WilmerHale’s corporate governance and disclosure insight has been developed by serving as outside counsel to hundreds of US and non-US public companies. With a team that includes former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) senior staff members, our Corporate Governance and Disclosure Practice offers clients a unique combination of substantive knowledge, practical experience and skill that creates substantial efficiencies and allows for real-time responsiveness.

Our corporate lawyers draw on the firm’s preeminent securities enforcement and regulatory practices when clients encounter corporate crises (such as an accounting restatement, cybersecurity breach, whistleblower complaint or internal investigation) or need guidance on important public policy issues. This close collaboration enables us to assist clients with disclosure, governance and compliance issues based on real, multidisciplinary experience with similar situations and with an in-depth understanding of the SEC’s current thinking on key issues. We work closely with clients to address new disclosure requirements, technical compliance developments, and emerging hot-button governance and disclosure issues. We advise on SEC and stock exchange requirements, shareholder proposals, corporate governance practices, anti-takeover defenses, investor expectations and emerging best practices, and address interactions with activist shareholders.