Mark Greene Speaks at Stanford Law School’s 2021 Directors’ College
June 23, 2021
Cravath partner Mark I. Greene spoke at Stanford Law School’s 26th Annual Directors’ College, which was hosted virtually from June 21‑24, 2021. The annual program provides a premier executive education program for directors and senior executives of publicly traded firms, and Mark spoke as part of the “Mergers & Acquisitions” session, discussing best practices for corporations in M&A strategy and implementation as both buyers and sellers. The session explored current at‑market bidding practices, a director’s fiduciary responsibilities in M&A transactions, implications of shareholder activism, the importance of Delaware’s reliance on independent committees and majority of minority approval in M&A and how boards can build a record to withstand litigation scrutiny.
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