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Shareholder Activism: Setting the Stage for Proactive Defense

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Join BDO's Center for Corporate Governance Amy Rojik as she sits down with Patrick Gadson, Partner –Shareholder Activism and Mergers and Acquisitions at Vinson & Elkins, to discuss defense strategies for boards and management teams to consider when challenged by activist shareholders.

Key Takeaways:

  • Boards of companies (all sizes) that are underperforming need to truly understand BOTH economic weaknesses in addition to other elements for improvement (e.g., ESG) that activists can use to promote their agenda
  • To engage effectively with activists truly requires boards active in knowing and developing relationships with their shareholder base
  • When put into an activist situation, directors need to understand the thick skin of and ability to go the distance in lengthy contests that activists possess that can often lead to “activism fatigue” in the boardroom that may affect good decision-making of directors
  • Avoid the emotion and strategically scenario plan with an objective party who can truly survey relevant facts and circumstances through an unbiased lens
  continue reading

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Contenido proporcionado por Olivia Duffey and BDO USA. Todo el contenido del podcast, incluidos episodios, gráficos y descripciones de podcast, lo carga y proporciona directamente Olivia Duffey and BDO USA o su socio de plataforma de podcast. Si cree que alguien está utilizando su trabajo protegido por derechos de autor sin su permiso, puede seguir el proceso descrito aquí https://es.player.fm/legal.

Join BDO's Center for Corporate Governance Amy Rojik as she sits down with Patrick Gadson, Partner –Shareholder Activism and Mergers and Acquisitions at Vinson & Elkins, to discuss defense strategies for boards and management teams to consider when challenged by activist shareholders.

Key Takeaways:

  • Boards of companies (all sizes) that are underperforming need to truly understand BOTH economic weaknesses in addition to other elements for improvement (e.g., ESG) that activists can use to promote their agenda
  • To engage effectively with activists truly requires boards active in knowing and developing relationships with their shareholder base
  • When put into an activist situation, directors need to understand the thick skin of and ability to go the distance in lengthy contests that activists possess that can often lead to “activism fatigue” in the boardroom that may affect good decision-making of directors
  • Avoid the emotion and strategically scenario plan with an objective party who can truly survey relevant facts and circumstances through an unbiased lens
  continue reading

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