Benjamin R. Pedersen

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Insights & Publications

Publications

New SEC Guidance for M&A Sign-and-Consent Structures and Tender Offers
13 March 2025

Emily F. Huang
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Eric T. Juergens
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Matthew E. Kaplan
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Benjamin R. Pedersen
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Sarah R. Jacobson
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Erin Munro
SEC Expands Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements
5 March 2025

Eric T. Juergens
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Benjamin R. Pedersen
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Steven J. Slutzky
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Erin Munro
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Ashley Yoon
SEC Staff Reverses Certain Limitations on Issuers’ Ability to Exclude Shareholder Proposals
18 February 2025

Simone S. Hicks
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Eric T. Juergens
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Peter J. Loughran
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Benjamin R. Pedersen
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William D. Regner
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Paul M. Rodel
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Grace Anna Li
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Amy Pereira
SEC Provides New Guidance on Schedule 13G Eligibility
13 February 2025

Benjamin R. Pedersen
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Nicholas P. Pellicani
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William D. Regner
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Paul M. Rodel
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Kevin M. Schmidt
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Steven J. Slutzky
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Chris Gallucci
Lessons Learned: One Year of Form 8-K Material Cybersecurity Incident Reporting
11 February 2025

Charu A. Chandrasekhar
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Erez Liebermann
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Benjamin R. Pedersen
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Paul M. Rodel
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Matt Kelly
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Anna Moody
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John Jacob
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Talia Lorch
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Cindy Tu

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Upcoming Events

Follow-up post proxy season: SEC Guidance on PX14A6G Filings for Shareholder Letters
8 July 2025

Jefferies LLC

Expert Webinar

Webinar

Speaker: Benjamin R. Pedersen, Paul M. Rodel

Speaking Engagements

Recent Events

SEC Guidance on PX14A6G Filings for Shareholder Letters
17 March 2025

Jefferies LLC

Expert Webinar

Webinar

Speaker: Benjamin R. Pedersen, Paul M. Rodel

Speaking Engagements
8-K Cyber Incident Disclosures: Best Practices and Lessons from Enforcement
6 February 2025

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Debevoise CA Cyber & AI Conference

San Francisco, California

Speaker: Benjamin R. Pedersen, Matt Kelly, Anna Moody

Speaking Engagements
AI Washing and the Future of Enforcement and Litigation
6 February 2025

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Debevoise CA Cyber & AI Conference

San Francisco, California

Speaker: Avi Gesser, Kristin A. Snyder, Benjamin R. Pedersen, Anna Moody, Matt Kelly, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore, Gabriel A. Kohan, Luke Dembosky, Mengyi Xu

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Ben Pedersen is a partner in the firm’s Capital Markets Group and member of the Special Situations and Public Company Advisory teams. His practice focuses on a broad range of capital markets transactions, regularly representing issuers, private equity firms and underwriters in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, and advising public and private companies on securities laws, disclosure, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He has led transactions across many industries, including insurance, media and telecommunications, healthcare, technology and industrials, among others. Mr. Pedersen is recommended by Chambers USA (2024), where clients note that he is “a practical lawyer who goes above and beyond.” He is also recommended for debt and equity capital markets in The Legal 500 US (2024), where he garners praise for his “blossoming reputation.” Mr. Pedersen is managing editor of the Debevoise & Plimpton Insider Trading and Disclosure Update and a frequent contributor to the Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report on topics related to capital markets. Additional recent articles include “Equity Finance in the USA 2024 – Trends and Developments,” Chambers and Partners (October, 2024); “SEC Settles Charges for Defrauding Investors in “AI Washing” Scheme,” Harvard Forum on Corporate Governance (October, 2024); “Supreme Court Holds That “Pure Omissions” Are Not Actionable Under Rule 10b-5(b),” NYU PCCE (April, 2024); “Key Considerations for the 2024 Proxy Season,” Harvard Forum on Corporate Governance (January, 2024); “SEC, NY Cybersecurity Rules Create Complexity For Insurers,” Law360 (December, 2023); “Hackers Turned Whistleblowers: SEC Cybersecurity Rules Weaponized Over Ransom Threat,” NYU PCCE (November, 2023); “Debevoise Discusses Fifth Circuit Decision on Fixing Share Repurchase Rules,” CLS Blue Sky Blog (November, 2023); “Debevoise Discusses Supreme Court Case on Whether a Private Right of Action Exists for Deficient MD&A,” CLS Blue Sky Blog (October, 2023); “SEC Adopts New Cybersecurity Rules for Issuers,” NYU Compliance & Enforcement (July, 2023) and “Insider Trading and Disclosure Update: Rulemaking Activity,” Harvard Forum on Corporate Governance (June, 2023). Mr. Pedersen joined Debevoise in 2013. He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2013, where he was a Dean’s Distinguished Scholar, submissions editor of the Cardozo Law Review and Order of the Coif. He received his B.A. from Cornell University in 2008.