By Dr. Harald Selzner and Dr. Henning Schneider
Companies should expect an increased focus from activists on certain areas as the COVID-19 economic recovery begins.
Source: Activist Insight
The graphic above illustrates the top 10 most popular activists demands from 2015 to date in Germany. In the following article we highlight trends to watch out for.
As the German economy begins its COVID-19 recovery, companies should expect shareholder activists to increasingly focus on capital structure, imbalances, and vulnerabilities. In particular, boards need to be aware of the following trends related to: Continue Reading
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The COVID-19 crisis has led, and will continue to lead, to enterprise-threatening financial difficulties for many firms in many industries. In a worst-case scenario, firms might ultimately leave the market, which could result in a long-term loss of competition. It is therefore important to restructure financially distressed firms and to avoid their market exit. This can require contributions from a number of stakeholders (including shareholders, suppliers, creditors, and customers), and the allocation can be difficult. To allow for a fair and objectively balanced allocation of contributions, discussions need to go into considerable detail, which can, in turn, implicate antitrust issues since creditors, suppliers or customers, are typically competitors (within their stakeholder group). These groups therefore require guidance on what details they are allowed to exchange in their common goal to restructure a financially distressed firm. 
