SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ADVISORY
About Laurel Hill Advisory Group
Laurel Hill is Canada’s leader in shareholder activism & corporate governance advisory.
SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2008, LAUREL HILL HAS STEADILY EARNED A REPUTATION AS A TRUSTED ADVISOR.
Our expertise is built on strategic shareholder communication, corporate governance, executive compensation, shareholder engagement, and shareholder activism matters. Whether shareholders are voting on routine, special, or contested items, or are being asked to support an M&A transaction, an unsolicited offer, or a unique capital market offering, we get shareholders to take action.
We are committed to a singular vision – providing industry-leading advice, insights, and execution resulting in a successful outcome to secure the desired investor response.
What sets Laurel Hill apart? Our culture.
WHEN YOU DO THE RIGHT THINGS, THE RIGHT THINGS HAPPEN.
The Laurel Hill culture is rooted in acting with integrity, in an unwavering focus on our clients, and in a commitment to providing unmatched value and results. We employ a collaborative team approach, leveraging the diverse and complementary skill sets and experiences of our multi-disciplinary team to provide thoughtful, measured, and tailored solutions for our clients.
We recognize that each client and every mandate is unique and we have never subscribed to the proverbial “playbook”. While many of our mandates are transactional in nature, we are focused on fostering long-term relationships. This culture guides us each and every day and, more critically, it is the foundation for our track record of results.
Top Provider in
Board Activism
Situations
Top Provider in
Friendly & Contested
Transaction Mandates
Top Provider in
Unsolicited Offers &
Mini-Tender Offers
Top Annual Meeting
& Year-Round
Governance Partner
The Laurel Hill Way
CANADA’S LEADER IN SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ADVISORY
Laurel Hill consistently leads the field in the number of publicly disclosed shareholder communications advisory, proxy solicitation, and information agent services mandates, including acting on many of Canada’s largest and most complex annual meetings, M&A transactions, and activism files. In 2024, we acted on 38% of all publicly disclosed mandates.
A Deep, Experienced, Diverse, and Stable Team
In an industry where experience and stability are critical, Laurel Hill’s team is second to none. Our Canadian team is over twenty members strong and has over 250 years of combined industry experience. As our clients’ needs have become more complex over the years, we have grown our team of professionals to include experts from proxy advisory firms, executive compensation firms, transfer agents, Broadridge, global custodians, communication firms, institutional investors, and other industry participants. We are also proud of our team’s gender and ethnic diversity, which contributes to our vibrant culture and the best client solutions. We foster a work environment for our employees that is collaborative, respectful, and rewarding, which has allowed us to continuously attract and retain the highest quality personnel.
Independence and Focus
Laurel Hill is privately owned and exclusively focused on the shareholder communications and advisory business. This independence means we do not have the types of conflicts that can arise from transfer agent ownership and we are not distracted of conflicted by other business lines or other organizational demands. Our independence ensures our clients' best interests are our only interest. For example, we have used QuickVoteTM (a too which we helped pioneer in Canada) for more meeting that all our competitors combined; we simply do not have any parent conflicts that preclude us from recommending this highly effective voting tool for overcoming retail apathy.
Thought Leadership
The Laurel Hill team is active in industry association, including the Governance Professional of Canada and the Canadian Investor Relations Institute. We are often asked to speak at conferences and to the financial media on matters relating to governance and activism. We stay at the forefront of the industry trends, proxy advisory firm policy updates, regulatory changes, and other developments that impact our clients. Our team of industry experts is passionate about the important work that we do and is well informed on the issues that are relevant to our clients’ success.
Governance and Compensation
Laurel Hill’s governance unit is comprised of specialists in the field including a former Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) senior research associate that focused at ISS on executive compensation and equity plan assessments of major TSX-listed companies. Our intimate knowledge and understanding of the major proxy advisory firms’ Canadian voting policies and of the custom policies and voting behaviors of institutional shareholders translates to powerful intelligence and insights for our clients.
CANADA’S #1 SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ADVISORY
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