Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a leading international law firm. Consistently ranking among the world's top law firms in industry surveys and major publications, Gibson Dunn is distinctively positioned in today's global marketplace with 1000 lawyers and 16 offices in major cities throughout the United States and Europe. Committed to providing the highest quality legal services to its clients. Gibson Dunn's representative clients include some of the world's largest multinational corporations in all major industries, leading government entities, commercial and investment banks, start-up ventures, emerging growth businesses, partnerships and individuals.

The American Lawyer has named Gibson Dunn the 2010 Litigation Department of the Year. In awarding this honor, the magazine dubbed Gibson Dunn's litigators the "Game Changers," adding, "when other firms and conventional strategies come up short, clients in deep trouble turn to Gibson Dunn for fresh, aggressive thinking and innovative rescues."

Brussels, Belgium Office Profile: The Brussels office was established in the Fall of 2003, and is the hub of the Firm's European competition law practice along with the Munich office. The two offices combine to service the Firm's clients on all aspects of competition law (mergers, cartel enforcement and leniency practice, vertical restraints and abuses of a dominant position), particularly in connection with multi-State filings. The Brussels office also holds a pre-eminent position in the provision of legal services for all aspects of communications law and policy, and other sectors characterized by public utilities or networks, and its counsel is sought well beyond the territory of the European Union by both private sector firms and regulatory institutions. The Brussels office's attorneys also provide advice on a broader range of Community law issues, including the free movement of goods and services, trade law issues, (including anti-dumping, customs law and WTO matters), procurement and government contract practice subject to Community funding programmes, and product harmonization/certification/standardization measures in accordance with EC requirements.

General competition law practice (mergers, abuses of a dominant position, cartel enforcement and leniency practice, vertical restraints), specialized communications law and utilities law practice.

European Union Announces Adoption of Stricter Sanctions vs. Iran
Peter Alexiadis,Attila Borsos,Judith Alison Lee, February 1, 2012
On January 23, 2012, the Council of the European Union agreed to impose additional restrictive measures against Iran in the range of industrial sectors, inter alia: in the energy sector, including an embargo of Iranian crude oil imports to the EU; in the financial sector, including against the...

Two Circuit Court Opinions Confirm Central Role of Market Definition in Merger Litigation
Adam J. Di Vincenzo,Daniel G. Swanson, September 1, 2011
As we reported in our 2011 Mid-Year Merger Enforcement Update, federal courts are currently reviewing a number of cases that could have a significant impact on the antitrust analysis of mergers and acquisitions. Two noteworthy circuit court decisions were handed down recently. In City of New York...

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