Brian V. Breheny

Mr. Breheny is co-head of Skadden's SEC Reporting and Compliance practice. He concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and general corporate and securities matters and advises numerous clients on a full range of SEC reporting, compliance and corporate governance matters, including advising on compliance with the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC’s tender offer rules and regulations, and the federal proxy rules, as well as on ESG-related issues. Mr. Breheny is a leading authority on SEC issues, having formerly served as Chief of the SEC’s Office of Mergers and Acquisitions and Deputy Director of the Division of Corporation Finance. Before the SEC, Mr. Breheny worked at another international law firm in its New York and London offices. He began his career at KPMG as a certified public accountant.

Mr. Breheny is a member the Executive Committee for Northwestern Law School's Securities Regulation Institute and the Advisory Board for Practicing Law Institute’s Annual Institute on Securities Regulation and SEC Institute. A fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel, Mr. Breheny has served as a member of the board of directors of the Society for Corporate Governance and as a member of the board of directors and President of the SEC Alumni Association, currently serves as chair of the society’s diversity taskforce and has repeatedly been recognized by the National Association of Corporate Directors as part of its Directorship 100, a list of the most influential people in and around the boardroom.

J.D., St. John’s University School of Law, 1996; B.S., St. John’s University, 1990