2024 Corporate Governance Practices and Trends in Silicon Valley and at Large Companies Nationwide
Corporate governance practices vary significantly among public companies. This reflects many factors, including: Differences in their stage of development, including the relative importance placed on various business objectives (for example, a focus on growth and scaling operations may be given more importance for technology and life sciences companies); Differences in the investor base for different […]
Posted by David A. Bell and Wendy Grasso, Fenwick & West LLP, on Saturday, February 1, 2025
Editor's Note:
David A. Bell is a Partner and Co-Chair of Corporate Governance, and Wendy Grasso is a Corporate Governance Counsel, at Fenwick & West LLP. This post is based on their Fenwick memorandum.
Corporate governance practices vary significantly among public companies. This reflects many factors, including:
- Differences in their stage of development, including the relative importance placed on various business objectives (for example, a focus on growth and scaling operations may be given more importance for technology and life sciences companies);
- Differences in the investor base for different types of companies;
- Differences in expectations of board members and advisors to companies and their boards, which can vary by a company’s size, age, stage of development, geography, industry and other factors; and
- The reality that corporate governance practices that are appropriate for large, established public companies can be meaningfully different from those for newer, smaller companies.
