Lindsay Davis Murphy
Partner

Overview
Lindsay D. Murphy is a business attorney in Holland & Knight's Dallas office, where she focuses her practice on advising public and private companies on all aspects of design and operation of executive compensation arrangements and employee benefit plans. Ms. Murphy routinely counsels clients on employee benefit plans and executive compensation matters related to corporate mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings.
In addition, Ms. Murphy has extensive experience advising private equity clients with day-to-day equity compensation arrangements and executive employment agreements, including within the context of new portfolio company acquisitions, add-on acquisitions and exit transactions, and transactions involving Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs).
Ms. Murphy's practice also encompasses assisting clients with Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) reporting and disclosure obligations, as well as U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), IRS and PBGC audits and investigations of employee benefit plans. Additionally, Ms. Murphy advises public companies regarding U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosures of executive and director compensation arrangements.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Murphy was an attorney for a multinational law firm in its Dallas office.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude
- University of Mississippi, M.S., summa cum laude
- University of Mississippi, B.A., Accountancy, cum laude
- Texas
- Dallas Bar Association, Entertainment, Art and Sports Law Section, 2023-Present
- Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Section, Officer, 2017-2020; Speakers Committee, 2011-2016