Governance Watch Webcast: 2025 Proxy Season Highlights

August 5, 2025


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Cleary Gottlieb partners Helena Grannis and Lillian Tsu will participate in The Conference Board’s Governance Watch Webcast: 2025 Proxy Season Highlights.

The 2025 proxy season marked a pullback in activity, signaling a broader recalibration across the governance landscape. Regulatory changes, political shifts, and reduced investor engagement contributed to growing uncertainty that is likely to continue as we head into the offseason.

Discussion topics include:

  • Impact of SEC rulemaking and no-action guidance
  • Prominence of governance proposals
  • Declining support for E+S proposals
  • Say-on-pay results and possible shifts in compensation programs
  • Shifts in investor engagement strategies
  • The impact of this proxy season on the future landscape

Participants:

  • Helena GrannisPartner, Cleary Gottlieb
  • Georgia MagnoChief Legal Officer, Baker Hughes
  • Lillian TsuPartner, Cleary Gottlieb
  • Andrew Jones, PHD, Principal Researcher, Governance & Sustainability Center, The Conference Board (Moderator)

This Governance Watch program is co-hosted by Cleary and The Conference Board ESG Center. Learn more here.

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