The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:30:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Qualifications and Evaluations of Directors and Boards – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Qualifications and Evaluations of Directors and Boards https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2011/06/16/qualifications-and-evaluations-of-directors-and-boards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qualifications-and-evaluations-of-directors-and-boards https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2011/06/16/qualifications-and-evaluations-of-directors-and-boards/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:09:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/?p=17522?d=20150115104716EST Posted by Martin Lipton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Thursday, June 16, 2011
Editor's Note:

Martin Lipton is a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy. This post is based on a Wachtell Lipton firm memorandum.

As part of a continuing study, on April 5 the European Commission issued a consultation green paper on corporate governance. It is a very thoughtful study. It covers many of the same issues that have been the subject of the corporate governance debate in the United States. Of special interest, and relevance to us, is the discussion of the composition of the board and the qualifications of the directors:

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