Wilson Sonsini has an enviable client list, but Chevron probably isn’t a name you’d expect to see on it.
Yet Wilson is where the global energy giant turned for a key corporate governance battle. Wilson’s deep bench draws clients with a broad spectrum of knotty governance concerns, helping the practice cement a reputation that goes well beyond its usual tech clientele. A few years ago, the team caught the attention of Chevron Corp., which was looking for a way to curb multiforum shareholder litigation. Members of the firm’s corporate group worked with Chevron’s board of directors to adopt and later amend forum-selection provisions in the company’s bylaws that designated Delaware courts as the exclusive forum for lawsuits concerning internal corporate governance matters.
