Partner Gillian Emmett Moldowan (New York – Compensation, Governance & ERISA) participated as a speaker at PLI’s Understanding the Securities Laws 2019 conference on July 19, 2019, in New York. Her discussion was titled “Proxy Solicitations in an Age of Corporate Activism,” and she spoke about:

• Review of the regulatory scheme and SEC requirements for proxy solicitations
• Recent developments in shareholder proposals and how to handle them
• Proxy contests and shareholder activism
• Proxy statements as communications tools: an update on formatting and presentation
• Corporate governance disclosures
• Takeaways from initial pay ratio disclosures
• New hedging disclosure requirements

Please watch Understanding the Securities Laws 2019 conference on demand.