| This 60-minute webinar will provide an overview of recent shareholder activism trends, what is driving shareholder activism, who are the activist investors you should be familiar with, what an activist investor looks for in its targets, common activist campaign themes and goals, the activist investor’s playbook and the phases of an activist investor’s engagement with a company, the early warning signs of an activist investor, steps companies can take now to avoid being an easy target for an activist investor, and the importance of developing an activist investor engagement plan. This is the latest installment of our webinar series on shareholder activism defense. In case you missed any of our earlier shareholder activism defense webinars, they are all available on demand. | |
| ABOUT THE MORGAN LEWIS SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM DEFENSE PRACTICE | |
| Morgan Lewis’s nationally recognized shareholder activism defense practice advises public companies in a wide array of industries with respect to preparing for and/or responding to high-profile proxy contests, special meeting demands, consent solicitations, withhold and vote-no campaigns, shareholder proposals, and other activist shareholder campaigns as well as contests for corporate control and contested M&A situations. Our shareholder activism defense practice also advises on strategies for lessening a company’s vulnerability to activist shareholders, strategic communications, shareholder engagement, board composition enhancement, and board advisory and corporate governance matters. | |
| Read more about our shareholder activism defense practice > | |
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| WHEN |
| Wednesday, November 6, 2019 12:00 pm ET |
| Presenters |
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| Keith E. Gottfried |
| Corporate partner and shareholder activism defense practice leader, Morgan Lewis |
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| Sean M. Donahue |
| Corporate partner, shareholder activism defense practice, Morgan Lewis |
| CREDIT |
| CLE credit in CA, IL, NY, PA, TX, and VA is currently pending approval. CLE credit in CT, FL, and NJ is pending approval via reciprocity. |
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