Kaitlin Descovich is a partner in Weil's Public Company Advisory Group and is based in Washington, D.C. Kaitlin advises public and private companies and not-for-profit corporations, as well as their boards of directors, on a wide range of governance, disclosure and compliance matters, including fiduciary duties, director independence, board leadership and committee structures, governance structures, executive and director compensation, risk oversight, conflicts of interest and related party transactions, cybersecurity, shareholder proposals, stakeholder governance, ESG and related matters. Kaitlin also counsels clients on a breadth of corporate governance and compliance matters in M&A, capital markets and corporate restructuring transactions and regularly advises on SEC regulations and governance issues faced by newly-listed public companies and private companies (and their sponsors) preparing to go public, as well as seasoned public companies engaging in strategic transactions.