Strong corporate governance is an indicator of solid decision making, while poor governance practices can expose a business to regulatory and reputational risk, as well as missed opportunities to grow revenue and profits.

Investors, lenders, rating agencies and government regulators are increasingly scrutinizing the gender and racial diversity of company boards, the independence and effectiveness of board oversight of key corporate functions, business codes of conduct, management strategies for long-term growth versus short-term gain, and the way companies handle high-profile, high-risk issues such as executive compensation and cybersecurity.

Fox Rothschild’s experienced corporate attorneys help clients examine their corporate structure, governance procedures for directors and officers, executive compensation and conduct guidelines, data privacy and security practices, internal controls and shareholder and stakeholder polices in order to minimize risk.

We help clients assess practices and manage risk involving:

• Board structure and independence
• Directors’ and officers’ duties and liabilities
• Business ethics
• Executive compensation
• Anti-money laundering practices and policies
• Anti-bribery and corruption safeguards
• Financial/corporate reporting, accounting practices
• Executive pay structure
• Gender pay gap issues
• Data protection and cybersecurity
• Overall risk management and oversight