Laurie A. Cerveny is an accomplished corporate, M&A, and securities lawyer. She has extensive experience counseling US and foreign issuers and their boards on mergers and acquisitions and the ongoing disclosure and reporting requirements of public companies, corporate governance matters, annual meeting and proxy-related issues, securities laws, SEC rules, stock exchange listing requirements, executive compensation, and various other matters affecting public companies and their officers and directors. Laurie is a deputy practice leader of the M&A practice area and a member of the firm's Advisory Board.