Drew G.L. Chapman is the Chair of the Corporate Department and a member of the Executive Committee. With over 25 years of experience and having represented clients on matters involving in excess of $10 billion, he is a preeminent adviser on mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, corporate governance, proxy contests, and corporate governance and securities litigation. Drew is consistently looked to by clients involved in highly adversarial and hostile situations, whether or not involving litigation. His practice regularly involves litigation and litigation-reliant strategies, including securities and proxy litigation, and Drew has been instrumental in devising successful litigation strategies.

Drew represents activist investors, hedge funds, private equity firms, and credit and distressed funds in activism matters, distressed, special situations and other complex transactions, and disputes. He has vast experience in fund formation and related matters, including for hedge, private equity and real estate funds.

He also represents corporations on general corporate and securities matters, and provides guidance regarding shareholder activism preparedness and defense. Drew frequently counsels boards of directors, special committees and audit committees in connection with corporate governance, internal investigations, board and management evaluations, engagement with institutional investors and proxy advisory firms, and crisis management.

Over the course of his career, as a trusted advisor to clients Drew became involved in white collar and SEC investigations and enforcement matters, and has gained substantial experience helping clients navigate this landscape. Among these matters, Drew represented a hedge fund in a high profile insider trading matter over the course of a 7 year period, culminating in the unprecedented return of disgorgement monies paid to the SEC pursuant to a settlement agreement.

Emanating from his corporate governance practice, Drew is experienced in the health benefit plan space, representing self-funded plans and plan sponsors on a variety of matters including in connection with their relationship with third party administrators.

In addition to the foregoing, Drew has represented CEOs and high net worth individuals on issues ranging from national security and intelligence, defamation and business divorces.

Prior to joining the firm, Drew has been a partner at a number of the country’s leading law firms. He graduated law at the age of 20, being one of the youngest to graduate law in Australia’s history.