Holly Gregory

Practice Areas

HOLLY GREGORY co-chairs Sidley’s global Corporate Governance practice and also co-leads its Chambers-recognized ESG and Crisis Management teams. Holly counsels publicly held, private and not-for-profit corporations on the full range of governance issues, including fiduciary duties, risk oversight, special committee investigations, CEO transitions, shareholder activism and initiatives, relationships with shareholders and proxy advisory firms, compliance with legislative, regulatory and listing rule requirements, board culture and self-evaluation processes, and governance “best practices.” She is frequently called on to advise boards regarding highly sensitive and unusual matters. While most matters she works on are strictly confidential, matters in the public record include advising the Business Roundtable on its Statement on the Purpose of the Corporation, advising on governance and accountability mechanisms for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to replace U.S. government oversight, advising the Board of The Pennsylvania State University on governance reforms in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal, and advising the Internal Market Directorate of the European Commission on corporate governance regulation. She is a member of the COSO Advisory Council that is currently advising on a new COSO corporate governance framework and she serves as Chair of the American College of Governance Counsel, an invitation-only body of recognized senior corporate governance lawyers.