Mr Doug Watson > Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Composed of ‘very experienced and expert partners’, the team at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represents financial institutions in disputes in various jurisdictions, including offshore. Osma Hudda and Doug Watson jointly lead the team. Boasting extensive experience in the financial services sector, Philip Rocher specialises in litigation, as well as regulatory and internal investigations. Charles Falconer KC is name to note, and Allan Neil represents financial institutions in multi-jurisdictional disputes and investigations. Susy Bullock is an active member of the team, along with Daniel Warner.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher regularly appear before the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the CAT. Latterly, the team has engaged in high-profile mandates in the technology, sport, and consumer sectors, including far-reaching class actions. Patrick Doris is especially well versed in white collar investigations, competition litigation, and class action litigation. Ali Nikpay‘s extensive EU and UK merger control and antitrust experience attracts a number of blue-chip corporate clients, while Doug Watson is noted for his capabilities across both commercial litigation and international arbitration.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher fields ‘excellent lawyers, who are experienced and accomplished in running large, complex international arbitrations’. The practice has significant experience in disputes in the energy, telecoms, insurance, construction, pharmaceutical and banking sectors. Praised for his ‘ability to navigate complex facts and legal arguments’, Cyrus Benson  routinely acts before commercial and investment treaty tribunals in high stakes matters. Penny Madden KC has particular expertise in shareholder, telecoms, energy, international trade and insurance disputes. The London office also showcases former UK Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer KC, who is a specialist in both international arbitration and commercial litigation. Osma Hudda is an expert in insurance and reinsurance claims, financial services disputes, and conflicts arising out of oil industry divestments and delivery contracts. Other key team members include former President of the European Court of Human Rights Robert Spano, Doug Watson, who conducts arbitrations under a broad range of rules and arbitral institutions, and Piers Plumptre, who has ‘vast amounts of work and new cases’. Other key lawyers are commercial and investment treaty arbitration practitioners Ceyda Knoebel and Stephanie Collins, and Cassie Aprile, who is ‘able to lead and advocate on the most complicated matters’.

Specialising in commercial litigation, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is regularly called upon to handle multi-jurisdictional disputes, including offshore litigation. Boasting an active multi-party litigation practice, the ‘expert and experienced‘ team has a strong background acting for claimants and defendants. Osma Hudda co-leads alongside Doug Watson, who excels in cross-border litigation, focusing on the telecoms, energy, aviation, media and sport sectors. Susy Bullock heads the firm’s transnational litigation team. Philip Rocher focuses his commercial litigation practice on the financial services sector, while Patrick Doris represents a diverse list of corporations, UK public bodies and sovereign states. Charles Falconer KC and Daniel Warner are names to note.