‘Initially the client was concerned, but the investment banks said: “A big tick for Gibson Dunn in public M&A in London.” Five years ago people would have said they don’t know us, now investment banks are pitching for us.’ Charlie Geffen, chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s London corporate practice, cites a mandate secured in early 2019 to answer the perennial question of whether US firms will ever directly challenge the Magic Circle in mainstream corporate work.
