Jones Day‘s governance practice is spearheaded by Randi Lesnick and Joel May who are corporate governance specialists based in New York and Atlanta, respectively. The team has been active in shareholder activism matters over the last year and continues to aid clients with a range of corporate governance issues. The team is experienced in advising boards on sustainability and environmental issues as well as crisis counselling, CEO transition and proxy battles. May has a wealth of experience advising on corporate transactions and corporate governance issues, while Lesnick leads on M&A transactions and shareholder activism defense as well as ESG and corporate governance mandates. Andrew Levine sits in New York and is a go-to lawyer for sponsors and strategic participants in activism defence and corporate governance.
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- Real practical insight; they actually have handled the governance issues and are not just giving you an academic response.
- They have real governance experience and are prepared to meet you where you are. They also understand the non-legal consequences of proxy proposals and issues with proxy advisors. I love Bob Profusek, and Ferrall Keel is outstanding.
Key clients
- Board of Directors of Catalent Inc.
- Hanesbrands Inc.
- The Aaron's Company
- GrafTech International Ltd.
- Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
- TriMas
- TreeHouse Foods
- Verint
Work highlights
Advised the Board of Directors of Catalent, Inc. on the $16.5bn merger of Catalent with Novo Holdings.
Practice head
Randi Lesnick; Joel May
Other key lawyers
Andrew Levine; Carol Starnes; Braden McCurrach; Michael Kobb; Aaron Healey