Maureen Gershanik

Maureen Gershanik


Fishman Haygood L.L.P.

Recognized since 2020

New Orleans, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Securities Regulation

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Maureen Gershanik is a partner and a member of Fishman Haygood's Business Section. She practices primarily in the areas of corporate law and governance, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions.

Maureen has an active business transactional and advisory practice. She works with clients on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, acquisition transactions, restructuring transactions, business separations, new business formations, and other transactions. She also advises a range of public companies and private businesses and counsels boards of directors on corporate governance, securities law compliance, SEC reporting, executive employment matters, and executive compensation.

She has been recognized since 2013 as a leading lawyer in Corporate/M&A practice by Chambers & Partners. Chambers noted that clients consider Maureen an “intelligent and persuasive advocate” who “impresses with her creativeness and ingenuity” and “ability to simplify very complicated regulatory, tax and legal issues.”

Maureen has been active in business law reform efforts in Louisiana and nationally. She is an appointed member of the Corporate Laws Committee of the American Bar Association, which oversees and continually revises the ABA’s Model Business Corporation Act, one of the most significant responsibilities of the ABA’s Business Law Section. She is also a member of the Corporations Committee of the Louisiana Law Institute, which was responsible for the comprehensive revision of the state’s corporation statute that took effect in 2015, and is currently re-drafting the Louisiana limited liability company statute. Maureen is a past Chairperson and Council Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Section on Corporate and Business Law. She has been a speaker on securities and corporation law at legal seminars and graduate schools.

Location
  • 201 Saint Charles Avenue, Suite 4600
    New Orleans, LA 70170-4600
Education
  • Louisiana State University, JD, graduated 2000
  • Georgetown University, BSFS, graduated 1992
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, 2000
  • Texas, 2014

Fishman Haygood L.L.P.
Headquarters: New Orleans, Louisiana

24 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, New Orleans (2023)
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law, New Orleans (2023)
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law, New Orleans (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation

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More Than a Buzzword: ESG’s Rightful Place in the Boardroom


by Maureen Gershanik

ESG is a copiously used term as of late, but one thing that’s abundantly clear about it? Just how misunderstood the movement and its objectives really are, and how it should impact the boardroom.

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