Richard Blake is a partner at Wilson Sonsini, where he practices corporate and securities law and the leader of the firm’s public companies practice. He practices corporate and securities law with a focus on public company representation, corporate governance, and public offerings. Richard has represented public and private clients across a broad range of industries, as well as investment banking and venture capital firms, and has been lead counsel on IPOs listed in PitchBook’s “Top 10 U.S. VC-backed IPOs” for many years.

Amy Simmerman is a partner in Wilson Sonsini’s Wilmington, Delaware office. Amy is a leader of the firm’s Delaware office and governance practice, and she serves on the firm’s board of directors. Her practice focuses on providing advice on all aspects of Delaware corporate law and related corporate governance issues, including fiduciary duties, mergers and acquisitions, stockholder activism, corporate formation, stock issuances, preferred stock investments, and various statutory matters. Amy regularly represents special committees of boards of directors in mergers and acquisitions, internal investigations, and other matters, and she provides corporate advice in the context of governance litigation.

Tamara Brightwell is a corporate partner at Wilson Sonsini, where she counsels public company clients on a wide range of regulatory matters and provides expert securities law advice on complex capital markets transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Tamara served as the Disclosure Review Program Director in the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). During her nearly two decades at the SEC and in the Division of Corporation Finance, Tamara served in numerous roles, including as Deputy Chief Counsel, Senior Advisor to the Chair, Senior Special Counsel, Special Counsel, and Attorney-Advisor.

James Griffin-Stanco is a partner in the Wilmington office, where he maintains a Delaware corporate law and corporate governance practice, providing advice to clients through all stages of a company’s life cycle, including with regard to fiduciary duties, entity formation, venture financings, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and statutory requirements. He also represents special committees of boards of directors in mergers, internal investigations and other transactions, and provides corporate advice in the context of litigation and appraisals.

Jose Macias is a partner focusing on corporate and securities law. Jose has extensive experience in representing public companies. His practice includes all aspects of company representation, including public offerings, corporate governance counseling, complex securities laws issues, disclosure matters, SEC compliance, 1934 Act issues, private placements, takeover defensive measures, and mergers and acquisitions. He also has represented underwriters in public offerings and issuers and investors in private equity financings.

Megan Arthur Schilling is a partner at Wilson Sonsini with more than 15 years of experience advising on sophisticated multidisciplinary executive compensation, benefits, and corporate governance matters. Her clients include a broad range of public and private companies, from large-cap, widely known multinationals to small emerging growth companies and individual executives.

Lisa Stimmell is a partner based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. She practices corporate and securities law with a focus on advising public companies and larger enterprise clients on complex corporate governance, SEC compliance, and 1934 Act disclosure matters. She also advises late-stage private companies on enhancing governance structures and practices, as well as consideration of dual/multi-class governance structures.