Gibson Dunn Partner James Moloney Named Director of SEC’s Corporation Finance Division

Firm News  |  September 10, 2025

September 10, 2025 – James J. Moloney, a longtime Gibson Dunn associate, has been named Director of the Division of Corporation Finance on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Barbara Becker, Chair and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn, mentioned: “Jim has been integral to building our securities regulation and corporate governance practice into the powerhouse it is today. He has been a trusted colleague, advisor, and mentor throughout his time at Gibson Dunn, and we wish him the very best as he returns to public service and takes on this important new role.”

Jim is a co-leader of Gibson Dunn’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group. For greater than 20 years, he has suggested public corporations, their boards, and unbiased board committees on securities regulation reporting, company compliance applications, mergers, regulatory investigations, and inventory change proceedings.

Previously, Jim spent six years on the SEC, serving his ultimate three years as Special Counsel within the Office of Mergers & Acquisitions within the Division of Corporation Finance. In addition to reviewing merger transactions, Jim was the principal drafter of Regulation M-A, a complete rulemaking on takeovers and shareholder communications adopted by the Commission in October 1999. Jim started his authorized profession as an affiliate at Gibson Dunn.

Gibson Dunn’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group recurrently represents Fortune 100 and 500 corporations on quite a lot of disclosure and regulatory points, company governance points, and shareholder issues. The agency has a deep bench of senior SEC alumni and longstanding relationships with the inventory exchanges and the proxy advisory and governance-rating companies.