Karen Hsu Kelley

Simpson Thacher Partner Karen Hsu Kelley, Head of the Firm’s Public Company Advisory Practice, regularly assists public companies and their boards on navigating a wide range of matters, including SEC and stock exchange reporting and disclosure requirements, disclosure of board and executive compensation, corporate governance, conflicts of interest, crisis management planning, shareholder proposals, director independence, insider trading considerations, the impact of proxy advisory firms, and responses to formal and informal SEC inquiries. In particular, she regularly advises boards of directors and committees regarding board and committee structures, new developments and changing best practices in governance, sensitive management and board leadership transitions, and board and committee self-assessments.