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Corporate partner Jackie Liu and litigation partner Anna Erickson White participated in a virtual roundtable hosted by the NACD Northern California Chapter.

Corporate partner Jackie Liu and litigation partner Anna Erickson White participated in a virtual roundtable hosted by the NACD Northern California Chapter.The event, titled "Tech Savvy Directors: 2021 and Beyond," focused on how boards can effectively use technology to enhance engagement and allow board members to fulfill their board oversight duties while avoiding common organizational and legal pitfalls.<hr>

Virtual Roundtable – Presented by the NACD Northern California Chapter

Tech Savvy Directors: 2021 and Beyond

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Jackie engages in a general corporate and transactional practice, with special emphasis on corporate counseling of public companies, mergers and acquisitions, and the China practice.She has more than 20 years of experience in advising public companies on corporate governance matters, including director and officer fiduciary duties, board “best practices,” disagreements between board and management, succession planning, investor relations, and advises boards and special committees in connection with conflicts of interest matters, proxy contests and other corporate control efforts. Jackie is outside general counsel to a number of public companies with whom she has worked for over 20 years and provides big‑picture, critical value-adding strategic advice. She also counsels public companies on disclosure matters and associated liability considerations. Jackie has lectured at seminars and conferences and written articles on various corporate governance and securities law matters.Jackie also represents a number of public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, from small asset acquisitions and divestitures, founder-driven sales and talent acquisitions to complex multibillion-dollar transactions. In addition, she has been involved in a number of complex cross-border transactions in Asia, Australia and Europe. Her knowledge of U.S. SEC-reporting requirements is a valuable addition to counseling on public-company M&A transactions. She additionally works with a number of well-established Chinese companies in setting up U.S. subsidiaries and counseling them on strategic matters relating to their U.S. operations.Jackie formerly served as co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Global Corporate Department of over 400 lawyers.In 2018, Jackie received the Client Choice Award from International Law Office/Lexology for excellent client care and quality of service in the practice of corporate law. She was named the 2013 Legal Advisor of the Year by M&A Advisor. She was also recommended as a leading attorney in the field of M&A by Legal 500 USA 2014 and, in 2018, recommended for M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A Large Deals ($1bn+).She was born in Shanghai, China. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.She is a member of the California State Bar and the Bar Association of San Francisco. She is a board member of the Foundation of City College of San Francisco. Jackie is also a member of our global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) steering committee.During her tenure at Harvard Law School, she served as the co-editor of the Harvard Law Record.<h4>Rankings</h4>Recommended for M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) Legal 500 US 2019

Jackie Liu

Partner

Anna has almost 30 years of experience in securities and other complex, high-stakes civil litigation. She has represented companies, as well as their officers and directors, in securities class actions, derivative suits, merger and acquisition litigation, and general commercial disputes. She also regularly advises boards and management on disclosure and high-profile governance issues. Her clients span a range of industries including technology, life sciences, renewable energy, gaming, and financial services.In recognition of her ability to add real value to clients’ businesses, Anna was named a Client Choice Award winner. She is also recommended by Chambers USA and Legal500 US for securities litigation defense and most recently was honored with Euromoney LMG’s “Outstanding Achievement” award, which is given to a lawyer with an illustrious career and considerable achievements who has earned unanimous market recognition and praise. She was also recently named a “Top Woman Lawyer” in California by Daily Journal and was previously named a “Woman Worth Watching” by Profiles in Diversity Journal in 2014.Anna is also a frequent speaker on securities litigation and corporate governance topics and is regularly quoted in publications such as the Daily Journal, The Recorder, and Law360. Some recent engagements include:<ul><li>Stanford Directors' College</li><li>Practising Law Institute</li><li>Benchmark Women in Litigation</li><li>Women in Securities (WISe)</li><li>Directors Roundtable</li></ul>In addition to her practice, Anna has served on the firm’s executive committee, compensation committee, and board of directors. She has also twice served as a firmwide managing partner, from 2006 to 2009 and 2012 to 2015.Anna received her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1992. She received her B.A. from University of California, Berkeley, in 1985.Before attending law school, Anna was a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon, Central Africa, where she helped start and advise cooperative credit unions.

Anna Erickson White

Technology

Tech Savvy Directors: 2021 and Beyond

22 Oct 2020 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM PDT