September 30th, 2021 – Gregory Elders, a Managing Director at Joele Frank, recently participated in The Deal - Corporate Governance 2021: Business as a Driving Force for Social Change hosted by Jim Cramer. During the Going Carbon Neutral panelist discussion, Gregory spoke about the increasing pressure businesses face in targeting net zero carbon emissions. He highlighted that investors are applying the most pressure on reducing emissions as they are increasingly voting against board directors at laggard companies. A replay of the session is available here.

July 27, 2021 – The Deal recently recognized Joele Frank as the top M&A PR advisory firm for the first half of 2021. Current rankings reflect transactions announced in the first six months of 2021 and valued at or greater than $100 million. Joele Frank advised on 48 transactions during the period, including 22 for the acquirer and 26 for the seller. The firm has received the #1 spot in The Deal’s annual rankings for eight consecutive years.

Joele Frank’s recent M&A work includes representing Kansas City Southern in its $33.7 billion planned sale to Canadian National Railway; Thermo Fisher in its $20.9 billion acquisition of PPD; Apollo Global Management in its $11.0 billion merger with Athene Holding; FLIR Systems in its $8.0 billion sale to Teladyne; Monmouth Real Estate in its $3.4 Billion sale to Equity Commonwealth; Ventas in its $2.3 billion acquisition of New Senior Investment Group; Talend in its $2.4 billion sale to Thoma Bravo; Herman Miller in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Knoll; and MorphoSys in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Constellation Pharmaceuticals, among others.