Shareholder activism expert witness

Testimony and consulting on how activist campaigns are actually fought and settled: campaign economics and demands, company defense conduct, proxy contests and the solicitation record, settlement dynamics, and engagement disclosure.

Check availability & conflicts

Helpful in a first note: matter caption, court, parties (for the conflicts check), discipline, and timing. No privileged or confidential facts, please.

Scope of testimony and analysis

CampaignsActivist campaign economics: thesis construction, stake accumulation, demand sequencing, and how campaigns are priced and pressed.

DefenseCompany and advisor defense conduct: response protocols, advance preparation, board engagement with activists, and the record a well-run defense leaves.

ContestsProxy contests: solicitation conduct, universal-proxy dynamics, vote mechanics, and contested-election disclosure.

SettlementsSettlement dynamics: standstills, board-seat terms, information rights, and the governance consequences of settlement design.

DisclosureOwnership and engagement disclosure practice — Schedule 13D/13G, proxy disclosure of engagement — measured against market norms.

Why counsel retain him

Practitioner first

Nearly 25 years of M&A, activism-defense, and financing work in investment banking, including service as Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking for the Southwest U.S. at Wells Fargo Securities and roles at Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and DLJ/Credit Suisse — opinions grounded in how campaigns and defenses are actually run.

Dual-discipline academic

Professor of Practice in Finance (SMU Cox) and Adjunct Professor of Law (SMU Dedman); Ph.D. and LL.M. The finance and the law in one witness.

Tested on the public record

Governance Advisor to Tesla's Special Committee (2025 CEO Performance Award, disclosed in the company's proxy statement); expert witness in United States v. Google LLC, the U.S. Department of Justice’s ad-tech enforcement action (E.D. Va.) — testified at the remedies trial, October 2025.

Method

Every opinion is built from primary sources, documented methodology, and analysis a court — or an opposing expert — can trace to its inputs. See the Reincorporation Index and the Texas Business Court Live Monitor.