Stephanie Rowell
Stephanie is a Senior Associate specialising in corporate governance and ESG.
As a member of the firm’s award-winning Head Office Advisory & ESG Team (HOAT), Stephanie works closely with listed and unlisted entities, providing pragmatic advice on strategic corporate governance issues. HOAT is Australia’s largest legal team solely dedicated to corporate governance issues and is the trusted advisor to a significant proportion of the country’s largest ASX-listed companies.
Stephanie specialises in corporate governance and utilises her experience with clients across various sectors to provide market practice insights and tailored advice on a range of corporate governance matters. These include continuous disclosure, annual and other periodic reporting, shareholder meetings, stakeholder engagement and activism, governance frameworks and policies, directors’ duties, and executive and employee remuneration. She also advises clients on ESG governance and disclosure matters, including greenwashing, climate targets, sustainability disclosures and risk management, modern slavery and human rights.
Stephanie also works with the broader Corporate practice group on governance aspects of corporate transactions including IPOs, demergers, and M&A.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
Advising ASX companies on:
- strategic corporate governance issues, including continuous disclosure, stakeholder activism and engagement, Board obligations in relation to climate change, cyber security, and other emerging risks;
- shareholder meetings, requisitioned resolutions and external Board candidate nominations;
- corporate reporting, including annual reports, sustainability reports, modern slavery statements and other periodic reporting;
- board issues, including directors’ duties, board composition and effectiveness, board charters, and board reporting;
- executive and Board succession, remuneration, incentives, and related disclosure obligations;
- corporate governance policies, procedures and frameworks, including subsidiary and group governance matters, ESG governance and risk management.
Background
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (International Relations, First Class Honours) from the Australian National University. Stephanie is admitted as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia.
