John . Olson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
John F. Olson is a founding partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Olson represents business organizations in corporate governance, corporate securities, corporate finance and merger and acquisition matters. He has acted as special counsel for boards of directors and board committees on governance issues and in assessing shareholder litigation, responding to business combination proposals and conducting internal investigations. He has represented corporations, broker-dealer firms and individuals in Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal agency investigations and regulatory matters. Mr. Olson has chaired the American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Corporate Governance and Federal Regulation of Securities Committees, and has served for many years on the Corporate Laws Committee. He has also served, by appointment of the ABA President, on the Presidential Task Force on Corporate Responsibility and the ABA's Standing Committee on Government Affairs. He is a member of the Executive Council of the Securities Committee of the Federal Bar Association. Mr. Olson is frequently recognized as one of the nation's foremost authorities on securities, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions law. He is ranked as one of the top securities regulation attorneys in the country by Chambers USA, has been named by the International Financial Law Review as a Leading Lawyer in U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions and by Who's Who Legal as one of the leading corporate governance practitioners in the world. Mr. Olson was named the Washington, DC Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year for 2013 and the Washington, DC Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year for 2012 by The Best Lawyers in America®. Additionally, Best Lawyers has listed Mr. Olson for his corporate, securities, and governance work in every edition published since its inception more than 30 years ago. Annually, Mr. Olson has been selected by the National Association of Corporate Directors and Directorship magazine to its NACD Directorship 100: The Most Influential People in the Boardroom and Corporate Governance Community," in the U.S. and in 2013 was elected to the NACD Directorship Corporate Governance Hall of Fame. The author and editor of many books and articles on legal issues, Mr. Olson is a Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches several semiars.
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