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Preparing a Company to Deal With Activist Investors
Why Every Day Is Proxy Season for Public Companies
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
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
Activist investors often begin planning their campaigns as much as a year in advance of the annual meeting. This includes accumulating stock positions, coordinating with other hedge funds in so-called “wolf packs,” analyzing...more
This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more
It does not matter whether a company is approached by a single activist investor or a group of activist hedge funds, a company and its board should have a strategy prepared. In this video, Foley Partner Deepak Nanda discusses...more
The WSJ reports that the SEC is investigating whether some hedge fund activists formed 13D “groups” but failed to make appropriate disclosure of their alliances. Under Rule 13d-5, when two or more persons agree to act...more
Market watchers view mergers and acquisitions as an economic yardstick. After several years of modest volumes, we've already seen substantial M&A activity in 2014 across industries including biotech, pharmaceuticals, and...more