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Derek Zaba
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense
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DEREK ZABA co-chairs Sidley’s Shareholder Activism & Corporate Defense practice. He spends 100% of his time on shareholder activism, contested and complex M&A, and corporate governance matters. Over the past two decades, he has been involved in hundreds of activist campaigns and contested M&A situations. Prior to Sidley, Derek was the head of the activism and corporate defense practice at a leading shareholder engagement and corporate governance advisory firm. He also served as a partner and investment professional at activist and merger arbitrage hedge funds.
Derek is a highly sought after speaker on the topics of investor activism, contested M&A and ESG/corporate governance at panels and universities and teaches a class on shareholder activism, contested M&A and corporate governance at Stanford University Law School.
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