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Gibson Dunn Adds English Labour and Employment Law Partner James Cox in London

27 September 2006

Source: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that James A. Cox has joined the Firm as a Partner in the London office.  Mr. Cox's practice is focused on English labour and employment law.

JAMES A. COX - Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue
London EC4Y 0HB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7071 4250; Fax:+44 20 7071 9250
Email: jacox@gibsondunn.com

Mr. Cox has extensive experience in contentious and non-contentious labour and employment matters, with an emphasis on corporate governance matters, employment issues facing private equity companies, cross-border employment issues, whistle-blowing and discrimination claims, collective labour and industrial disputes, large-scale redundancies and workforce restructurings, and the employment aspects of public and private mergers and acquisitions. He has particular expertise in the private equity and transport sectors.

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Mr. Cox practiced as a partner in the Employment, Incentives and Pensions department of a major English law firm, which he joined in 1997. He earned his LLB in 1992 from Queen Mary & Westfield College.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a leading international law firm. Consistently ranking among the world's top law firms in industry surveys and major publications, Gibson Dunn is distinctively positioned in today's global marketplace with 800 lawyers and 13 offices across the US and in Europe.

Gibson Dunn's London office offers English law expertise in all aspects of corporate work, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, commercial real estate, finance, project finance and capital markets, as well as in antitrust, litigation and international arbitration and taxation. The London office is recommended by various legal publications, including UK Legal 500 and Chambers UK, and many of its lawyers have been recommended as leaders in their respective fields of law.