Ensuring that Shareholders Have a Meaningful, Effective Vote Opening Statement at the SEC’s Proxy Roundtable, statement by Commissioner Kara M. Stein, on February 19, 2015
Editor's Note: Kara M. Stein is a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This post is based on Commissioner Stein’s recent address at the Practising Law Institute’s SEC Speaks...
Editor's Note: Brad Karp is chairman and partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. This post is based on a Paul Weiss client memorandum.
On International Women's Day 2015 ( #IWD2015) the 'to-do' list seems absolutely endless. But, in terms of publicly listed businesses and better corporate governance, it really should not be that hard. Is it possible that it is harder simply because it is about sharing power at the top? In the UK, [...]
Whistleblower: HSBC Execs Knew The whistleblower who carried out the largest banking leak in history told Bloomberg he can prove that HSBC executives knew about alleged schemes to help wealthy clients
With activity on the rise from activist investors across the globe, here are some tips to help manage expectations and investor relations to avoid conflict.
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.’s path back into the good graces of investors is through a highway: The 108-kilometre 407 toll road that the company is looking to divest from. Source That, and clarity over the company’s strategy to absolve itself of the...
With stock markets volatile and interest rates at historic lows, institutional investors are turning to infrastructure deals, such as Quebec’s Caisse de depot’s $850-million investment in the Eurostar high-speed rail network Wednesday.
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Ariel J. Deckelbaum, partner and deputy chair of the Corporate Department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and is based on a P...
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Paul L. Davies, Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. He was the Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law...
Editor's Note: David M. Lynn is a partner and co-chair of the Corporate Finance practice at Morrison & Foerster LLP. The following post is based on a Morrison & Foerster publication by Jere...
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Activist hedge funds globally are driving improvements in the share price, operating performance and governance of the companies in which they invest, according to a new paper by AIMA, the global hedge fund industry specialist.
The Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus have closed their previously announced buy of Toronto-based credit rating agency DBRS. No financial terms were disclosed. Perella Weinberg Partners was financia...
Admonishing the Wynn Resorts board for attempting to oust its only female director and defending her role with the company, Elaine Wynn implored shareholders in a proxy statement Thursday to re-elect her to the board after other directors voted not to re-nominate her.
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