Famous for its leading white-collar practice, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher draws on significant on-the-ground experience acting on high-profile internal and government investigations across the Asia-Pacific region. It focuses on work involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-money laundering, securities and trade control laws.
The firm boasts renowned litigators in the market including Kelly Austin, Elaine Chen and Brian Gilchrist. Austin is prominent in the white-collar and compliance space while Gilchrist and Chen are highly respected for their commercial disputes expertise. The firm expanded significantly in the commercial litigation sphere with the arrival of Gilchrist, Chen and their team from Clifford Chance. It advises on cutting-edge litigation on a full range of complex contentious matters including banking, insurance, contentious probate and tax.
The firm successfully defended American multinational energy corporation Chevron in a $1.797 billion civil lawsuit in Indonesia. The lawsuit, brought by an Indonesian non-governmental organisation, alleged environmental violations related to oil remediation. Led by Austin, the firm worked closely with local Indonesian counsel and co-counsel at King & Spalding. After extensive fact development, witness testimonies, and merits briefing, the trial court ruled in favour of Chevron, denying the plaintiff's claims and ordering them to pay the litigation costs.
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