Practice Profile: Lawrence Elbaum is co-head of V&E’s Shareholder Activism Practice. In this role, he leverages over a decade of experience as a securities litigator and business advisor to counsel senior management and boards of public companies with respect to proxy contests and other shareholder activism campaigns. He also advises these clients concerning corporate governance matters, strategic investor relations and related litigation and investigations in the U.S. and abroad.

Over the past three proxy seasons, Elbaum has successfully led scores of defense engagements across a wide array of industries (such as energy, manufacturing, EPC, retail/wholesale, hospitality, restaurant, pharmaceutical, real estate/REITs, etc.). He also represents select investors in their activism campaigns against public companies.