The latest Informed Board discusses the threat of federal legal challenges to corporate DEI programs and new laws requiring deep scrutiny of supply chains.We also hear an activist’s perspective and compare boards’ methods for self-assessments.

Corporate. Attorneys in the Beijing office represent both Chinese and non-Chinese bidders and targets, financial investors, special committees and private equity sponsors in inbound and outbound cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, including share acquisitions and dispositions, asset acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures and going-private transactions.

Founded by Marshall Skadden, Les Arps and John Slate on April Fools’ Day in 1948, Skadden began as a scrappy upstart among a sea of established “white shoe” law firms in New York.

The New York office of Skadden, Arps is our largest office and headquarters of our broad-based international practice. Our clients are a substantial and diverse group, which includes nearly one-half of the Fortune 500 companies. The hallmark of our New York practice, and of our practice firmwide, is the pride we take in our work product and in …

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Richard Bernardo is a litigator who has defended companies in a variety of complex mass tort cases around the country. He has advised clients on all aspects of litigation, including pre-trial discovery, factual investigation, fact and expert witness preparation and trial strategy.

With 22 offices, approximately 1,700 attorneys and more than 50 distinct areas of practice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates serves clients in every major international financial center, providing the specific legal advice companies across a spectrum of industries need to compete most effectively in a global business environment.

Mr. Hamilton’s capital markets experience includes advising on IPOs, secondary offerings, “shelf” offerings, “at-the-market” offerings and Rule 144A offerings, as well as private placement transactions, tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations, redomestications, and other corporate reorganization and liability management transactions.

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