INTRODUCTION Contributed by: Spencer Summerfield, Travers Smith LLP Travers Smith LLP is a leading full-service UK law firm acting for publicly listed and private companies, financial institutions, institutional investors, man- agers and sponsors on UK and international man- dates. The listed company advisory team supports the firm’s relationship with listed company clients and their wider groups by providing tailored, practi- cal advice on the full spectrum of corporate govern- ance, ESG, reporting, AGM and stakeholder engage- ment requirements. Travers Smith has long-standing, market-leading experience of advising listed clients
(and the occasional private company) on the tools and strategies to consider when faced with activist shareholders, from dealing with publicity and internet campaigns, and successfully defending requisitioned General Meetings, to negotiating settlement agree- ments and setting up information barriers when an activist nominee is appointed to a board. The team also regularly advises on corporate governance is- sues and the practical steps to take in order to mini- mise the risk of shareholder activism.
Contributing Editor
Spencer Summerfield became head of corporate in 2013 having been head of corporate finance since 2003. He retired from the partnership in June 2025 and is now a senior consultant. He has a broad corporate
practice, but his principal area of work is UK and international corporate finance, including mergers, acquisitions and disposals, flotations and underwritings, corporate joint ventures and general corporate advice. His clients include a number of large quoted and private companies based in the UK and overseas, as well as several financial sponsors.
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