On October 17, Melissa Sawyer spoke at PLI’s
Preparing for Shareholder Activism: What You Need to be Doing Now 2019. Her panel, titled “Activism and M&A,” focused on developments in how shareholder activism is impacting M&A, activist strategies when challenging an agreed M&A transaction and what boards can do to avoid a failed transaction.
S&C has a deep understanding of corporate governance requirements, practices and trends, and our lawyers frequently speak at PLI’s Preparing for Shareholder Activism event, an annual program geared towards attorneys with a responsibility for advising officers, directors and other senior company officials on their governance matters and issues. The Firm’s Corporate Governance Group counsels boards and companies on all facets of corporate governance, both within and outside the context of a particular activist campaign. In March 2019, S&C released its
Review and Analysis of 2018 U.S. Shareholder Activism.