Barbara Becker

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 (based in and outside of the United States) and other investors in their M&A activities. Ms. Becker’s clients include Accenture, Kraft Heinz, Merck, News Corp., PepsiCo, and VMware.

Ms. Becker is an active member of the broader legal and business community, serving as 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, an inaugural member of the Advisory Board for the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center at New York University School of Law, and a former Chair of the New York City Bar’s Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Control Contests Committee.

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