Our Initiatives:

Lens Governance Advisors, P.A., is a law firm founded by Robert A.G. Monks, its sole partner, in 2002. Mr. Monks created the firm to continue his work in holding corporate management accountable to ownership and in improving shareholder value through increasing shareholder involvement. The corporate scandals coming to light in recent years have underscored the need for effective corporate governance and the potential of shareholder litigation as a means of reforming corporate governance. LGA’s purpose is to realize that potential, while continuing the work of shareholder consulting and engagement performed successfully by Lens Investment Management, LLC, from 1992 to 2002.

Since 2002, LGA has advised the country’s leading plaintiffs’ securities law firms and the firms’ clients on corporate governance remedies for more than 30 of the largest alleged securities frauds in recent years.  This work has yielded landmark settlement provisions for governance reforms at Sprint, Hanover Compressor, Ashland, and Royal Dutch Shell, among others.

• To read the precedent-setting Royal Dutch Shell Settlement terms, click here.

• To view our Declaration on the court on the Settlement, click here.

• The judge’s detailed decision approving the settlement may be viewed here.