Mackenzie K. Phillips

Mackenzie oversees Townsend Lockett’s securities law compliance and corporate governance practice and is Managing Partner of the Townsend & Lockett Chicago office. Mackenzie’s practice focuses on securities law compliance, corporate finance, corporate governance and disclosure, mergers and acquisitions and contracts.

Prior to joining Townsend Lockett, Mackenzie served as Chief Corporate Counsel for Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated focused primarily on securities law compliance, subsidiary management, corporate finance, disclosures and corporate governance issues. Before her work as Chief Corporate Counsel at JLL, Ms. Phillips served as Interim Securities and Corporate Governance Counsel to a NYSE-listed online travel company through Axiom Law. Prior to Axiom, Ms. Phillips was an associate at each of Winston & Strawn LLP and Mayer Brown LLP.  At both large law firms, her practice focused on M&A, securities, corporate finance, corporate governance and general corporate work.

In addition to her expert legal services, Mackenzie also supports Townsend Lockett’s efforts to maintain and enhance its inclusive culture and a diverse workforce, and works to develop and foster diversity in the legal industry by  volunteering on local diversity initiatives concerning recruitment, retention, business and professional development in the legal profession.

Ms. Phillips is a speaker and writer on securities and corporate law topics, as well as diversity-related issues. She currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of the Business Law Enterprise Clinic at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. She is also a Co-Editor of The Board of Directors (Portfolio No. 63-2nd) (September 2009) published by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Corporate Practice Series.

Mackenzie has been featured in the April/May/June 2017 issue of Modern Counsel in the article entitled, “So Much to Consider,” and JLL’s Guide for General Counsel on how to influence a board of directors to drive sustainability, written in partnership with the Canadian chapter of the United Nations Global Compact. She has also been featured on the LeftFoot Podcast under the podcast titled “Judgment is Critical.”