Laura Oleck Hewett is counsel in the Atlanta office of King & Spalding’s Corporate Finance Practice Group. She joined King & Spalding in 1998.
Ms. Hewett regularly advises public company clients on SEC reporting and compliance requirements, including executive compensation disclosure and corporate governance matters. She serves as a counselor to public company boards of directors in connection with SEC, corporate governance and executive compensation disclosure matters. She also advises public company clients on NYSE and NASDAQ compliance issues.
Ms. Hewett has significant experience in a broad range of securities matters and corporate finance transactions, including initial and secondary public offerings, “shelf” registrations of securities, private placement transactions, commercial paper programs and Euro medium term note programs.
Ms. Hewett serves on the National Board of Directors of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, and is the past President of the Southeastern Chapter of the organization. She regularly speaks on the topics of SEC reporting, corporate governance and executive compensation disclosure.
Ms. Hewett previously practiced with Davis, Polk & Wardwell, and spent three years in their London office advising foreign private and public issuers on U.S. capital market transactions.
Ms. Hewett graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in economics. She received her J.D. from the University of Florida (with high honors) in 1992, where she served as a member of the Florida Law Review, and her LL.M. from Cambridge University (Downing College), England.
Representative Professional Activities:
Writing:
- Client Alert: The Dodd-Frank Act: New Corporate Governance and Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies (December 2010)
- Materials for eLearn Webcast distributed to client alert list (Dodd-Frank Act, Corporate Governance and Disclosure Requirements) distributed to client alert list (August 2010)
- Materials for presentation on “Regulatory Relations and Litigation” distributed to members of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals and posted on related website (over 3,000 members) (June 2010)
- Memorandum distributed to client alert list: “SEC Proxy Statement Disclosure Enhancements and NYSE Corporate Governance Rules” (February 2010)
- Client Alert: Recommendations in Drafting Disclosure Relating to Board Leadership and Risk Oversight (January 2010)
- Client Alert: Samples of Proxy Statement Disclosure Relating to Board Leadership and Risk Oversight (December 2009)
- Client Alert: Key Takeaways from the 2009 Proxy Season and Preparing for 2010: A Primer for Public Company Directors (July 2009)
- Key Issues in Board Self-Evaluations, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (December 2008) and Directors & Boards: Boardroom Briefing (September 2008)
Speaking:
- State Bar of Georgia, “Securities Law Developments: Top Ten for ‘10” (Atlanta, GA, December 2010)
- Corporate Governance/SEC Update, “Corporate Governance and SEC Initiatives” (Atlanta, GA, November 2010)
- King & Spalding eLearn Program, “The Dodd-Frank Act: New Corporate Governance and Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies” (Nationwide webcast, August 2010)
- Lead Director Network, “Recent Developments in Corporate Governance” (New York, NY, July 2010)
- Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, “Regulatory Relations and Litigation” (Chicago, IL, July 2010)
- Corporate Governance and SEC Update, “Highlights from the 2010 Proxy Season” (Atlanta, GA, May 2010)
- Annual Conference of the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, “A First Look at the 2010 Proxy Landscape” (Atlanta, GA, May 2010);
- Corporate Governance and SEC Update, “SEC Developments/Initiatives” (Atlanta, GA, September 2009)
- Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, “More Insights and Advice on Compensation Disclosure and Your 2008 CD&A” (National teleconference, January 2008)
- Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, “Insight and Advice on SEC Comments to Compensation Disclosure” (National teleconference, September 2007)
- SEC Hot Topics Institute, “Executive Compensation: Lessons Learned” (Atlanta, GA, May 2007)
