Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Telephone House,
2-4 Temple Avenue,
London,
EC4Y 0HB
Website www.gibsondunn.com
Firm profile
Main areas of work
The Hong Kong office provides an extensive range of U.S., Hong Kong and English legal advise to global and Asia-based clients. Major practice groups in Hong Kong include: capital markets, competition, compliance and investigations, energy and infrastructure, finance, funds, litigation and dispute resolution, M&A, Privacy cybersecurity and consumer protection, private equity, financial regulatory, strategic sourcing and commercial transactions and technology.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Dubai office is located in the financial center of one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. Our Dubai office is dedicated to servicing the needs of clients in the Middle East and Africa as well as those from the United States, Europe and Asia doing business in the region. Our clients include sovereigns, sovereign wealth funds, financial sponsors and family offices.Gibson Dunn has represented many of the largest companies and financial institutions doing business in the Middle East for more than 40 years. Our Dubai office opened in 2007 to serve our existing client base, solidifying our presence in the region. As a Gibson Dunn trainee, you will work alongside some of the most talented lawyers in the Middle East, Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Based in the UAE, trainees frequently work on international transactions and cases with our colleagues and clients overseas. The firm is also able to offer trainee secondments to overseas firm offices, as well as with clients.
Training opportunities
We welcome applications from exceptional individuals, those who are capable of taking the initiative, who have strong interpersonal and organisational skills and can rise to the challenge of working directly with partners within small, focused teams and having client contact early in their careers.
Trainees rotate around four six-month seats with opportunity to spend time in corporate, finance, dispute resolution, employment, tax, competition, energy, real estate and funds. Some trainees will have opportunity to partake in secondments to an overseas office of the firm, and with a client. Trainees share a room with a partner or senior associate, and work with them on their matters, whilst also having the opportunity to work with the other lawyers in the firm.
Gibson Dunn is proud to have a strong, sustained commitment to pro bono work, and our trainees are encouraged to participate in this tradition and work on local and international pro bono activities.
London Vacation scheme
• Pay: £750 per week
• 5 June – 23 June 2024
Dubai Vacation Scheme
• June 2024 dates tbc (this could take place in London or Dubai)
Deadline: 16 January 2023
Our summer vacation scheme is intended for both law students and students of other disciplines in their penultimate and final year of study, recent graduates (in any discipline), and those already taking a GDL or LPC course or also the PCLL course for the Hong Kong Internship. Gibson Dunn strongly encourages candidates interested in a training contract to apply for a place on our summer vacation scheme, rather than directly for a training contract. To date, the majority of our trainees have been recruited from our summer vacation scheme. Early application is advised as places will be allocated on a rolling basis.
Other benefits
Open days and first-year opportunities
• First Year London Insight Day – 25th April 2024 Applications are welcome from students of any discipline in their first year of undergraduate study.
This Firm's Rankings in
UK Guide, 2024
Ranked Departments
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London (Firms)
- Competition Law (Band 4)
- Tax (Band 6)
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UK-wide
- Capital Markets: Equity (Band 4)
- Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (Band 4)
- International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration (Band 2)
- International Arbitration: Investor-State Arbitration (Band 2)
- Real Estate Finance (Band 4)