Lori Zyskowski

Lori Zyskowski is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s New York office and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group. Lori advises public companies, their boards of directors, and committees on corporate governance matters, securities disclosure and compliance issues, shareholder engagement and activism matters, shareholder proposals, environmental, social and governance matters, and executive compensation practices.

Lori’s practice focuses on fiduciary duties, oversight of enterprise risks, director independence, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements, proxy statements, annual shareholders meetings, proxy advisory services, and executive compensation disclosure best practices. Lori also advises on board succession planning, board evaluations, and has considerable experience advising nonprofit organizations on governance matters.

Awards and Accolades:

• Lawdragon, “500 Leading Dealmakers” (2024 – 2025)
• Chambers USA, “Securities: Regulation: Advisory” (2024)
• Expert Guides, “World’s Leading Women in Business Law” (2021 – 2022)

Lori is a Fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel, an organization of leading corporate governance lawyers from the U.S. and Canada. She is a frequent speaker on governance, proxy and securities disclosure panels and is very active in the corporate governance community. She is a former member of the board of directors of the Society for Corporate Governance and previously served as the President of its New York Chapter.

She graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1996 and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Lori received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Lori served as internal securities and corporate counsel at several large publicly traded companies, providing a unique insight and perspective on the issues that her clients face.

Capabilities

• Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
• Capital Markets
• Crisis Management
• ESG: Risk, Litigation, and Reporting
• Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits
• Financial Institutions
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Shareholder Activism
• White Collar Defense and Investigations

Credentials

Education:

• Columbia University - 1996 Juris Doctor
• Harvard University - 1993 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• Connecticut Bar
• New York Bar