Gibson Dunn Ranked in The Legal 500 UK 2023

Accolades  |  September 29, 2022

The Legal 500


Gibson Dunn earned 18 practice area rankings in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 UK. Six 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, £500m+
  • Corporate and Commercial: Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
  • Corporate and Commercial: VAT and Indirect Tax
  • Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation: Premium
  • Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
  • Dispute Resolution: Public International Law
  • Human Resources: Employment – Employers
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure
  • Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas
  • Public Sector: Administrative and Public Law
  • Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment
  • Real Estate: Property Finance
  • Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (advice to corporates)
  • TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and telecoms

Legal 500’s Hall of Fame for 2023 consists of: Sandy Bhogal – Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Tax; Steve Thierbach – Corporate and Commercial: Equity Capital Markets; Philip Rocher – Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation; Cyrus Benson – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; Jeffrey Sullivan KC – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; and Alan Samson – Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment and Real Estate: Property Finance.

The partners named as Leading Lawyers are: Ali Nikpay – Corporate and Commercial: EU and Competition; Michelle Kirschner – Corporate and Commercial: Financial Services: non-contentious regulatory; Penny Madden KC – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration; Jeffrey Sullivan KC – Dispute Resolution: Public International Law; Anna Howell – Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas; Patrick Doris – Public Sector: Administrative and Public Law; Sacha Harber-Kelly – Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (advice to corporates); Robert Carr – Real Estate: Property Finance; and Joel Harrison – TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and telecoms. Benjamin Fryer has been named a Next Generation Partner for Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Tax, and Claibourne Harrison has been named a Next Generation Partner for Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment. Additionally, Mitasha Chandok has been named a Rising Star for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas. The guide was published on September 28, 2022.

Gibson Dunn’s London office offers full-service English and U.S. law capability, including corporate, finance, dispute resolution, competition/antitrust, real estate, labor and employment, and tax.  Our lawyers advise international corporations, financial institutions, private equity funds and governments on complex and challenging transactions and disputes.