M&A

As high as 75 percent of the mergers and acquisitions do not achieve their desired results or are outright failures, and more than 30 percent of acquired firms are sold within five years*. And the soft factors such as corporate culture and communications are among the biggest failure / success factors.

We have experience representing both bidders and targets in numerous friendly mergers and acquisitions, unsolicited acquisition proposals and tender offers. Our clients use our expertise not just in the way in which the deal process works but also in the way a transaction is likely to be received by the media, the capital markets and all the other stakeholders.

We have put together a team of leading specialists in domestic and cross-border M&A who take an early and active role, working alongside management and other advisers to plan and execute communications in what is a difficult, highly exposed and highly regulated environment. Our network of regulatory and litigation experts allows us to support cross-border transactions.

Corporate restructuring

Corporate and financial restructurings require a thoughtful and comprehensive approach to communications. Distressed companies seek the support of their key constituencies for their plans to reorganize and rebuild, particularly as these plans usually require sacrifice. We are experienced at leading clients through this process.
Our communication solutions in such case help manage the often competing interests of clients’ employees, customers, suppliers, investors, creditors, political and regulatory     officials and the media.

Our restructuring advisory team offers our clients expertise in bankruptcy, debt and equity markets, M&A, fraud and investigation, governance, litigation, regulatory and political advice, crisis management and business consulting.

* Source – US Government Accountability Office