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Atlanta, Georgia 30309
United States
Lizanne Thomas heads the Firm's corporate governance team. While her roots are as an M&A lawyer, Lizanne practices, teaches, and lives corporate governance. She participates in more than 100 board meetings per year as counsel to a number of public companies. She has lectured on governance to leading business organizations, companies, and universities throughout the world. She represents special committees in going private and other control transactions, as well as internal investigations involving issues from financial restatements to allegations of executive misconduct. Lizanne is experienced in public and private mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, takeover preparedness, and executive compensation as well.
Lizanne is a member of the Board of Directors of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) where she serves as chair of the Governance Committee, member of the Compensation Committee, and previously served as co-chair of the Special Committee charged with investigating a variety of allegations relating to the company. KKD won the 2012 Corporate Governance Award for small to mid-cap company from Corporate Secretary.
Lizanne serves on the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Research Alliance, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and as a Vice Chair of the Georgia Chapter of CEOs Against Cancer. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta and is a former Trustee of Furman University and former president of the Law Council for Washington & Lee University.
Areas of Practice | 1) Corporate, 2) Mergers and Acquisitions, 3) Corporate Governance, 4) Corporate Compliance Programs and 5) Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances |
Law School | Washington and Lee University School of Law |
Education | Furman University (B.A., 1979) |
Bar Member / Association | Georgia |
Most recent firm | Jones Day |
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