As a new year begins, it is always a good time to take stock of the successes of the past year and look forward to doing even better in 2015. Shareholder activism will continue to be a “hot topic” for
Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis, co-chairs of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Special Situations Team, will be joined by Wes Hall, CEO, Kingsdale Shareholder Services Inc. to host our annual video webinar “Shareholder Activism: A Year in Review – Cutting-edge Tactics
Institutional investors represent perhaps the most important segment of shareholders that both management and dissidents must appeal to in the course of an activist campaign.
A new study of institutional investors published by FTI Consulting, Inc. (the Study), a
Yesterday, Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC (Glass Lewis) released a new version of its Proxy Paper Guidelines (the Guidelines) (updated as of December 30, 2014), previously released on November 5, 2014.
Key changes in the 2015 Guidelines as compared to
The US Chamber of Commerce recently released a white paper authored by Harvey Pitt, former Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The white paper, “Public Company Initiatives in Response to the SEC Staff’s Guidance on Proxy
Industry professionals envision an increase in shareholder activism in light of falling prices and growing activist investor successes.
Chad Brownstein, CEO of Rocky Mountain Resources, commented on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” that “[w]hat you’re going to see in the market in