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Published on: 9/17/2008
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Mark Willis Joins Spector Roseman & Kodroff
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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spector Roseman & Kodroff is pleased to announce that Mark S. Willis has joined the firm.Willis, the partner who previously led the international securities practice at Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, will head Spector Roseman's new Washington, DC office, as well as its securities and international business development group.He will also be part of the firm's senior litigation team.His outstanding reputation and extensive accomplishments are reflected in the firm's new name: Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, P.C.
"Mark and I were pioneers in the effort to protect the rights of European investors in U.S. and international securities fraud litigation and corporate governance disputes," said Robert M. Roseman, chair of the international and domestic securities practice at Spector Roseman.
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"I was looking for a firm where my institutional investor clients would feel at home," said Willis.
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A prolific writer on corporate, securities and investor protection issues, often with an international focus, Willis has authored, among other things: Admission of Securities to Official Listing on Stock Exchanges Within the European Union and the Subsequent Disclosure Obligations; A Brief Overview of the European Union's Efforts to Harmonize the Requirements for Listing Securities; and Company Laws of the European Union.Willis co-authored an article entitled "Corporation Code Sections 309 and 1203: California Redefines Directors' Duties towards Shareholders" and wrote about investor protection issues in several articles published in the UK journal Professional Investor.His articles have also been included in The European Lawyer, Investment & Pensions Europe and Global Pensions.
Willis has been a frequent speaker at institutional investor forums throughout Europe and in the U.S. and Australia, addressing issues relating to investor protection through the U.S. federal securities laws and the importance of using corporate governance measures to push companies to put the interests of their shareholders first.
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