Hunton & Williams LLP's Steven Haas Selected Millstein Center 'Rising Star of Corporate Governance'

NEW YORK — June 26, 2013 — Hunton & Williams LLP congratulates partner Steven M. Haas for his recent selection as a "Rising Star of Corporate Governance" by the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School. Rising Stars are recognized for their outstanding efforts in the corporate governance arena and chosen based on past accomplishments and thought leadership; future projects and endeavors; reputation among existing industry leaders; and potential to influence the industry in the future, by a committee of past Rising Star awardees. The award was presented at the Millstein Center's 2013 Governance Forum in New York City.

Haas's practice focuses on corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. He is the co-editor of the leading treatise Corporate Governance: Law and Practice (LexisNexis). In his M&A practice, he has represented clients in M&A transactions that have been awarded M&A Atlas Awards for Consumer Goods and Services Deal of the Year (2010), North American Deal of the Year (2011 deal range $1 to $5 billion), North American Corporate Deal of the Year – Middle Markets (2011), and M&A Atlas Deal of the Year – Americas Large Middle Markets (2012).

In addition to his legal practice, Haas is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law, where he teaches a course on mergers and acquisitions. He also chairs the ABA Corporate Governance Subcommittee on "Current Developments and Emerging Issues." He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.

The Hunton & Williams corporate governance practice advises boards of directors, their audit and special committees, and senior executives on fiduciary duties, standards of conduct, independence and liability issues, accounting and reporting requirements, corporate social responsibility and ethics initiatives, and federal and state securities law compliance.

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Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to more than 800 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 19 offices around the world. Our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, and our experience extends to practice areas including bankruptcy and creditors' rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and cybersecurity.