Mary Mullany
Mary Mullany

Mary J. Mullany

Partner

mullany@ballardspahr.com
Tel 215.864.8631
Fax 215.864.8999
Philadelphia

Mary J. Mullany is a partner in the Business and Finance Department and Practice Leader of the Securities Group. She is also a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Life Sciences/Technology, Health Care, and Insurance Groups, as well as the Health Care Reform Initiative. 

Ms. Mullany concentrates her practice in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing (public and private), executive compensation, corporate governance, pharmaceutical and life sciences licensing and collaborations, general corporate law, business counseling, and health care law. Her client base includes public and private regionally based companies in a variety of industries, including life science, technology, medical device, health care, and insurance.

Ms. Mullany has worked most recently on executive compensation and corporate governance matters and merger and acquisition transactions in the life science industry. She counsels public and private companies in the areas of corporate governance, disclosure obligations, executive compensation, and financing alternatives. Much of Ms. Mullany's work with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and life science companies focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and other corporate financing, and on licensing agreements, including collaborations and joint ventures.

Before becoming an attorney, Ms. Mullany was a registered nurse with experience in critical care and risk management.

Pro Bono Experience

Ms. Mullany works with pro bono corporate clients in the areas of contracting and corporate governance requirements.

Publications

Co-author, "SEC Proposed Rules: Compensation Committee-Related Requirements Under Dodd-Frank," BNA's Pension & Benefits Daily, April 18, 2011

"Dodd-Frank Act Say-on-Pay: The SEC’s Final Rules," BNA's Pension & Benefits Daily, February 16, 2011

"Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Say-on-Pay Requirements: An Analysis of the SEC's Proposed Rules in Time to Prepare for the 2011 Proxy Season," BNA's Pension & Benefits Daily, December 2, 2010

Co-author, "SEC Issues Stay on the Effectiveness of the Proxy Access Rules," Ballard Spahr Securities Alert, October 6, 2010

Co-author, "2009 Annual Disclosure Documents," The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Vol. 42, No. 5, March 4, 2009

Co-author, "Revisions to Rule 144 - The SEC Makes Improvements to the Resale Safe Harbor," Inside the Minds, Analyzing Rule 144 Revisions, 2008

Co-author, "Executive Compensation Under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008," Pension & Benefits Reporter, Vol. 35, No. 44, November 4, 2008

Speaking Engagements

Frequent presenter in legal education courses, most recently including Practising Law Institute's "Hot Issues in Securities Laws" and "How To Prepare for the Upcoming Proxy Season" in December 2010, "Preparation of Annual Disclosure Documents" in December 2009, and a Pennsylvania Bar Institute and National Constitution Center presentation on private placements in February 2009; and multiple speaking engagements and webinars on the Dodd-Frank Act executive compensation provisions

Board Memberships

Chair, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, an education and resource company for immigrants

Board member, Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy, a nonprofit provider of music, dance, and arts therapy to the physically and mentally disabled (also Governance Committee member)

Villanova University School of Law (J.D. 1993, magna cum laude)
Articles Editor, Villanova Law Review; Member, Order of the Coif

Widener University (M.S.N. 1988)

University of Pennsylvania (B.S.N. 1979)

Pennsylvania