Edelman has added David Ryan, a financial communications pro, to its corporate practice in Toronto.
As senior VP, he will build out the firm's financial communications practice. His capital market savvy includes takeovers, proxy fights, disclosure, restructurings and going-private transactions.
Ryan has worked for Karyo Communications (Vancouver), Colour (Halifax) and Longview Communications (Toronto).
He handled CNOOC Ltd’s Nexen acquisition, Accelero Capital’s bid for Allstream, Maple Leaf Food’s effort to fend off West Face Capital and Placer Dome’s transactions with Barrick Gold.
Scott Thompson heads Edelman's Canadian corporate practice.
FGS Global represents private equity firm Thoma Bravo as it makes a $4.6B bid for Darktrace, a UK-based cybersecurity artificial intelligence firm.
Edelman handles Viking Holdings, the river and ocean luxury cruise line that plans to raise $1B via an IPO priced in the $21 to $25 per share range.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
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