

Ellisa Habbart joins Corporate Governance Experts in Amsterdam
Posted : February 8th, 2012Ellisa Habbart, a partner with The Delaware Counsel Group LLP, attorneys at law, Wilmington, Delaware, participated in an invitation only seminar on January 27, 2012 in the Netherlands on “One Tier Boards: Flexibiity For Best Practices”. The Netherlands will be introducing the option to use a one tier board similar to that used in Delaware corporations. To date, Dutch law only permitted a two tiered board structure that separates a supervisory board from a management board. The seminar included experts on corporate governance from many European countries and was organized by NautaDutilh, a Dutch law firm. Chief Justice Steele of the Supreme Court of Delaware presented at the seminar and other seminar attendees included Sir Andrian Cadbury, former CEO and Chair of Cadbury, Jeroen van der Veer, a non-executive director and former CEO of Shell and Hans Wijers, the CEO of Akzo Nobel.