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Kirkland, Gibson Dunn, Baker Botts guide building materials giant CRH’s $8.5bn Arcosa buy

Kirkland counsels Ireland’s CRH with Gibson Dunn and Baker Botts across the table in deal that will expand its exposure to US infrastructure ​demand

22 Jun 2026

Newly-formed Winston Taylor names first Paris head, hires Gibson Dunn PE partner

Grine Lahreche to lead new transatlantic firm’s 19-partner Paris arm as Patrick Ledoux joins from Gibson Dunn

11 Jun 2026

Arbitration must protect its legitimacy, LIDW keynote speakers warn

Lord Neuberger, Toby Landau KC and Karyl Nairn KC all used their International Arbitration Day keynotes to argue that reform is needed to preserve confidence in a successful system on a lively opening...

2 Jun 2026

The LCIA’s future lies in careful renewal, not wholesale reinvention

As London International Disputes Week returns, it offers the London Court of International Arbitration a chance to show what institutional renewal looks like in practice, writes Ben Rigby

1 Jun 2026

Gibson Dunn strengthens in Paris with investment funds team from Clifford Chance

Seven-strong group includes four partners, led by Xavier Comaills

28 Apr 2026

Gibson Dunn hits Sullivan & Cromwell for four-partner appellate litigation team led by Jeffrey Wall

Wall and team member Morgan Ratner have been representing President Donald Trump in his appeal of a conviction of falsifying business records

23 Apr 2026

London International Disputes Week announces keynote speakers for arbitration-focused day of events

Lord Neuberger, Toby Landau KC and Karyl Nairn KC will headline International Arbitration Day

9 Apr 2026

Harvey enlists Gibson Dunn AI practice group co-head for senior strategy role

Former Google lawyer Keith Enright will join legal AI platform as chief strategy officer

23 Mar 2026

Freshfields and Gibson Dunn advise on Axel Springer’s £575m Telegraph acquisition

Deal scuppers rival deal from the owner of the Daily Mail, advised by Slaughter and May

6 Mar 2026

BCLP, Taylor Wessing secure real estate-related hires in London

Private equity partner Claibourne Harrison joins BCLP, while tax lawyer Gemma Grunewald joins Taylor Wessing

6 Mar 2026

Skadden, Gibson Dunn advise on Devon Energy’s merger with Coterra Energy

Tie-up will create one of world’s largest shale operators, with a combined value of around $58bn

3 Feb 2026

Gibson Dunn asserts London focus with new enlarged office

Rapid growth in the City spurs US firm to more than double the size of its London space with move to One Exchange Square

29 Jan 2026

Gibson Dunn hires Freshfields’ Spanish M&A head to open in Madrid

Armando Albarrán will help expand Gibson Dunn’s transactional platform in Europe

16 Jan 2026

Gibson Dunn promotes 42 to partner including 11 in London in record round

Global chair Barbara Becker is set to travel to London for an extended stay early next year

18 Dec 2025

US firms eye $2.5tr fund finance opportunity amid spate of transatlantic hires

Ben Rigby discusses two key hires in the fund finance world by law firms in London and New York this week

28 Nov 2025

Gibson Dunn hires Fried Frank partner in New York to lead fund finance team

Sponsor-side specialist Duncan McKay will help Gibson Dunn build out its investment funds practice

24 Nov 2025

Gibson Dunn, Cooley advise on Merck’s $9.2bn purchase of flu drug-maker Cidara

Gibson Dunn also advised Merck on its $10bn acquisition of Verona Pharma earlier this year

14 Nov 2025

Hausfeld defeats Gibson Dunn-repped Apple in landmark £1.5bn class action suit

Result marks first case brought under UK’s collective action regime to reach successful conclusion at trial

24 Oct 2025

Prominent London M&A partner swaps Latham for Gibson Dunn

Energy specialist Simon Tysoe joins after a decade at Latham

16 Oct 2025

Wachtell, Kirkland lead on EA’s record $55bn deal to go private

Six law firms called in for video game maker’s acquisition by consortium that includes Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s PIF, the largest take-private investment in history

29 Sep 2025