Career
Partner-in-Charge of the Firm's Houston Office and Chair of Boardroom Development and Strategic Transactions, Lyle Ganske advises significant companies, focusing primarily on M&A, takeovers, takeover preparedness, corporate governance, executive compensation and general corporate counseling. Lyle has been involved in more than 50 transactions with values in excess of $1 billion, and more than 50 proxy contests and battles for corporate control. He represents the boards of approximately 100 public companies on fiduciary duty-related matters, and has experience with M&A involving an array of businesses, including telecom, energy, manufacturing, retailing, and process industries.
Lyle speaks frequently, and has coauthored many articles, on M&A and corporate governance issues. He is lead director of Altra Industrial Motions (Nasdaq). Lyle is the former chair of Business Volunteers Unlimited and the Commission on Economic Inclusion.