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Mar. 4, 2021

Chair to step down from Gibson Dunn after 19 years

Barbara L. Becker, New York partner and co-chair of the mergers and acquisitions practice group becomes chair and managing partner on May 1.

Chair to step down from Gibson Dunn after 19 years
Kenneth M. Doran and Barbara L. Becker

After 19 years at the helm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles corporate partner Kenneth M. Doran will step down as chair and managing partner, the firm announced Wednesday.

Doran will be succeeded by New York partner and co-chair of the mergers and acquisitions practice group, Barbara L. Becker, who will be the first woman to lead the firm, which is more than 130 years old. Her election by the partnership is effective M...

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