Eileen Vernon, Counsel at our Los Angeles law office
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Eileen Vernon

Counsel
Biography

Eileen Vernon is a corporate and securities attorney in Snell & Wilmer’s Los Angeles office. She focuses her practice on ’34 Act compliance, corporate governance, corporate finance, and other general securities and corporate matters. As in-house counsel at various publicly traded companies, she was responsible for overseeing compliance with SEC rules and regulations, compliance with stock exchange continued listing standards, and corporate secretary functions, while also advising senior management and business partners on other corporate matters including SEC rulemaking trends, equity compensation, corporate policies, legal entity management, and capital markets transactions. She also has experience advising clients with the formation of corporate and other business entities, as well as advising on various agreements such as joint venture, operating, executive employment, and purchase agreements.

Having previously served as in-house legal counsel at a variety of companies, Eileen understands intricate internal organizational relationships such as those between in-house legal teams and board of directors, business partners and senior management. She strives to utilize this experience to provide a unique and practical perspective to her corporate practice, serving as a trusted advisor to firm clients.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • California


Education

  • Loyola Law School (J.D., cum laude)
  • University of California, Berkeley (B.A., English)
Experience

Previous Professional Experience

  • Athene Holding Ltd., Vice President, Legal
  • Cronos Group Inc., Head of Securities and Assistant Corporate Secretary
  • Leaf Group Ltd., Vice President, Corporate Counsel
  • Herbalife Nutrition Ltd., Vice President, Counsel and Associate Corporate Secretary
  • Sangra Moller LLP, Associate
  • Blank Rome LLP, Associate
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Associate

Professional Memberships and Activities

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), Member (2022 – Present)

Representative Presentations and Publications

  • Preparing for the SEC’s Final Rule on Cybersecurity”, Co-Host, CalCurrent Podcast (November 16, 2023)
  • “SEC’s Final Rule on Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure”, Author, Fall 2023 Corporate Communicator, Snell & Wilmer (September 21, 2023)
  • “Cybersecurity Legal Update”, Co-Presenter, Association of Corporate Counsel, Arizona Chapter (August 15, 2023)
  • “SEC Update”, Co-Presenter, Fifteenth Annual Proxy Season Update, Snell & Wilmer offices, Phoenix, AZ (January 12, 2023)
  • “Advanced Corporate Law,” Guest Lecturer, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia (Spring 2014 Semester)
  • “Financing the Start Up Business and Venture Capital Financing,” Adjunct Professor, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (Spring 2013 Semester)
Publications
Apr 16, 2024
Corporate Communicator

Spring 2024 Corporate Communicator

Sep 21, 2023
Corporate Communicator

Fall 2023 Corporate Communicator

Client News
Client News
Apr 02, 2024

Snell & Wilmer Advises Biotechnology Company Trawsfynydd Therapeutics, Inc. in Merger with Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.