Stuart Cable represents as outside general counsel public and private companies involved in technology, software, life sciences, professional and business services, alternative energy and financial services. Mr. Cable also represents private equity sources investing in such companies. He served as chair of Goodwin Procter’s Corporate Department (1991-1995), chair of the Hiring Committee (1987-1990), and a member of the Executive Committee (1996-1998) and the Allocations Committee (1995 2000). Mr. Cable currently chairs the firm’s Incubator Initiative.

Work for Clients

Mr. Cable represents as outside general counsel a number of public companies, where he counsels Boards of Directors and management teams on corporate governance, disclosure, compensation and securities law matters.
Mr. Cable’s transactional practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, private equity recapitalizations, venture capital private placements and public offerings.

Professional Activities

Mr. Cable serves as a member of the President’s Leadership Council at Dartmouth College and as Chairman Emeritus of the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School. He also serves as a member of the Board of Fellows of the Harvard Medical School and chairs its committee on Science, Technology and Corporate Relations.

Mr. Cable frequently lectures in the fields of corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College and the Institute of Outstanding Directors. He is the author of numerous professional articles and professional education programs, including “Top Ten To‑Do’s for CEOs of the Next New Thing” and “25 Questions for IPO Investment Bankers.” Mr. Cable is listed annually in the Best Lawyers in America, and in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Corporate/M&A – Tier 1).

Bar and Court Admissions

Mr. Cable is admitted to practice in Massachusetts.

Education

J.D., Columbia Law School, 1979 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
M.B.A., Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, 1976
A.B., Dartmouth College, 1975 (magna cum laude)