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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 is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She has spent her entire legal career at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and previously served as co-chair of the firm’s Land Use Practice Group, on the firm’s Executive Committee and as the co-partner in charge of the Los Angeles office. 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.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Land use/zoning
(Leading partners)Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP proffers ‘efficient and business-minded advice’ to a variety of clients including Brookfield Properties Development, JP Morgan, and the Golden State Warriors, regarding entitlements and permits, private and public partnerships, and environmental compliance. The firm’s land use practice is headed by San Francisco’s Mary G. Murphy and Los Angeles’ Ben Saltsman, who help clients navigate the approval and entitlements processes for large developments such as mixed-use, commercial, and industrial sites. Murphy, supported by San Francisco’s Allison H. Kidd and Neil Sekhri, is currently advising Oakland A’s Major League Baseball team on the development agreement and cross-easement rights related to its plans for a new stadium in Las Vegas. In Los Angeles, Amy R. Forbes focuses on planning issues, zoning regulations, and environmental and municipal laws, while Orange County’s Joseph Spence is well-versed in public-private partnerships and historic preservation matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Land use/zoning United States > Real estate
- Leading partners United States > Real estate > Land use/zoning
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- 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
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- 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
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech