Overview
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other corporate governance requirements have drastically changed the way companies and their leaders operate. In fact, while focused on public companies, Sarbanes-Oxley has become a baseline governance test for private businesses as well as nonprofit organizations.
Lawyers, accountants, and other consultants who advise management must understand and be constantly aware of the ethical minefields confronting those who simultaneously counsel boards and executive teams.
Nexsen Pruet's corporate governance group provides a comprehensive range of services to boards of directors, board committees (such as audit and compensation) individual directors and special committees. Our team includes two attorneys who not only have served as corporate directors, but together also have served as CEOs for nearly a dozen companies.
Independent counsel
The practice group provides independent fact-finding and legal analysis with attorney-client confidentiality in circumstances where the interests of board, management, inside and outside counsel potentially conflict.
In this role we provide ongoing and independent advice with respect to director fiduciary responsibilities, and serve as special counsel in the evaluation and negotiation of change of control or conflict of interest transactions. In circumstances of internal crisis or scandal, we represent the board (or its committees) in its conduct of investigations, reporting of findings, and taking remedial action.