Boards and Board Committees

Directors and Executive Management

• Executive Management
• Internal Investigations

   

Our broad corporate and securities law expertise and business judgment makes us an ideal choice to serve as special counsel to corporate boards of directors and board committees in need of “independent” counsel. These engagements often involve confidential matters referred by national law firms familiar with our excellent work in this specialized area.

Representative transactions

• Represented board of one of the nation's largest public utility holding companies and its regulated utility in connection with special issues arising from California's energy crisis
• Represented compensation committee of one of the nation's largest public utility holding companies in termination of a phantom stock-based executive compensation plan at its unregulated subsidiary
• Represented conflicts committee of board of directors of Fortune 100 software company in connection with related-party transactions
• Represented special committee of board of trustees of California trust in recapitalization of trust shares held by controlling interest holder
• Represented conflicts committee of board of directors of NYSE Amex-listed company in combination of company with two affiliated public companies
• Represented board of directors of privately held community bank in connection with shareholder demands to pursue possible derivative claims
• Represented board of trustees of non-profit corporation in establishment of for-profit subsidiary corporation
• Represented special committee of board of directors of one of the nation's largest radio “rep” companies in connection with dissident bondholder issues