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Herbert S. Wander is a partner in the Corporate Practice. Mr. Wander concentrates on all aspects of business law, especially corporate governance, securities law and M&A transactions. He has been the chief legal architect for many major M&A transactions—both negotiated and hostile.
In 2013, Mr. Wander was named Chicago Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America. In 2011, he was named Chicago Corporate Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America. Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2010) says, “Senior statesman, Herb Wander, remains an active practitioner and is revered as one of the gurus of the market. He has extensive and enviable knowledge of corporate governance, securities and hostile and negotiated M&A matters.” Mr. Wander is listed in Illinois Super Lawyers (2005–2013).
In December 2004, Mr. Wander was appointed by then SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson as one of the co-chairs of the SEC’s Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies to examine the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on these companies. In April 2006, the Advisory Committee published its Final Report, which included many recommendations that were implemented by the SEC and a major recommendation that was adopted by Congress in Dodd-Frank. The SEC also invited Mr. Wander to be one of two lawyers to make a presentation at the SEC’s April 2001 Regulation FD Roundtable.
Corporate Governance Experience
Mr. Wander has lectured and written frequently on corporate governance topics, including audit committee matters. He represents the independent directors and audit committees at numerous public companies. Moreover, he serves as a director, chair of the compensation committee and audit committee member for non-client Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., a $2.5 billion public market cap telecommunications company, and served as a director and secretary of Advance Ross Corporation, a publicly held corporation, before its sale. Mr. Wander has served two terms as a member of the Legal Advisory Committee to the New York Stock Exchange Board of Governors and as a member of the Legal Advisory Committee to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Since 2002, he has been named by his peers as one of the world’s leading practitioners in the field of corporate governance and has been one of approximately 150 US lawyers listed in The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers.
Lectures and Articles
An accomplished lecturer, Mr. Wander frequently speaks at institutes and programs of various business and legal organizations, including NIRI, the National Association of Corporate Directors, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Practising Law Institute (including the annual Securities Regulation Institute), the Corporate Counsel Institute and Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute at Northwestern University, Northwestern Law’s annual Securities Regulation Institute in San Diego, and many state and city bar associations and other professional and business organizations.
In addition, Mr. Wander has authored numerous articles and book reviews published in the Yale Law Journal, The Business Lawyer, the Southwestern Law Journal, the Northwestern University Law Review, the Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation, INSIGHTS and the New York Law Journal, and served as co-editor of Selected Articles on Federal Securities Law, published by the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. He was the first editor of the Business Law Section’s magazine, Business Law Today, and served as editor of volume 49 (1993–94) of The Business Lawyer.
Memberships and Affiliations
Mr. Wander served as chair of the ABA’s 53,000-member Business Law Section from 1995–96 and continues to serve on numerous bar association committees. He is the immediate past chair of the Business Law Section’s Corporate Law Committee, which in 2007, under his leadership, published the influential Corporate Director’s Guidebook (5th Edition). In addition, Mr. Wander has served as president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and the Jewish United Fund, and is chair of the Michael Reese Health Trust. He was appointed by the president of the American Bar Association to serve as one of 12 members of the ABA Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice in 1998, and to serve as one of 9 members on the ABA Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege in 2004. He also is a member of the American Law Institute.
Education and Bar Admissions
Mr. Wander’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Yale Law School, where he served on the Yale Law Journal.
News & Publications
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May 24, 2013
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March 18, 2013
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January 2013
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January 4, 2013
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September 17, 2012
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August 31, 2012
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August 24, 2012
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July 2, 2012
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June 7, 2012
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April 26, 2012
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February 28, 2012
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October 6, 2011
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September 12, 2011
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September 5, 2011
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June 10, 2011
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June 2, 2011
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January 31, 2011
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November 12, 2010
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October 28, 2010
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September 2010
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August 26, 2010
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August 9, 2010
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July 6, 2010
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June 24, 2010
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May 19, 2010
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April 16, 2010
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January 29, 2010
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January 28, 2010
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January 21, 2010
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January 12, 2010
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January 7, 2010
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January 4, 2010
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August 5, 2009
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April 30, 2009
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March 9, 2009
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February 2, 2009
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September 23, 2008
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September 2008
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June 13, 2008
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June 26, 2007
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June 25, 2007
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August 10, 2006
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June 7, 2006
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December 16, 2004
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July 22, 2004
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Events
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November 09, 2011
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Presented by Practising Law Institute
New York, New York
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February 16, 2011
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Presented by The Business Law Section of the Florida Bar and West LegalEdcenter
Miami, Florida
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February 11, 2010
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Presented by West LegalEdcenter
Coral Gables, Florida
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October 21, 2009
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Chicago, Illinois
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December 04, 2008
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Chicago, Illinois
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December 04, 2006
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Sponsored by Grant Thornton
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October 16, 2006
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October 12, 2006
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September 28, 2006
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Chicago, Illinois
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September 27, 2006
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Chicago, Illinois
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August 17, 2006
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Presented by the Practising Law Institute
San Diego, California
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February 09, 2006
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Dallas, Texas
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January 31, 2006
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Chicago, Illinois
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January 18, 2006
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Coronado, California
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December 06, 2005
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Chicago, Illinois
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December 05, 2005
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Washington, District of Columbia
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April 14, 2005
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Chicago, Illinois
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Education
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LLB, Yale University
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AB, University of Michigan
Memberships
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American Bar Association
- American Israel Friendship League
- American Law Institute
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- The Jerusalem Foundation
- The Economic Club of Chicago
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