On 10 January 2024, K2 Integrity and Schulte Roth & Zabel hosted a webinar on the state of corporate activism across various regions. Jason Wright, senior managing director at K2 Integrity, moderated the discussion with Lisa...more
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2023 was a mixed year for corporate activism. Although there was a small increase in the number of campaigns, the rise in interest rates to levels not seen since the early aughts cooled the trend of M&A activism....more
Two years ago, in the before times—before the pandemic, before a painful period of racially charged protests and clashes, before the January 6 attack on the Capitol—a group of nearly 200 chief executives, all members of the...more
On a Monday during the dog days of August 2019, a group of 181 chief executives signed a “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” affirming that the U.S.’s largest corporations have a “fundamental commitment” to “all...more
Regardless of a company’s success or confidence in its strategy, management, and board, there are few situations public companies face that are more daunting than an unsolicited approach by an activist investor. And with...more
On Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s last day of work, the Fed imposed severe penalties on Wells Fargo, both punishing it for years of bad acts and barring it from future growth until it actually fixes its problems,...more