Woomi Yun
Managing Director
Woomi provides strategic communications counsel to clients across industries on a wide range of corporate and event-driven situations. Her engagements include mergers and acquisitions, management transitions, crisis management and litigation. She also assists clients with ongoing investor relations, corporate communications and public relations programs. Prior to joining Joele Frank, Woomi spent nearly a decade of her career at Edelman.
Credentials
Woomi holds a BA from New York University with a double major in journalism and economics.
Recent Highlights
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M&A/Transactions
Woomi’s recent M&A experience includes, among others: Beacon Roofing on its pending acquisition by QXO; AeroVironment on its acquisition of BlueHalo; Spirit AeroSystems on its acquisition by Boeing; Morphic on its acquisition by Eli Lilly; Paya on its acquisition by Nuvei; Cinven on its acquisitions of Archer and TaxAct, and sale of JAGGAER; Bansk Group on its take-private acquisition of PetIQ.
Crisis Communications
Woomi has advised numerous clients on crisis preparedness and real-time response related to a range of issues including management succession and unplanned leadership changes, litigation, product and business reputation issues management, workforce reductions and employee misconduct, among others.
Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Woomi partners closely with her clients to develop and enhance ongoing investor and public relations programs to help companies achieve their business objectives. She regularly assists a range of clients across industries with message development, corporate positioning, quarterly earnings preparation, investor conferences, employee communications and general profile-raising activities.
Financial Sponsors
Woomi provides communications counsel to financial sponsor clients across different situations. Areas of focus include investor and media relations, profile building and reputation management as well as special situations such as M&A, fundraising, portfolio-level issues and crisis situations.
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