Profile
Jonathan K. Layne, a partner in Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher’s Century City office, joined the Firm in 1979 and has served as Co-Chair of the Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group and as a member of the Firm’s Executive and Management Committees. Mr. Layne focuses on mergers and acquisitions, public offerings of equity (including IPOs) and debt, corporate finance and securities law, and has extensive experience in Board of Directors, Special Board Committee and corporate governance representations.
Mr. Layne is a graduate of The College of William and Mary where he earned a B.A. in economics and of Emory University School of Law and Emory University Goizueta Business School, where he received a joint JD/MBA degree. He graduated from law school with distinction and was a member of the Order of the Coif and Managing Editor of the Emory Law Journal, and he graduated from business school as a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honor society.
Mr. Layne served for many years as a member of the Board of Directors of the California Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Board of Trustees of Emory University, and is a past Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of The John Thomas Dye School, an independent elementary school. Mr. Layne also is a frequent lecturer on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities law topics.
Mr. Layne was selected by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business as an international Leading Lawyer for Corporate/M&A (2012-2024). Since 2005, Mr. Layne has been recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a Leading Lawyer for Corporate/M&A for Southern California and has ranked him in Band 1 each year during the period 2008-2024.
Sessions