CommPro.biz Webinar – Sneak Preview How Shareholder Activism is affecting the 2016 Proxy Season

Keith Gottfried, partner and leader of Morgan Lewis’s shareholder activism defense group, will participate in a panel discussing the latest trends in shareholder activism during a webinar hosted by CommPRO.biz.

Joining Keith on the panel will be Daniel Burch, cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Mackenzie Partners, Inc. and  Maureen Wolff, president and partner of Sharon Merrill Associates. The event will be moderated by Gene Marbach, contributing editor for CommPRO.biz.

Topics will include:

• How will the activist playbook differ in 2016 compared to 2015?
• Will companies respond to activists differently than last year?
• Will the trend of more large caps being targeted continue?
• Will we see more situations where multiple activists target the same company?
• Will activists continue to receive significant support from institutional investors?