Rofin-Sinar Mounts PR Defense
Tue, Feb. 23, 2016
By Editorial Staff
Industrial laser producer Rofin-Sinar has engaged PR and proxy support as activist investors circle the publicly traded company.
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Industrial laser producer Rofin-Sinar has engaged PR and proxy support as activist investors circle the publicly traded company.
Tom Johnson, who leads Abernathy MacGregor's M&A practice and serves as co-president, has been named CEO of the firm, succeeding co-founder Jim Abernathy.
Rubenstein is handling M&A communications for US investors Josh Harris and David Blitzer as they inked a deal to take control of the Premier League's Crystal Palace soccer franchise.
Llorente & Cuenca, the PR group focused on Spain, Portugal and Latin America, has made its first US deal with the acquisition of Miami's EDF Communications.
Joele Frank and Abernathy MacGregor are brewing PR for Keurig Green Mountain's $13.9B go-private sale to Germany's JAB Holding Company.
DDB Worldwide Communications Group — a division of Omnicom — is slated to acquire Grupo ABC, Brazil’s largest independent advertising and marketing network.
ATM and financial software provider Diebold has engaged Brunswick Group to support PR for its bid to acquire Germany's Wincor Nixdorf.
Chinese microchip maker Montage Technology Group and Silicon Valley's Pericom Semiconductor Group have engaged financial PR counsel in a three-way play to acquire Pericom.
With King Content on board, Isentia can now offer clients several additional services, such as content creations and content marketing strategy.
Sard Verbinnen & Co. is providing PR counsel in Marriott International's $12.2B bid to acquire Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, a deal to create the largest hotel company.
Sard Verbinnen & Co. and Joele Frank are prescribing PR counsel for the scuttled $7.6B healthcare acquisition of TeamHealth Holdings by AmSurg Corp.
Brunswick Group and Finsbury are advising Walgreens' blockbuster $9.4B acquisition of Rite Aid, a major consolidation of top pharmacy chains.
Jarden Corp. is relying on ICR and Weber Shandwick in its $1.5B acquisition of class ring and yearbook giant Jostens.
With mergers and acquisitions fever starting to grip a growing number of markets, senior PR executives need to think about what role they could play should their company become a buyer (or seller).
As the PR M&A market heats up, what do potential buyers (and sellers) need to think about?
The deal is in keeping with the ongoing roll-up throughout the media, as traditional media brands join forces and create better scale for consumers and media buyers.
HeartWare International, which tangling with an activist investor opposed to its $860M acquisition of Valtech Cardio, is relying on Sard Verbinnen & Co. for PR support.
Berk Communications will become an independent subsidiary of MWWPR and continue to operate under its own name.
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