One trend in corporate governance this year appears to be: If you can’t beat activist investors, settle with them.
Several détentes with activist shareholders and companies this year illustrate the trend to more frequently engage with and come to an agreement with investors, according to blog a post written by Richard Sandler, a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell, and co-head of the firm’s global corporate governance group, on the Harvard Law Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.
