Ashurst - Joined in 2006) is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment law group.
4 associates in employment according to website Oct 2016
Who are the Tax Partners at Gibson Dunn in London?
Nicholas Aleksander is an English qualified partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the International Corporate Transactions and International Tax Practice Groups.
Jeffrey M. Trinklein is a Tax partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he serves as Co-Partner-in-Charge of the office
Confirmed October 2016
Who is the Antitrust partner at Gibson Dunn London?
Ali Nikpay is a partner in the firm’s global antitrust and competition practice and head of the competition and antitrust practice group in London. A partner of both our London and Brussels offices, he has more than 20 years of competition, antitrust and litigation experience in both the private and public sectors.
Who are the corporate partners at Gibson Dunn London?
Corporate (accurate October 2016)
Charlie Geffen (Ex Ashurst - was senior partner at Ashurst for 5 years until 2013)
Jonathan Earle (Ex Ashurst)
Nigel Stacey (Ex Ashurst)
Mark Sperotto (Ex Ashurst)
Steve Thierbach (Ex Herbert Smith)
Chris Haynes (Ex Herbert Smith)
James Howe (Ex Proskauer Rose - Joined in 2016)
Mitri Natjar (Ex Dewey & LeBeouf)
Wayne McArdle (Ex Paul Hastings)
Who are the finance partners at Gibson Dunn London?
Finance
Philip Crump (ex Kirkland & Ellis), Steven Gilespie (ex Kirkland & Ellis), Paul Harter, Greg Campbell, Tom Budd (ex Jones Day Gouldens)
Philip Crump (ex Kirkland & Ellis), Steven Gillespie (ex Kirkland & Ellis) Paul Harter, Greg Campbell, Tom Budd (ex Jones Day Gouldens).
4 Associates in Finance
Philip Crump (ex Kirkland & Ellis) is an English qualified partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Firms’ Global Finance, and Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Groups.
Mr. Crump has significant experience in a wide range of complex financing transactions and has a broad knowledge working across jurisdictions. In particular, he represents:
financial sponsors and lenders in relation to the financing of multi-jurisdictional leveraged buy-outs with a focus on multi-tiered capital structures; and
debt and equity investors in relation to strategic debt advisory work and a range of par, stressed and distressed transactions and restructurings, including rescue financings and loan-to-own transactions for investors with significant strategic positions.
Stephen Gilespie (Finance Partner) Ex Kirkland & Ellis and A&O
Stephen Gillespie is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher and a member of our Global Finance and Corporate practice groups. He is especially strong on LBOs, debt finance and banking.
Mr. Gillespie’s practice focuses on complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, workouts and restructurings. He has particular experience in investment grade, leveraged and event-driven financing.
Paul Harter (Corporate and Finance) is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he has practiced since 1989. He is a member of the firm’s International Corporate Transactions Practice Group with experience handling transnational corporate investment and finance transactions. He was based in the firm’s Los Angeles office from 1984 through 1989.
Mr. Harter has advised on a broad range of transnational acquisitions and other major corporate investment transactions. He is experienced in all facets of acquisition structuring, deal negotiation and documentation, including tax planning, corporate structuring, transaction financing, arrangements with management and shareholders and procurement of antitrust and other governmental licensing and approvals. Mr. Harter combines knowledge of U.S. and European acquisitions with experience in coordinating lawyers on a worldwide basis in connection with multi-national acquisitions.
Mr. Harter also has substantial experience in corporate finance and has represented major corporate clients in both commercial borrowings and capital markets transactions, as well as investment and commercial banking clients in connection with many types of cross-border financings.
Mr. Harter has advised clients on the establishment and restructuring of their international business operations. He has negotiated and documented worldwide distributorship, sales agency, franchise and licensing arrangements for multi-national clients. In addition, working closely with the firm’s tax lawyers, he has orchestrated complex multi-jurisdictional corporate restructurings designed to restructure the corporate balance sheet, as well as to enhance tax and operational efficiency, while addressing the particular corporate governance concerns and business objectives that are necessarily important to company management, shareholders and other corporate constituencies.
Mr. Harter is acknowledged by UK Legal Experts 2006 as a leading lawyer in the field of Corporate/M&A.
Greg Campbell is a finance partner
Tom Budd (ex Jones Day Gouldens joined 2005) is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Global Finance Practice Group. He is also Co head of the London office.
Mr. Budd has experience in a wide range of banking, capital markets and restructuring transactions, with particular expertise in corporate lending and syndications, acquisition finance, structured finance, trade finance, real estate finance, securitization, capital markets transactions and debt restructuring transactions. He has represented both borrowers and banks and financial institutions.
Mr. Budd has particular experience in real estate finance, real estate private equity, co-investment vehicles and investment funds, including limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint venture companies, and offshore co-ownership vehicles such as Jersey unit trusts and Luxembourg FCPs.
Mr. Budd is a regular speaker at conferences on banking and finance topics. He is widely recognized by the professional press as a leader in his field: Legal Business report, ‘Legal Experts’ lists Mr. Budd as being highly recommended in the bank lending area of practice; the 2005 edition of Chambers and Partners UK Guide lists Mr. Budd as a recommended lawyer in the field of real estate finance.
Education
University of Cambridge, LL.M. 1985
University of Queensland, B. Comm 1980; LL.B. 1982
4 Associates in Finance
Who is the property partner at Gibson Dunn London?
Alan A. Samson is an English and U.S. qualified partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and heads the firm’s European Real Estate Group.
Mr. Samson previously practiced as a partner with Nabarro Nathanson in London, where he both headed that firm’s North America Group and was a member of the Property Finance Group. While with Nabarro Nathanson, he practiced for several years with Weil Gotshal & Manges in New York as part of an exchange programme arranged between the two firms.
Mr. Samson is a former member of the editorial board of the Property Law Journal and has published in the Real Estate Finance Journal. He is also a member of the NYU London-New York Real Estate Roundtable and the Urban Land Institute.
3 associates in property
