Sarah Crowe, ESG / Sustainability Channel Lead at Nasdaq, explains the challenges of “carbon accounting” and that companies face hard work when assessing climate risk. To truly measure such risk, companies need to go up the supply chain and...

Chuck Garske, Senior Managing Director at Okapi Partners, describes the rapid evolution of the SPAC market. In particular, he highlights the role of retail investors,  who became such a large presence that their votes became critical to closing transactions. CorpGov, The...

Ira Gorsky, Executive Vice President, Edelman explains how antitrust regulation has evolved from a focus on consumer harm to a “big is bad” approach. As a result, companies effectively need to engage in a PR exercise to ensure they do...

  By Alan Hatfield For the second time since Bloomberg released its inaugural Global Activism Market Review in 2019, Vinson & Elkins’ Shareholder Activism Practice has been awarded the distinction of top practice both globally and in the U.S. The commendation, based...

By John Jannarone Law firm Vinson & Elkins has been recognized as the number one shareholder activism practice in Activist Insight’s 2021 Adviser Awards, marking six straight years at the top of the league table. The 30-attorney team at V&E is...

Lawrence Elbaum, Partner and Co-Head of Shareholder Activism, Vinson & Elkins, joined the 2021 Palm Beach CorpGov Forum, where he explained the difficulty of challenging proxy advisors like Glass Lewis and ISS. In his view, the proxy advisors could lose...

CorpGov, The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association and Nasdaq, Inc. hosted the first Palm Beach CorpGov Forum on Sept. 30 for an in-person event featuring investors, attorneys and other advisors who have consulted on board intelligence and the most prominent activism campaigns in...

Innovations in SPACs continue by the day, with Danny Meyer’s USHG Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: HUGS) investing in Panera’s IPO and even former President Donald Trump recently announcing a controversial deal merging with Digital World Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: DWAC). There’s much...

By Sarah Fortt, Austin Pierce, Matthew Dobbins and Maggie Peloso of Vinson & Elkins LLP On September 22, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a sample comment letter (the “Comment Letter”) regarding climate change disclosures.[1]  While the SEC has...

By Jarrett Banks Corporate governance is more important than ever. From cybersecurity, digital transformation and human resource management, the shifting landscape has impacted boards everywhere. CorpGov sat down with Kristen Pross, Chief Product Officer at Nasdaq Governance Solutions, to find out...