Gillian McPhee is of counsel in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington, D.C. office. She is a member of the firm's Corporate Transactions Practice Group where she focuses her practice on securities regulatory issues and corporate governance matters.  Ms. McPhee has advised corporate clients with respect to a wide array of matters, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, director independence, audit committee practices, and indemnification and D&O insurance.  Ms. McPhee also has considerable experience advising nonprofit organizations on governance matters.  

Ms. McPhee is co-author of the "Audit Committee Answer Book" (PLI forthcoming 2008).  She has also authored or co-authored a variety of articles and other publications on securities law and corporate governance issues, including "Liability of Officers and Directors; Statutory Limitations, Indemnification and D&O Insurance," in Corporate Governance: Law and Practice, LexisNexis/Matthew Bender; "Management's Discussion and Analysis," in BNA Accounting Policy & Practice Portfolio Series; "Watch Your Watcher: Audit Committees Are Facing Stricter Mandates to Oversee Outside Auditor," Legal Times,November 2004; The Business Roundtable's 2002 Principles of Corporate Governance," The Corporate Governance Advisor, September/October 2002; "The Investment Company Act of 1940: Why the Time Has Come to Revive Section 3(b)(1)," in Villanova Journal of Law and Investment Management, Spring 2001; "Guidelines on the Use of Electronic Media," in Securities in the Electronic Age: A Practical Guide to the Law and Regulation, Glasser LegalWorks; "SEC Adopts New Insider Trading Rules and Protection for Pre-arranged Trades," The Journal of Investment Compliance, Winter 2000; "New Insider Trading Rules Present Opportunities," Insights, October 2000; and "Is It Time to Redefine 'Investment Company' in the Age of the Internet?," Insights, May 2000.

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in 1999, Ms. McPhee was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. Ms. McPhee received her J.D., with Honors, from the University of Texas in 1997. She received her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Yale University in 1993.

Ms. McPhee is admitted to practice in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia.