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ICR has hired Sara Bell, a veteran of Porter Novelli, Golin and Edelman, to power the financial firm's tech practice on the west coast.
The 13-year pro has counseled Microsoft, Sprint and Virgin Mobile and scored coverage in Wired, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and "Today."
The New York-based firm also bolstered the transaction, advisory and IR capabilities of the west coast tech group via the addition of managing directors Greg McDowell, Terry Quinn and Michael Bowen.
CEO Tom Ryan said ICR views the build-up of its Silicon Valley operation as critical to ICR's success.
Tim Dolan is head of ICR's technology business, which had $17.1 million in '17 net fees as reported by O'Dwyer's ranking.
Stagwell CEO Mark Penn reports Q3 net revenues jumped 6 percent to $614.5M, a record performance for a non-political period. Operating income soared 45.7 percent to $60.9M.
Joele Frank works for Klöckner Pentaplast as the German maker of plastic films declares Chapter 11. A successful reorganization would slash its its corporate debt by $1.5B.
Teneo represents Metsera, the New York City biotech focused on weight-control products, which is subject to a bidding war between heavyweights Novo Nordisk and Pfizer.
Haggie Partners is working the $7B takeover of the specialty insurer Convex by Canada’s Onex private equity fund and American International Group.
WPP reported Q3 revenues less pass-through costs tumbled 5.9 percent to $3.3B, a performance new CEO Cindy Rose called “unacceptable.”
