Gillian Emmett Moldowan is special counsel in Cadwalader's Corporate Group, with a particular focus on executive compensation and corporate governance. She advises on compensation and benefit arrangements, including equity-based incentives, deferred compensation and employment and severance arrangements, with emphasis on disclosure and issues arising in mergers and acquisitions transactions and securities offerings. Gillian also advises executives and employers on the applicability of federal securities law, tax law and general employment-related matters. She regularly counsels clients on proxy disclosure, Section 16 matters and the negotiation of executive employment arrangements. Before joining Cadwalader, she was counsel in Davis Polk's Corporate Department, practicing in the Executive Compensation Group.

Gillian holds a B.A. in Art History from Barnard College where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D., with highest honors, Order of the Coif, from George Washington University Law School where she was a member of The George Washington Law Review. Gillian is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.