Members of our Corporate, Securities and Tax group and our Securities Litigation group regularly advise boards of directors and executives on corporate governance and related matters. We help our publicly held clients understand and comply with the complex network of federal and state securities laws and regulations. We assist companies with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, as well as compliance with SEC regulations and with listing rules of the NYSE and many other stock exchanges.

Our attorneys provide extensive expertise on governance issues, including:

• The composition and operation of boards of directors and their committees, including audit, compensation, governance, and nominating committees
• Charters, ethics policies, and "best practices" of boards and committees
• Fiduciary duties of directors in routine matters and in more complex decisions involving transactions, financings, equity offerings, and other matters occurring outside the ordinary course of business
• Disclosure requirements
• Executive compensation
• Purpose and use of special committees in corporate transactions involving insiders and affiliates
• Change-of-control duties and procedures
• Special investigations

The regulation of corporations and how they govern themselves, including the roles of directors and officers of public companies, will increasingly be an area of regulatory rigor. At Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, we stay abreast of the changes in the letter and the spirit of the law and can provide trusted advice when your company needs it the most.