7-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend

This program will address key corporate governance issues faced by boards and principal board committees.  Public companies and their directors and officers face increasing responsibilities, and even increased risk of liability.  They are also under intense scrutiny and in at least some cases significant pressure from investors and regulators.  Changing investor expectations – including more vocal expectations from traditional, large institutional investors and increased investor willingness to seek or force change – have changed the environment in which directors and officers and their advisers operate.  These developments have been complicated by significant changes, including evolving standards under Delaware and Federal securities law, and uncertainty about what to expect in terms of Federal legislative, rulemaking and enforcement developments following the change in administration in 2017. 

Corporate governance provides the framework within which directors and officers must operate in fulfilling their responsibilities.  In-house and outside advisers are called on both to provide day-today counseling and to address crisis situations in the corporate governance context. Our expert faculty will highlight the fast-moving market, legal and regulatory developments that directors, officers and their advisers face, while providing you with the practical guidance to successfully address them. 

What You Will Learn About

  • Prospects for Federal legislative changes that impact corporate governance
  • Steps boards are taking in the absence of Federal mandates, including clawbacks, enhanced compensation disclosure, proxy access and policies governing hedging and pledging
  • Preparing for investor scrutiny and pressure and the spectrum of responses
  • Issues of greatest concern to large institutional investors, and how to prepare for them
  • How to advise compensation committees in light of uncertainty about new  SEC rules coupled with intense attention to and criticism of executive compensation
  • How to prepare directors for shareholder engagement
  • Ethics guidance on real world situations

Special Feature

  • Earn one hour of Ethics credit

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for experienced corporate and securities attorneys with responsibility for advising officers, directors and other senior company officials on their governance matters and issues, as well as for directors and officers themselves.

 

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