Saturday, December 27, 2025

Conviction in Campaigns – Contested M&A, 5th Palm Beach CorpGov Forum

CorpGov and  IPO Edge are pleased to provide complete video coverage of the fifth annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum held on Nov. 5-6, featuring a two-day event with panels, firesides and networking receptions. The event comprised an array of speakers from the worlds of corporate governance, activism, IPOs, private equity and venture capital.

The panelists discussed the importance of market conditions and how it affects M&A, shareholder activism, one-time activists, among other topics.

Contested M&A Panel

  • Adam Kommel, Shareholder Activism Development Lead, Bloomberg LP​

  • Francisco Morales, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Vinson & Elkins​

  • Heath Winter, Partner, Corporate Governance & Shareholder Engagement, Longacre Square Partners

  • Christopher Young, Investment Banker, Formerly Director of M&A and Proxy Fight Research, ISS

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The audience included more than 300 attendees including institutional investors, board directors, family offices/HNWIs, attorneys, investment bankers and key advisors.​

Full List of Speakers for the 5th CorpGov Forum 2025:

Keynote: Josh Frank, Partner and Co-Investment Officer, Trian Fund Management

Andrew Keys, Co-Founder and Chairman, The Ether Machine (NASDAQ: ETHM)

Ken Traub, Chairman, President and CEO, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL)​

Randall Adams, Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP

Michael Alford, Vice President and Director of Athletics, Florida State University

Sher Baig, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cyber Salus

Michael Blankenship, Managing Partner, Houston & Co-Chair, Capital Markets Practice, Winston & Strawn   

Steve Bruce, Managing Partner,  ASC Advisors

Christine Carson, President and CEO, Carson Proxy​

Pablo Casilimas, Managing Partner, OneSixOne Ventures

Peter Clarke, Senior Director, Roberts & Ryan Investments Inc.

Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets, Stifel​

Adam Doyle, EVP, Head of Technology Finance, Alliance Funding Group

Robert DuPuy, Former President and COO, Major League Baseball

Daphna Edwards Ziman, Co-Chairman, Project Rise Partners

Brendan Foo, Partner, Global Head of Corporate Contests, Forward Global

Mark Garibyan, Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP

Chuck Garske, Senior Managing Director, Okapi Partners​

Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners​

Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield​

Brenda Gosselin, Partner, Goodmans LLP

John Grau, President, InvestorCom 

Josh Harlan, Founder & Managing Partner, Harlan Capital​

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