January 19, 2022 – The Deal recently recognized Joele Frank as the top M&A PR advisory firm for the full year 2021. The rankings reflect transactions announced in 2021 and valued at or greater than $100 million. Joele Frank advised on 168 transactions during the period, including 83 for the acquirer and 85 for the seller. The firm has received the #1 spot in The Deal’s annual rankings for nine consecutive years.

Joele Frank’s M&A work in 2021 included representing Kansas City Southern in its $31 billion sale to Canadian Pacific; Square in its $29 billion acquisition of Afterpay; Thermo Fisher in its $20.9 billion acquisition of PPD; and Hillrom in its $12.4 billion sale to Baxter International, among others.

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January 4, 2022 – Bloomberg has recognized Joele Frank as the top corporate shareholder activism defense IR advisor in its 2021 Global Activism Market Review. Joele Frank advised companies on 66 activist situations launched during 2021 and tracked by Bloomberg.

Bloomberg noted Joele Frank as the top advisor across 10 of 12 industry sectors, as well as across a number of other categories, including:

• Total Number of Global Engagements;
• Engagements for U.S. Companies;
• Engagements by Aggregate Activist Stake Value;
• Engagements by Aggregate Market Capitalization;
• Engagements for Companies with Market Capitalizations Greater than $5 Billion;
• Engagements for Companies with Market Capitalizations Greater than $1 Billion; and
• Engagements for Companies with Market Capitalizations Less than $1 Billion.

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