Corporate & Business Entity Governance, Ethics & Compliance

Our Corporate & Business Entity Governance, Ethics & Compliance attorneys regularly advise members of boards of directors, the Board as a whole as well as senior executives and advisors on the full range of corporate governance, ethics and compliance issues, including:

• Board and board committee evaluation and self-evaluation
• Board committee structure and composition
• Corporate governance best practices, including review and revisions of the corporate charter and bylaws
• Duties of independent directors
• Enterprise risk and risk management
• Senior executive and director succession planning
• Senior executive and director compensation policies

In addition, our Corporate & Business Entity Governance, Ethics & Compliance, Litigation and Crisis Management teams counsel boards, executives and officers on transactional and crisis management matters, such as:

• Compliance issues under state and federal law
• Conflict of interest matters
• Contested takeovers and defense
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) inquiries and investigations
• Government investigations and enforcement actions
• Proxy contests
• Say-on-pay planning and execution
• Shareholder proposals
• Special committee investigations