ExxonMobil Move

Corporate law experts at SMU’s Dedman School of Law are available to journalists covering ExxonMobil’s May 27 shareholder vote on reincorporating its legal headquarters from New Jersey to Texas. To speak to these experts, contact: Stephen Fashoro, sfasoro@smu.edu, 214-768-7641

Christina Sautter: Sautter is an associate dean for research and professor of law at SMU.

Can discuss:
• Retail investor rights and shareholder power
• Corporate reincorporation and the Delaware-to-Texas exodus
• ESG, proxy voting and shareholder proposals
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate governance and board accountability
• SEC rulemaking and securities regulation

Carliss Chatman: Chatman is a corporate law professor at SMU.

Can discuss:
• Corporate domicile strategy and the Delaware-to-Texas shift
• External affairs and where corporate governance actually happens
• Board oversight and the future of fiduciary accountability
• ESG backlash and the limits of shareholder influence
• Corporate power, race and economic structure

Christine Hurt: Hurt is the senior associate dean for academic affairs and Alan R. Bromberg Centennial Chair in Corporate, Partnership, Business and Securities Law.

Can discuss:
• New developments in Texas corporate law
• Corporate reincorporation and the Delaware-to-Texas exodus
• Board and controller fiduciary duties under Delaware and
Texas law
• Partnerships and LLCs
• SEC rulemaking and securities regulation
• Initial public offerings
• Securities fraud litigation