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ICR Inc. and Tancredi Intelligent Communication are working the $676M deal that will take Turkey’s MNG Airlines, a cargo carrier and logistics provider, public via a merger with Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp. SPAC.
Joele Frank handles Vivint Smart Home as it agrees to be acquired by NRG Energy in a deal valued at $5.2B.
Brunswick Group veteran Rebecca Kral has joined Longacre Square Partners as partner and head of the financial communications shop’s Dallas office.
Palladium Equity Partners has taken an investment stake in Southwest Strategies, a top California public affairs shop with about 50 staffers.
C Street Advisory Group is handling cryptocurrency lender BlockFi as it filed for Chapter 11 on Nov. 28 in the aftermath of the implosion of the FTX crypto exchange.
The challenge for brands at the crossroads of finance and technology is not defining what fintech means, but finding new ways to differentiate their brand from the stiff competition within the space.
Gilmartin Group and Canale Communications represent Imago BioSciences, which has agreed to be acquired by Merck for $1.4B.
Ed Ditmire, Nasdaq’s VP-investor relations for the past ten years, will join automaker Stellantis on Dec. 1 as SVP-IR. He will report to CFO Richard Palmer.
FTI Consulting’s strategic communications arm has added Josh Drobnyk as managing director, financial services.
Gasthalter & Co. represents Rubric Capital Management as it sends a Nov. 10 letter to the board of Chimerix Inc., expressing a lack of confidence in the strategic direction of the biopharmaceutical company. (Updated)
Eurazeo, investment firm, relies on Abernathy MacGregor as it sell its majority stake in NEST New York, marketer of fragrance lifestyle brands, to North Castle Partners in a deal worth about $200M.
Kekst CNC is handling media for Avista Capital Partners as it acquires Taconic Biosciences, the global leader in the production of genetically engineered rats and mice.
Joele Frank is handling Emerson’s deal to sell a majority stake in its Climate Technologies business to Blackstone, a transaction that values the compressor and refrigeration unit at $14B.
Veris Residential, Jersey City-based real estate investment trush, is using Gasthalter & Co. as it receives a hostile takeover bid from Kushner Cos.
FTI Consulting’s strategic communications unit posted a 4.3 percent jump in Q3 revenues to $72.4M due to increased demand for its corporate reputation services.
MZ North America is handling NaturalShrimp’s merger with Yotta Acquisition Corp in a SPAC deal worth about $275M.
Interpublic posted a 1.5 percent growth in Q3 revenues to $2.3B and a 4.9 percent rise in net income to $251.8M. Organic growth jumped 5.6 percent.
Consilium Strategic Communications is handling the merger of Oculis and European Biotech Acquisition Corp. in a SPAC deal valued in the $220M range.
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