Mara Rogers is a partner in the New York office, and her broad-based corporate and securities practice includes extensive experience in:

• mergers and acquisitions for both public and private domestic and foreign corporations;
• the representation of issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities;
• the representation of investors and issuers in venture capital and private equity financings;
• the representation of corporate debtors in connection with bank and other institutional lending and restructuring of debt;
• counseling on compliance with U.S. securities laws for domestic and foreign companies; and
• counseling on corporate governance, fiduciary duties and various other corporate law matters.

Ms. Rogers also advises clients on business start-ups, strategic alliances, joint ventures, licensing and other domestic and international business transactions and agreements.

From July 2008 until April 2010, Ms. Rogers spent a substantial portion of her time serving as acting general counsel to an international provider of software solutions to the global oil and natural gas exploration and production industry.

• American Bar Association
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • Corporation Law Committee
• New York State Bar Association
• Women in the Boardroom
• Association for Corporate Growth

• "New York's Top Rated Lawyer," LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell (2012)

• Co-author, "Weighing ISS Proxy Voting Policies for 2012," Law360, November 29, 2011
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• Co-author, "ISS Issues Updated Proxy Voting Policies for the 2012 Proxy Season," Fulbright Briefing, November 22, 2011
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• Co-author, "Corporate Governance At-A-Glance," The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski - Corporate Governance, July 1, 2011
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• Co-author, "Acquisitions Utilizing Tender Offers in Today’s Market," Fulbright Briefing, August 10, 2010
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• Co-author, "M&A in 2010: Structuring Compensation in Private Equity Transactions," The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski, May 20, 2010
• Co-author, "Corporate Governance At-A-Glance," The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski - Corporate Governance, March 5, 2010
• Co-author, "Corporate Governance At-A-Glance," The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski - Corporate Governance, March 20, 2009
• Co-author, "Corporate Governance At-A-Glance," The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski - Corporate Governance, March 20, 2008
• Co-author, "SEC Facilitates Smaller Company Access to Capital Markets and Approves Electronic Filing and Changes to Form D," Fulbright Briefing, December 14, 2007

• Co-panelist, "M&A in 2012: Update on Fiduciary Outs in M&A Transactions," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, January 19, 2012
• Co-panelist, "M&A in 2011: Trends in Pubic Company M&A Transactions," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, June 27, 2011
• Co-panelist, "Executive Compensation – Impact of Dodd-Frank Act & Next Steps," webinar presented by BDO USA, LLP and Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., February 23, 2011
• Co-panelist, "Corporate Political Activity and Governance Issues after Citizens United,"  Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, New York, New York, January 13, 2011
• Co-panelist, "M&A in 2010: Exploring Earnouts in the Purchase or Sale of a Privately-Held Business," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, September 16, 2010
• Moderator, "The Changing Environment in M&A in the Wake of the Financial Meltdown: What Executives, General Counsel and Board Members Should Know," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. seminar, New York, New York, September 14, 2010
• Co-panelist, "M&A in 2010 - Structuring Compensation in Private Equity Transactions," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, May 20, 2010
• Co-panelist, "Securities Disclosure and Compliance Update," 2007 CCCA National Spring Conference, Toronto, Canada, April 22-24, 2007

1983 - J.D., Cornell Law School
1980 - B.A., magna cum laude, Economics and Political Science, Brown University

Ms. Rogers was elected to Phi Beta Kappa while attending Brown University. She was admitted to practice law in New York in 1984.

• New York

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