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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Offices
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071-3197
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Amy R. Forbes
Work Department
Land Use and Development
Position
Amy R. Forbes has spent her entire legal career at and is Co-Partner in Charge of the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Amy focuses her practice on land use planning issues, including zoning, planning, the California Environmental Quality Act, and sports facilities. The primary focus of her land use practice is at the administrative level, including the negotiation of agreements with local governments and public agencies, the supervision of the preparation of environmental documentation, the processing of entitlements through public hearings and community meetings and other administrative proceedings, as well as legal issues associated with project development and construction. Representative clients include The Los Angeles Clippers, The Kroenke Group, Five Point Communities, Berggruen Institute, and the Sakioka Company.
Career
For more information please visit www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/forbes-amy-r/.
Memberships
California Bar
Education
Amy graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 1980 (earning a certification in the transportation program) and from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1984, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Government > Government relations
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense