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Goodwin Offices

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Redwood City, CA 94063
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Lynda Galligan

Position
Partner
Career
Lynda Galligan is co-chair of Goodwin’s Business Law department. She practices in the area of executive compensation and benefits and was formerly the co-chair of the firm’s ERISA & Executive Compensation practice group. Lynda is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Management Committee. She previously served on Goodwin’s Allocations Committee and Partnership Committee. She is a former chair of Goodwin’s Silicon Valley office.
Recognized as a leader in her field by Chambers and The Legal 500, Lynda represents clients in all aspects of executive and employee compensation. For over 15 years, her focus has been almost exclusively on emerging growth companies in technology and life sciences. She advises both public and private companies, including companies planning initial public offerings, on tax and securities law issues in connection with equity-based arrangements and other types of incentive plans. She regularly advises clients on the unique compensation issues that arise in the context of corporate transactions. She represents both employers and executives in the negotiation of employment, change in control, severance and equity participation agreements. Lynda also has experience advising venture capital and private equity funds on compensation matters impacting their portfolio companies.
Education
JD, Boston College Law School (cum laude) / BA, Purdue University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Goodwin stands out as a favored firm for emerging companies in the life sciences and technology sectors, as well as for private equity and investment funds, offering deep expertise in ERISA fiduciary duties alongside compensation and benefits regulations under the Internal Revenue Code. Patrick Menasco, based in Washington DC, specializes in ERISA and pension plan investments, providing advice to both national and international financial institutions. He leads the group together with James Mattus from Boston, who is skilled in structuring and implementing equity-based and incentive compensation programs for both public and private entities. In Silicon Valley, Lynda Galligan and Grace Wirth provide assistance to emerging growth clients in navigating tax and securities laws for equity-based arrangements and incentive plans. Boston’s Natascha George handles executive employment arrangements, severance obligations, and equity-based compensation arising from IPOs and business restructurings. Sarah Bock, also in Boston, advises employers and executives on change in control provisions and deferred compensation plans.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism