Regulatory/Compliance

Karen Cottle

Karen Cottle has fifteen years of experience as a General Counsel of public companies. From 2002 to 2012, she was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Adobe Systems Incorporated. As a member of Adobe’s senior management team, Karen was involved in all aspects of the company’s business, … Read more

Linda L. Addison

Linda Addison is an experienced independent director and chief executive, currently building out her board portfolio with private and PE-backed
companies. She is Lead Independent Director of Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL), an S&P 500 company, and a board member of Lexitas, an Apax Partners
private equity portfolio company. She … Read more

Marlene Alva

Practice Areas 

Asset Management 

Assisted private equity and hedge fund sponsors such as DLJ, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley in achieving business goals while assuring compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements by analyzing, structuring and drafting the economic and legal terms of partnership and limited liability company … Read more

Abigail Arms

Abigail Arms is Of Counsel at Shearman & Sterling LLP, a global law firm. Abbie is one of the leaders of the firm’s Capital Markets, Corporate Governance and Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory practice groups. During her three-decade career, Abbie’s impact on U.S. securities laws has been significant.

Prior … Read more

Valerie Banner

Valerie L. Banner is a member of the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee of Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN), an investment firm providing debt and equity capital to lower middle market and middle market companies, and a member of the Advisory Board of the KBH Energy Center in Austin, … Read more

Sherry F. Bellamy

Sherry F. Bellamy is Counsel with the law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP in Washington D.C.  Ms. Bellamy helps clients navigate the regulatory landscape and conduct internal investigations. She has particularly deep experience in the telecommunications and energy industries.

Sherry retired in 2009 as vice president and … Read more

Laurel G. Bellows

Laurel Bellows, managing principal of The Bellows Law Group, P.C., is a preeminent business lawyer, counseling senior executives and corporations on employment, severance and change in control agreements, internal investigations and business disputes. Corporations and executives rely on the firm to craft national and international executive relocation programs.

Laurel created … Read more

Rosemary T. Berkery

Rosemary T. Berkery is Vice Chairman of UBS Wealth Management Americas (WMA) and Chairman of UBS Bank USA (BUSA). With approximately 7,000 of the most productive Advisors in the industry and more than $950 billion in invested assets, WMA provides tailored investment solutions and services to high net worth and … Read more

Susan L. Blount

From 2005 to 2015, Susan Blount served as General Counsel of Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential), a leading provider of insurance, retirement and asset management products and services. In that role, Ms. Blount led the company’s global law, compliance, business ethics and external affairs organization. During that time, Ms. Blount was … Read more