
Corporate Counseling & Governance
Corporate governance that is both comprehensive and proactive is essential in today’s volatile and highly regulated global marketplace. Companies need guidance on how to follow best practices and discharge their fiduciary duties, while insulating themselves from liability and complying with the rules that govern them.
HOW WE HELP
In this context, clients look to our Corporate Counseling & Governance team to provide strategic advice and practical judgment. We counsel clients on routine challenges and are prepared to immediately respond to crisis situations. We’re invested in our client relationships and take pride in understanding and proactively balancing the business, risk, and compliance issues that preserve the interests of their business and stakeholders. When sensitive issues arise, our lawyers serve as trusted counselors who offer reliable judgment and a roadmap to a speedy and successful conclusion.
Our clients are counseling boards and board committees, independent directors, C-level executives, and internal legal and compliance departments. A number of our attorneys serve on boards of private companies, investment companies, and not-for-profits, enabling them to gain unique insights regarding sensitive board issues and best practices. Seyfarth lawyers across the globe bring deep experience on matters related to:
- Boards of directors
- Standing and special board committees
- Corporate governance documents, policies, and procedures
- Stock exchange compliance
- Board and management issues
- Shareholder relations
- Responses to corporate control efforts
- Corporate governance guidelines of proxy advisory firms such as ISS and Glass Lewis
OUR SERVICES
We bring extensive experience assisting private companies with corporate governance matters including entity formations, mergers, conversions, dissolutions, and foreign qualifications. We routinely attend board meetings and draft and review corporate minutes and resolutions, act as transfer agents for private company stock transfers, amend charter documents and prepare shareholder and member notifications, structure and document internal corporate reorganizations, and implement corporate housekeeping projects. In Hong Kong, through SS Corporate Services Limited, Seyfarth offers company secretarial services to assist clients to manage and alleviate the risks of corporate non-compliance.
Our corporate counseling and governance capabilities are best showcased through real examples of our work, which include:
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Served as special counsel to a $1 billion public IT defense contractor and assisted with sensitive board and senior management issues, including the preparation of an independent report regarding governance issues, strategic planning, and succession planning.
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Served as outside counsel to a Canadian construction company with respect to the consolidation of several affiliated companies, as well as related board matters.
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Serve as outside corporate and securities counsel to a public REIT where we provide regular counseling on securities registration and reporting requirements, NYSE compliance, and corporate governance matters.
Related Trends
Related News & Insights
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Media Mentions
04/16/2021
William Eck quoted in ideastream
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Media Mentions
04/01/2021
Andrew Sherman quoted in Financier Worldwide
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Media Mentions
03/31/2021
William Eck and Stanley Jutkowitz quoted in SHRM
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Attorney Publication
03/11/2021
Andrew Sherman authored an article in CorporateLiveWire’s Intellectual Property 2021 Guide
Recognition
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Recognition
04/07/2021
Franchise Times Names Andrew J. Sherman to its 2021 Class of “Legal Eagles”
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Recognition
10/01/2020
Seyfarth Partners Ranked as 2021 Leading Lawyers by IFLR1000
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Recognition
09/30/2020
Ohio State University Law Alumni Name Seyfarth’s Douglas Mancino its 2020 Community Service Award Recipient
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Recognition
09/14/2020
Seyfarth’s Douglas Mancino Receives ABA Business Law Section’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Nonprofit Law
Corporate governance that is both comprehensive and proactive is essential in today’s volatile and highly regulated global marketplace. Companies need guidance on how to follow best practices and discharge their fiduciary duties, while insulating themselves from liability and complying with the rules that govern them.
HOW WE HELP
In this context, clients look to our Corporate Counseling & Governance team to provide strategic advice and practical judgment. We counsel clients on routine challenges and are prepared to immediately respond to crisis situations. We’re invested in our client relationships and take pride in understanding and proactively balancing the business, risk, and compliance issues that preserve the interests of their business and stakeholders. When sensitive issues arise, our lawyers serve as trusted counselors who offer reliable judgment and a roadmap to a speedy and successful conclusion.
Our clients are counseling boards and board committees, independent directors, C-level executives, and internal legal and compliance departments. A number of our attorneys serve on boards of private companies, investment companies, and not-for-profits, enabling them to gain unique insights regarding sensitive board issues and best practices. Seyfarth lawyers across the globe bring deep experience on matters related to:
- Boards of directors
- Standing and special board committees
- Corporate governance documents, policies, and procedures
- Stock exchange compliance
- Board and management issues
- Shareholder relations
- Responses to corporate control efforts
- Corporate governance guidelines of proxy advisory firms such as ISS and Glass Lewis
OUR SERVICES
We bring extensive experience assisting private companies with corporate governance matters including entity formations, mergers, conversions, dissolutions, and foreign qualifications. We routinely attend board meetings and draft and review corporate minutes and resolutions, act as transfer agents for private company stock transfers, amend charter documents and prepare shareholder and member notifications, structure and document internal corporate reorganizations, and implement corporate housekeeping projects. In Hong Kong, through SS Corporate Services Limited, Seyfarth offers company secretarial services to assist clients to manage and alleviate the risks of corporate non-compliance.
Key Contacts
Our corporate counseling and governance capabilities are best showcased through real examples of our work, which include:
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Served as special counsel to a $1 billion public IT defense contractor and assisted with sensitive board and senior management issues, including the preparation of an independent report regarding governance issues, strategic planning, and succession planning.
-
Served as outside counsel to a Canadian construction company with respect to the consolidation of several affiliated companies, as well as related board matters.
-
Serve as outside corporate and securities counsel to a public REIT where we provide regular counseling on securities registration and reporting requirements, NYSE compliance, and corporate governance matters.
Related Trends
Related News & Insights
-
Media Mentions
04/16/2021
William Eck quoted in ideastream
-
Media Mentions
04/01/2021
Andrew Sherman quoted in Financier Worldwide
-
Media Mentions
03/31/2021
William Eck and Stanley Jutkowitz quoted in SHRM
-
Attorney Publication
03/11/2021
Andrew Sherman authored an article in CorporateLiveWire’s Intellectual Property 2021 Guide
Recognition
-
Recognition
04/07/2021
Franchise Times Names Andrew J. Sherman to its 2021 Class of “Legal Eagles”
-
Recognition
10/01/2020
Seyfarth Partners Ranked as 2021 Leading Lawyers by IFLR1000
-
Recognition
09/30/2020
Ohio State University Law Alumni Name Seyfarth’s Douglas Mancino its 2020 Community Service Award Recipient
-
Recognition
09/14/2020
Seyfarth’s Douglas Mancino Receives ABA Business Law Section’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Nonprofit Law