Paul Hastings LLP

Paul Hastings LLP‘s shareholder activism practice is valued by clients across a range of industries for its depth of experience and strategic insight into all of the challenges boards are faced by shareholder activists, including both reaction to campaigns and preparation. The department is led by co-chairs Sean Donahue (New York and Washington DC), an all-round specialist dedicated to all forms of public company board preparation and activist campaign defense including late-stage proxy fights and ’vote no’ campaigns, and New York’s Eduardo Gallardo, a field-leader in hostile takeover defense and other corporate control contests with a track record of success for some of the largest public companies in the nation. Andrew Goodman (Boston and New York) is particularly valued by clients in the life sciences, healthcare, and technology industries for his skills and experience in both shareholder activism defense and corporate governance matters.