Eileen Grace and Nicola McGrath, Partners in the corporate department at Eugene F Collins provide a Q&A guide to shareholder activism in Ireland.

The Q&A provides an overview of the use and goals of shareholder activism, the regulation of shareholder activism, and the strategies and tools used by shareholder activists. It also considers how shareholder activism may be prevented, and the practical steps that a company can take to minimise the risk of being targeted.

The full article can be read here.

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