Shareholder activism in the public REIT sector has evolved from a marginal tactic employed by a small number of high-profile hedge funds into a persistent, structural feature of corporate life. The public REIT model, long...more
6/27/2025
/ Capital Markets ,
Corporate Governance ,
Executive Compensation ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investment ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Real Estate Investments ,
REIT ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholders
In our 2022 alert “REIT M&A Trends Through the Pandemic,” we cataloged a total of 42 new REIT transactions announced between August 2020 and May 2022, a pace that rivaled or exceeded pre-pandemic levels. From May 2022 through...more
In our February 4, 2015 REIT Alert, “Barbarians at the (REIT) Gates: REITs Should Be Prepared for a New World Order of Shareholder Activists, Hostile Overtures and Proxy Fights,” we addressed the increased risk faced by...more
Publicly traded REITs today face an increased risk of potential shareholder activism, proxy fights and otherwise hostile overtures. In response to this growing trend, public REITs should examine their corporate governance...more