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Brian Lane

Brian Lane

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Brian counsels companies on issues relating to corporate governance and the federal securities laws, including: novel and complex disclosure, compliance and accounting issues, filings with the SEC (such as public offers, proxies and interpretive requests), activist shareholders, board investigations and resolving Enforcement inquiries from the SEC. He represents companies such as: Carnival, First American, Kodak, Pitney Bowes and Mattel.

Career

Sixteen years inside the SEC: Counsel to the Chairman, and the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance.

Publications

Nationally recognized as expert in field as author, media commentator, conference speaker.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Securities: Regulation: Advisory - USA - Nationwide

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Individual Editorial
Brian Lane advises leading public companies and private equity firms on their most complex securities regulatory matters. He draws on significant experience in accounting practices, disclosure issues and general corporate governance concerns.

Strengths

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  • Brian's former experience as head of corporate finance at SEC is incredibly useful.

    Securities: Regulation: AdvisoryChambers Guide to the USA
  • Brian has been an unbelievable value add bringing in his incredible commercial reasonableness to his years of experience. He goes out of his way to be available and understands key issues.

    Securities: Regulation: AdvisoryChambers Guide to the USA

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