About Us

Dave Lynn Dave Lynn is a partner in Goodwin's Capital Markets group and chair of the Public Company Advisory practice. Dave is also a Senior Editor of TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com, and The Corporate Executive, and is the co-author of The Executive Compensation Disclosure Treatise and Reporting Guide. His practice is focused on advising a wide range of clients on SEC matters, securities transactions and corporate governance. Dave was the Chief Counsel of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance from 2003 to 2007, where he led the rulemaking team that drafted sweeping revisions to the SEC's executive compensation and related party disclosure rules. Dave initially served on the SEC Staff from 1995-2000 as an Attorney-Advisor and subsequently a Special Counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance. While in private practice from 2000 to 2003, he advised clients on SEC investigations, securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Dave also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course on exempt securities offerings.

Alan Dye Alan Dye is a partner with Hogan Lovells in the firm's Washington, DC office. Alan's practice is focused on advising public companies and their boards of directors regarding compliance with the federal securities laws, particularly SEC reporting requirements, annual meeting and proxy-related rules, executive compensation disclosure requirements, beneficial ownership reporting requirements, and insider trading restrictions. Alan also counsels public companies on corporate governance practices, proxy advisory firm policies, compliance with the listing standards of the national stock exchanges, and investor outreach and engagement. Alan is ranked in Band 1 nationwide for securities advisory work by Chambers USA and has been included in Best Lawyers (America) since 2006 and Who's Who Legal of International Corporate Governance Lawyers since 2009.

John Jenkins John Jenkins is Managing Editor of TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com, DealLawyers.com and The Corporate Counsel and Deal Lawyers print newsletters. For over 35 years, he advised clients on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate matters as a partner in the Cleveland office of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. He frequently writes and speaks about corporate and securities law, and previously served as an adjunct faculty member at The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, where he taught a course in mergers and acquisitions law for a decade.

Meredith Ervine is a Senior Editor of TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com and DealLawyers.com. Most recently, Meredith was a partner at Honigman LLP, serving as co-chair of the Public Company, Securities and Governance practice where she counseled publicly traded companies headquartered across the U.S. Meredith began her career in 2008 in the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Meredith was named a Best Lawyer in America (2023) in the areas of Corporate Governance Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law.

Mike Gettelman Michael Gettelman is counsel to Farella Braun & Martel, San Francisco, specializing in corporate and securities law. He is Editor of the Corporate Counsel, Corporate Executive, and Section 16 Updates newsletters, as well as the Section 16 Forms and Filings Handbook and Section 16 Treatise and Reporting Guide. These publications are devoted to the legal, tax, and accounting issues in equity compensation.