About Roger

Roger A. Lane is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP where he serves as chair of the Boston Litigation Department. He is a member of the Securities Enforcement & Litigation and Private Equity & Venture Capital Practices and the Technology Industry Team. He has significant experience representing clients involved in complex commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on corporate law disputes, stockholder and federal securities litigation, and related risk management issues. Mr. Lane has represented venture capital and private equity firms, their partners, early-stage and mature corporations, their directors, officers, and independent board committees, investment advisers, investment banks and underwriters. He has handled litigation related to the federal securities laws, debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, and other matters of corporate management and governance. Mr. Lane has also managed internal corporate investigations and advised clients on how to mitigate litigation risk before entering major corporate and commercial transactions. Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Lane was a litigation partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP. Mr. Lane has been selected for inclusion in the 2004 – 2013Massachusetts Super Lawyers® lists. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

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Education

• Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1988

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association

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