This session at the M&A Conference at the University of Chicago looked at the current environment for unsolicited and hostile acquisition approaches, including both domestic and international corporate governance practices. 

George Casey, Global Managing Partner & Global M&A Practice Group Leader at Shearman & Sterling; Rebecca Runa Pinto-Noome, Partner at NautaDutilh; Alexandros Aldous, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Government Relations Officer at The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.; and Nick Withers, Senior Associate at Shearman & Sterling discussed techniques for modeling responses, negotiation approaches, matching periods and topping bids, and proxy contest scenarios. Techniques and methods for assessing the strength of various shareholder rights plans and takeover defenses were...