Join us for a complimentary live webinar, “2027 Proxy Season Preview,” on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, as our expert panel explores what public company executives, boards, legal counsel, and corporate governance professionals need to expect for the upcoming 2027 Proxy Season.
During this webinar, we’ll explore:
The SEC’s Regulatory Shifts and The Future of Rule 14a-8: How the permanent end of SEC no-action relief shifts exclusion decisions to companies, elevates federal court litigation exposure, and the broader regulatory trajectory toward Rule 14a-8 rescission.
Expectations for Shareholder Proposals in 2027 and Beyond: Where ESG proponents will focus during potentially the final proxy season under Rule 14a-8—and how ESG activists are adapting to life after the rule.
Shareholder Engagement: Best practices for issuer-initiated outreach under the SEC's revised Schedule 13G guidance—enabling open communication on governance and pay while preserving institutional passive status.
Institutional Voting Shifts: Navigating the decentralization of voting power driven by investor pass-through programs, split internal stewardship teams, and AI-assisted voting models.
Proxy Advisory Firm Policy Shifts: How Glass Lewis's new multi-perspective research model and ISS benchmark updates fragment voting guidelines, requiring issuers to tailor their proxy communications to multiple investor decision lenses.
Shareholder Activism Outlook: Key lessons from 2026 campaigns, the surge in M&A-driven and strategic activism, evolving company and activist tactics, and the legal impact of recent court decisions—including Delaware rulings on advance notice bylaw enforcement and board nomination rejections.
The Influence of AI in Proxy Season 2027: Navigating how activists use AI to identify campaign targets and adapting corporate disclosures to be both machine-readable for automated investor evaluation and clear on board AI oversight.
Reincorporation Trends: The strategic and legal considerations driving public companies out of Delaware to Nevada or Texas, and how to navigate resulting shareholder, litigation, and proxy advisor implications.
Actionable Preparation Steps: Core actions companies must take now—auditing activism preparedness, break-glass plans, and structural defenses, mapping fragmented vote channels, formalizing off-season engagement protocols, and structuring proxy disclosures for AI analysis.
Who Should Attend:
C-Suite & Board Members: Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, General Counsel, Corporate Secretaries, and Board Directors,.
Corporate Governance & Compliance Leaders: Heads of Corporate Governance, Chief Compliance Officers, and Governance Committee Chairs.
Investor Relations & Communications Teams: Chief Communications Officers, Heads of Investor Relations, and Public Relations Leads handling shareholder outreach.
Legal Counsel & Advisors: Outside Securities Attorneys, Activism Defense Practitioners, and Corporate Governance Advisors.
Formal invitation and registration details to follow.