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Michael L. Arnold is a member of Cravath's Corporate Governance and Board Advisory practice. Mr. Arnold counsels clients on a broad range of corporate governance, public reporting, disclosure and compliance matters, including in connection with restatements and other financial crises, as well as cybersecurity incidents. He also advises companies on matters relating to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues, particularly with respect to investor engagement, ESG shareholder proposals and activism, voluntary and mandatory ESG reporting and ESG‑related governance processes. Mr. Arnold is a frequent speaker and author on legal developments impacting the areas of corporate governance and ESG. He has moderated or spoken on panels hosted by the American Bar Association, the University of Delaware’s Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, the American College of Governance Counsel and the Council of Institutional Investors, among others, and at events such as TechGC’s Global Summit, the Florida Bar Association’s Federal Securities Institute and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Ray Garrett / Corporate Counsel Institute and Securities Regulation Institute. His writings on corporate governance‑related topics have been published by outlets including the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog and Wolters Kluwer’s Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor. Mr. Arnold currently serves as Co‑Chair of the American Bar Association’s ESG Subcommittee, a joint subcommittee of the Corporate Governance Committee and Federal Regulation of Securities Committee in the Section of Business Law, and served as Co‑Chair of the drafting committee for the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee in their comment letter on the SEC’s climate change disclosure rulemaking proposal.