Gibson Dunn & Crutcher moves up in the rankings following strong praise across the market for the quality of its cartel practice."They are one to watch," says a peer, adding that recent recruit Andrés Font-Galarza, who joined the firm in March 2010 from Mayer Brown, "is really excellent"....
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher moves up in the rankings following strong praise across the market for the quality of its cartel practice.
"They are one to watch," says a peer, adding that recent recruit Andrés Font-Galarza, who joined the firm in March 2010 from Mayer Brown, "is really excellent". Along with the firm's leading lawyers, a fourth partner, James Ashe-Taylor, adds expertise in aviation.
In top mandates, the firm was advising Microsoft on Europe-wide investigations into online search and online marketing practices and Chunghwa Picture Tubes in cartel investigations in the LCD market in Europe, the US and Japan. In the latter case the client received the lowest fine of all the parties being investigated.
The firm acted for Energizer (which owns brands such as Wilkinson Sword) on its acquisition of American Safety Razor. The firm secured approval for the merger in the US and Germany in under 45 days.
Elsewhere, the firm advised Verne Holdings on state aid rules and Orascom Telecom Holdings on its $1.5 billion merger with VimpelCom to create the world's sixth largest telecoms provider.
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