Dallas Shareholder Activism Discussion with Cristiano Guerra
Dallas Shareholder Activism Discussion with Cristiano Guerra
Hosted by Gibson Dunn, Goldman Sachs and Joele Frank
March 5, 2019 – Ritz Carlton, Dallas
EDUARDO GALLARDO
Partner, Gibson Dunn
Eduardo Gallardo is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, proxy contests, shareholder activism defense and corporate governance matters.
Mr. Gallardo has extensive experience representing public and private acquirers and targets in connection with mergers, acquisitions and takeovers, both negotiated and contested. He has also represented public and private companies in connection with proxy contests, leveraged buyouts, spinoffs, divestitures, restructurings, recapitalizations, joint ventures and other complex corporate transactions. Mr. Gallardo has substantial experience in the technology, financial services, telecommunications, energy, real estate, healthcare and life sciences industries.
Mr. Gallardo is one of only seven U.S. attorneys tier-ranked by Chambers USA 2018 in Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense. Mr. Gallardo was named a “Dealmaker of the Year 2015” by The American Lawyer. The National Law Journal has also named him among its Mergers & Acquisitions and Antitrust Trailblazers – people “who have moved the needle in mergers and acquisitions and antitrust law.” He is also recognized as a leading M&A attorney by The International Financial Law Review.
Mr. Gallardo is a member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia Law School, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Law & Economics of the University of Pennsylvania, a contributor of The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, a member of the Advisory Board of Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, and a member of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. In 2018 Mr. Gallardo was honored with a Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Columbia Law School Latin American Law Student Association “in recognition of his outstanding legal achievements and invaluable service to the Latino community.”
Mr. Gallardo received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1999, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1996. Mr. Gallardo is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
CRISTIANO GUERRA
Head of Special Situations Research, ISS
Cristiano Guerra is the Head of ISS’ Special Situations Research team, which covers contested economic proposals and fights for corporate control. He previously led the US Research team, and prior to that the Latin America Research team, for ISS. In all these roles, he has actively engaged with issuers, shareholders, and other stakeholders regarding investor concerns, disclosure issues and specific governance topics relevant to institutional shareholders.
Prior to joining ISS in 2009, he served as COO of Analytical Services for TranSecur, a Washington D.C.-based private intelligence firm providing consulting services to multinational companies.