Rick Horvath, Partner at Dechert

Today, my guest is Rick Horvath, a Partner at Dechert who focuses his practice on corporate governance matters, acting as a trusted advisor for boards of directors, significant investors and public companies on a range of critical issues, including activist campaigns, contested corporate takeovers and corporate disclosures. Rick regularly advises companies and their boards on navigating board conflicts, operational decisions, board-level internal controls and the enhancement of corporate governance documents and policies.

An experienced litigator, Rick has also acted as lead counsel and second chair counsel for public companies, directors, officers and investors in corporate governance disputes and other complex commercial matters in courts across the United States. Rick holds a JD from University of Pennsylvania Law School and a BS and MS in Mathematics from LeHigh University.