The corporate governance group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP frequently advises domestic and foreign public companies on all aspects of their compliance and for advice on SEC internal investigations. The team is spearheaded by New York-based Karen Hsu Kelley who is a key port of call for management, boards of directors and board committees seeking assistance on SEC reporting, committee structures and shareholder proposals.
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Key clients
- AEP
- Alight
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals
- Aramark
- Ashton Woods
- Balchem Corporation
- Bentley Systems
- Best Buy
- Blackstone
- Brightspring Health
- Brightview
- Bumble
- Caterpillar
- Cava Group Inc.
- CB Richard Ellis
- Certara
- The Cigna Group
- Cooper-Standard
- Evercore
- First Advantage
- Frontdoor
- Gates Industrial Corporation
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings
- Hologic
- Hovnanian Enterprises
- Ingersoll Rand
- Kyndryl
- KKR
- KKR Real Estate Finance Trust
- Laureate Education
- LivaNova plc
- Masonite
- National Vision
- PJT Partners Inc.
- Schnitzer Steel (d/b/a Radius Recycling)
- SeaWorld
- SiriusXM
- Summit Materials
- Taylor Morrison Home
- The Blackstone Group
- The Travelers Companies
- Ubiquiti
- Virtus Investment Partners
- WW International, Inc.
Work highlights
- Representing Silver Lake in connection with the public company matters, with respect to governance and disclosure considerations, related to the announced acquisition of VMware by Broadcom Inc.
- Representing The ODP Corporation in connection with the public company matters, with respect to governance and disclosure considerations, related to its announced plan to spin off its Business-to-Business (B2B) solutions provider into an independent, publicly traded company.
- Representing the Special Committee of the Board of WWE in an internal investigation arising from allegations of workplace-related misconduct by the CEO
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Karen Hsu Kelley