Ms. Lane is an associate in Davis Polk's Corporate Department, practicing in the Executive Compensation Group. She advises boards, companies, compensation committees and individual executives on executive compensation, equity-based incentives, deferred compensation, severance plans and other compensatory arrangements, with particular emphasis on issues arising in mergers and acquisitions transactions and initial public offerings. She also advises on employment and consulting arrangements, the applicability of securities and tax laws to executives and employers and general employment-related matters.