Securities counsel typically works hand‑in‑glove with a public company’s corporate secretary throughout a typical year, with their collaboration intensifying when planning the annual shareholders’ ...

To ensure that your committee is up to its mission, you must first define the mission by drafting a strong charter that identifies audit committee functions, authority and responsibilities, along with ...

Strained audit committee agendas are a growing concern of the corporate governance community. In addition to the already weighty oversight responsibilities over financial reporting, internal controls, ...

The recent observations of the chairman of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) that the “audit panel of companies cannot escape blame by citing audit failures” has shifted the spotlight from ...