What We Do

Why Use Global Corporate Solutions

• Free up internal corporate resources
• Business process re-engineering and refinement
• Optimize visibility into subsidiary information for M&A due diligence and post-merger transition planning
• Customized to business needs and priorities
• Library of jurisdictional requirements, verification and updating
• Technology infrastructure for document assembly, data management, task management and workflow automation
• Dedicated Orrick team of lawyers, business process specialists, paralegals and data entry clerks
• Compliance, knowledge management and system development specialists based in Orrick's Global Operations Center
• Established network with global interdisciplinary counsel in local jurisdictions

Equity Compensation Services

Orrick's global reach, coupled with its leadership in the executive compensation arena and its proven relationships with local legal experts in each market around the world, enable Orrick to coordinate and efficiently deliver reliable interdisciplinary advice on applicable legal requirements for global compensation plans.

Orrick's Equity Compensation Services manage, on a start-to-finish basis, the following concerns:

• Securities law compliance, including filings and exemptions
• Foreign ownership and exchange controls, including filings and reporting requirements
• Labor law compliance, including filings and notification procedures
• Data privacy and transfer restrictions
• Employee communication and translation requirements
• Expatriate issues
• Best practices in structuring of offering documents, agreements and methods of delivery
• Records retention, format, security and management
• Tax considerations

Orrick partners with leading global compensation plan service providers to deliver complete and integrated legal and administrative advice. Orrick's strategic network of contacts around the world ensures each client receives an unparalleled level of service.

Corporate Governance Services

Orrick's Corporate Governance Services cover multi-jurisdictional corporate compliance activities such as data privacy, codes of conduct, mobile workforce initiatives and corporate governance. Our compliance services leverage a global network of local counsel to streamline these activities while reducing costs, allowing clients to focus on mission-critical areas of their business.

We also review the corporate governance rankings by rating agencies, such as Institutional Shareholder Services, and consult with boards of directors of companies regarding their rankings.

Corporate Secretary Services

Orrick's Corporate Secretary Services cover all aspects of corporate secretary compliance including annual filing, reports, tax and corporate compliance records in jurisdictions worldwide.

Our approach combines three elements:

• A state of the art technology system
• An electronic library of global legal and compliance knowledge
• The seamless outsourcing of the client's compliance activities to a dedicated team at the Global Operations Center (GOC)

The Corporate Secretary Services include, on a global level, monitoring compliance dates and tracking compliance related tasks, maintaining client entity data and storing jurisdictional requirements within a knowledge management library. In addition, Orrick works closely with our clients to help them achieve greater internal efficiencies by enhancing their existing business processes, improving their data management and compliance activities and automating workflow tasks.

If you are interested in speaking with Orrick about our innovative Corporate Secretary Services and how we can tailor them to meet your needs, please complete the Global Corporate Secretary Services Client Questionnaire and e-mail it to D. Seth McNary, dmcnary@orrick.com.