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Micky Onvural, who was CEO of the online menswear company Bonobos, will join TIAA on Jan. 24 as chief marketing and communications officer.
Kekst CNC is handling the $1.9B merger of Desert Peak Minerals and Falcon Minerals to create a company with an extensive footprint in Texas’ petroleum-rich Permian Basin.
Apple CEO Tim Cook will face a proposal at the May 4 annual meeting sponsored by shareholders who worry that the company kowtows before China's government by removing apps upon its demand.
ICR Inc. handles Blackstone Products, which commands 80 percent of the outdoor griddle market, as it plans to go public via a SPAC deal worth $900M.
Brunswick Group handles media for Italian luxury brand Zegna as it debuted on the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 20 via a SPAC deal with European private equity group Investindustrial.
Erik Hotmire, senior managing director at Teneo, has joined the Finsbury Glover Hering/Sard Verbinnen & Co combination as managing director.
ICR Inc. represents Footprint, the material sciences company that has developed plant-based materials to replace plastic packaging, as it plans to go public via a merger with Gores Holding VIII SPAC in a transaction valued at $1.6B.
Sard Verbinnen & Co. handles Lee Enterprises as it rejects a $141M takeover bid from Alden Global Capital, which has earned a reputation for squeezing its newspaper holdings.
London’s Financial Conduct Authority has called in FTI Consulting for $625K-plus in internal communications work related to a staff uprising over pay cuts.
ICR Inc. handles Manscaped, which takes credit for creating the below-the-waist grooming category for men, as it plans to go public via a merger with Bright Lights Acquisition Corp. SPAC that is valued in the $1B range.
Stanton client Bain Capital and Finsbury Glover Hering’s Hellman & Friedman are acquiring Athenahealth Partners, a cloud-based software company, from Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital for $17B, which is one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of the year.
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher represents Southwest Gas Holdings as the Las Vegas-based company seeks to fend off a takeover bid by corporate raider Carl Icahn.
Gladstone Place Partners is handling the $1.2B three-way business combination of Obagi advanced skin care company, Milk Makeup vegan brand and Waldencast Acquisition Corp. SPAC to create a global beauty and wellness platform.
Kekst CNC represents Peak Rock Capital as the Austin-based private equity firm sells its Pretzels Inc., pretzel manufacturing outfit, to Hershey Co.
Trailrunner International, ICR Inc. and MKA Communications are handling the SPAC deal that will take Black Rifle Coffee Co. public via a deal valued at $1.7B. BRC to revamp as PBC to help vets.
Gagnier Communications handles SeatGeek, online live entertainment ticketing company, as it goes public via a $1.4B SPAC merger with RedBall Acquisition.
Sloane & Co. handles Outerbridge Capital Management as the New York investment firm wages a proxy fight against Comtech Telecommunications due to the wireless company’s “uninspiring results.”
Edelman handles Fluence, clean energy storage technology company, as it files an S-1 statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of its initial public stock offering.
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