Skadden said Thursday that it has added a new M&A partner and head of its shareholder engagement and activism practice. Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman joins the firm from Olshan Frome Wolosky, where she was vice chair of its shareholder activism practice.

Gonzalez-Sussman advises clients on shareholder engagement and activism matters, including with shareholder proposals, proxy contests, withhold campaigns, consent solicitations, stock accumulations and unsolicited acquisition proposals, Skadden said.