Ms Lori Goodman > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Ms Lori Goodman
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
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is recognized for its ‘excellent executive compensation practice’, advising on equity arrangements, executive employment, severance agreements, golden parachute taxes, and other aspects of employee benefits and executive compensations in transactions. The practice is co-led by Nicole Foster and Lori Goodman in New York, alongside Brandon Gantus and Sarah Ghulamhussain in Silicon Valley. Foster collaborates with the firm’s European and Asian offices to deliver cross-border executive compensation advice, while Goodman provides US benefits law guidance to international clients such as Roivant Sciences, AstraZeneca, and Ericsson. Gantus’s expertise lies in M&A and capital markets transactions, which is routinely called upon by technology and life sciences companies. Ghulamhussain, who became a partner in May 2023, specializes in compensation structuring for corporate changes, C-suite executive transitions, and succession planning. Jordan Salzman, who rejoined the New York office as counsel in September 2023, advises public companies, private equity funds, and executives.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Tax > Financial products
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- International trade > CFIUS
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism