 RON S. BERENBLAT
Partner / New York
Ron S. Berenblat's practice concentrates on shareholder activism, proxy contests, corporate and securities law matters and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Berenblat has advised a broad range of public and private entities in a variety of industries in connection with proxy contests, hostile takeover bids and defenses and corporate governance matters. He represents hedge funds in the preparation and filing of their Schedule 13D and Form 13F filings. He also represents public companies on a day-to-day basis, preparing and filing their '34 Act reports and advising them on corporate governance and securities law issues.
BAR ADMISSIONS
1999, New York
RECENT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
• Gencorp Inc. — Advised Steel Partners in connection with its election contest against Gencorp and successfully negotiated a settlement agreement with Gencorp resulting in the appointment of three Steel Partners nominees to the Board.
• EnPro Industries, Inc. — Advised Steel Partners in connection with its election contest against EnPro and successfully negotiated a settlement agreement with EnPro whereby one Steel Partners nominee was appointed to the Board.
• Point Blank Solutions, Inc. — Advised Steel Partners in successful proxy contest against Point Blank.
• Steak n Shake — Advised the Lion Fund in a successful proxy contest against Steak n Shake which resulted in two Lion Fund nominees being elected by shareholders to the Board.
• Rowan Companies, Inc. — Advised Steel Partners in connection with a settlement agreement with Rowan, pursuant to which Rowan agreed to nominate a Steel Partners designee to the Board.
• Toreador Resources Corp. — Advised Nanes Balkany in the successful negotiation of a settlement agreement with Toreador Resources resulting in the appointment of two Nanes Balkany nominees to the Board and termination of the company's poison pill.
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Practice Areas |
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Proxy Contests
Securities
Corporate
Mergers and Acquisitions |
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Education |
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J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1998
Associate Managing Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, 1997 – 1998
B.A., Emory University, 1995 |
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My News |
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November 9, 2009
Wolosky Leads Steel to Adaptec Proxy Victory
February 16, 2009
Wolosky and Berenblat Deal in Barron's
November 27, 2008
Wolosky and Berenblat Adaptec Deal in the Times
July 14, 2008
Derivatives Week Publishes Wolosky, Silverman and Berenblat on Equity Swaps
March 7, 2008
Lion Fund Wins Two Steak n Shake Board Seats
February 8, 2008
Co-Author on Hedge Fund Article
October 25, 2007
Baron's Reports on IKON Investment
May 23, 2007
Reuters Reports on Steel Japan Deals
March 17, 2006
Olshan Wins Board Seat on KT&G
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My Articles |
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January 2010
Co-Author, Client Alert, SEC Approves Rules Requiring Enhanced Disclosure About Risk, Compensation and Corporate Governance, January 2010
August 2009
Co-Author, Client Alert, Weekly Reporting of Short Sale Activity on Form SH No Longer Required Temporary Rule Addressing Abusive "Naked" Short Selling Now Permanent, August 2009
July 2009
Co-Author, Client Alert, SEC Proposes Amendments to Proxy Disclosure and Solicitation Rules, July 2009
May 2009
Co-Author, Client Alert, SEC Proposes New Shareholder Proxy Access Rules, May 2009
May 2009
Co-Author, Client Alert, Delaware Amends Its General Corporation Law, May 2009
February 2009
Co-Author, Client Alert, Hedge Fund Transparency Act Would Require Hedge Funds and Other Private Funds to Register with the SEC in Order to Remain Exempt from Regulation as Investment Companies
October 21, 2008
Co-Author, Client Alert, SEC Issues Final Rule Requiring Institutional Investment Managers to File Forms SH Disclosing Daily Short Sales and Short Positions until August 1, 2009, October 2008
September 22, 2008
Co-Author, Client Alert, SEC Issues Temporary Emergency Orders Prohibiting Short Selling and Requiring Institutional Investment Managers to File New Forms Short Sales and Short Positions, September 2008
July 30, 2008
Co-Author, Client Alert, Delaware Supreme Court Determines Stockholder-Proposed Bylaw Relating to Proxy Expense Reimbursement to be Invalid, July 2008.
July 3, 2008
Co-Author, Client Alert, SEC Provides Guidance on Aggregate Reporting of Multiple Same-Day, Same-Way Open Market Transactions on Section 16 Filings, July 2008.
June 20, 2008
Co-Author, Client Alert, Use of Swaps By Hedge Funds May Accelerate Section 13(d) Filing Obligations Following U.S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.) Decision, June 2008. The Client Alert was quoted in the Business Section of the June 25th issue of The New York Post. Derivatives Week published an article by Ron on the same topic in its July 14 issue. |
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