Loren Braswell
Education
- New York University, B.A. 2013, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- Yale Law School, J.D. 2017 (Editor, Yale Law Journal and Executive Editor, Yale Journal on Regulation)
Loren Braswell
Loren Braswell is Counsel in Wachtell Lipton’s Corporate Department.
Loren advises boards and management teams on shareholder activism, hostile takeover defense, corporate governance, investor engagement and crisis management. Loren has been named an IFLR1000 “Notable Practitioner” from 2019 through 2025.
Loren received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she served as Co-President of the Yale Law and Business Society, Editor of the Yale Law Journal, and Executive Editor of the Yale Journal on Regulation. She received a B.A. summa cum laude in Psychology and Philosophy from New York University, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Select Publications
- The Deepening DEI Dilemma,
Risk & Compliance Magazine, April – June issue 2026 and Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, April 25, 2026.
- In-Depth: Corporate Governance,
U.S. chapter, Lexology, London, Sixteenth ed. 2026
- Thoughts for Boards: Key Issues for 2026,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, February 3, 2026, Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, February 5, 2026, and in NYU Law School’s Blog on Compliance and Enforcement, February 25, 2026.
- New Year, New Proxy Voting Landscape,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, Friday, January 9, 2026.
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Environmental, Social & Governance Law,
co-author of U.S. chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., Sixth ed. 2026.
- Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting Proxy Advisors and Shareholder Proposals,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, December 17, 2025 and NYU Law School’s Blog on Compliance and Enforcement, January 14, 2026.
- EU Parliament Rejects Rollback in Sustainability Reporting,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, October 25, 2025.
- Shareholder Activism: Ten Trends for 2026,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, October 16, 2025 and NYU Law School’s Blog on Compliance and Enforcement, October 23, 2025.
- Dealing with Activist Hedge Funds and Other Activist Investors,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, September 10, 2025.
- The Role and Function of the Board of Directors at U.S. Public Companies,
in 旬刊 商事法務, Commercial Law Review (商事法務研究会, Japan Institute of Business Law), September 9, 2025.
- The “Big Three” Shift Approach to Stewardship,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, August 27, 2025 and Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, September 4, 2025.
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Governance,
co-author of U.S. chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., Eighteenth ed. 2025.
- 2024 Was A Banner Year For Shareholder Activism,
in Law360, January 10, 2025
- Sunshine Breaking Through the Clouds: Delaware Supreme Court Sheds Light on Standard of Review for Challenges to Advance Notice Bylaws,
in LexisNexis, July 15 2024.
- The Board as Activist,
in Directors & Boards Magazine, June 29, 2023.
- Lessons from the Future - The First Contested Virtual Meeting,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, May 9, 2020.