Corporate Governance

We advise clients on a variety of corporate governance issues: 

• officer/director duties and liabilities
• board structure and operations
• charter and by-law provisions
• memorandum and articles of association
• creation of corporate divisions and subsidiaries
• spin-offs
• shareholder proposals
• derivative and shareholder litigation
• executive employment and consultancy agreements
• severance arrangements
• executive compensation and indemnification

We counsel and assist in the preparation of director guidelines, ethics standards, and other corporate codes of conduct.  We also perform internal investigations to address various board concerns. 

News

• London Team Acts on MBI

Events

• Donald Meiers Explains Advanced SEC Reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
• Nonprofits and Sarbanes-Oxley: A Phoenix Seminar

Publications

• Are You at Risk of Waiving the Attorney-Client Privilege by Using Your Employer’s Computer Systems to Communicate With a Personal Attorney?
  May 1, 2008, Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, Vol. 08, No. 05
• Russell: Prosecuting Defense Counsel for Obstruction
  November 21, 2007, New York Law Journal
• Back-up Certification: Controller/Chief Accounting Officer
  July 20, 2005
• Back-up Certification: Disclosure Committee Member
  July 20, 2005