Benyamin S. Ross

Lawdragon~~Lawdragon has named 27 Gibson Dunn lawyers to its 2026 list of 500 Leading Lawyers in America: “advocates who lead the way for clients, their communities, their firms.”  Lawdragon describes these individuals as “brilliant, impassioned and dedicated to the law and its practice.”~~Congratulations to: Barbara Becker, Ashlie Beringer, Barry Berke, Ted Boutrous, Michael Celio, Gregg Costa, Collin Cox, Trey Cox, Mylan Denerstein, Thomas Dupree, Miguel Estrada, Theane Evangelis, Nicola Hanna, George Hazel, Allyson Ho, Hillary Holmes, Dani James, Perlette Michèle Jura, Josh Krevitt, Joshua Lipshutz, Robert Little, Saee Muzumdar, Benyamin Ross, George Sampas, Orin Snyder, Helgi Walker, Debra Wong Yang.~~~~Download PDF~~

Jan 13

1 min

The Hollywood Reporter~~Gibson Dunn partners Benyamin Ross, Ilissa Samplin, and Orin Snyder are among The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers 2025: Hollywood’s top 100 attorneys. This is Orin’s eighth consecutive Power Lawyers recognition.~~The publication’s “20th annual list of the entertainment industry’s most powerful” dealmakers and litigators features “100 standouts [who] negotiate the pacts and fight the battles that keep the cameras rolling.”~~~~Download PDF~~

Apr 7

1 min

Variety~~Gibson Dunn partners Brian Ascher, Theodore Boutrous, Sarah Graham, Kevin Masuda, Benyamin Ross, Ilissa Samplin, Orin Snyder, and Steve Tsoneff have been recognized in Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2025 as being among Hollywood’s top entertainment lawyers — lawyers who, while “dealing with progressively more jarring cycles of disruption,” still “keep working on behalf of their clients.”~~The Variety report describes some of the deals our entertainment lawyers are involved in, the clients they are representing, the disputes they’re helping to resolve, and the impact they’re having across the industry.~~~~Download PDF~~

Apr 10

1 min

Lawdragon~~Lawdragon has named 18 Gibson Dunn lawyers to its list of 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers. The publication notes that as “Hollywood rearranges itself, athletes are becoming influencers and sports betting is butting up against regulations, lawyers are at the center of it all, protecting brands, advising on ownership rights and investments, and heading off legal and reputational risk for globally recognized individuals.”~~Congratulations to: Brian Ascher, Richard Birns, Ted Boutrous, Lee Crain, Stefan dePozsgay, Michael Dore, Sarah Graham, Taylor Hathaway Zepeda, Jillian London, Kevin Masuda, Sean McFarlane, Benyamin Ross, Ilissa Samplin, Matthew Schwartz, Orin Snyder, Maurice Suh, Katie Townsend, and Steve Tsoneff.~~Download PDF~~

Feb 20

1 min

Variety~~Partners Kevin Masuda, Benyamin Ross, Steve Tsoneff, and Sarah Graham have been named to the Variety Dealmakers list for 2025, after a year which the publication said “was a landmark in the annals of showbiz dealmaking.” Variety highlighted several major deals, including transactions for clients The SpringHill Company, Lobos 1707, Global Music Rights, The Azoff Company, and Paramount, as well as brand partnerships for LeBron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Timothée Chalamet.~~Speaking on celebrity value proposition for brands, Kevin said: “If people aren’t watching advertisements on television and you’re getting limited [exposure] on YouTube, there’s no better way to go than social media. Just having somebody wearing certain jewelry or talking about something is huge.”~~Download PDF~~

Jan 5

1 min