Eric Gorman Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago

I am a Principal at KPMG, where I founded and lead the firm's Legal Operations Transformation Services practice in the US. I help chief legal officers, legal leadership teams, and legal operations professionals develop and implement a clear strategic vision, while strengthening and streamlining legal, compliance, and governance processes. My team and I work closely with corporate legal departments to help modernize how they work, improve their effectiveness, reduce costs, and strategically integrate technology into legal workflows. We have guided legal departments through a wide array of transformation initiatives, including: — Developing legal department charters— Strategic planning — Crisis management planning and playbooks— Future state design and roadmaps for the legal function— Business cases for change— Knowledge management for legal teams— Data analysis, KPIs and metrics for the legal function— Cost optimization— Legal team resourcing and outside counsel management strategies— Contracting practices including process and technology improvements— Legal technology assessments, strategy, and roadmaps— Process re-engineering to maximize speed, efficiency, and accuracy while reducing costs— Legal department collaboration with other business functions— Change management for legal teamsCorporate GovernanceI am a member of KPMG’s Board Advisory Services team, and I advise businesses on ESG-related matters, corporate governance, board organization and culture, and director training. I also work with corporate secretarial teams regarding board processes. ClientsMy clients include the legal departments of public and private companies, professional services firms, and law firms. I have worked with legal teams in sectors including financial services, industrial manufacturing, health care, law, life sciences, technology, consumer/retail, and others.

Chicago

During my 20 years at Skadden, I advised and represented businesses in a wide range of litigations, investigations, legal compliance-related matters, and corporate governance matters.LitigationsI represented companies and financial institutions, as well as directors and senior executives, in federal and state courts around the U.S. in large-scale class actions, transaction-related litigation, and other high-value claims. I also handled certain disputes in arbitration forums. I represented clients in: — National class actions (including consumer and shareholder class actions)— Shareholder derivative litigation— Corporate control litigation and proxy contests— Corporate transaction disputes and post-merger litigation— Contract, fraud, and fiduciary duty claims— Labor and employment matters— Covenants not to compete— Intellectual property disputes— Chapter 11 proceedings— Constitutional litigationInvestigationsI led corporate internal investigations in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and advised boards of directors and senior executive teams in connection with related criminal law, civil litigation and regulatory issues under U.S. law. These investigations concerned, for example: — US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) issues— US securities law and accounting-related issues, including financial restatements — Insider trading— Chapter 11 bankruptcy issuesSome of these investigations were internal reviews; others involved cooperation and parallel investigations with the U.S. government, including the SEC, FBI and Department of Justice.ComplianceI advised companies regarding legal compliance and ethics matters, including counseling clients on the design and implementation of corporate compliance programs and tailoring compliance strategy to existing and emerging risks. Corporate GovernanceI advised companies with regard to the corporate governance aspects of major investigations, compliance risks, and material litigation.

Chicago

I represented companies a variety of litigation matters, specializing in labor and employment disputes. I also advised clients concerning management-labor relations and employment policies and practices.

J.D.

A.M., International Relations

A.B., Public Policy Studies