The Hunton & Williams LLP Immigration practice, part of the firm's Labor and Employment Team, is concentrated in two major areas. First our work involves advising American and foreign businesses about obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Careful planning and documentation are necessary to ensure the greatest chance of success. We also represent our clients in any negotiations or administrative...
Practice Expertise
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Crisis Management
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Crisis Management
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
- Financial Services
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Sustainability
- Sustainability and ESG View More
Profile
Allen regularly represents clients on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and securities and finance matters.
- Representation of boards of directors and board committees in special situations.
- Experience with a variety of merger, acquisition and financing transactions involving publicly held corporations.
- Advising publicly held corporations regarding corporate governance.
Bar Admissions
Education
LLB, University of Virginia School of Law, 1968
BA, History, Yale University, cum laude, 1961
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Crisis Management
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
- Financial Services
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Sustainability
- Sustainability and ESG
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Professional Associations
Professional Activities and Experience
- Representation of boards of directors and board committees in special situations.
- Experience with a variety of merger, acquisition and financing transactions involving publicly held corporations.
- Advising publicly held corporations regarding corporate governance.
Professional Associations
- Board of Governors, American Bar Association
- Board of Directors, St. Catherine’s School
- Member, American College of Governance Counsel
- Former Chair, American Bar Association Pension Plan Committee
- Member, American Bar Association Committees on Corporate Governance, Corporate Practice and Federal Regulation of Securities
- Former Chair, Virginia State Bar Special Committee on the Future of Law Practice
- Former Member, Judicial Council of Virginia
- Former Trustee, University of Virginia Law School Foundation
- Former Junior Warden, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
- Former Member, American Bar Association Committee on Corporate Laws
- Past President, Virginia Bar Association
Professional Activities and Experience
- Listed in Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate Governance, 2010-2016
- Virginia Business – Virginia’s Legal Elite for 2016
- Who’s Who Legal: M&A and Governance 2015 and Who’s Who Legal 2015 - Compendium Edition
- Named The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers 2010-2014
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Governance Law and Corporate Law, 2014-2017
Articles
- Should We Be Promoting Short Slate Election Contests?, American Bar Association Section of Business Law
- Virginia Corporation Law & Practice, Prentice Hall Law & Business
- Should the Board of Directors Create a Special Committee to Oversee the Corporation's Response to the Pandemic?, National Association of Corporate Directors
- Goolsby and Haas on Virginia Corporations, Seventh Edition, LexisNexis
- An Historical Perspective of the Current Balance of Power Between Shareholders and Boards of Directors, American Bar Association Section of Business Law
Blogs
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Updates, Analysis and Breaking News for Commercial Policyholders
Pipeline Law
Connecting You To the Flow of Latest News and Industry Information
The Nickel Report
Trends and Developments in Energy and Environmental Law
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