LYNDA T. GALLIGAN
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PARTNER
135 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
650.752.3167
Lynda Galligan, a partner in the firm’s ERISA & Executive Compensation Practice and a member of the Technology Companies Group, specializes in a wide-range of compensation and benefits matters. She joined Goodwin Procter in 2000.
WORK FOR CLIENTS
Ms. Galligan specializes in all aspects of executive and employee compensation, with a focus on emerging growth companies. She works with clients throughout the corporate life-cycle, advising on compensation matters at the time of incorporation, and in connection with venture capital financings, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Galligan 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 has represented both employers and executives in the negotiation of employment, severance and equity participation agreements. Ms. Galligan also has experience advising investment managers, venture capital funds and other private funds on ERISA issues, including the investment of employee benefit plan assets and the establishment and operation of venture capital operating companies.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to entering law school, Ms. Galligan was an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Ms. Galligan is admitted to practice in California and Massachusetts.
RECOGNITION
Ms. Galligan has been recognized as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer “Rising Star” in her field by Law & Politics and Boston magazine.
EDUCATION
- J.D.,
Boston College Law School
(cum laude) - B.A.,
Purdue University