Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has one of the world's leading media, entertainment and technology practices. We represent both established and emerging media, entertainment and technology companies and handle our clients' most important and complex corporate transactions, litigation, internal investigations and other legal challenges. At 50+ attorneys, the practice group can handle even the largest matters. As a global law firm, we also draw on the additional resources of over 1,000 attorneys in the firm's 17 worldwide offices.
The American Lawyer named Gibson Dunn the 2012 Litigation Department of the Year for an unprecedented second time. The publication, which dubbed the firm’s litigators “The Game Changers” in 2010, declared that the firm possesses “The Complete Game,” having “racked up another stack of victories in some of the country’s thorniest cases.”
Chambers USA has praised our transactional practice, noting our "ability to boil down matters to their essence.” Sources for the 2011 edition remarked: “We find [Gibson Dunn] to be very effective at negotiating complex and complicated deals. [They have] very deep knowledge of IP issues on the entertainment side, but also deep corporate experience – it’s difficult to find both of those in one team.”
Our transactional lawyers are recognized for their expertise in mergers and acquisitions, complex film finance transactions, and joint ventures. They handle pre-sales of media rights; acquisitions and dispositions of catalogs, copyrights and name and likeness rights; television output and film distribution agreements; as well as the full range of corporate transactions that cut across industry lines.
Our litigators are well-known for their decades of experience in handling the full array of media and entertainment-related matters, including accounting, contract and profit participation disputes and enforcing film and television distribution agreements. We are leaders in conducting sensitive investigations for prominent social networking sites, and are renowned for our First Amendment practice. We have defended and prosecuted high-stakes copyright disputes, as well as trademark, rights of publicity, patent and other IP-based matters.
Individual Accolades:
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The Hollywood Reporter named Scott Edelman, Ruth Fisher, Orin Snyder and Larry Ulman to its Power Lawyers 2011 list. In the litigation category, Scott was recognized for his work on behalf of television networks NBC and CBS, and Orin was recognized for his work on behalf of recording artists including Bob Dylan, Jennifer Lopez and the Rolling Stones. In the corporate category, Ruth’s representation of Vivendi in the $5.8 billion sale of its 20 percent interest in NBC Universal to General Electric was noted, and Larry’s work on behalf of Fox and Paramount was recognized.
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The Daily Journal named Ruth Fisher and Ashlie Beringer to its 2012 list of Top Women Lawyers in California. Ruth also was named to the inaugural list of the top 25 corporate women lawyers, where she was noted for her role representing entertainment companies in high-profile transactions.
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Orin Snyder was ranked in the first tier as a top media and entertainment litigator by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2011.
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Scott Edelman was ranked in the first tier as a top media and entertainment litigator by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2011.
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The Century City Bar Association named Scott Edelman as Litigator of the Year for 2009.