| This webinar provided an overview of how founder/former CEO-led shareholder activism campaigns are different from other activism campaigns such as those led by hedge funds with no historical ties to the company. Among the topics explored were how the goals of a founder/former CEO activist differ from a hedge fund or other activist investor with no historical ties to the company, how a company and its board of directors can be vulnerable to a founder/former CEO activist, strategies for responding to an activism campaign from a founder/former CEO activist, and strategies for how a company can lessen its vulnerability to a founder/former CEO activist. |
| ABOUT THE MORGAN LEWIS SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM DEFENSE PRACTICE |
| Morgan Lewis's nationally recognized shareholder activism defense practice is ranked near the top of most of the major league tables for activist defense law practices based on the number of publicly disclosed activism defense situations we have been involved in during the relevant period. Our shareholder activism defense practice advises public companies across the United States and abroad 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 the latest techniques for lessening a company’s vulnerability to activist shareholders, strategic communications, shareholder engagement strategies, board composition enhancement programs, and corporate governance matters. |
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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 |
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