Morgan Lewis Global Public Company Academy

The SEC continued its significant focus on public companies in fiscal year 2023 through its enforcement and rulemaking programs, and we expect this heightened level of attention to continue into fiscal year 2024. Recent enforcement activity points to several areas of interest for the SEC and provides public companies a valuable window into the SEC’s priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. We will discuss these areas of interest as well as key enforcement developments and trends for public companies.

Our panelists will discuss how companies can address legal compliance in connection with DEI initiatives, including program design, DEI-related incentive plan goals, and public disclosures.

This season, we are providing SEC, executive compensation, and corporate governance primer courses for professionals who want to improve their knowledge or need a refresher on what a solid corporate governance program entails and how regulations have evolved in recent years.

Please join us for our next installment on cybersecurity issues for global public companies.

Join partners Gina Lauriero, Timothy Durbin, and Brittney Wozniak as they discuss 2023 hot topics for annual meetings and shareholder proposals.

Please join us for a discussion on employing and compensating a global workforce.

Please join us for a discussion recapping trends and corporate governance from 2023.

Please join us for a webinar on practical considerations for implementing and administering clawback policies given the recently adopted US Securities and Exchange Commission rule and proposed New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq listing standards.

Join us for a panel covering how to respond to a shareholder proposal calling for an equity audit, how equity audits are conducted, and the pros and cons of conducting an equity audit.

Join us for a session reviewing headline-making cases and trends that are shaping our capital and financial markets. The panel will cover recent important trends and cases in securities class actions and recent decisions from the Delaware Supreme Court and the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Please join us for a discussion on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) recently adopted rules regarding compensation clawback policies for public companies and practical considerations for implementing clawback policies.

Please join us for a discussion on "Pay Versus Performance: What to Expect in 2023."

Please join us for a discussion on executive compensation issues that arise when stock markets are volatile.

Please join us for a recap of the 2022 proxy season, and a discussion of ESG related matters .

We will discuss common executive compensation issues in IPOs and de-SPAC transactions, and the differences when analyzing change in control protections and closing equity grant timing. We will also discuss trends in the executive compensation area, based on our experiences with market practice and recent publicly disclosed transactions.

Howard Kenny, a leading special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) practitioner and member of the firm’s SPAC task force, will discuss some of the most important legal issues companies may face when considering going public through a SPAC, and for SPACs themselves when seeking an acquisition target. Partner Brian Soares, an SEC alumnus, will present on trends and best practices for companies seeking to go public through the “traditional” initial public offering(IPO) route, covering changes in the SEC review process and common pitfalls that IPO-ready companies should consider.

Join Mark Krotoski and Taylor Day for our next installment on cybersecurity issues for global public companies.

Join Amy Schuh and Sandra Moser on a webinar on anti-corruption.

Join partners Gina Lauriero, Erin Randolph-Williams, and Leland Benton, and Neil McCarthy of Broadridge Financial Solutions as they discuss 2022 hot topics for annual meetings and shareholder proposals.

Join partners Celia Soehner and Carl Valenstein as they discuss navigating ESG issues for public companies.