Gibson Dunn Ranked in Legal 500 UK 2025

Accolades  |  October 10, 2024

The Legal 500

Gibson Dunn earned 30 practice area rankings in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 UK. Five partners were named to Legal 500’s Hall of Fame, recognizing individuals who receive consistent feedback from the market for continued excellence, and nine partners were named Leading Lawyers in their respective practices.

The firm was recognized in the following categories:

  • Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Tax
  • Corporate and Commercial: Equity Capital Markets – Mid-High Cap
  • Corporate and Commercial: EU and Competition
  • Corporate and Commercial: Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory
  • Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, £750m+
  • Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity: Transactions – High-value Deals (£250m+)
  • Corporate and Commercial: VAT and Indirect Tax
  • Corporate and Commercial: Venture Capital
  • Dispute Resolution: Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail
  • Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation: Premium
  • Dispute Resolution: Competition Litigation
  • Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
  • Dispute Resolution: Public International Law
  • Employment: Employers
  • Finance: Corporate restructuring & insolvency
  • Industry Focus: TMT
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: Project Finance and Development
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Power (including Electricity and Nuclear)
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewables
  • Public Sector: Administrative and Public Law
  • Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment
  • Real Estate: Property Finance
  • Risk Advisory: Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
  • Risk Advisory: ESG
  • Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (advice to corporates)
  • TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Artificial Intelligence
  • TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Fintech: Regulatory
  • TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and Telecoms

Legal 500’s Hall of Fame for 2024 consists of: 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; and Cyrus Benson – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration.

The partners named as Leading Lawyers are: Michelle Kirschner – Corporate and Commercial: Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory; Penny Madden – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; Federico Fruhbeck – Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing; Anna Howell – Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas; Patrick Doris – Public Sector: Administrative and Public Law; Robert Carr – Real Estate: Property Finance; Sacha Harber-Kelly – Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (advice to corporates); Joel Harrison – TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and telecoms; and Ben Fryer – Corporate and Commercial: Tax. Alice Brogi has been named a Next Generation Partner for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing; and Claibourne Harrison has been named a Next Generation Partner for Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment. Additionally, Mitasha Chandok has been named a Leading Associate for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas; and Ceyda Knoebel was named a Leading Associate in Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration. The guide was published on October 3, 2024.