Bio

Kenneth Mantel advises clients regarding investments in and engagement with public companies, including potential shareholder activist and M&A situations, and represents corporate clients in securities, transactional and general business matters. Part of Olshan’s Activist & Equity Investment Practice Group, Ken advises investment funds and high-net-worth individuals regarding existing and potential investments in public companies, both inside and outside the U.S., including with respect to ownership and other legal disclosure requirements (e.g., Schedule 13D), private engagement with the board and management, public communications with shareholders and members of the investment community, proxy contests and M&A activity. Ken works with each client to determine available pathways and develop comprehensive strategies to achieve its investment goals, through private and/or public engagement with the company and its shareholders. His significant representations include private engagement, negotiated settlements for board representation and activist campaigns for Elliott Management and Starboard Value. Ken regularly advises public companies on securities laws, SEC reporting and corporate governance. He also represents corporate clients across a broad spectrum of transactional and general business matters, ranging from M&A to equity and debt financings to key business partnerships and commercial contracts. Ken has been recognized as a "Recommended Lawyer" in The Legal 500 United States guide for M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Shareholder Activism - advice to shareholders for 2021 and 2022, named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list, a Thomson Reuters lawyer rating, for 2022 and was also named a New York “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers from 2014 - 2021.