Governance and Compliance

Governance and Compliance currently stand at the top of the list of significant issues facing corporate America. As a result of recent corporate scandals, such as Enron and WorldCom, that continue to capture headlines today, business leaders find themselves in an ever-changing and unforgiving environment where inattention and missteps can lead to negative press and inquiries from the SEC or the Department of Justice and the possibility for shareholder claims.

Armstrong Teasdale has combined its existing corporate governance practice area with its compliance practice area to better address the changing landscape of corporate governance, which landscape allows little tolerance for compliance misses. This combination, together with the addition of new attorneys with corporate and prosecutorial experience, has provided Armstrong Teasdale with an expanded knowledge and experience base better aligned with the multifaceted needs of our governance and compliance clients.

Whether engaged to counsel public, private or not-for-profit companies, we can assemble the right team to represent clients with regard to director fiduciary duties, assist audit committees and other committees of independent directors in investigating alleged fraud or other wrongdoing and support compliance officers in implementing the latest compliance “best practices.” Attorneys practicing in this area include former federal prosecutors, experienced securities attorneys and former compliance professionals.

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Practice Highlights

Of the 63 Armstrong Teasdale attorneys named to the most recent edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, two were named top Governance and Compliance lawyers.

Related Practice Areas

Attorneys Practicing in This Area

Bauer, Carl	Hill, Marianne
Braswell, David	von Kaenel, Joe
Demerath, Jeff

External Governance and Compliance Links

The Prevene Group, Innovative Compliance Perspectives - www.theprevenegroup.com
Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics - www.corporatecompliance.org
Open Compliance and Ethics Group - www.oceg.org
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission - www.coso.org
Center for Ethical Business Cultures - www.cebcglobal.org