Allison C. Handy
- Firmwide Co-Chair, Corporate Governance Practice
Allison brings a practical and pragmatic approach to counseling clients, helping them to prepare for tomorrow while addressing the challenges of today.
Allison Handy is the firmwide co-chair of the Corporate & Securities practice. She is a trusted advisor to companies and boards of directors on critical corporate governance, securities compliance, and capital markets transactions.
Allison provides counsel to companies on a broad range of issues faced by management and directors, including securities law disclosure obligations, environmental and social sustainability disclosures, stock exchange listing requirements, internal investigations, fiduciary duties, and shareholder activism matters. Her corporate clients include Alliant Energy, Lithia Motors, Microsoft, Nordstrom, and PACCAR. Allison is also a leader of the firm's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) advisory team.
Allison is a frequent speaker and author on corporate governance and securities law topics. She is the co-founder of the firm's Public Chatter blog, and a co-editor and co-author of The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives (Sixth Edition, 2021). She also leads the firm's sponsorship of OnBoarding Women, a Seattle-based program dedicated to increasing gender equity in public company boardrooms.
Education & Credentials
Education
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors, 2009
- Yale University, B.A., Anthropology, cum laude, with distinction, 2004
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
Related Employment
- Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, Associate, 2010-2013; Summer Associate, 2008
- The University of Chicago Law School
Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Housing Initiative, Student Law Clerk, 2008-2009
The Honorable Richard Posner and Professor William Landes, Research Assistant 2007-2008
Professional Recognition
Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024
Ranked in Chambers USA "America’s Leading Lawyers" for Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions, 2024
Listed in Chambers USA as an "Up and Coming" Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer, 2023
Impact
Professional Leadership
- The Society for Corporate Governance, Securities Law Committee Member
- The Society for Corporate Governance, Pacific Northwest Chapter, Advisory Committee Member
Community Involvement
- Cascade Bicycle Club, Board of Directors, Governance Committee Chair
- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Board of Trustees 2015-2024
Insights
News
Professional Experience
Corporate Finance
Nordstrom
Represented Nordstrom in corporate governance and securities law compliance.
Microsoft
Represented Microsoft on securities law compliance and shareholder proposal matters.
Alliant Energy Corporation
Represented Alliant Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries in public offerings of debt, including green bonds, and equity, corporate governance and securities law compliance.
PACCAR
Represented PACCAR and its subsidiary, PACCAR Financial Corp., in public debt offerings, corporate governance, and securities law compliance.
Lithia Motors, Inc.
Represented Lithia Motors in corporate governance and securities law compliance.
Tribune Publishing Company
Represented Tribune Publishing Company in corporate governance and securities law compliance.
Avalara, Inc. IPO
Represented Avalara in its initial public offering and follow-on offerings, corporate governance and securities law compliance.
Zillow Group, Inc.
Represented Zillow Group, Inc. in public and private offerings of debt and equity, corporate governance, and securities law compliance.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisition of Forrest-Pruzan Creative
Represented Funko, LLC in its acquisition of Forrest-Pruzan Creative.
Sale of Outerwall
Represented Outerwall Inc. in its acquisition by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC.
Onvia, Inc
Represented Onvia, Inc. in its sale to Deltek, Inc.
Acquisition of Trulia
Represented Zillow, Inc. in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Trulia, Inc.
Key Tronic Corporation
Represented Key Tronic Corporation in its acquisition of CDR Manufacturing (d/b/a Ayrshire Electronics).
Strategic Investment in Talyst
Represented Columbia Pacific Advisors, LLC in its acquisition of the hardware division of Talyst Inc.
Acquisition of Yum Prints
Represented Yum Prints in its acquisition by Wal-Mart.