Viveca Tress
Managing Director
Viveca provides financial and crisis communications counsel to companies across industries in connection with transactions and special situations, including court-supervised and out-of-court restructurings, shareholder activism defense and proxy contests, mergers and acquisitions and crisis management, including leadership changes and cybersecurity issues management.
Credentials
Viveca received a BS in Marketing and International Business from New York University.
Recent Highlights
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Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Liability Management
Notable situations include: C1, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Casa Systems, Cloud Peak Energy, Constellis Group, Dean Foods, Express, GBG USA, Gymboree Group, JOANN, Riverbed Technology, SAS, Serta Simmons Bedding, Service King, Stage Stores, Tradesmen International, U.S. Crew Change and Zachry Holdings, Inc.
M&A/Transactions
Notable transactions include advising: EMCOR on its acquisition of Miller Electric, Catalent on its acquisition by Novo Holdings; Consolidated Communications in its acquisition by Searchlight and BCI, Hillrom on its acquisition by Baxter International; QTS on its acquisition by Blackstone Funds; Herman Miller on its merger with Knoll; C&J Energy on its merger with Keane Group; Forest City on its acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management; INC Research in its merger with inVentiv Health, creating Syneos Health; CenturyLink on its acquisition of Level 3 Communications; and Teva Pharmaceuticals on its offer to acquire Mylan and its subsequent acquisition of Allergan Generics.
Crisis Communications
Viveca has been involved in a broad array of crises involving individual companies and the broader business community, including the economic and social impact of tariffs, regional conflicts and the COVID-19 epidemic; allegations of executive misconduct, fraud and accounting irregularities; product liability issues; unexpected leadership transitions; situations involving employee misconduct or violence; earnings surprises; government investigations and regulatory actions.
Cybersecurity
Viveca has significant experience advising clients across industries on cybersecurity incident response, including for high-profile situations involving ransomware, malware, phishing scams and third party/vendor breaches, among others. She also assists clients with proactive cyber incident readiness activities including tabletop exercises and incident response plans.
Shareholder Activism
Viveca helps prepare companies for potential or realized activism and short sellers, and has advised on many public situations, including: PRA Group (Engaged Capital); Orthofix (Engine Capital); Performance Shipping (Sphinx Investment Corp.); Church & Dwight (Spruce Point); e.l.f. Beauty (Marathon Partners); Liberty Property Trust (Land & Buildings); Mack-Cali (Bow Street); Deckers (Marcato); QTS (Land and Buildings); RLJ Lodging Trust (Land & Buildings); Forest City (Starboard, Scopia Capital Management, Land & Buildings); Darden (Starboard and Barington); Herbalife (Pershing Square); Hertz (Carl Icahn).
In Conversation
Personal Side
Viveca is a member of Tina’s Wish Next Gen Committee. Tina’s Wish is a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding innovative scientific research for the prevention and early detection of ovarian cancer. She has also been a volunteer with the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention for many years and is a former Board Member of the New York City Chapter.