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Sarah Graham is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she practices in the firm’s Corporate Department. She regularly represents private equity funds, strategic and financial investors, media and entertainment companies, technology companies, gaming companies, and other clients in various types of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments and restructurings. Ms. Graham is a member of the following Gibson Dunn practice groups: Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Media, Entertainment and Technology, Betting and Gaming, and Sports Law. Ms. Graham received her law degree from Columbia Law School, where she served as Notes Editor of the Columbia Law Review and was named a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Graham was named among the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America by Lawdragon in each of 2024 and 2025, and among the 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers by Lawdragon in 2025. She was also recognized by Variety on their Legal Impact Report in 2025 and on their list of the top dealmakers in Hollywood in each of 2023 and 2024. She has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as One to Watch in Entertainment and Sports Law. In addition, she was recognized for her Mergers and Acquisitions work, particularly in the Media and Gaming industries, in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation list, a guide highlighting attorneys “who will define where the legal profession of our country goes” and whose “leadership will be called upon by businesses and individuals when they face their crossroads. She has also been named a Southern California Rising Star in mergers and acquisitions by Super Lawyers magazine.
