Brandon Gold

Practice Areas

Focuses practice on shareholder activism, environmental and social activism, proxy contests, M&A, corporate governance and other activist engagements. Has experience providing strategic guidance to hedge funds and other institutional investors of all types, companies and directors on matters including proxy contests, shareholder proposals, hostile takeovers, campaign settlement negotiations, securities filings, SEC rulemaking and ESG activism. He has worked on many significant activist campaigns including the largest proxy fight in history, representing Trian Partners’ in its successful campaign to obtain board representation at Procter & Gamble Company; JANA Partners in campaigns at Whole Foods, Bloomin’ Brands, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Tiffany; D.E. Shaw in Emerson Electric; Elliott Management in Marathon Petroleum, Akamai Technologies and at PulteGroup; Altimeter Capital Management LP in its successful campaign at United Continental Holdings Inc.; and Saba Capital at numerous closed-end-fund campaigns. Has advised The Children’s Investment Fund on its “Say on Climate” campaigns at U.S. companies, helping shareholders utilize their influence to hold companies accountable for their greenhouse gas emissions.

Publications

"Shareholder Activism Developments in the 2025 Proxy Season," Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (June 18, 2025);

“Delaware Proposes Amendments to the DGCL Restricting Stockholder Access to Corporate Records and Loosening Review of Controller Transactions,” Schulte Alert (March 14, 2025);

“Shareholder Activism Update: Delaware Supreme Court Strikes Improper Advance Notice Bylaws in Kellner,” Schulte Alert (Aug. 6, 2024);

“Icahn-Illumina Contest: Board Accountability and the UPC,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (June 7, 2023);

“Shareholder Activism in 2022,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (Oct. 25, 2022)

Clients

Elliott Management, D. E. Shaw, Trian Fund Management, JANA Partners, Anson Funds, Politan Capital, Saba Capital, TCI Fund Management, Starboard Value, Irenic Capital Management, Caligan Partners, Oasis Management, Ananym Capital, Cevian Capital, Kimmeridge Management, Engine No. 1, Greenlight Capital, Altimeter Capital Management, Strategic Organizing Center, Fivespan Partners

Education

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