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Webinar – Corporate governance, shareholder activism, and hostile M&A: Key developments in 2018 and a look ahead

Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis, co-chairs of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canadian Special Situations team, will host a 60-minute webinar on corporate governance, shareholder activism, and hostile M&A on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 12 p.m. EST. To sign up, please click here. Our Special Situations team played a leading role in some of the most … Continue reading

Activist Insight Monthly features interview with Co-Chairs of Canadian Special Situations team

By Joe Bricker on September 20, 2018 Posted in M&A, Proxy Battles, Shareholder Activism, Short selling

This month’s edition of Activist Insight Monthly, which focuses on Canada, features an in-depth interview with Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis, Co-Chairs of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canadian Special Situations team. The interview focuses on recent trends our team is seeing in the Canadian marketplace, including activist short selling, settlements, and the continued rise of “nice” activists. The … Continue reading

Preparing for activism in 2018: the activist investing annual review

By Joe Bricker on February 20, 2018 Posted in Shareholder Activism

Activist Insight recently published the fifth annual edition of The Activist Investing Annual Review (the Review). The Review analyzes global activist investing trends over the past few years, with an emphasis on 2017, forecasts developments expected in 2018, and breaks out key statistics by jurisdiction. The 2018 Forecast The Review identifies four big trends expected … Continue reading

Activists increase their focus on smaller issuers

By Jacob Cawker (Toronto) on September 7, 2016 Posted in Shareholder Activism

Shareholder activism is often associated with campaigns involving large, high-profile issuers. Yet as the Financial Times reports in a recent article, referencing global data from Activist Insight, there has been a slight upswing this year in activism against relatively small issuers. The data show that from the start of year to the end of July, … Continue reading

Shareholder Activism in 2014: Half Year Review

By Trevor Zeyl on September 10, 2014 Posted in Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, M&A, Proxy Battles, Securities, Shareholder Activism

Activist Insight recently released its half-year review. Activist Insight, which provides market analysis and chronicles critical developments in activist investing, made the following observations regarding U.S. activist investing trends for the first half of 2014, including: While the US continued to dominate public instances of activism (with 127 campaigns initiated), a significant number were waged … Continue reading