CorpGov sister platform IPO Edge and the Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association will host a webinar with the CEO and CFO of ZeroFox, Inc. and the CEO of L&F Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: LNFA) on Tuesday, April 26 at 2pm ET to discuss external...

  By Alan Hatfield Vinson & Elkins yesterday announced that the firm has hired a Global Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I). Deborah Martin Owens joins the firm’s New York office to work closely with leadership and take the...

The Amaryllis being towed past the former mansion of Henry Flagler, built in 1902 By John Jannarone and Alan Hatfield The 257’ superyacht Amaryllis apparently owned by exiled Russian oligarch Andrey Borodin was towed past Palm Beach, FL on Friday morning,...

  CorpGov, IPO Edge and the Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association will host a fireside chat with the CEO and Chair of KnightSwan Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: KNSW) on Thursday, April 14 at 2pm ET to discuss the founding of KnightSwan, target...

  By Patrick Gadson, Partner, Vinson & Elkins After six years of starts and stops, the Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to adopt new rules ushering in universal proxy cards in contested director elections. Now, with the rules set...

  By Sarah E. Fortt I wrote the first part of this series nearly two years ago in the months following the murder of George Floyd when many public companies were making statements and commitments regarding racial justice.  At the time,...

  Michael Verrechia, Managing Director, M&A and Activism Advisory Group, Morrow Sodali, explains how many companies with significant retail shareholder populations don’t do enough to engage with these investors. In his experience of more-than 20 years, he has observed companies...

  Chris Young, Managing Director and Global Head of Contested Situations, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., points out that it’s very easy to come up with justifications for short-term underperformance, which has led the financial community to look at 1-, 3-...

  Mark Grothe, Senior Research Analyst, M&A and Contested Situations, Glass Lewis, a leading proxy advisor that gives investors recommendation on key shareholder votes,  discusses how his firm’s default approach is generally to support SPAC mergers (while still voicing concerns...

  Activist investor Ted White, Managing Director, Legion Partners Asset Management LLC, discusses how years-long engagements with companies that center on cultural nuances can quickly morph into entirely different affairs once a proxy fight begins. “It turns into a little bit...