Richard Birns
USA Guide 2024
Band 4 : Sports Law
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Practice Areas
Richard serves as Co-Chair of the Gibson Dunn’s Sports Law Practice Group and Private Equity Practice Group. He focuses his practice on a wide range of merger and acquisition-related matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, and joint ventures for both corporations and leading private equity firms. He also handles related corporate governance and takeover work.
Richard has extensive experience advising clients on significant transactional matters across a number of practice areas and industry sectors, with significant depth in technology, media, sports and entertainment. He regularly serves as a personal advisor to owners of sports franchises and sports industry leaders on “bet the company” matters.
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JD, Columbia Law School
Chambers Review
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Richard Birns is the cochair of the sports practice and demonstrates the capability to handle a broad spectrum of issues. He boasts a varied client list that ranges from gambling organizations to telecommunication companies.
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"Richard is a great lawyer."
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