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