Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
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Jim Wall represents entrepreneurs and businesses in a wide array of transactions and governance issues. He has significant experience representing health care providers and other clients in the health care field including owners and managers of long-term care facilities, management service organizations, providers of clinical research and local management entities. He has extensive experience helping providers and MSOs navigate North Carolina’s corporate practice of medicine doctrine. H...
A former federal prosecutor with extensive investigation and first chair trial experience, Michelle Nasser focuses her practice on white collar criminal defense, internal and government investigations, and complex litigation. Before joining the firm, Michelle served for more than 13 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Major Case, Financial Crimes, General Crimes, and Violent Crimes sections of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago. She led and supervised government investigations...
Frank M. Placenti is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Securities / Capital Markets Law. Frank M., who practices law in Phoenix, Arizona, has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Frank M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Eric R. Moy is a partner in the Indianapolis, Indiana office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. He serves a number of business clients, public and private, large and small, including financial institutions, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and service companies. Mr. Moy serves the needs of his clients in a wide array of business, financing, regulatory, and transactional matters, including: Corporate Governance SEC and Financial Regulation Public Offerings Venture Capital and Private Placements Merge...
David C. Tingstad maintains an extensive practice in the areas of business and real estate matters, limited liability companies (LLCs), corporations and real estate. David regularly counsels clients in all aspects of business including operations, asset acquisitions, conversions and mergers. In addition, his practice includes assisting operating businesses with succession planning, financing, dissolution and disputes between owners. David’s clients range from family businesses to renewa...
Lee S. Richards III has devoted his 45-year career to the representation of businesses, corporate boards, and individuals in white collar criminal defense, securities enforcement defense, regulatory proceedings, internal investigations, and complex commercial litigations. Lee has amassed extensive trial experience, regularly representing investment banks, hedge funds, public companies, investment advisers, corporate officers and directors, and other professionals in investigations and proceed...
Carolyn Duncan’s practice is concentrated in securities issuance and compliance matters. Experienced in a wide variety of public and private securities work, she represents issuers, underwriters, and other parties in numerous facets of this area of law, including public and private offerings of securities, registration and continuous disclosure matters, proxy solicitations, tender offers, business combinations, restricted securities and transactions by corporate insiders. She represents...
Mike Magner is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. An acclaimed former federal prosecutor, he delivers practical advice and offers a steady hand to clients facing a wide range of commercial disputes, internal investigations, and white collar criminal matters. Mike is a preeminent, highly respected trial attorney and Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Drawing on his more than 40 years of experience handling complex criminal and civil matters — including nearly 50 ju...
Michael E. Hollingsworth II is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Michael E., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
William Kenneth Marlow is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Governance Law, Health Care Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. William Kenneth, who practices law in Nashville, Tennessee, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which William Kenneth is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Andrew Bor, a partner in the firm’s Business practice, has over 30 years of experience providing counsel in the areas of corporate governance and securities regulation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic divestitures and spin-offs. He also handles significant strategic assignments for a number of public companies, boards of directors and special committees, including advising on relationships with activist shareholders, proxy contests, evaluating strategic alterna...
Suzi Clawson is a shareholder and corporate attorney in Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd's Columbia office, where she focuses her practice on advising corporate governance matters, including corporate governance documents, committee charters and governance principles, director and committee independence, related party transaction issues and fiduciary duties of directors. Suzi also has extensive experience representing both public and private issuers, while also advising public and private company clie...
William McLucas is one of the most sought-after advisors to public companies, boards of directors, audit committees and special committees dealing with corporate crises and related issues. He joined the firm after serving for more than eight years as Director of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission—longer than any other Enforcement Division Director in Commission history. He represents public companies, investment banks, accounting firms and advisors to mutual funds fa...
Keith Parsons is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He focuses on public finance. Keith has more than 35 years of experience and knowledge of the legal needs of public and private sector clients in the areas of public finance, federal and state securities law, and business transactions. Keith works primarily on tax analysis under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code. He has worked on traditional bond issues for cities and counties, private activity bonds, school bond issues, 501(c...
Ronald G. Harris is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Compliance Law and First Amendment Law. Ronald G., who practices law in Nashville, Tennessee, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ronald G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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