Adé Heyliger is a partner in Weil’s Public Company Advisory Group and is based in Washington, D.C. He regularly advises public companies, corporate boards and foreign private issuers on a broad range of SEC disclosure and regulatory matters, securities regulation, corporate governance and compliance issues. His diverse practice encompasses counseling companies on corporate and securities law compliance in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, capital markets transactions and bankruptcy/restructuring matters. Adé routinely advises public company boards on various governance matters, including internal investigations, self-assessments, leadership structures, independence determinations and ESG and sustainability matters. Adé also counsels on matters relating to shareholder activism, including proxy contests, shareholder proposals and engagement, and provides day-to-day guidance on a variety of corporate governance, disclosure and regulatory issues.
Prior to joining Weil, Adé served in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, providing interpretive advice relating to domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, going-private transactions, proxy contests and shareholder proposals, and disclosure guidance with respect to a variety of SEC filings. Prior to the SEC, Adé worked in the investment banking division at Merrill Lynch, focusing on transactions in the Telecom, Media and Technology sectors.
