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While her roots are as an M&A lawyer, Lizanne Thomas practices, teaches, and lives corporate governance as the head of the Firm’s corporate governance team. She is a Fellow of the American College of Governance Lawyers. Lizanne participates in about 100 board meetings per year as counsel to a number of public companies. She represents special committees in control and conflict transactions, as well as in internal investigations. Lizanne is experienced in shareholder activism, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and executive compensation. Lizanne also serves as the Partner-in-Charge of the Firm’s Southeast U.S. Region.

Lizanne serves or has served on the Boards of Directors of four publicly traded companies: Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc., American Software, Inc., Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. At Krispy Kreme she co-chaired a special committee charged with investigating a variety of allegations against the company. While she was chair of its governance committee, KKD twice won national corporate governance awards for its shareholder engagement and disclosure, and in 2016 she was named one of the top 100 directors by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).


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Lizanne Thomas

Partner-in-Charge Southeast U.S. Region
Jones Day
Atlanta, GA

Practice Area: Corporate Governance

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WHAT CLIENTS SAY

"Lizanne is the only attorney you need to go to for corporate governance and Board work."
"Great expertise and high quality service."

MY CLIENT PHILOSOPHY

"My client philosophy is grounded in practicality - give advice that is actionable, that offers insights adjacent to the central topic, and remember that a client may not always ask what she really needs to know. Pay as much attention to the client relationship as to the task - while you’ll always give careful, correct, legal advice, you should also give advice that is strategic on a personal and professional level. How we communicate is as important as what we communicate. "

– Lizanne Thomas

ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

While her roots are as an M&A lawyer, Lizanne Thomas practices, teaches, and lives corporate governance as the head of the Firm’s corporate governance team. She is a Fellow of the American College of Governance Lawyers. Lizanne participates in about 100 board meetings per year as counsel to a number of public companies. She represents special committees in control and conflict transactions, as well as in internal investigations. Lizanne is experienced in shareholder activism, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and executive compensation. Lizanne also serves as the Partner-in-Charge of the Firm’s Southeast U.S. Region.

Lizanne serves or has served on the Boards of Directors of four publicly traded companies: Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc., American Software, Inc., Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. At Krispy Kreme she co-chaired a special committee charged with investigating a variety of allegations against the company. While she was chair of its governance committee, KKD twice won national corporate governance awards for its shareholder engagement and disclosure, and in 2016 she was named one of the top 100 directors by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

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+1-404-581-8411

Lizanne Thomas

Partner-in-Charge Southeast U.S. Region
Jones Day
Atlanta, GA

Practice Area: Corporate Governance

M&A All-Star

ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

While her roots are as an M&A lawyer, Lizanne Thomas practices, teaches, and lives corporate governance as the head of the Firm’s corporate governance team. She is a Fellow of the American College of Governance Lawyers. Lizanne participates in about 100 board meetings per year as counsel to a number of public companies. She represents special committees in control and conflict transactions, as well as in internal investigations. Lizanne is experienced in shareholder activism, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and executive compensation. Lizanne also serves as the Partner-in-Charge of the Firm’s Southeast U.S. Region.

Lizanne serves or has served on the Boards of Directors of four publicly traded companies: Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc., American Software, Inc., Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. At Krispy Kreme she co-chaired a special committee charged with investigating a variety of allegations against the company. While she was chair of its governance committee, KKD twice won national corporate governance awards for its shareholder engagement and disclosure, and in 2016 she was named one of the top 100 directors by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

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