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Featured Articles
Featured Articles: Corporate Governance
The Battle over the Election Ballot : A survey of the Movement to Reform the Director Election System for US Corporations
A Gilchrist Sparks III
James D Honaker
Although bitter proxy contests for corporate directorships occasionally make headlines in financial newspapers that follow US corporations, it is the absence of proxy contests at most stockholder meetings that is attracting the attention of corporate governance activists. In the wake of Enron and other scandals that undermined confidence in the current system for managing corporations, activists are demanding that stockholders play a greater role in corporate governance. These activists have targeted the director election system as one vehicle for enhancing stockholder power over corporate affairs.
In-house counsel in Asia - A Strengthening Position
Jane Niven
General Counsel Asia Pacific Jones Lang LaSalle, Singapore
Once upon a time young overworked under-paid lawyers everywhere saw the in-house counsel role as a quality of life alternative that would solve all their woes and enable them to earn a good living without leaving the law altogether.
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Editorial
Editorial: Corporate Governance
Editorial: Corporate Governance
Six years after the introduction of the Sarbanes Oxley Act in the US, corporate governance remains on the agenda in boardrooms across the world. Boards and directors look to their outside legal counsel to provide them with guidance, advice and representation. Our research has identified 293 individuals from 43 countries who should be considered to be experts in this field.
Editorial: Corporate Governance in Argentina
This chapter picks out lawyers who are especially well regarded for their expertise in corporate governance advisory work, including advising directors and company officers on compliance with statutory requirements, stock exchange rules and codes of conduct in the administration of company affairs.
Editorial: Corporate Governance in Texas
Corporate governance continues to be of high importance to boards of directors at public companies across the US, who lean on their outside counsel for guidance on the often sensitive company matters governed by corporate law, stock exchange rules and governance principles require.
Editorial: Corporate Governance in Illinois
In the highly regulated US marketplace, corporate governance is an ongoing concern for business leaders. This chapter identifies those lawyers with a proven track record in counselling the boards of directors of listed companies and substantial privately held entities in aspects of regulatory compliance, including sensitive corporate disclosure and policy issues, as well as new laws, regulations, stock exchange rules and governance principles, in relation to transactions and on an ongoing basis.
Editorial: Corporate Governace in Florida
Five years on from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, its effects are still being felt in boardrooms across the US, and corporate governance remains high on the agenda. Outside counsel continue to provide clients with guidance, advice and representation, and our research has identified 18 individuals from 11 firms who have proven track records in this field, and can counsel corporations on issues arising in routine operations and in extraordinary transactions.
Editorial: Corporate Governance in Singapore
Although Singapore is not as stringently regulated a business environment as many countries, such as the United States, for example, corporate clients still need to call on external counsel for governance advice, both during transactions and generally during their everyday business. It is not really possible to specialise in this field to the exclusion of all others, and as such all the individuals in this section also appear in other chapters of the book, but the seven lawyers we feature in the following pages are proven experts and able to offer high-quality guidance to boards and directors.
Editorial: Corporate Governance in California
The aftershocks of the Sarbanes Oxley Act are still being felt five years on from its enactment, and corporate governance remains high on the agenda in boardrooms across the world. Outside counsel continue to provide clients with advice and representation, and our research has identified 18 individuals from 13 firms who have proven track records, and can also counsel corporations on issues arising in routine operations and in extraordinary transactions.
Editorial: Corporate Governance in Georgia
Corporate governance issues are still very much on the minds of directors and officers, and they continue to rely on the advice of their outside counsel to ensure compliance with the relevant regulations.
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