Professional Biography

Allison C. Handy Partner

Firmwide Co-Chair, Corporate & Securities Practice

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3295

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    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3295

    AHandy@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

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 brings a practical and pragmatic approach to counseling clients, helping them to prepare for tomorrow while addressing the challenges of today.

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.

Ranked by Chambers USA 2023

Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions

Public Chatter

Public Chatter provides practical guidance—and the latest developments—to those grappling with public company securities law and corporate governance issues, through content developed from an in-house perspective.

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Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024
  • Listed in Chambers USA as an "Up and Coming" Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer, 2023

Professional Leadership

  • The Society for Corporate Governance, Securities Law Committee Member
  • The Society for Corporate Governance, Pacific Northwest Chapter, Chapter President

Community Involvement

  • Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Board of Trustees, Governance and Nominating Committee Chair
  • Cascade Bicycle Club, Board of Directors, Member

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

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