Peter M. Menard is a senior partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles office and is the Co-Chair of the firm's Capital Markets/Public Companies team.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Menard's principal areas of practice are corporate governance, securities law compliance and corporate transactions. He is a frequent commentator on issues of corporate governance, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act, and corporate social responsibility. Mr. Menard's securities practice includes complex disclosure issues; Board and committee representation; internal investigations; periodic SEC filings; exchange listing rules; public offerings; mezzanine financings; venture capital financings; shareholder proposals; proxy contests; tender offers; rights offerings; exchange offers; going private transactions; and SEC and exchange enforcement actions. His corporate practice includes acquisitions; leveraged buyouts; and technology development, research, license and materials transfer agreements.
