Sentences with phrase «of general corporate law»

Clem practices in the areas of general corporate law, public and private securities law and business transactional law.

Clare advises on all aspects of general corporate law, including acquisitions and disposals, reorganisations, and shareholder and investment agreements.

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Specializing in the areas of securities, commercial finance, real estate and general corporate law, his clients range from individuals and small privately held businesses to multi-million dollar entities.

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In addition to Mr. Levitt, the other founding members of the Advisory Board are: Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the General Accounting Office (GAO) for 15 years; and Professor Lucian Bebchuk, a Director of the Harvard Law School's Program on Corporate Governance.

He has served as a member of the Council of the Corporate Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, which annually recommends for adoption amendments and refinements to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Former member of the Council of the Corporate Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, charged with proposing annual amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law on behalf of the Delaware State Bar Association

He has presented at a wide variety of corporate law seminars and symposia around the country, including The Tulane Institute of Corporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar Assocorporate law seminars and symposia around the country, including The Tulane Institute of Corporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar Associatiolaw seminars and symposia around the country, including The Tulane Institute of Corporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssoCorporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssoCorporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar AssociatioLaw Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar Associations.

You'll quickly find out why the Court of Chancery is to corporate litigation what the Delaware General Corporation Law is to the nation's corporate community.

He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1976 to 1986 where he was principal author of the 1986 Oklahoma General Corporation Act, which moved Oklahoma law to the Delaware corporate law model.

This is one of the reasons we have - on a corporate level - antitrust law and general anti-monopolist sentiment.

14 December 2016 Annual Hitachi Lectureship at AAAS Focus: General Purpose Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Business in the Future Featuring: Dr. Kazuo Yano, Corporate Officer and Corporate Chief Scientist, Director of the Hitachi Artificial - Intelligence Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., and discussant David Rejeski, Director, Technology, Innovation and the Environment Project, Environmental Law Institute.

The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the members and of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws; keep a register of the post office address of each member which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such member; and in general perform all duties incident to the Office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him / her by the President or the Board of Directors.

- CGA, March 14, 2013 Presenter: The Prudent Investor Rule - Institute of Corporate Directors, November 2011 Presenter: The Prudent Investor Rule - Certified General Accountants (CGA), October 2011 Presenter: The Prudent Investor Rule - Canadian Bar, Wills & Estates Section, May 2011 Presenter: The Prudent Investor Rule - Edmonton Estate Planning Council, March 2011 Presenter: The Prudent Investor Rule - Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners, Jan. 2011 Presenter: The Prudent Investor Rule - Miller Thomson Law Firm, November 2010

However, this publication is not intended to cover bankruptcy law in general, or to provide detailed discussions of the tax rules for the more complex corporate bankruptcy reorganizations or other highly technical transactions.

(a) The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club and of the Board and shall have the duties and powers normally appurtenant to the office of President subject to the limitations of the Articles of Incorporation, the within Bylaws and the general corporate laws of the State of Washington as it relates to non-profit corporations.

This Corporation (Club) is organized under the general non-profit Corporate Laws of the State of Washington and shall have the specific and general purposes and powers set forth in its Articles of Incorporation on file in the office of the Clerk of the County of King.

Christopher Wray, President Trump's nominee for FBI director, advised corporate clients on how to avoid «being in the crosshairs» of law enforcement at a 2015 legal forum where investigations by state attorneys general into whether ExxonMobil misled investors and the public about...

In multiple U.S. states and territories — including New York, California, Massachusetts and the Virgin Islands — state Attorneys General are investigating Exxon's depth of knowledge regarding the climate impacts of burning fossil fuels, and whether the company broke the law by fueling anti-science campaigns through corporate contributions to organizations and individuals working to sow doubt and confusion about global warming.

On the topic of corporate law, we talk to Ludo Mees, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of AMG Adcorporate law, we talk to Ludo Mees, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of AMG AdCorporate Secretary of AMG Advanced...

They include Paulette Brown of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, who co-authored the landmark 2006 report, Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms; R. Ted Cruz of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, the first Hispanic to be Texas solicitor general and author of more than 70 Supreme Court briefs; John W. Daniels of Quarles & Brady, one of the first African - Americans to lead a top U.S. firm; Keith M. Harper of Kilpatrick Stockton, a Cherokee who heads his firm's Native American affairs practice group; Patricia Menendez - Cambo, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's global practice group; General Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLaw Firms; R. Ted Cruz of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, the first Hispanic to be Texas solicitor general and author of more than 70 Supreme Court briefs; John W. Daniels of Quarles & Brady, one of the first African - Americans to lead a top U.S. firm; Keith M. Harper of Kilpatrick Stockton, a Cherokee who heads his firm's Native American affairs practice group; Patricia Menendez - Cambo, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's global practice group; General Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of thgeneral and author of more than 70 Supreme Court briefs; John W. Daniels of Quarles & Brady, one of the first African - Americans to lead a top U.S. firm; Keith M. Harper of Kilpatrick Stockton, a Cherokee who heads his firm's Native American affairs practice group; Patricia Menendez - Cambo, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's global practice group; General Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of thGeneral Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the AClaw firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU.

The notable ones added this year included Australia's leading corporate & IP law firm Mitry Lawyers, and Attorney General's Department (AGD) of Australia.

Member States may design the corporate architecture of certain companies in ways that deviate from the general system laid down in their respective corporate laws if these alterations are justified on overriding grounds in the public interest.

Corporate Counsel magazine is out with its annual listing of the law firms that represent America's biggest companies.The usual suspects make the list — the megafirms whose names alone are enough to make general counsel sleep better at night.

Blogging on the recent corporate scandals involving GC Ann Baskins at Hewlard - Packard (see this multi-part coverage at Alexander Simpson's Corporate Securities Law Blog) and the ouster of Bristol Myers» GC, Peter Henning concludes that «it can be mighty tough to be a general counsel these daycorporate scandals involving GC Ann Baskins at Hewlard - Packard (see this multi-part coverage at Alexander Simpson's Corporate Securities Law Blog) and the ouster of Bristol Myers» GC, Peter Henning concludes that «it can be mighty tough to be a general counsel these dayCorporate Securities Law Blog) and the ouster of Bristol Myers» GC, Peter Henning concludes that «it can be mighty tough to be a general counsel these days.»

Cummings Andrews Mackay LLP (CAM LLP) started out as corporate and commercial law firm founded in 1915 by John F. Lymburn, QC (Attorney General of Alberta, ca. 1925) and Mayne Reid, QC.

Read the article, The law of unintended consequences: Supreme Court of Canada speaks on the rectification of transactions in Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) and Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., as published by Thomson Reuters» Corporate Tax Centre on Taxnet Pro ™ on December 15, 2016 (PDF).

Acting as special or general outside counsel to assist clients in developing corporate compliance programs, including programs relating to antitrust, environmental and securities laws, and developing corporate protocols, such as delegations of authority

He has over 20 years of extensive experience in general corporate commercial matters including specific expertise in information technology, intellectual property, real estate, telecommunications, commercial contracts and airline law.

In law school she served as a Summer Honors Law Clerk for the California Attorney General's Office, working in the field of Energy and Corporate Compliance, in addition to externships with the Marin County Public Defender's Office and the San Francisco District Attorney's Offilaw school she served as a Summer Honors Law Clerk for the California Attorney General's Office, working in the field of Energy and Corporate Compliance, in addition to externships with the Marin County Public Defender's Office and the San Francisco District Attorney's OffiLaw Clerk for the California Attorney General's Office, working in the field of Energy and Corporate Compliance, in addition to externships with the Marin County Public Defender's Office and the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.

With seasoned judgment accumulated over 35 years of both general and specialized experience in law and business, David's practice also includes transactions advice, document drafting, negotiation assistance in such areas as real estate and business asset purchase and sale transactions, bank lending, contract review and drafting, corporate and business entity formation and dissolution.

With over 20 years of experience, Greg's practice focuses on banking and financial services, corporate, commercial, contract, real estate and general business law matters.

CR: Take law school classes that are practical: I took seminars on «the art of the deal» and general M&A which really gave me exposure to what corporate work is and made me familiar with certain terms.

Be the best you can be or do the best that you can within the area that you do, and then hand off to the best people that are out there that are going to do the general practice or the corporate law or other types of financial matters.

The American Lawyer and The National Law Journal have been cataloging bankruptcy fees for most of the big - name corporate failures of recent months, from Lehman and IndyMac to Chrysler and General Motors.

«As you can imagine, the incidence of class actions in Canada is not going to decrease as time goes on,» says Korbak, whose work also involves franchise law, product liability and general corporate commercial law.

For law firms who want to continue to increase their global footprint, and for corporate in - house general counsel deployed in overseas markets, the execution risks of business roll - out are many and varied.

John Ruggie, UN Secretary - General's Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, has announced a study involving 15 corporate law firms from around the world «to identify whether and how national corporate law principles and practices currently foster corporate cultures respectful of human rights.»

About six months ago, Susan Hackett, general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel, wondered why corporate clients weren't sufficiently outraged about increasing associate rates to demand change from large lCorporate Counsel, wondered why corporate clients weren't sufficiently outraged about increasing associate rates to demand change from large lcorporate clients weren't sufficiently outraged about increasing associate rates to demand change from large law firms.

Starting his career working for one of the country's largest law firms, Todd's time was split between two practice areas: general liability defense and providing corporate and regulatory advice to major companies.

Bentley Harris Harris focuses on assisting companies in formation, governance and general corporate law as well as the selection, protection and enforcement of intellectual property assets.

MCC's founder, Al Driver, former General Counsel of one of the world's leading retailers, was committed to partnering with the world's leading corporate law department leaders and outside counsel from elite law firms to deliver the essential information needed to be a successful general cGeneral Counsel of one of the world's leading retailers, was committed to partnering with the world's leading corporate law department leaders and outside counsel from elite law firms to deliver the essential information needed to be a successful general cgeneral counsel.

The firm provides full services in the areas of general practice including, but not limited to, civil litigation, plaintiff negligence claims, worker's compensation, social security disability, criminal defense, domestic relations, divorce, custody, real estate, corporate and business transactions, wills, estate planning and estate settlement, bankruptcy, business collections, municipal law, zoning and claims against the government.

Andrew's practice is concentrated in the area of general corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on securities law.

Arrington is a 1995 graduate of Stanford Law School who worked as a corporate associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and general counsel at several Silicon Valley companies before founding TechCrunch in 2005.

Richard is a general practice lawyer with a strong intellectual property, commercial and corporate law background, complemented by a Master of Business Administration of Augsburg University (Germany) and Katz Business School in Pittsburgh (PA, USA).

You have to educate and monitor and it can be very difficult,» said David Kohlenberg, deputy general counsel of corporate development and finance law with TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., who also spoke on the panel.

Appointed Silk in 2013, James has 20 years» experience of all aspects of corporate, insolvency, banking, financial services and general commercial law.

One benchmark: the Association of Corporate Counsel last month launched a new section for legal operations professionals, the folks — many of them not lawyers (but not non-lawyers)-- who help general counsel bring creative and business - minded practices to the management of law departments.