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How Should You Handle ‘Sunny Day/Peace Time’ Shareholder Engagement?

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During the proxy season, everyone’s flat out soliciting votes, so investors are jammed up, and they’ll be available for engagement only if there’s something very specific to your annual meeting that’s important enough to them...more

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

Stark & Stark

Why Corporate Governance Matters: Protecting Your Business from Risk

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When you hear the term corporate governance, you might assume it’s something reserved for Fortune 500 companies or sprawling multinational corporations. After all, these entities have complex operations, thousands of...more

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Choosing your State of Incorporation

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In the wake of headline-grabbing redomiciles many executives are reevaluating whether to form or maintain their companies in Delaware or to look instead to other jurisdictions such as Nevada and Texas. In this piece, we break...more

Snell & Wilmer

Choosing the Right U.S. Corporate Domicile in the Age of Dexit: Key Considerations

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Prior to the early 1900s, New Jersey was the preferred state of incorporation for U.S. businesses. Eager to cash in on America’s epic industrialization via franchise tax revenues, Delaware directly challenged New Jersey’s...more

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Paramount–Skydance Merger Advances Amid Political Intrigue

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The media industry is on the precipice of another landmark deal as Paramount Global and Skydance Media inch closer toward their highly anticipated merger. This deal, which would unite one of Hollywood’s most storied studios...more

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Glass Lewis Announces Updates to 2026 Pay-for-Performance Model: What Boards and Practitioners Need to Know

Glass Lewis, a leading proxy advisory firm, recently released a preview of changes to its pay-for-performance model that will take effect for the 2026 proxy season. Glass Lewis’ announcement, which is modest in terms of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Digitisation Taskforce Unveils the End of Paper Share Certificates

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Final report recommends the digitisation of UK shareholdings through a fully intermediated system of shareholding, with an interim phase of digitised share registers....more

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Investments in German soccer clubs – attractive for investors and clubs despite the 50+1 rule

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Investments in clubs in German soccer are attractive for investors and clubs even under the 50+1 rule; the investor and the soccer club should be a suitable match; there are a number of legal structuring options for...more

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Insights from the SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements

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On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) hosted a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements. As noted in prior Insights, the SEC convened the roundtable to evaluate the...more

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Your Business's Growth Blueprint: Why Solid Legal Documents Matter

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Every successful business owner has ambition to grow, scale, and take his/her company to the next level. However, there’s one critical, often overlooked aspect that can make or break a business’s ability to get to that level:...more

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SEC Conducts Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Practices

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As previewed in our previous blog post, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure on June 26, with panelists considering whether and to what extent the current...more

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Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

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SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation: Quick Debrief

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As previewed in this May 22 Cooley alert, on Thursday, June 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss potential updates to the existing executive compensation disclosure...more

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Founder Secondary Sales: A Primer

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Increasingly, founders desire liquidity with respect to a portion of their equity stake before the company goes public or completes a complete exit event (like an M&A sale). Liquidity is desired for many reasons, including...more

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Texas Legislature Passes Law to Rein in Proxy Advisors

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Recently, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 2337 (SB 2337) in an effort to regulate proxy advisors – including ISS and Glass Lewis – when they provide proxy voting recommendations for those companies that are either...more

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SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements: June 26, 2025

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As we previously noted last month, the SEC is hosting a roundtable on the executive compensation disclosure requirements on June 26, 2025. In advance of the roundtable, the SEC has finalized and released a detailed agenda and...more

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Executive Compensation Disclosures Are Back on the (Round)table at the SEC

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The SEC announced on May 16 that it will host a roundtable discussion with representatives from public companies, compensation consultants, lawyers, investors, and other stakeholders on the topic of executive compensation...more

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SEC Announces Agenda for Upcoming Executive Compensation Roundtable

On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the agenda and panelists for its upcoming Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements. The Roundtable will be held on June 26, 2025,...more

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Cracks in the Boardroom: Governance Lessons from a High-Profile Public Company Director Exit

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Most director resignations are routine affairs, but that was not the case with a recent and very public director resignation. This resignation and others like it may serve as a cautionary tale for any board. In this week’s...more

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CSA Expands LIFE Exemption: Blanket Relief Order Increases Capital Raising Limits for Listed Issuers

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On May 14, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) issued Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 (the Blanket Order), introducing targeted relief from certain limitations of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (the...more

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Rethinking Disclosure: Reimagining Executive Compensation Rules

On June 26, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) will host a roundtable to explore potential changes to executive compensation disclosure requirements.  This event, highlighted in the SEC’s official...more

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to Host Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently issued a press release announcing that it will host a public roundtable on June 26, 2025, to discuss executive compensation disclosure requirements. The event will...more

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Changes Brewing For Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements?

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week announced that, on June 26, 2025, it will host a roundtable meeting to discuss potential updates to the existing executive compensation disclosure requirements. The...more

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