Corporate Governance

With a high level of partner involvement, our Corporate Governance team counsels clients in the following areas:

• Director duties, including governance, oversight and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, related-party transactions, and change-of-control situations
• Composition of boards and committees
• Development and implementation of governance standards 
• Audit committee duties, including auditor relationships
• Compliance with securities laws as well as rules of the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market, Euronext, and other exchanges and markets
• Director and officer (D&O) insurance coverage and related issues
• Executive compensation matters
• Fund director issues, including director duties, conflicts, trading issues and compliance matters
• Issues specific to distressed businesses and companies emerging from bankruptcy
• Special committee investigations
• Regulatory inquiries, investigations and enforcement actions
• Defense of boards, committees and their members in litigation, government investigations and regulatory enforcement actions