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Patrick Gadson
Patrick Gadson
Partner — Shareholder Activism and Mergers & Acquisitions
Partner — Shareholder Activism and Mergers & Acquisitions

Patrick Gadson

Patrick Gadson
New York

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

Patrick Gadson

Experience Highlights

  • Synalloy in the defense of the proxy fight by Privet Fund Management and UPG LLC

  • Comscore, Inc. in defense of the shareholder activism campaign of Starboard Value LP

  • Owens Realty Mortgage in its proxy contest defense against Hovde Capital Advisors and Opal Advisors

  • Continental Grain in its activism campaign with D.E. Shaw against Bunge 

  • Nutrisystem, Inc. in defense of the shareholder activism campaign of Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC

  • Sandridge Energy in its proxy contest defense against Carl Icahn and in the defense of the unsolicited bid of Midstates Petroleum

  • Verisk Analytics, Inc. in shareholder activism preparation and defense with respect to strategic relations with D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P.

  • Evolent Health in defense of the shareholder activism campaign of Engaged Capital

Credentials

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 2011
  • Cornell University, B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, 2006
  • Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense (New York), 2021–2024; “Up and Coming” in Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense (New York), 2021 and 2022
  • The Legal 500 U.S., M&A/Corporate & Commercial: Shareholder Activism: Advice to Boards, 2020–2024; “Next Generation Partner” in M&A/Corporate & Commercial: Shareholder Activism: Advice to Boards, 2021–2023
  • National Black Lawyers Top 100 Black Lawyers, 2022
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, Lawdragon, 2021, 2022, and 2024
  • Selected to the New York Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2022
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