Our Corporate Governance attorneys bring practical judgment, innovation and a broad perspective to counseling boards and board committees, senior management and internal legal and compliance departments in the high-stakes and time-sensitive arena of disclosure, shareholder activism, corporate governance and compliance. We routinely counsel companies on day-to-day challenges and are well-positioned to respond rapidly and effectively to special challenges and crisis situations. Leveraging our industry-leading legal talent in securities, litigation and government investigations, M&A, executive compensation, shareholder activism and hostile takeover defense, and other practices throughout our Firm, we build teams that address the unique operational issues clients face. This cross-disciplinary approach combines best practices and practical judgement to help clients withstand heightened scrutiny and litigation risk.
- In addition we also work with organizations in the following areas
- Board and board committee structure, operation and compliance
- Committee charters, codes of conduct and other corporate programs, policies and procedures
- Executive compensation, benefit plans and contracts
- CEO succession and board and board committee evaluations and refreshment
- Corporate governance-related disclosure requirements
- Director and officer fiduciary duties and responsibilities and D&O protections
- Takeover readiness measures, stockholder activism, including shareholder proposals, and stockholder engagement
- Compliance, internal controls and risk management,
- Investigations, enforcement and crisis management
