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MASSACHUSETTS
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Jennifer Luz

Position
Partner
Career
Jennifer Luz is a partner in Goodwin’s Securities Litigation, Public M&A/Corporate Governance, and Life Sciences Disputes practices. She specializes in securities litigation, including class action defense, derivative litigation, SEC and internal investigations, stockholder disputes, fiduciary duty claims, corporate governance matters, and M&A-related litigation.
Jennifer is an experienced trial lawyer, who represents both public and private companies in the life sciences, technology, and financial services industries, as well as individual directors, trustees and officers. She litigates issues arising under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, including disclosure, fraud, accounting, and trading issues. She often advises and defends companies facing corporate governance challenges, including director and officer compensation issues and defense against activist shareholders. Her investigative practice includes conducting internal investigations for companies, boards, and board committees, and representing companies and individuals in SEC, FINRA, and other governmental investigations. Jennifer also advises companies on disclosure issues and litigation risk mitigation measures.
Education
JD, 2003
Georgetown University Law Center (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif)
BA, 2000
Providence College (summa cum laude)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- 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
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- 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
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation