Represented Sodali S.p.A., a global leader in shareholder services, in connection with its acquisition of proxy solicitation firm Morrow & Co.

In May 2016, Sodali S.p.A. subsidiary Sodali Inc. announced its acquisition of Morrow & Co., LLC to form Morrow Sodali Global, the world’s largest independent corporate governance, proxy solicitation, investor relations, capital markerts and shareholder services firm. Headquartered in New York City and London, with offices and representatives in Beijing, Geneva, Johannesburg, Madrid, Mexico City, Paris, Rome, Sao Paulo, Stamford and Tokyo, the newly created Morrow Sodali Global will serve more than 600 clients, including many of the world’s largest companies. Sodali has been a global leader in corporate governance, proxy solicitation, investor relations, capital markets and shareholder services within Europe, Latin America and other emerging markets, while Morrow & Co. has been a trusted provider of these services to many of the largest publicly-traded corporations in the U.S. for more than 40 years. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

A Seward & Kissel team led by partners James Abbott and Jonathan Brose, and including associates Dora Pulido, Amit Raviv, Moira Maresky and Jeffrey Kang, represented Sodali in this transaction.