Jessie Lochmann practices corporate and business law at Foley & Lardner LLP, with an emphasis in securities law and compliance, corporate governance, executive compensation, and capital markets transactions. Lochmann frequently represents issuers in securities transactions, including initial and secondary public offerings of equity securities and public and private placements of debt securities. She is the coleader of the firm’s Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory Practice.

Lochmann regularly advises public company clients and their boards of directors on the full range of governance and securities law matters, including governance structure, SEC reporting and disclosure, corporate governance “best practices,” board-evaluation processes, fiduciary duty issues, stock exchange listing standards and requirements, relationships with shareholders and proxy advisory firms, ESG hot topics, and shareholder activism and related preparedness. She actively represents more than a dozen public companies on their regular 1934 Act compliance, capital markets, and governance matters.

Lochmann’s clients also include large private and nonprofit organizations in a governance and board advisory capacity.

Lochmann is active in the firm’s governance, serving on the firm’s national partnership selection committee. She is active in the firm’s Manufacturing and Health Care & Life Sciences sectors and is the former cochair of the firm’s Manufacturing Industry Team, as well as the former hiring partner for the Milwaukee office. She previously served as the vice-chair of the firm’s Transactions Practice Group. Lochmann has served as the cochair of the firm’s National Directors Institute Program since 2014. She is a frequent speaker on corporate governance and SEC-related topics.