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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has appointed Sebastian Alsheimer as partner to lead its shareholder activism defense practice, effective January. Alsheimer joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he defended clients like Autodesk and BlackLine against shareholder activists. This move follows a trend of law firms enhancing their capabilities to address shareholder activism, with recent notable hires at firms such as Sullivan & Cromwell, Paul, Weiss, and White & Case.