V&E Ranked #1 Shareholder Activism Defense Practice by Bloomberg and FactSet

This is the inaugural year for Bloomberg’s shareholder activism league tables, and the fourth consecutive year V&E has earned the No. 1 ranking from FactSet.

V&E’s Shareholder Activism practice has received several significant recognitions over the past four years in addition to the latest Bloomberg and FactSet rankings, including:

• Ranked No. 1 for total number of companies defended as part of Activist Insight’s Adviser Awards from 2016 – 2019;
• Ranked No. 1 for company representation in Refinitiv’s First Half 2019 Shareholder Activism Scorecard and in Refinitiv’s Full Year Shareholder Activism Scorecards from 2016 to 2018;
• Ranked No. 1 for company defense in The Deal’s Q3 2019 and Full Year 2018 Shareholder Activism League Tables; and
• Ranked by The Legal 500 U.S. 2019, one of the largest legal referral guides, in Shareholder Activism – Advice to Boards.

The leaders of V&E’s Shareholder Activism practice also continue to frequently receive distinctions for their work in this highly specialized practice area, including:

• Patrick Gadson, partner and co-leader of V&E’s Shareholder Activism practice, recognized as a 2019 Rising Star by The Deal; and
• Lawrence Elbaum, partner and co-leader of V&E’s Shareholder Activism practice, named finalist for “Dealmaker of the Year” as part of The Deal Awards 2019 and 2018.

Comprising approximately 30 attorneys, V&E’s Shareholder Activism practice, led by Elbaum and Gadson in New York and Jeff Floyd and Steve Gill in Houston, leverages the firm’s top-tier public company, M&A, corporate governance and litigation practices, to effectively represent companies facing shareholder activism.