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Preparing for the 2023 Proxy Season

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Please join us for our informative and popular annual CLE program, designed to help corporate counsel navigate the changing landscape for the 2023 proxy and annual reporting season, with a specific focus on the SEC’s regulatory agenda, significant disclosure developments, investor concerns and the voting policies of the proxy advisory firms.

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Please join us for our informative and popular annual CLE program, designed to help corporate counsel navigate the changing landscape for the 2023 proxy and annual reporting season, with a specific focus on the SEC’s regulatory agenda, significant disclosure developments, investor concerns and the voting policies of the proxy advisory firms.Topics include:<ul><li> Updates on the SEC’s rulemaking agenda</li></ul><ul><li>Significant disclosure developments </li><li>Addressing key investor concerns</li><li>ISS and Glass Lewis updates </li></ul>Presenters:<ul><li>Dave Lynn, Partner at Morrison Foerster and former Chief Counsel of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance</li></ul><ul><li>Scott Lesmes, Partner at Morrison Foerster and former CLO at Allied Capital Corporation and Deputy General Counsel/Chief Securities Counsel at Fannie Mae</li></ul>This webinar is now available to <a href="https://www.veracast.com/webcasts/mofo/mcle-programs/eqa96v.cfm">view on demand</a> for 1.0 hour of CLE credit in NY and CA.<hr>

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Scott Lesmes chairs Morrison Foerster’s Public Company Advisory & Governance practice, and is a partner in the firm's Capital Markets practice. Scott focuses his practice on counseling clients with respect to corporate and securities matters. He advises publicly-listed companies and boards of directors on a broad range of securities regulation and corporate governance issues and has substantial experience in dealing with restatements and internal control concerns.Scott also counsels issuers and underwriters in the public offering process and in corporate compliance matters involving SEC reporting and disclosure requirements.Prior to his career in private law, Scott served as in-house counsel at two public companies. He worked extensively in establishing corporate compliance programs and policies, including those related to insider trading, Section 16, and corporate disclosure while serving as Chief Legal Officer for Allied Capital Corporation, a NYSE-listed business development company, as well as Deputy General Counsel/Chief Securities Counsel for Fannie Mae, a financial services company. Scott draws on his significant in-house experience to provide valuable perspective in his role as an outside advisor. Scott has received nationwide recognition for excellence in capital markets law. Legal 500 US recognizes Scott as "a key partner in the team [for debt offerings]" and acknowledges his "capital markets expertise. IFLR1000 distinguishes Scott as "highly regarded" in the areas of Capital markets: Debt and Capital markets: Equity, and U.S. News' Best Lawyers identifies him as a leading lawyer in Securities/Capital Markets Law.Scott currently serves as chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Practice and Opinion Review Committee, and as a co-chair of Practising Law Institute’s Annual Disclosure Documents program.

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Preparing for the 2023 Proxy Season

07 Dec 2022 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST