Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Governance Law
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Craig P. Wagnild is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Governance Law and Real Estate Law. Craig P., who practices law in Honolulu, Hawaii, has been recognized since 2014. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Craig P. 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 E. Longenecker is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. David E., who practices law in Lexington, Kentucky, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Mr. Sher is a business lawyer whose practice is concentrated in commercial real estate and business and finance law. He also practices in the areas of: commercial litigation, creditors' rights, workouts and foreclosures, commercial bankruptcy, disaster recovery, arbitration and mediation, secured finance and asset based lending. Along with his practice, Mr. Sher is actively involved with many professional and trade organizations, including the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, where he...
Scott M. Rusert is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Compliance Law and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Scott M., who practices law in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Scott M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Kelly practices business and securities law with a focus on: acquisitions and dispositions of companies and their corporate assets, structuring of partnerships, buy-sell and succession arrangements for closely held businesses, representing both issuers and investors (including institutional investors, family offices and individual investors) in connection with equity financings of privately held companies, representation of start-up and emerging growth companies, structure and formation of ne...
Gary M. Brown is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Franchise Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Securities / Capital Markets Law. Gary M., who practices law in Nashville, Tennessee, has been recognized since 1995. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gary M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice ...
Jamie G. Houston, III, was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1976. He has been admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, and the United States Tax Court. His experience includes practice in corporate and business law, tax and estate planning and administration. Jamie is a Certified Public Accountant (Retired).
Managing Director of the Private Equity Practice at Dickinson Wright PLLC. Mr. Bolton has extensive experience in all areas of corporate finance, private equity, mergers & acquisitions and securities. He has represented companies in a wide variety of transactions, including IPO and "going private" transactions, mergers, asset acquisitions or divestitures, recapitalizations, MBOs and LBOs. Mr. Bolton has also represented the sponsors of private equity and mezzanine funds in the organizatio...
Roberto R. Pupo chairs Holland & Knight's Latin American Practice Group. He has substantial experience in complex domestic and international mergers and acquisition matters and corporate financings. He has served as counsel to some of the world’s largest financial institutions and private and public companies. Much of the domestic corporate and mergers and acquisitions work handled by Mr. Pupo has involved healthcare businesses, including hospital systems, health maintenance organiz...
NEAL ROACH focuses his practice in the areas of business transactions (particularly intellectual property licensing transactions), corporate compliance and securities law compliance, and healthcare and life sciences law. He has represented numerous startup and high-growth companies on a broad range of matters, including advice on corporate structure and financing; intellectual property protection, management and licensing; contracts; FDA issues; sales and marketing regulation; healthcare comp...
Dennis J. McMenimen is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C. Dennis' work focuses on counseling business owners and managers on a variety of legal issues affecting their businesses, including corporate organization and operation, lending and finance, contracts, real estate, and natural resources and energy matters. Dennis is listed in the Best Lawyers in America for both Corporate Law and Real Estate Law, and in Chambers USA and SuperLawyers for Real Es...
Chester E. Bacheller is a transactional lawyer practicing in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions and finance including, venture capital financing. The majority of Mr. Bacheller's practice has centered on representing companies and investors in various corporate and financial transactions. He has substantial experience in a wide range of corporate, securities and banking matters, including: public offerings of securities registered under the federal and state securities laws; cor...
Maureen Brennan Gershanik is a partner in Fishman Haygood’s Business Section. She practices primarily in the areas of corporate law and governance, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions. She also advises clients on ESG initiatives. Maureen has an active business transactional and advisory practice. She works with clients on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, acquisition transactions, restructuring transactions, business separations, new business formation...
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