Nicole Crum

Investment Management

Nicole is the leader of the firm’s Investment Management Group, as well as Chair of Sullivan's Corporate Governance & Board Advisory Practice. Nicole also serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Lateral Partner Hiring Committee.

Nicole’s practice focuses on the representation of boards and board committees, including independent directors, as well as broad spectrum of private and public companies and non-profits. Nicole regularly advises on all aspects of governance and compliance, including crisis and conflict management, regulatory oversight and compliance, government and internal investigations, and shareholder and stakeholder engagement issues. Nicole counsels clients on all aspects of governmental and self-regulatory organization regulation. She is widely known as a trusted adviser to clients.

In recognition of her work, Nicole was recognized by Best Lawyers in America®, named one of the top ten women investment management lawyers by Fund Board Views, and was also named a "Next Generation Lawyer" and a "Recommended" lawyer by The Legal 500 US. In 2019, she was included on DCA Live's inaugural list of the top Emerging Women Leaders in Private Practice. She was named a "Rising Star" at the Mutual Fund Industry Awards by Fund Action/Fund Intelligence and is a former member of the Firm's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Nicole served as Chair of the Firm's Women's Initiative from 2017-2021 and is a 2017 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Prior to joining Sullivan, Nicole was an associate at Winston & Strawn and Baker & McKenzie. She has an LL.M. from University College London focusing on international law with focus on international human rights and investment and worked on investment and human rights as a legal fellow at Amnesty UK (London) and Amnesty USA (DC).

University College London (LL.M.) The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D.) The Ohio State University (B.A.)