mercredi 7 octobre 2020 |
02:00 - 03:30 Eastern Daylight Time |
01:00 - 02:30 Central Daylight Time |
11:00 - 12:30 Pacific Daylight Time |
Join us for a virtual forum with Morgan Lewis partners Keith E. Gottfried and Christina Edling Melendi together with a panel of shareholder activism and retail industry advisors and thought leaders for a timely discussion on how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may uniquely impact shareholder activism in the retail industry.
The primary focus of many retailers in the near-term will likely be on staying afloat and addressing their liquidity needs, their ability to rebound from COVID-19, the health and safety of their employees and customers, and the overall health of their businesses. However, as the retail industry has been upended by COVID-19 as never before, retailers should also be concerned with how the turmoil caused by COVID-19 has made them attractive targets for activist investors.
Our panel will discuss several top-of-mind topics for retailers concerned with being in the crosshairs of an activist investor, including:
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