Brian Lane, a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, is a corporate securities lawyer with extensive expertise in a wide range of SEC issues.  He counsels companies on the most sophisticated corporate governance and regulatory issues under the federal securities laws. He is a nationally recognized expert in his field as an author, media commentator, and conference speaker.

Mr. Lane ended a 16 year career with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as the Director of the Division of Corporate Finance where he supervised over 300 attorneys and accountants in all matters related to disclosure and accounting by public companies (e.g. M&A, capital raising, disclosure in periodic reports and proxy statements).  In his practice, Brian advises a number of companies undergoing investigations relating to accounting and disclosure issues. 

Since joining the firm in January of 2000, Mr. Lane has counseled companies on many diverse issues relating to the details of federal securities law, including:

• Helping clients raise over a billion dollars in public and private offerings.
• Developing unique and sophisticated securities products and transactions.  
• Assisting companies in their response to SEC inquiries from the Divisions of Corporation Finance and Enforcement, resolving issues with their disclosure and accounting.  
• Helping public companies resolve accounting issues with their auditors and the SEC.
• Advising audit committees and conducting special investigations on their behalf. 
• Providing corporate governance advice.

Mr. Lane has represented many of the best known companies domestically and internationally such as, Eastman Kodak, Intel, Pitney Bowes, Tyco International, Marsh and McLennan, Nomura Securities International, K-Mart, Caterpillar, Cardinal Health, and Serono International SA in his efforts to help corporations better understand and better comply with the intricacies of the federal securities laws.