Elizabeth Ising is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group. She is also a member of the firm’s Hostile M&A and Shareholder Activism team and Financial Institutions Practice Group. She advises clients, including public companies and their boards of directors, on corporate governance, securities law and ESG, and sustainability matters and executive compensation best practices and disclosures.
Beth’s practice focuses on Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements, proxy disclosures, director independence matters, proxy advisory services, board and committee charters and governance guidelines, and disclosure controls and procedures. Beth also regularly counsels public companies on shareholder activism issues, including shareholder proposals and preparing for and responding to hedge fund and corporate governance activism. She also advises non-profit organizations on corporate governance issues.
Beth testified before the U.S. Congress in April 2025 on the regulation of proxy advisors and is a frequent author on corporate governance and securities law matters, including co-authoring the USA chapter of Lexology Panoramic: Corporate Governance 2026 in May 2026 and a recent article titled “Considerations for Shareholder Proposals in a Post-Rule 14a-8 World” in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance in June 2026.
Awards and Accolades:
- Chambers USA Band 1, “Securities: Regulation: Advisory” (2017 – 2026)
- Chambers USA, “Corporate Governance” (2026)
- Lawdragon, “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” (2024 - 2026)
- Lawdragon, “500 Leading Environmental Lawyers – The Green 500” (2023 – 2026)
- The Best Lawyers in America, “Corporate Governance Law” (2018 – 2026)
- Lexology Index, “Corporate Governance” (2023 - 2026)
- Minority Corporate Counsel Association, “MCCA Rainmaker” (2024)
- BTI Consulting, “Client Service All-Stars” (2018 – 2019)
In 2017, Beth was elected as a fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel. She is a former member of the Advisory Board of Northwestern University’s Securities Regulation Institute, a former member of the Advisory Board of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware and previously was named a “Rising Star of Corporate Governance” by Yale School of Management’s Center for Corporate Governance and Performance.
Beth graduated with high honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in 2000. She was a member of Order of the Coif and was inducted into the James E. and Carolyn B. Davis Society. Beth was also a published member of the North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation. She is a former chair of Gibson Dunn's Washington, D.C. Diversity Committee and the former co-chair of the firm’s LGBTQ Committee.
Capabilities
- Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
- Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits
- Financial Institutions
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Securities Litigation
- Shareholder Activism
Credentials
Education:
- University of North Carolina - 2000 Juris Doctor
- James Madison University - 1992 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- District of Columbia Bar
- North Carolina Bar