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KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

KPMG Board Insights Podcast: Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season -Transcript

In this recent podcast, Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season, KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) Senior Advisor Stephen Brown and Freshfields Partner Pamela Marcogliese discuss shareholder proposal trends and...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season

Proxy voting trends and outcomes, shareholder engagement, activism, and lessons for boards. KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Stephen Brown and Freshfields Partner Pamela Marcogliese share their takeaways for...more

Cooley LLP

Cooley’s 2024 Activism Year in Review: Activists Ascendent

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2024 was a prolific year for activists, with 243 campaigns launched globally – the highest number since 2018. US activity was up modestly, and a busy year in Asia offset a quieter year in Europe. With the 2025 proxy season in...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Lower, Looser, Lighter: Why M&AFocused Activist Campaigns Could Rise in 2025 — and How Companies Can Prepare

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Public companies always have an abundance of priorities to address, and defending against shareholder activism is increasingly at the top of the agenda. Across industries and market caps, today's activists are more aggressive...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - November 2024

At what point has a director served too long? What about term limits? A mandatory retirement age? When do a director’s skills become stale? These issues are addressed in this issue of The Informed Board, as well as why proxy...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for Directors - November 2024

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SEC Penalizes Director for Misleading D&O Questionnaire Response - The SEC recently brought an enforcement action against a director for causing violations of the proxy rules by failing to disclose a close personal...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

No Rest for the Weary: Three Trends to Watch in Shareholder Activism This Fall

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Fall is fast approaching, so most major US public companies have held their 2024 annual meetings. But, while temperatures are sure to cool in the coming months, the same can no longer be said for the shareholder activism...more

White & Case LLP

Japan 2023 Proxy Season

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The Number of Shareholder Proposals Made by Activist Shareholders, Votes Against Management Proposals and Listed Companies Facing Shareholder Proposals Each Continue to Trend Upward in Japan - During the June 2023 annual...more

Alston & Bird

[Event] 2022 Proxy Season Outlook Seminar - November 18th, Atlanta, GA

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Alston & Bird will host this live seminar from our Atlanta office in addition to a live webcast. Learn about key developments and issues facing companies and investors and what you need to do to prepare for the 2022 proxy...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Finding the ‘S’ in ESG: Boardroom and Employee Considerations

Investors have historically overlooked social factors amid a focus on the environmental and governance counterparts as they assess the merit of an investment. This may have been due in part to the difficulty in quantifying...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Board’s Three ‘C’s’ of Corporate Governance: Composition, Communication and Connection

U.S. companies face a dizzying array of challenges, including from disruptive technologies and cybersecurity threats; economic and geopolitical uncertainties; climate change and evolving sustainability metrics; and questions...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Bank Shareholders Step Up Activist Efforts as M&A Activity Picks Up"

Bank management teams and boards of directors have made shareholder activism a key area of focus in light of significant activity in 2015. With the bank M&A market showing signs of life, the most basic end-game of investor...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Insights Conversations: Update on Shareholder Activism in the US Banking Industry"

Two years ago, the U.S. banking industry was a rare exception to the trend of increased shareholder activism that was prevalent across industries. At the time, Skadden partners Brian Christiansen, David Ingles, Sven Mickisch...more

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