Solar power giant SolarCity has engaged PR, financial and legal counsel amid to weigh Tesla Motors' $2.8B takeover offer.
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher is providing PR counsel to the publicly traded, San Mateo, Calif.-based company, which has formed a special committee of its board to evaluate Tesla's June 20, all-stock overture. Law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and financial advisor Lazard round out SolarCity's advisors in the deal.
Joele Frank San Francisco partners Eric Brielmann and Jed Repko are counseling SolarCity on the PR front.
The Wall Street Journal noted Tesla and SolarCity have numerous overlapping interests on their boards, including chairman and top shareholder Elon Musk.
SolarCity's independent committee includes two directors without connections to Tesla.
The bid has received a tepid reaction from Wall Street.
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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