Shareholder Activism

Combining the experience of our mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate governance, capital markets, investment funds, litigation and special situations lawyers with the resources of a full-service global law firm, our multidisciplinary team:

• Advises activists launching campaigns against companies in key capital markets around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, other European countries and Asian jurisdictions such as Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.
• Advises activists on unseating recalcitrant directors and removing entrenched management.
• Helps companies safeguard their interests through robust governance structures and takeover preparedness strategies.
• Manages and advises on public relations and shareholder communications campaigns, pursues and defends against related litigation and provides multijurisdictional antitrust advice and analysis.
• Manages the multifaceted litigation, regulatory risk issues and complex regulatory investigations faced by activist investors.
• Counsels on merger arbitrage strategies around the world, including analyzing antitrust, competition law, regulatory, transactional, litigation and other deal risk issues.