Lorna Wilson

Lorna Wilson is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group. Lorna’s practice focuses on federal income tax matters, including corporate, limited liability company, and partnership tax matters in both the U.S. and international contexts. She has worked on a variety of transactions, including taxable and tax-free mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations, joint ventures, investment funds, public and private offerings of stock, debt and derivatives, and financing transactions. Lorna additionally has extensive experience in tax planning for real estate transactions, including advising on investments in real estate by U.S. and non-U.S. investors, including foreign governments, dispositions of real estate, real estate investment trust (REIT) matters and California state and local real estate tax issues, including property and transfer taxes issues.

Lorna was recognized in Chambers USA in Tax for California in 2025 and in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America^™ in Tax Law in 2022 and 2023.

Lorna received a law degree in 2007 from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. degree in English from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004.

Lorna is admitted to practice law in the State of California.

Capabilities

• Tax
• Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

Credentials

Education:

• University of California, Los Angeles - 2007 Juris Doctor
• University of California, Los Angeles - 2004 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• California Bar