Elizabeth Higashi, a veteran financial communications exec on the corporate and agency side, has been named VP of IR for Hertz Equipment Rental Corp., as parent Hertz Global Holdings prepares to spin off the unit as a publicly traded company this year.
Higashi is a former VP of IR for Horizon Pharma and principal at Sard Verbinnen & Co. in Chicago. She ran her own IR shop, Higashi Advisors, for the past four years. She also held in-house roles with IMCERA Group, SFN Companies and Times Mirror Co.
Hertz is finalizing the spinoff two years after first announcing plans to separate the operation, which serves oil and gas, industry and construction markets.
At HERC, Higashi reports to president and CEO Larry Silber based in Bonita Springs, Fla.
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.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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