Andrew Siegel
Partner
Andrew Siegel provides strategic communications counsel to companies involved in transactions, proxy contests, reorganizations, and other crises and special situations. He also advises leading public companies on investor and media relations and long-term corporate positioning programs. Drawing on his more than 25 years of experience counseling Boards of Directors and management teams, and his formative experiences as a nightshift ambulance driver/EMT, Andrew is sought out for his cool head in a crisis and ability to deliver thoughtful and effective communications strategies and messaging to help companies navigate complex situations. His clients include some of America’s preeminent public companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Martin Marietta, Motorola Solutions, Nucor, Six Flags and Weyerhaeuser.
Credentials
Andrew joined Joele Frank shortly after the firm’s inception in 2000. He previously worked in Financial Planning at Merrill Lynch. He earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Recent Highlights
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Mergers & Acquisitions
He advises companies on the communications challenges involved in both friendly and unsolicited M&A transactions. Recent assignments include advising Playa Hotels & Resorts in its sale to Hyatt; Cedar Fair in its merger with Six Flags; Arch Resources in its merger with CONSOL Energy; Host Hotels in numerous asset acquisitions; Suzano in its proposed acquisition of International Paper; Teck Resources in the sale of its coal business to Glencore; Magellan Midstream in its merger with Oneok; Denbury in its sale to Exxon; and both Noble Energy and PDC Energy in their respective sales to Chevron.
Spin-offs
He has considerable experience advising companies on spin-offs and public offerings including: Worthington Industries, Labcorp, DTE Energy, TechnipFMC, EQT, Manitowoc, Energizer, Oil States International, Phillips 66, L-3 Communications, Motorola, Allete and Holly Energy Partners.
Shareholder Activism
His experience in high-profile activism situations and proxy contests includes defending companies such as VF Corp., Ventas, Suncor, C.H. Robinson, Peloton, Ovintiv, Procter & Gamble, Williams, Abercrombie & Fitch, Clorox, Motorola and CSX.
Crisis Communications
He has considerable crisis and issues management experience and has advised companies in connection with state and federal investigations, regulatory inquiries, insider trading allegations, hostage situations, facility disasters, closures and workforce reductions, high-profile litigation and unplanned leadership changes.
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