
WHAT WE
CAN DO
VMI works with public and private companies, investors, and financial service providers on a wide range of investment, governance and communications issues.



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Research, draft and edit proxy statements/proxy circulars/annual remuneration policies and reports
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Design, and conduct third-party facilitated board evaluations and board governance reviews
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Help clients attract new and especially duration-focused capital
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Design, create content for, and conduct outward-facing communications efforts, including
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drafting and placing op-eds;
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integrating content across platforms;
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helping shift content from written words in dated PDFs to 21st century practices
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drafting reports such as annual reports, special issue documents, SASB-aligned reports, proposal-mandated reports, etc.;
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identifying and reaching overlooked audiences,
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working with media etc.
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Manage third-party grades and ratings material to clients
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Create and conduct regular briefings for clients’ senior legal teams on drivers affecting in-house legal practices
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Help design, explain, and secure support for pay packages
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Help clients secure voting support for their board members and other voting-related issues​
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​Work with clients and their advisors on a variety of activism defense issues
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Help manage successful transitions from C corporations to PBCs​
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Help clients update content of—and delivery vehicles for—communications on changing policy issues
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Help with succession planning and talent management issues and other matters relevant to the rapidly changing nature of work and employers’ general slowness in responding
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Design, create, manage, and conduct engagement tours, including multi-country ones
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Monitor and provide input on key governance regulatory developments at the federal and state levels
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Help investor clients design funds, assess investment opportunities and data sources, and attract changing sources of client capital
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Founded, design and manage Governance Week
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Organize quarterly investor-only lunches
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Use under-used types of convening power to help clients with a variety of issues