Hagen J Ganem

Hagen Ganem concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and general corporate and securities matters.

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Ganem served as an attorney adviser in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance. As a member of the manufacturing and construction group within the division, he handled the legal review of Securities Act and Exchange Act filings, including IPO and business combination registration statements, proxy and information statements, and periodic and current reports. In addition, he served as a member of the Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposal Taskforce for two consecutive proxy seasons. During the 2012 proxy season, he was responsible for considering and recommending the disposition of no-action requests seeking to exclude proxy access proposals.

While in law school, Mr. Ganem spent a semester as a full-time intern in the division’s Office of Chief Counsel, where he worked on a variety of interpretative matters. He also spent three semesters as an intern in the legal department of a publicly traded company.