Biography
Amy Simmerman is a corporate partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Amy chairs the firm’s corporate governance practice, serves on the firm’s board of directors, and is a leader of the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office. Her practice focuses on providing advice on all aspects of state corporate law and a range of corporate governance topics, including fiduciary duties, mergers and acquisitions, stockholder activism, novel corporate formations and structuring, public benefit corporations, stock issuances, preferred stock investments, and various statutory matters. Amy regularly represents special committees of boards of directors in transactions, internal investigations, and other matters, and she provides corporate advice in the context of governance litigation. Amy provides advice to a wide array of clients—including investors and public and private companies. Her practice involves advising many companies and investors in the technology and life sciences industries, although Amy also advises across a variety of industries and sectors.Amy has been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for her handling of transactional matters, including M&A and IPOs, with sources commenting that “her level of expertise, credibility, and knowledge is incredible” and that she is an “excellent lawyer.” In the technology and life science spaces, sources commented that “her combination of knowledge of Delaware law and experience with venture-backed companies may be unparalleled.” Amy was named to The Deal’s 2023 “Top Women in Dealmaking” list and is a member of the American College of Governance Counsel.Amy frequently speaks and publishes on corporate governance issues and has guest lectured at Harvard Law School, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Berkeley Law, Harvard Business School, and UC Hastings College of the Law. Within Delaware, Amy is a member of the Delaware Corporation Law Council, a body of experts that vets and proposes potential amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law. Amy is also co-chair of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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