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Lisa R. Stark authored an article titled “The Board’s Role in Compliance and Risk Mangement: Lessons from Recent Decisions Revisiting Caremark and its Progeny which was published in November, by Bloomberg BNA. The article appeared in the Corporate Governance Report, a monthly publication Bloomberg BNA publication. The article examines recent corporate scandals involving allegations that employees and managers of major corporations ignored internal policies and regulatory requirements and even engaged in flagrant violations of the law to increase corporate profits. The article highlights the role that the board of directors must play in compliance and risk management to lessen the occurrence of such events.
Posted: May 8th, 2013
The new subcommittee has been established in recognition of the importance and impact of this area of the law worldwide. In recognition of Delaware’s influence in corporate governance matters, leadership of the International Bar Association (“IBA”) have selected Ellisa to serve on it. The other Officers of the Subcommittee are the its Chair, Sergio Sanchez Sole, a partner with the Garrigues law firm based in Spain and its Vice Chair, Geert Raaijmakers, a partner with the NautaDutilh law firm based in The Netherlands. The Subcommittee is part of the IBA’s Corporate and M&A Law Committee.
Posted: May 7th, 2013The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers 2013 and The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2014 has again selected Ellisa Habbart as one of the world’s leading corporate governance lawyers.
Her selection is based upon the results of extensive research by Who’s Who Legal of general counsel, private practice lawyers and peers worldwide. Who’s Who legal works in conjunction with the International Bar Association to make the selections and they pride themselves on the integrity and authority of their findings.
It is impossible to buy entry into a Who’s Who Legal publication. Nominees are selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work of general counsel, private practice lawyers and peers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.
Posted: May 7th, 2013Ellisa Habbart of The Delaware Counsel Group, LLP was invited to speak for two programs held at the American Bar Association Section of Business Law Annual Meeting held in D.C. in April. In one program entitled, “Creditor Remedies Against LLCs and LPs”, Ellisa focused on how to draft provisions to address the concerns of members, managers and creditors of Delaware limited liability companies and partnerships in financial transactions. In the second program entitled, “Complex Entity Structures Simplified”, Ellisa focused on how to structure limited liability companies to be most effective in complex business structures.
Please feel free to contact Ellisa directly at 302-576-9600 or ehabbart@decg.com should you wish to obtain additional information about the presentations.
Posted: May 6th, 2013Ellisa Habbart and Lisa Stark of The Delaware Counsel Group, LLP have had a chapter published in the third edition of The Corporate Governance Review, published by Law Business Research Ltd. (the “Review“). As evidence of Delaware’s continued importance in the area of corporate governance, The Delaware Counsel Group LLP was invited to supplement Watchtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz’s chapter on U.S. corporate governance with a chapter focused on corporate governance issues under Delaware state law.
The Review provides an overview of the corporate governance regimes applicable to listed companies in over 25 jurisdictions worldwide. It is published annually to remain current with recent developments.
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