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Effects Of Covid-19 On Shareholder Activism And M&A: Views From Corporate Boards And The Market
08 October 2020
Shearman & Sterling LLP
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Global Managing Partner and Global Head of M&A George Casey
co-authored a white paper with Melanie Nolen, director of research
for Chief Executive Group, and Jamie Tassa, publisher for
Corporate Board Member, titled "Effects of Covid-19
on Shareholder Activism and M&A: Views from Corporate Boards
and the Market." The white paper, just published by
Corporate Board Member, is based on a survey of directors
of a wide range of public companies across a number of industries
and discusses the impact of the Covid environment on shareholder
activism and the M&A market. It also explores the current view
from Boardrooms on public companies' priorities and concerns in
the volatile and uncertain business and economic environment.
Read "Effects of Covid-19 on Shareholder
Activism and M&A: Views from Corporate Boards and the
Market" in Corporate Board Member (starting on page
35).
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