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Provided by Sean M Donahue
Sean Donahue is chair of both the Public Company Advisory and Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense practices of Paul Hastings, and he is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices. Drawing on his previous experience as an attorney in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, his practice focuses on counseling public companies and their boards of directors on shareholder activism and takeover defense, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, securities regulation, and corporate governance matters.
Sean spends a significant amount of his time advising public companies and their boards of directors on shareholder activism and takeover defense matters. He has been involved in hundreds of activism and takeover defense situations, including numerous high-profile proxy contests. Sean has counseled boards of directors and management teams in navigating activist situations involving Elliott Management, Carl Icahn, Engaged Capital, Starboard Value, ValueAct, Lion Point Capital, Engine Capital, Voss Capital, Tang Capital, Highland Capital, Mill Road Capital, Legion Partners, JCP Investment Management, GAMCO, Eric Singer, Brad Radoff, Global Value Investment Corp. and Kanen Wealth Management, among others.
Sean also has significant experience advising public companies and their boards of directors in responding to short attacks. He has advised companies in response to short reports by short sellers Hindenburg Research, Muddy Watters Research, Spruce Point Capital, Citron Research, Culper Research, Fuzzy Panda Research, Capybara Research, The Bear Cave, Grizzly Research, Blue Orca Capital, Kerrisdale Capital, Bleecker Street Research, Iceberg Research and Jehoshaphat Research, among others. He also advises companies in detecting and defending against naked short selling.
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Sean Donahue is chair of Paul Hastings' public company advisory practice and co-chair of the shareholder activism and takeover defense practice. He is recognized for his deep expertise in activism and takeover defense matters.
Provided by Chambers
Sean is great to deal with. He always makes time when he is needed, and his advice is greatly appreciated.
He thinks outside the box with creativity in relation to the given objective, and he is laser-focused on getting to the desired outcome.
Sean is an exceptional attorney and a trusted adviser. He is extremely responsive, easy to work with, incredibly knowledgeable and has great commercial awareness.
Sean is great to deal with. He always makes time when he is needed, and his advice is greatly appreciated.
He thinks outside the box with creativity in relation to the given objective, and he is laser-focused on getting to the desired outcome.
Sean is an exceptional attorney and a trusted adviser. He is extremely responsive, easy to work with, incredibly knowledgeable and has great commercial awareness.
