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Lois F. Herzeca

Lois F. Herzeca is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn   Crutcher.  Ms. Herzeca is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Fashion, Retail and Consumer Products Practice Group.

Ms. Herzeca advises public and private companies, and investment banks, on significant legal and business matters, including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, license agreements and joint ventures.  Although she counsels companies in a wide range of industries, she specializes in the fashion and retail industries, and insurance transactional matters.

Ms. Herzeca was named a “Dealmaker of the Year ” by The American Lawyer for her representation of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. in its $3.4 billion business combination transaction with Alleghany Corporation.  She was named a “Dealmaker of the Week” by The American Lawyer for her representation of CommScope, Inc. in its sale to The Carlyle Group for $3.9 billion in .  She was ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA:  America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. and  as one of Avenue Magazine’s “Top Women Lawyers” in New York City.

A preeminent fashion  and retail lawyer, Lois Herzeca is the co-author, with Gibson Dunn partner Howard Hogan, of Fashion Law and Business:  Brands Retailers. a definitive guide to fashion law, published by the Practising Law Institute ().

Ms. Herzeca’s fashion, apparel and celebrity clients have included:  Helmut Lang, Proenza Schouler, Brian Atwood, Rachel Roy, Tabitha Simmons, Mila Kunis, Rachel Zoe, L’Wren Scott, Charlotte Ronson, Maria Cornejo, Loeffler Randall, Dannijo and Zumba Fitness.

Ms. Herzeca is a Lecturer in Law on fashion and retail law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Ms. Herzeca has written more than 30 articles for legal and financial publications.  She has also spoken at conferences for the Practising Law Institute, Mergermarket, the Strategic Research Institute and The Conference Board.  Ms. Herzeca has been quoted extensively in such publications as The Wall Street Journal. Law 360 ,The AmLaw Daily ,Investment Dealers Digest ,New York Magazine and The New York Law Journal .

Ms. Herzeca earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the Boston University School of Law. In , Boston University honored her with an Alumni Pro Bono award recognizing her many community-based and international pro bono initiatives.  She is a board member of WIN and serves on the New York City Bar Association’s Fashion Law Committee.

• Speaker, “Webinar: Open for Business: Predictions for 2015 Retail and Consumer M&Amp;A,” Merrill Corporation (February 2015).
• Speaker, “The Cutting Edge: Private Equity and the Luxury Fashion Industry,” New York City Bar (January 2015).
• Speaker, “Webcast: Fashion Law,” National Business Institute (July ).
• Program Chair, “Fashion and Retail Law,” PLI (May ).
• Speaker, “Webcast:  Fashion Law – The Global Challenge,” PLI (December ).
• Speaker, “Podcast:  M&Amp;A Trends,” Mergermarket (March ).