Corporate & Business Services
Corporate Governance, Ethics, & Board Advisory
In today’s high-stakes regulatory environment, effective governance is a competitive advantage. CM Law’s partner-level attorneys help boards, committees, and senior management structure and execute governance and compliance programs that protect reputation and ensure sustainable growth.
Whether advising on boardroom-level relationships, committee charters, or enterprise risk, our attorneys integrate capabilities across executive compensation, environmental matters, insurance, privacy, and litigation to deliver comprehensive counsel.
Our attorneys have represented full Boards of Directors and their respective committees, individual directors, and senior executives on matters including:
- Board structure and composition
- Board committee structure and composition and Board committee charters
- Senior executive and director succession planning
- Full Board and Board committee evaluation and self-evaluation processes
- Enterprise risk identification and risk management
- Executive and director compensation policies and planning
- Review and updating of charter and bylaws
- Compliance and ethics programs
- Cybersecurity policies, preparedness and breach response plans
- Audit, Compensation and Nominating committee practices
- Independent director representations
- Special committee representation in connection with interested party, strategic and change-of-control transactions
- Internal investigations
