Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

A central part of the firm’s M&A capabilities, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP‘s shareholder activism practice has experience dealing with all of the major activist groups, with an interdisciplinary practice that can equally prepare boards for future challenges and react to a settlement or a proxy fight. Advising public companies, boards of directors and special committees alike, the team is led by co-chairs Robert Townsend III, an activism preparation specialist, and Faiza Saeed, who leads on hostile takeover attempts and proxy contests. Leading junior partners are Daniel Cerqueira and Andrew Wark, who lead on co-operation agreements, shareholder rights plan adoptions and reaction to unsolicited tender offers, as well as proxy contests. All attorneys based in New York.