Latham & Watkins

Christopher Drewry, Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense Practice, combines market-leading experience navigating activism defense matters with exceptional transactional prowess to deliver board-level advice for the companies that drive today’s global economy.

Under Christopher’s leadership, Latham’s Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense Practice consistently earns top rankings from leading authorities.

Christopher represents global companies across industries and jurisdictions in their highest-stakes activism defense matters and M&A transactions. He guides clients on:

• Cutting-edge shareholder activism and takeover defense counseling, including short-attack defense
• Transformational “mergers of equals” and other strategic M&A transactions
• Multijurisdictional carveout transactions
• Bespoke special committee and board governance advice

He regularly speaks and writes on new developments in the field, including editing the M&A chapters in the updated third edition of Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A and IPOs and on evolving shareholder rights plan (poison pill) technologies.

He serves on the board of trustees for the nonprofit Ravinia Festival.