Ms Lori Goodman > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
601 LEXINGTON AVENUE
31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

People and reward

Position

Partner

Career

Lori focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits matters for public and private companies, primarily in the context of mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions.

Her work includes negotiating, reviewing and drafting transactional documents and identifying issues arising under, and assisting in complying with, the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, applicable labor laws, federal securities laws and applicable exchange regulations. She advises on other tax, securities, and corporate law issues associated with executive compensation and employee benefits matters. She prepares executive compensation for proxy statements and other security filings. Lori has represented numerous private equity firms, public companies and financial institutions on employee benefits and executive compensation matters. She is ranked among leading lawyers for executive compensation and empoyee benefits by Chambers USA.

Education

Lori received her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and her B.A., cum laude, from Harvard College.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional

Advising clients from the technology, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP handles employee benefit and executive compensation aspects of complex M&As, IPO and de-SPAC transactions, as showcased by the firm assisting Google in its $5.4bn acquisition of Mandiant. In New York, both Lori Goodman and Nicole Foster co-head the department, with the former regularly leading on the employee benefits elements of many large global transactions, and the latter focusing on providing cross-border executive compensation advice. In the Silicon Valley office, Brandon Gantus  was promoted to partner in August 2022, and is highly experienced at supporting clients on the design, drafting and administration of equity-based compensation programs, while counsel Sarah Ghulamhussain  works with technology and life sciences companies.