Jeffrey A. Chapman

Jeffrey A. Chapman is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. He maintains an active M&A and capital markets practice representing public and private companies in diverse cross-border and domestic transactions in a broad range of industries, including energy, retail, real estate, healthcare and technology.

Mr. Chapman is ranked as one of the top 50 Corporate/M&A lawyers in the United States by Chambers Global 2014.

Recognized for many years by Chambers USA in its most elite “Band 1” category as one of a handful of the leading corporate lawyers in Texas, Mr. Chapman was singled out by Chambers in 2013 and elevated to “Star Individual,” a ranking that has never before been awarded to a corporate lawyer in Texas. In identifying “Star Individuals,” Chambers noted, “These players are the first names that roll off everyone’s lips, the standard by which others are judged.” A Chambers source observed, “As a counselor he is unmatched in both business and legal terms, at all levels.”

Also described as a “cutting-edge M&A practitioner” taking on sophisticated transactions in a manner that “doesn’t inject any unnecessary conflicts into the process” in Chambers and a “pragmatic and solutions-oriented” capital markets lawyer and an “extremely highly regarded” M&A lawyer in Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers, Mr. Chapman’s technical knowledge and emphasis on client service have resulted in many long-term relationships that span his entire career.

Mr. Chapman was named the 2014 Dallas M&A “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America®. Texas Lawyer also selected him as one of the top five M&A lawyers in Texas in 2012. He has also been chosen one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in Texas” by Texas Monthly and has been named to The BTI Client Service All-Stars and The Legal 500 U.S.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Chapman was a partner in Vinson & Elkins, where he was a longtime management committee member and the Dallas office managing partner. In its annual “Starshine” Lateral Report, The American Lawyer recognized his joining Gibson Dunn as one of the 20 most significant lateral moves in the United States legal industry in 2011.

Mr. Chapman received his law degree cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1983. In 2014, Mr. Chapman returned to Cambridge to address the students as the Harvard Law School Traphagen Distinguished Alumni Speaker. He also holds a degree in economics from the University of Iowa, where he graduated with highest distinction in 1979.

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Areas of Practice 1) Mergers and Acquisitions, 2) Business Restructuring and Reorganization, 3) Capital Markets, 4) Energy and Infrastructure, 5) Fashion, 6) Retail and Consumer Products, 7) FDA and Health Care, 8) Private Equity, 9) Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and 10) Securities Regulation
Law School Harvard Law School, J.D., 1983
Education University of Iowa, B.B.A., 1979
Bar Member / Association Texas State Bar Associations
Most recent firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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