CorpGov hosted a fireside chat on Sept. 12 at Nasdaq MarketSite with Ira Gorsky, Managing Director at Edelman Smithfield. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone and they discussed Edelman’s assessment and focus on potential leak risks when market deals and transactions are announced, how to manage diverse stakeholders’ interests during a deal’s life cycle, among other topics.
Watch the full recording below:
About Ira Gorsky
Ira provides strategic counsel on high-stakes, event-driven situations to C-suite executives and boards of directors of leading public and private companies. Areas of focus include M&A, activism defense, ESG investing, litigation and crisis. With deep-rooted storytelling skills Ira creates compelling corporate and investor narratives. He has extensive experience producing comprehensive business case assessments in addition to producing regulatory and financial white papers. Prior to Edelman, Ira was a managing member at Arch Research, a consulting firm that produces deep dive securities research. The majority of his career has been spent as an event-driven investor generating actionable trade ideas.
About Edelman Smithfield
A specialized boutique with access to the reach and resources of the world’s largest PR firm, Edelman Smithfield comprises 250 advisors in more than 25 markets and 15 countries globally, with transaction communications capabilities in all major markets worldwide.
Edelman helps companies in the financial markets protect, promote, and evolve their own reputations.
The company works with some of the world’s most high-profile and influential financial brands in asset management, banking, insurance, private equity, venture capital, real estate, crypto and fintech. This includes investment managers collectively responsible for about $20 trillion in assets and some of the largest banks and insurers in the US, EMEA, and Asia.
Edelman partners with companies across all industries to provide financial communications expertise during both normal course and strategic situations.
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