Julia Lapitskaya

Julia Lapitskaya is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group and co-chair of the ESG: Risk, Litigation and Reporting Practice Group. Julia’s practice focuses on SEC, NYSE/Nasdaq and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 compliance, securities and corporate governance disclosure issues, board and committee matters, corporate governance best practices, state corporate laws, the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, SEC regulations, investor engagement and shareholder activism matters, proxy and annual meeting matters, sustainability and corporate responsibility matters, and executive compensation disclosure issues, including as part of initial public offerings and spin-off transactions.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, "Securities: Regulation: Advisory" (2025)
• Lawdragon, “500 X – The Next Generation” (2024)
• Euromoney, “Rising Star Awards” (2022)
• Expert Guides, “Rising Stars” (2022)

Julia is a frequent author and speaker on securities law and ESG issues and is a member of the Society for Corporate Governance. She contributed to chapters in the “Executive Compensation Disclosure Handbook: A Practical Guide to the SEC’s Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules”, as well as the PLI Treatise titled “Climate Change, Sustainable Investments, and Social Governance: Law and Compliance.”  

Julia earned her Juris Doctor in 2010 from the New York University School of Law, where she served as Developments Editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics. Prior to attending law school, she graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Political Science and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Capabilities

• Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
• Capital Markets
• Cleantech
• ESG: Risk, Litigation, and Reporting
• Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

Credentials

Education:

• New York University - 2010 Juris Doctor
• Fordham University - 2007 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New York Bar