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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Joele Frank was the #1 PR advisory firm for both M&A and bankruptcy in the first quarter of 2020, according to The Deal’s latest Power Rankings. In addition, Joele Frank ranked as the #2 PR advisory firm for private equity and out-of-court restructurings. Joele Frank is proud to continue our industry-leading work on behalf of our clients, especially as they communicate with and protect stakeholders during a time of extreme uncertainty and market volatility. To learn more about our efforts during the COVID-19 crisis, please visit https://joelefrank.com/covid-19/.