Lorraine McGowen is a finance/restructuring partner at Orrick. For more than 30 years, she has represented clients from the US and internationally seeking to maximize their recoveries or reduce their exposure. She also advises investors and acquirers of companies. She interfaces with auditors, government regulators, investment bankers and others, and develops and implements mediation and litigation strategies and negotiates reorganization plans and complex corporate and finance documents.
She is a member of Orrick’s Management Committee, and serves as Partner In Charge of its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives and also co-leads Orrick’s Automotive Technology & Mobility Group.
As a leading DEI advocate, Lorraine creates programs for the legal profession and for the community. She was selected as a 2019 Rainmaker by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) and as one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Lawyers for 2018 and 2015, and as Savoy’s Most Influential Women in Corporate America, 2019, and received Legal Outreach’s Pipeline to Diversity 2017 Champion Award and the New York City Bar Association Diversity and Inclusion 2012 Champion Award.
Lorraine received her B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.