In his latest column for Reuters’ Practical Law, “Preparing for Shareholder Engagement in 2025,” Senior M&A Partner Frank Aquila offers an overview of shareholder proposal trends from the 2024 proxy season for boards to consider as part of their 2025 proxy season strategies.
Frank emphasizes key issues regulators, shareholder proponents, investors and other key stakeholders should consider in response to the lessons of 2024. Areas of focus include DEI, climate change, AI, human capital management and labor, and corporate governance.
“The intensifying stakeholder scrutiny on these issues has increased uncertainty for companies across multiple sectors, including the Company,” he said. “In some cases, it has meaningfully increased the potential legal and business risks of the Company’s strategy and policies.”
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