Scott Deveau
Scott Deveau

Scott Deveau, a deals reporter at Bloomberg News, has joined Longacre Square Partners as a managing director.

During his eight-year run, Deveau covered shareholder activism, mergers & acquisitions, IPOs and other special situations.

His primary focus was on high-profile shareholder activists, such as Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and Dan Loeb.

Prior to Bloomberg, Deveau was business reporter for Toronto’s National Post for seven years, a war correspondent in Afghanistan for Canwest News Service and a reporter for The Globe and Mail.

The native Canadian will help Longacre Square build a Canada financial communications offering.