Catherine G. Dearlove focuses her practice on representing Delaware corporations, their directors and other constituencies in corporate litigation, including shareholder class actions and derivative suits, contested shareholder elections, contested mergers and acquisitions, and similar matters. A director in the Corporate Department, Catherine also regularly counsels Delaware corporations and their directors on corporate governance and fiduciary duty issues. Her clients include large publicly traded and privately held corporations as well as smaller, emerging-growth companies.
In addition, Catherine has represented special committees formed to conduct internal corporate investigations, including stock option backdating investigations. She has advised special committees charged with considering mergers or other fundamental corporate transactions, as well as audit and compensation committees.
Catherine has published articles relating to corporate governance in a number of journals, including the University of Miami Business Law Review and the Stanford Journal of Law Business and Finance, and has lectured on corporate law and governance issues.