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.

July 9, 2021 – Joele Frank is proud to once again be recognized by Bloomberg as the top corporate shareholder activism defense advisor in its H1 2021 Global Activism Market Review. Of all new activist campaigns launched in 2021 and tracked by Bloomberg, Joele Frank advised on 42 activist situations with stakes valued at approximately $12.2 billion during the first half of 2021. Joele Frank was also recognized as the top adviser across nine 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 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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