Drafting Governing Documents

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.