In this episode of The Proskauer Benefits Brief, David Teigman, partner in the Tax Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, Josh Apfelroth, partner in the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Nick LaSpina, senior counsel in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group discuss shareholder activism in the public company context and more specifically within the framework of executive compensation. Because executive compensation can be a hot‑button topic for shareholders and can be implicated in a variety of activist situations, be sure to tune in for the latest insights into these matters.
Joshua Apfelroth
Joshua Apfelroth is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Group.
Josh’s practice involves advising a diversified mix of corporations, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment bank and family office clients on complex corporate transactional issues, including public and private mergers acquisitions and dispositions, corporate governance, contests for corporate control, tender and exchange offers, spinoffs and joint ventures. Josh also advises growth companies and investors in connection with venture capital and other alternative investments. In addition, Josh advises clients on complex transactions involving distressed companies and assets, including restructurings, financings, investments, and mergers and acquisitions.
Josh represents clients across a broad range of industries, including in the technology, cybersecurity, media and entertainment, pharmaceutical, real estate, financial services, consumer goods and transportation sectors. Clients trust Josh to serve as a day-to-day legal advisor advising them on a wide array of governance, securities and other commercial matters, including directors’ duties and responsibilities, board composition, public disclosure, and legal compliance.
Josh also represents issuers, underwriters and selling stockholders in connection with public and private securities offerings.