Counsel

Laura D. Richman

Corporate & Securities

Overview

Laura Richman serves clients on corporate governance issues and public disclosure obligations.

Securities and Exchange Commission: Laura advises clients on reports, such as proxy statements and annual, quarterly and current reports, including:

  • Advising clients on executive compensation disclosure, insider trading regulation, clawback policies and Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance;
  • Counseling clients on ongoing SEC rulemaking impacting public companies, including with respect to climate change, cybersecurity, human capital management and board diversity;
  • Representing listed company clients with respect to stock exchange compliance matters;
  • Advising clients on governance policies and other board and shareholder matters;
  • Representing clients on transactions such as securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions, as well as providing general securities, corporate, limited liability company and contract advice.

Experience

  • Advised public company clients on current developments in SEC and stock exchange regulation, such as executive compensation disclosure, corporate governance disclosure and proxy statement and annual reporting developments.
  • Reviewing client SEC filings.
  • Advising clients on shareholder proposals.
  • Drafting corporate governance documents and policies, such as board committee charters, governance guidelines, insider trading policies and clawback policies.
  • Advising clients on Section 16 reporting and liability matters.

Education

  • Yale University, BA, magna cum laude
  • The University of Chicago Law School, JD

Admissions

  • Illinois

Languages

  • English
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