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Susan H. Mac Cormac, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Susan Mac Cormac is a partner in the Corporate Group of Morrison & Foerster’s San Francisco office. She serves as co-chair of the firm’s 550-lawyer Business Department, and co-chair of the Cleantech Group.
Ms. Mac Cormac has extensive experience representing start-up to late-stage private companies primarily in the Cleantech or sustainable space. She provides corporate and finance advice in connection with mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and sales, reorganizations, joint ventures, and equity and debt financings. She has experience working with renewable energy start-up companies and renewable energy developers in the solar, wind, and biofuels industries. She has assisted renewable energy start-up companies acquire venture financings and has advised renewable energy developers in project acquisitions. Ms. Mac Cormac regularly advises boards of private and public companies, special committees, and CEOs on corporate governance as it relates to sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”) issues and has joined the faculty (teaching on issues of sustainability and corporate governance) at both the Stanford Director’s College and the Northwestern Corporate Counsel Institute. She also represents nonprofit corporations involved with Sustainability and CSR, providing advice to their boards on fiduciary issues, conflicts of interest, and other corporate matters.
Ms. Mac Cormac serves as co-chair of the Working Group and has spent 500 pro bono hours over the past three years drafting a new corporate form for California; the Flexible Purpose Corporation. She is on the Board of Directors of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”) and the Biomimicry Institute. She is admitted to practice in both California and New York.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Morrison & Foerster has become the leading firm in Cleantech, delivering cutting-edge legal advice to clients in related industries including energy, natural resources, and clean technologies for more than 20 years. We combine the strength of our corporate and litigation engines with our deep technical expertise in intellectual property, energy, and environmental law to deliver integrated, forward-thinking solutions. For more information on our Cleantech Group please visit www.mofo.com/Cleantech-Services/.
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