Partner Gillian Emmett Moldowan (NY-Compensation, Governance & ERISA) participated as a speaker at PLI’s Understanding the Securities Laws 2021 conference in New York. Her discussion was titled “Proxy Solicitations in an Age of Corporate Activism,” and she spoke about:

• Review of the regulatory scheme for proxy solicitations

• Contents of the annual meeting proxy statement

• Revised eligibility requirements and resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals

• Proxy contests and shareholder activism

• Proxy statements as communications tools: An update on formatting and presentation

• Developments in compensation and corporate governance disclosures

• Regulation of proxy advisors