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Board of Directors

Do Not Let ISS Go Overboard: Limiting board members to four seats is a disservice to companies and the members themselves

Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) employs a lot of very smart people with great intentions, but sometimes, they just need help. On October 26, 2015, ISS proposed three changes to its voting policies for U.S. issuers for the 2016 proxy season, including a proposal to reduce the...

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Legal Operations

GCs Pen New Chapters on Partnering with Outside Counsel: Shareholder Activism and Corporate Sustainability

Effective partnering between inside and outside counsel enables corporate law departments to improve the quality and reduce the costs of legal services provided to corporate clients. The best-known source of expert guidance on partnering is the five-volume, 8,000-page treatise and practice...

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Finance

A Surge in Demand: Weakness in Europe and Asia piques investor interest in LatAm project finance

MCC: Clifford Chance boasts a top-ranked Latin America practice and is handling some of the most interesting, high-profile projects in the region. What are you hearing from clients engaged in the region? Longhin: We are getting clear signals that demand is growing for project investment...

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