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What Goes On Inside Your Boardroom? Investors Want To Know [Video]

Skadden’s Ann Beth Stebbins and guests Allie Rutherford and Adrienne Monley of PJT Camberview discuss how a company can best communicate to investors what makes its board effective – not just the mix of skills individual...more

The Informed Board Podcast | CEO Succession Planning on a Clear Day [Audio]

Succession planning for senior management should be an annual process, managed by the board. Our panel discusses best practices, including how to develop multiple and next-level candidates, how to keep internal candidates...more

The Informed Board Podcast | Will the EU’s Focus on Foreign Subsidies Make It More Difficult To Acquire European Businesses? [Audio]

Newly effective EU rules impose another layer of review for acquisitions in Europe. They empower the European Commission to investigate whether either the acquirer or target has received non-EU government subsidies that...more

New Market Emerges for Legacy Liability Dispositions

A substantial number of U.S. and overseas corporations have legacy liabilities that are complicating their equity outlook due to their uncertainty and duration. Typical examples are liabilities derived from asbestos-related...more

The Informed Board Podcast | How the SEC Is Making it Harder To Exclude Shareholder Proposals and What This Means for ESG This... [Audio]

Ahead of the 2022 proxy season, the SEC shifted its approach to shareholder proposals and permitted companies to exclude far fewer shareholder proposals from annual meeting agendas. Skadden M&A partner Ann Beth Stebbins leads...more

The Informed Board Podcast | Pass-Through Voting: Empowering Shareholders or Increasing the Influence of Proxy Advisors? [Audio]

Several large index funds are now giving investors a say in the way their shares are voted. Skadden M&A partner Ann Beth Stebbins leads a discussion of how the “pass-through voting” process works, whether it is likely to...more

3/15/2023  /  Proxy Advisors , Shareholders

Should Your Company Take a Stand on Political and Social Issues? [Audio]

In the latest installment of the Informed Board podcast, Skadden partner Ann Beth Stebbins leads a discussion about political and social issues in the workplace, responding to evolving employee expectations and the increased...more

Winning the War for Talent: It’s the Board’s Responsibility, Too

Takeaways In a post-pandemic talent market, where employees are quitting and jobs are going unfilled, directors need to take an active role in shaping workplace culture. With culture an increasingly important factor in...more

How Antitrust Regulators and the SEC Are Advancing the Wider Biden Agenda [Audio]

In this inaugural episode of the Informed Board podcast, Skadden partners Maria Raptis and Raquel Fox join our host Ann Beth Stebbins to discuss changing approaches to antitrust and securities regulation in Washington. They...more

Regulatory Focus on Consolidation May Present Opportunities for Private Equity Buyers

Key Points Antitrust regulators in key jurisdictions are taking a more aggressive approach to merger reviews, resulting in delays and making the ultimate closing of some transactions uncertain. U.S. regulators have expressed...more

Interview: SEC Changes Would Let You Know More About Your Shareholders

It has been more than 50 years since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted its beneficial ownership reporting rules, which require investors who buy more than a 5% stake in a company to disclose their holding...more

The Informed Board - Fall 2021

To stay ahead of the feds, companies need to monitor their own data for possible compliance problems. Congress may soon give companies better visibility into their shareholder bases, including derivatives positions. In this...more

What Am I Getting Myself Into? Five Questions Prospective SPAC Directors Should Ask

With 247 special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) going public in 2020 and another 298 in the first quarter of 2021, SPAC sponsors have knocked on many doors to find directors....more

Audio Interview: How Far Can the SEC Go?

Opponents of mandatory disclosures about climate risk and diversity will argue that they exceed the agency’s authority — a six-minute chat with Robert Stebbins, the SEC's general counsel until January....more

Reevaluating the Board Risk Oversight Process: Implications of Marchand and Other Recent Developments | Insights | Skadden, Arps,...

On February 26, 2020, Skadden held a webinar titled “Reevaluating the Board Risk Oversight Process: Implications of Marchand and Other Recent Developments.” The panelists were Edward Micheletti, litigation partner and...more

"US M&A: Looking Back at 2013 and Forward to a Brighter 2014"

U.S. deal activity was the bright spot in an otherwise relatively muted global M&A market in 2013. Several large U.S. transactions were announced in the first two months of the year, and although deal volume for transactions...more

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