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Davis Polk counsels an array of the world's leading financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies on the full gamut of corporate governance concerns. The firm is regularly called upon to advise boards of directors on regulatory, transactional and commercial concerns, as well as advising on shareholder issues, disclosures and wider ad hoc governance advice.
Davis Polk advised ExxonMobil on governance concerns arising in its implementation of a Retail Voting Program to allow retail shareholders to authorize the company to vote their shares consistent with the recommendation of the company’s board at each meeting of shareholders.
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They have a front row seat to what other Fortune 100 companies are doing, what regulators are doing, and how to provide practical guidance to companies to navigate changes.
What they do really well is knowing the market and what others are doing. They know how the regulators are thinking and how shareholders are thinking - their intelligence-gathering is superb. Plus they can then apply it all to our situtations because they know us.
They are excellent. They've very efficient and deeply knowledgeable about the market and they have great thought leadership in corporate governance. The advice is really well calibrated to our needs.
They are great at strategic advice and brainstorming tactics. They know us extremely well and are pragmatic and know where we want to get to in a business way, without giving us a lot of legalese. We check sensitive matters and they're very fast to respond.
They provide exceptional work in this area.
They have a front row seat to what other Fortune 100 companies are doing, what regulators are doing, and how to provide practical guidance to companies to navigate changes.
What they do really well is knowing the market and what others are doing. They know how the regulators are thinking and how shareholders are thinking - their intelligence-gathering is superb. Plus they can then apply it all to our situtations because they know us.
They are excellent. They've very efficient and deeply knowledgeable about the market and they have great thought leadership in corporate governance. The advice is really well calibrated to our needs.
They are great at strategic advice and brainstorming tactics. They know us extremely well and are pragmatic and know where we want to get to in a business way, without giving us a lot of legalese. We check sensitive matters and they're very fast to respond.
They provide exceptional work in this area.
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Ning Chiu draws from a wealth of experience acting for some of the nation's leading corporates and their boards, with clients regularly turning to her for complex governance questions, board structuring matters, shareholder engagement and wider reporting and disclosure issues.
She's at the top of her field. Her connectivity is invaluable and her perspective is great.
She has her finger on the pulse on all emerging areas and knows the intricate details around the tricky issues associated with governance, disclosure and how to deliver hard messages to board members and executives. She also has strong relationships with SEC/NYSE/Nasdaq regulators and appreciates how to turn technical guidance into practical, actionable guidance.
She's on top of things like no one else I've worked with. It's not only her expertise, it's her intelligence in knowing how to implement things and the next steps. She's low ego and knows how to navigate the personalities and politics of these issues.
Ning's understanding of corporate governance and the shareholder proposal process is highly sophisticated. She is well-versed in what the regulators are thinking and what is going on in the market and is also extremely responsive, available literally all the time.
No-one who knows corporate governance like she does. Her ability to juggle the complex changes and then offer strategic advice is unparalleled. Plus she's the most responsive person I've ever met in my life.