Lawrence A. Cunningham

Lawrence A. Cunningham

Lawrence A. Cunningham is Special Counsel in Mayer Brown’s New York office. Larry is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets and Public Companies & Corporate Governance practices. Recognized as an authority on corporate governance and corporate law, Larry advises public companies and boards of directors in those areas and advises investment managers and shareholders on investor relations.

Larry is the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor of Law emeritus at George Washington University. Larry serves on many public company boards and, before becoming a professor, practiced corporate law with another international law firm at which his practice included corporate governance, M&A and finance.

In 2018, Larry received the B. Kenneth West Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). In 2023, Larry delivered Delaware Law School’s 37th Annual Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Corporate Law to the Delaware bench and bar.

Larry is a prolific author and speaker on corporate finance, governance and culture, whose work has appeared in leading university journals, as well as such periodicals as the Financial Times, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He is also the author or editor of several books, including The Essays of Warren Buffett, Berkshire Beyond Buffett, Quality Investing, Quality Shareholders, Dear Shareholder and Margin of Trust. He has also written many articles for the Museum's quarterly magazine, Financial History, and has served on its editorial board since 2016. He joined the Museum's Board of Trustees in 2019.