Defending Boardroom Decisions in Regulatory Proceedings
Counsel for boards facing agency review, competition claims and contested deals.
300+ boards and general counsel have briefed Serrano
Antitrust reviewDeal defenseBoard advisory counselAgency response
Clarity under pressure
Direct partner contact, plain language and a plan you can take to the board.
Privileged counsel
Senior trial counsel, arbitration strategy
Corporate protection for competition claims, agency inquiries and contested transactions.
900+ Matters handled
11 Offices nationwide
40+ Attorneys on staff
Precise representation for high-stakes disputes
Why us
Why boards call us first when the stakes rise
Disciplined representation built on confidentiality, preparation and decades at the front of the room.
See how we workEvidence before argument
Documents, data and witness notes are mapped in the first fortnight, so the theory of the matter is built on what the record will actually carry.
Precedent read closely
Every position is checked against how the relevant bench and the relevant agency have ruled recently, not against how the question reads in a treatise.
A steady negotiating posture
We prepare to try the matter and negotiate from that footing, which keeps discussions short, civil and grounded in the file.
Conflict-free engagements
No referral fees, no vendor commissions, no volume arrangements. The only interest we hold in a matter is the one written into the engagement letter.
Encrypted file handling
Client material sits in an access-logged, encrypted store with named custodians, and privileged folders are separated from the working set.
Drafting built for the bench
Briefs are written to be read quickly under pressure, with the record citation beside the sentence it supports and no padding between them.
Trust
Trusted by leaders who cannot afford surprises
Illustrative comments from the general counsel, chairs and compliance leads who brief us when a matter turns serious and the calendar tightens.
“They arrived with the record already mapped, and the first call with the agency was the first time our board felt ahead of the schedule rather than behind it.”
Nadia BrooksGeneral Counsel
“What stood out was the plain language. Every memo could go straight to the board without translation, and the questions we got back were better for it.”
Owen HallowayBoard Chair
“The team ran the document review and the negotiating track at once and never let the two drift. We always knew what the next fortnight would ask of us.”
Marisol ReyesChief Compliance Officer
“They arrived with the record already mapped, and the first call with the agency was the first time our board felt ahead of the schedule rather than behind it.”
Nadia BrooksGeneral Counsel
“What stood out was the plain language. Every memo could go straight to the board without translation, and the questions we got back were better for it.”
Owen HallowayBoard Chair
“The team ran the document review and the negotiating track at once and never let the two drift. We always knew what the next fortnight would ask of us.”
Marisol ReyesChief Compliance Officer
Team
Meet the attorneys who carry your matter
Our partners bring courtroom practice, agency experience and clear writing to each engagement they lead.
Antitrust and competition
Merger review, conduct investigations and civil enforcement
Regulatory defense
Agency inquiries, consent decrees and compliance remediation
Complex commercial
Contract, partnership and shareholder disputes
Insights
Legal insight for the quarter ahead
Notes on enforcement patterns, agency posture and the filings that change how a matter should be run.
Second requests and the timeline a board should plan for
Why the calendar moves before the legal theory does, and what the first six weeks of a review ask of the business.
Reading a civil investigative demand without losing the first month
A plain reading of what an agency has asked for, what it has not, and which of the two drives the first response.
Vertical arrangements and the questions reviewers ask first
Supply agreements draw attention for reasons that rarely appear in the agreement. Here is where reviewers start.
Privilege logs that hold up when the production schedule slips
Logs fail for procedural reasons far more often than for substantive ones. A short discipline at intake prevents most of it.
Board minutes as evidence, and how to write them for a later reader
Minutes are read years later by people who were not in the room. Write for that reader and the rest of the record gets easier.
Preparing custodians before a first deposition
Most preparation is spent on content. Good sessions spend it on process, pace and the shape of a careful answer.Contact
Start a conversation
Tell us what has landed. We will read the file, name the first three decisions and tell you plainly whether we are the right firm for it.
Charleston office1180 Harbor Exchange, Suite 2200, Charleston, SC 29401
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