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Corporate/M&A: Shareholder Activism

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Olshan's Shareholder Activism Practice Group is widely recognized as the nation's premier practice in representing activist investors in contested director elections and other shareholder activist situations worldwide. Our shareholder activist attorneys have unparalleled experience, both domestically and abroad, in counseling clients on a wide variety of activist strategies, from proxy contests, consent solicitations and hostile takeovers to letter-writing campaigns and behind-the-scenes engagements with management and boards of directors. 

Our shareholder activist attorneys have been involved in seeking board representation at over 800 public companies, including some of the highest profile activist situations in recent years. We have achieved success on this front in over 90% of the situations in which our clients have nominated directors.

We advise leading activist investors on some of the most high-profile activist campaigns year-in, year-out.

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Corporate/M&A: Shareholder Activism - New York

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP is a foremost firm for the representation of activist shareholders in their campaign activity. The firm offers a team of dedicated specialist counsel who advise leading industry figures in major proxy contests, M&A and associated governance matters. It is adept at handling situations involving both domestic and foreign entities.
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Work Highlights

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  • Olshan Frome Wolosky advised Elliott Investment Management on all activist-related matters in connection with its proxy campaign at Phillips 66.

Strengths

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  • They provide sound legal advice with practical and strategic considerations which are based upon their long history in this space. They know the law, the industry and the participants.

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  • Their advice beyond the basics of the law has been consistently excellent.

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  • Olshan are great at servicing clients. They are very responsive and helpful while highlighting complexities when required.

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  • Olshan offers a wealth of experience and expertise in the world of shareholder activism and fully understands a campaign's finer nuances.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Steve Wolosky
    Steve Wolosky

    Steve Wolosky

    Senior statesperson Steve Wolosky provides foremost counsel to clients in the market's most significant domestic and cross-border shareholder activism matters.

    • He is impeccable.

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    • Steve is the best and wisest among them all.

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    • Steve provides strategic legal advice, which has been invaluable in a number of campaigns.

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  • Andrew Freedman
    Andrew Freedman

    Andrew Freedman

    Andrew Freedman is held in high regard by clients and peers alike, who consider him to be exceptionally strong in the counsel he offers to sophisticated activist investors. He chairs the firm's shareholder activism group.

    • He is a thought-partner and leader of the industry.

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    • He is the best in the business.

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    • Andrew is just amazing to work with. He is very well known in his practice area and has his finger on the pulse.

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  • Kenneth Mantel
    Kenneth Mantel

    Kenneth Mantel

    Kenneth Mantel boasts a strong practice in the shareholder activism space. He regularly advises investment funds on complex activism situations.

    • Ken is a thoughtful and practical attorney.

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    • He provides an incredible level of service. He knows the legal issues which clients face today and how those decisions may effect the overall campaign.

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    • He is a zealous advocate for activists and a very technically sound attorney.

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    • Ken is intelligent, very experienced and dedicated.

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  • Meagan Reda
    Meagan Reda

    Meagan Reda

    Meagan Reda garners praise for the quality of her ascending practice, which is routinely engaged in proxy contests, shareholder activism and M&A, among other matters. She represents prominent hedge funds and other investors.

    • She is a trusted activist lawyer and fierce advocate.

      Corporate/M&A: Shareholder Activism respondentUSA

    • Meagan is consistently excellent in her legal advice.

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    • Meagan is very responsive and always helpful.

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  • Ryan Nebel
    Ryan Nebel

    Ryan Nebel

    Ryan Nebel is a notable practitioner in the world of shareholder activism. Hedge funds and other investors look to him for counsel in high-stakes proxy contests, hostile takeovers and M&A, among other matters.

    • Ryan is responsive, has incredible experience and understands how to put campaign tactics in a broader strategic context.

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    • He is an excellent tactician and advocate.

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    • Ryan does an excellent job. He is very responsive, delivers good advice and knows what resources are needed to get to a great outcome.

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