7th Annual Corporate Governance Conference
19 Sep - 20 Sep 2022
Session information
Description
This panel will cover current trends in shareholder and investor
activism, discussing both long and short strategies and the target’s
response. Topics will include:
• Measures needed to prepare
• Interactions between target and activist in a non-public
approach
• Agreements between company and activist
• Public campaigns and the target’s reaction
• Response to short attacks
• Capital markets law restrictions, in particular the communication
of inside information and insider trading
• ESG-activism
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Martin Hitzer | Gleiss Lutz, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Simon Link | Hengeler Mueller, Munich, Germany; Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Capital Markets Forum |
Speakers
| Phoebe Kebbel | Global Partnership Board, FGS Global, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Andrew Nussbaum | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, USA |
| Robert Schuchna | Cevian Capital , Zürich, Switzerland |
| Richard Thomas | Lazard, Paris, France |