Joele Frank, a founder and managing partner of our firm, was recently recognized by Business Insider as one of the top 15 most sought-after professionals in the financial communications industry. In addition to citing Joele’s personal involvement in more than 1,000 engagements, Business Insider noted that Frank and her colleagues have defended companies against the leading shareholder activists, including Carl Icahn (more than 30 times), Starboard (more than 40 times) and Pershing Square (at least 10 times). Read More

Joele Frank is proud to be recognized as the leading global IR adviser to companies in defense against activist investors, according to Bloomberg’s H1 2020 Global Activism Market Review. Of all new activist campaigns launched during the first half of 2020 and tracked by Bloomberg, Joele Frank advised on 56 situations in which the activists’ holdings were collectively valued at approximately $5.8 billion. Joele Frank was recognized as the top activism IR advisor across a number of categories, including:

• Total Number of Engagements;
• Engagements for U.S. Companies;
• Engagements for Companies with Market Capitalizations Greater than $1 Billion;
• Engagements by Aggregate Activist Stake Value; and
• Engagements by Aggregate Market Capitalization.

Joele Frank was previously named the top global shareholder activism defense IR advisor in Bloomberg’s 2019 Global Activism Market Review.
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