Sidley Austin LLP has secured the lead as the firm that handled the most shareholder activism matters last year, including campaigns against Hasbro Inc. and US Foods Holding Corp.
Sidley assisted companies with 48 activist campaigns in 2022, up from 37 in 2021, according to new Bloomberg data. Total shareholder stakes in the firm’s matters were valued at $11 billion as of the end of the year, more than doubling the $5.2 billion the firm handled for all of 2021. The figure represents the values of shares owned by activist investors involved in campaigns.
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