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Provided by Barbara Becker

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Barbara Becker is Chair and Managing Partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. In her practice, Ms. Becker continues to advise companies on a wide range of significant business and legal issues, including mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and cross-border), spin-offs, joint ventures, and general corporate matters. She also advises boards of directors and special committees of public companies, and represents corporations and other investors, in their M&A activities. Ms. Becker’s clients include Accenture, Kraft Heinz, Merck, News Corp., PepsiCo, and VMware.

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J.D., New York University School of Law; B.S., Wesleyan University.

Professional Memberships

Ms. Becker is an active member of the broader legal and business community, serving as Chair of the New York City Bar’s Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Control Contests Committee, a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, and a member of the Welcome.US CEO Council. Ms. Becker is also a member of the New York University School of Law’s Board of Trustees.

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Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border) - USA
3
Band 3

Barbara Becker is the firm's chair and managing partner. She ably handles domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures and spin-offs in a number of industries.

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