The life of a company is never static. The business world revolves around corporate activity, which is more scrutinized and regulated.
Risk management, legal compliance, shareholder communication, and preparedness for known uncertainties are all continually evolving strategies. You want your outside counsel to be familiar with your industry and organization, to be able to grasp your difficulties quickly, and to be a good listener.
We advise:
- public and private companies – large and small
- corporate officers, including general counsel, corporate secretaries and others on corporate governance, risk and compliance officers serving public companies
- boards of directors and committees of the Board
We support boards on a full range of corporate governance and risk management assignments. We provide the following services:
- establishing corporate governance policies, charters for board committees, codes of conduct, as well as other business programs and policies
- conducting risk analysis, internal management evaluations, and other risk management activities
- advising the board of directors as an independent counsel
- advising on the composition of the board and independence
- advising on sensitive corporate matters, strategic transactions and internal investigations managed by special committees of the board
- advice on executive compensation and related disclosure requirements
- in accordance with their fiduciary duty, advising boards of directors on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic alliances
