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Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season

08.04.2025 | Duration: 14:11

Proxy voting trends and outcomes, shareholder engagement, activism, and lessons for boards.

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Podcast overview

KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Stephen Brown and Freshfields Partner Pamela Marcogliese share their takeaways for boards from the 2025 proxy season.

Topics discussed include:

  • Shareholder proposal trends and voting results
  • Investor sentiment
  • Decreasing support for environmental and social proposals
  • Engagement
  • Activism

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Stephen L. Brown
Senior Advisor, KPMG Board Leadership Center, KPMG US
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Pamela L. Marcogliese
Partner and Head of US Transactions, Freshfields US LLP 
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Pamela L. Marcogliese

Partner and Head of US Transactions, Freshfields US LLP 

Pamela focuses on capital markets transactions and corporate governance matters. She has deep experience providing issuers and underwriters with advice on the full range of debt and equity offerings, including initial public offerings, direct listings and SPAC transactions; shelf registrations and takedowns; MTN and ATM programs; convertible offerings; block trades; private placements; stock repurchase programs; open market purchases; exchange offers; tender offers; consent solicitations and liability management matters. 

She regularly advises boards of directors and management on a variety of corporate governance topics, including dual class and multi-class share structures; crisis preparedness, mitigation and response; board composition, refreshment, and director independence; succession planning; stakeholder governance and public benefit corporation (PBC) matters; fiduciary duties, conflicts and risk oversight; shareholder engagement and activism defense; shareholder proposals and proxy season trends; environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues; and cybersecurity matters. In addition to her practice, she regularly lectures and writes on corporate governance and securities law topics.

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