Lois F. Herzeca is a partner resident in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Ms. Herzeca is a member of the Mergers and Aquisitions, Capital Markets and Corporate Transactions Practice Groups, and is co-chair of the firm’s Fashion, Retail and Consumer Products Practice Group.
Ms. Herzeca advises public and private companies, and investment banks, on significant legal and business matters, including mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions, commercial agreements, and joint ventures. Although she counsels companies in a wide range of industries, she specializes in insurance transactional matters and the fashion, retail and apparel industries.
Ms. Herzeca represented Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. in its recently announced $3.4 billion business combination transaction with Alleghany Corporation. She represented CommScope, Inc. in its 2011 sale to The Carlyle Group for $3.9 billion, for which she was named the Am Law Daily's Dealmaker of the Week. She also represented Proenza Schouler LLC in its 2011 sale of a significant equity interest to a consortium of investors. She is ranked as a leading Transactional and Regulatory Insurance lawyer by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
She has written numerous articles for legal and financial publications including BNA, Bloomberg Law Reports: Corporate Governance, New York Law Journal, Director's Monthly, The Corporate Governance Advisor, The M&A Lawyer, D&O Advisor, Best's Review, The Business Lawyer, Mergers and Acquisitions in Canada, National Underwriter, and The Deal. She has also spoken at conferences for the Practising Law Institute, MergerMarket, the Strategic Research Institute and The Conference Board. Ms. Herzeca has been quoted extensively in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Law 360, The AmLaw Daily, Invesment Dealers Digest, and The New York Law Journal.
Ms. Herzeca earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the Boston University School of Law. In 2009, Boston University honored her with an alumni pro bono award recognizing her many community-based and international pro bono initiatives. Her professional affiliations include:
- Director, Volunteers of Legal Service
- Director, Women In Need, Inc.
- Director, Women in Law Empowerment Forum
- Member, Securities Regulation Committee of the Association of the Bar of New York City
Representative Recent Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, "Podcast: 2011 M&A Trends," Mergermarket (March 2011).
- Speaker, “Webcast: Hot M&A Trends in Fashion, Apparel and Consumer Products,” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (June 2010).
- Speaker, “Webcast: Global IPO,” Mergermarket (June 2010).
- Panelist, “Forces and Change in Governance and Disclosure,” CT Corporation (April 2010).