Jones Day

The corporate governance department at Jones Day focuses on activism matters for major F&B, technology, and pharmaceutical corporations. The practice is jointly led by Randi Lesnick  in New York and Joel May in Atlanta, who has expertise that extends to proxy contests, internal investigations and executive compensation front. In the activism space, a notable recent achievement was the negotiation of a cooperation agreement between the board of Catalent Inc. and an activist shareholder that resulted in the appointment of 4 new independent directors. Lesnick is adept at a variety of corporate matters, focusing on M&A, ESG, and general governance issues. May spends a lot of time in the boardroom, ensuring that clients in the telecommunications, real estate, and manufacturing sectors are SEC-compliant. Andrew Levine excels in activism defense in New York and recently negotiated a cooperation and information-sharing agreement on behalf of BioMarin Pharmaceutical with an activist shareholder. Other key names in the team include Braden Mccurrach in New York, Kimberly Pustulka out of Cleveland, and Pittsburgh’s David Grubman.