Beau Stark

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Gibson Dunn) prides itself on hiring the best and the brightest from law schools and clerkships. We welcome experienced practitioners who join us as laterals. Across the board they possess a wide range of particularized skills: global language competence, technical knowledge, worldwide regional and industry understanding, as well as extensive prior government and regulatory service. They are seasoned professionals and acknowledged leaders in their practices.

The firm is an international leader in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, proxy contests, and joint ventures. Rankings produced by third-party publications regularly list Gibson Dunn as one of the world’s pre-eminent M&A firms. Chambers USA, which consistently names Gibson Dunn as among “The Elite” nationwide for corporate/M&A, has noted that the firm “is frequently enlisted on some of the most significant transactions in the market.”

Our lawyers deliver sophisticated judgment, technical excellence, creative solutions, and vast market knowledge to each transaction entrusted to us. Our M&A clients include public and private companies ranging from Fortune 100 and multinational corporations to smaller companies; private equity firms; boards of directors and special committees; selling shareholders; management teams; as well as financial advisors. Clients also regularly enlist Gibson Dunn to provide advice regarding takeover preparedness and the implementation of defensive measures. Our Hostile M&A and Shareholder Activism practices are some of the most well-respected in the world.

We offer excellent, seamless service across the full spectrum of disciplines required to execute multifaceted transactions successfully, including tax, antitrust and competition, acquisition financing, capital markets, executive compensation and employee benefits, litigation, intellectual property, environmental, and regulatory.

Chambers USA has noted our business acumen and commercial sensitivity in quoting one interviewee who described Gibson Dunn’s M&A team as “highly skilled practitioners at the top of their profession. They’re knowledgeable about the market and can offer practical advice while providing the technical expertise needed to navigate issues.”

Beau Stark

Beau Stark is a Partner in Gibson Dunn’s Denver office and a member of the firm’s Corporate Transactions Practice Group. He advises private equity funds and other public and private enterprises in the energy sector and a broad range of other industries, in both international and domestic markets.

Mr. Stark has broad experience in all aspects of corporate practice, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, public offerings, capital markets transactions, securities offerings, management participation and financing, tender offers, private fund formation, and general corporate matters.

He is ranked as a leading corporate lawyer (Band 1) by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Colorado Corporate/M&A and Colorado Natural Resources & Energy. Moreover, Mr. Stark has been repeatedly recognized in the Denver Business Journal’s list of Who’s Who in Energy, and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America every year since 2013 for Corporate Governance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities Regulation. He was named the 2017 Lawyer of the Year for Corporate Governance, Denver, 2018 Lawyer of the Year for Mergers and Acquisitions, Denver, and 2021 Lawyer of the Year for Mergers and Acquisitions, Denver.