Drafting Governing Documents | Live CLE Business and Corporation Webinar

Drafting Governing Documents – Lessons from Corporate Dramas | Live CLE Business and Corporation Webinar

Broadcast Date: Monday, August 24, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET) | On-Demand Available 24 Hours Later

When corporate governance fails, it doesn’t just make for great television or front-page news; it results in catastrophic value leakage, frozen operations, and bitter litigation. This session will use real-world corporate standoffs and partnership dissolutions as case studies to examine the critical vulnerabilities in governing documents.
In this CLE webinar, Kayla Herrin, Director and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Legal at Novastone Capital Advisors, and Alexandria Hill, Partner at Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, will deconstruct how ambiguous drafting, flawed dispute resolution mechanisms, and poorly defined fiduciary boundaries create exploitable loopholes during leadership transitions and board deadlocks. Drawing on their extensive expertise in corporate law, cross-border M&A transactions, and scaling closely held business entities, the speakers will provide attendees with practical guidance for analyzing precise provisions—from tight buy-sell triggers to bulletproof drag-along and tag-along rights—required to protect assets and private investments before the crisis hits.

What You Will Learn in this Webinar:

• Identify critical vulnerabilities and ambiguous drafting traps within corporate governing documents that lead to deadlocks and value leakage.
• Analyze the mechanics of effective dispute resolution systems, buy-sell triggers, and drag-along/tag-along rights in private equity and closely held entities.
• Advise corporate clients on proactive drafting strategies to fortify fiduciary boundaries and protect operations during high-stakes leadership transitions.

Why Attend This Webinar?

By attending this CLE Intellectual Property webinar, you will:

• Earn CLE credit online from the comfort of your office or home.
• Access both the live webinar and the on-demand recording at your convenience.
• Gain practical insights on sustainable well-being and work-life integration for lawyers, including strategies for managing stress, building resilience, optimizing daily routines, and fostering a culture of mental health and professional sustainability within legal practice.
• Fulfill continuing legal education requirements in a practical, engaging format tailored to legal professionals.

Agenda

Alexandra Hill, Partner, Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, PLLC

• Analyzing real-world case studies of partnership dissolutions and board deadlocks to pinpoint exactly where governing documents fail.
• Identifying the precise structural vulnerabilities caused by ambiguous drafting, flawed dispute resolution mechanisms, and poorly defined fiduciary boundaries.
• Implementing tight buy-sell triggers and bulletproof drag-along/tag-along rights to shield closely held entities, family offices, and private equity investments from catastrophic value leakage.

Who Should Attend

• Corporate and M&A practitioners
• In-house counsel, and advisors to closely held businesses
• Private equity portfolios or family offices.