The firm has made a major arbitration hire in the US capital as it secures a lawyer with substantial experience in government-related disputes and investment treaty spats.

The media and tech disputes pro has departed a senior role at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to rejoin Gibson Dunn in California and the US capital.

2024’s final weekly summary of disputes developments takes in Sweden, Slovakia and Georgia, with partner promotions season in full swing.

The firm has added an enforcement pro to its white-collar and investigations practice in the Big Apple.

The trial lawyer, who served as lead counsel in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, has left Kramer Levin to head up Gibson Dunn’s litigation practice.

This week’s digest of disputes developments includes a raft of US and UK promotions, alongside the usual inter-firm moves.

The attempt by both states to quash the ICSID awards held against them have been blocked by one of the highest courts in London.

The US-founded contentious boutique has rehired a former federal prosecutor in its New York white-collar team, while adding a lawyer with deep government regulatory experience in DC.

Three energy companies took a step closer to enforcing their respective Energy Charter Treaty-related arbitral awards in a US appellate court, but the saga is far from over. A US appellate court has held that it does have jurisdiction to hear enforcement proceedings for arbitral awards against sovereign states. The judgment in Nextera Energy v […]

The Los Angeles-headquartered law firm has tapped Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ disputes talent to boost its Dallas practice. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired trial lawyer Elizabeth Ryan as a partner in its litigation and trials practice groups. Ryan, who will be based in the firm’s Dallas office, joins after a three-year tenure at Weil, Gotshal […]

This week’s round-up confirms US lawyers enjoy a change of scenery, with Brazil, London and Berlin also featuring. This week’s round-up begins in the US with the arrival yesterday (1 August) of Bindu Donovan, Todd Krause and Alyssa Monsen as partners in Morrison & Foerster’s New York office. All three have joined from contentious IP […]

The Palo Alto-headquartered firm has expanded its litigation practice with the addition of a business restructuring specialist from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Cooley is forging ahead with its litigation expansion drive with the addition of bankruptcy practitioner Michael Neumeister to its partner horde. Neumeister, who has joined the business restructuring group and global litigation department […]