Transaction Communications

Transactions play an integral role in the life cycle of most companies. When done well, they provide tremendous opportunities for growth and transformation. However, they also carry significant risk that can disrupt a business and threaten the performance and survival of even the world’s largest organizations. This is particularly true for complex and cross-border transactions, as well as those within highly regulated industries. To help you successfully manage these complex events, FTI Consulting leverages its collaborative capabilities, scale, global reach, and relationships to create communications strategies that enable you to navigate the risks to accomplish your business goals.

How We Help

Our multidisciplinary, integrated firm draws upon our decades of experience and knowledge of best practices, global marketplaces and trends to provide our clients comprehensive communications solutions in large events such as:

• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) — friendly and hostile
• Divestitures/spin-offs
• Mergers of equals
• Hostile defense
• Initial public offerings (IPOs) and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) mergers
• Distressed situations

Clients rely on us to deliver tailored, comprehensive multi-stakeholder communications strategies that address all stages of a transaction, from planning to announcement day support to integration. Our firm works across every sector, and across private-to-private, public-to-public, private-to-public and public-to-private situations.

M&A Communications
Achieving a successful outcome in M&A requires companies to navigate regulatory complexities and engage key stakeholders and influencers to reduce risk issues that can interfere with the successful completion of a transaction.

To assist with this, we deliver comprehensive communications strategies that cover every stage in the deal life cycle, from pre-announcement planning to post-merger integration. Both public and private companies in all industries rely on our counsel across a wide range of M&A scenarios — from cross-border transactions to transformative deals to hostile takeover defense. Rely on our expert support with:

• Anticipating and addressing potential deal risks and communications challenges
• Preparing messaging that demonstrates the strategic and financial rationale that underpins the transaction
• Driving positive deal sentiment across stakeholders, while minimizing shareholder dissent and activism
• Reinforcing value propositions through financial media engagement
• Advising on regulatory process across multiple jurisdictions, enhancing certainty of close
• Counseling on proxy advisory engagement to optimize the shareholder vote outcome
• Developing a focused change management and communications plan
• Supporting integration management office in all internal and external communications efforts

IPOs & SPACs
We help companies of all sizes successfully navigate their entry into the equity markets — from the development of a clear and compelling equity story to the preparation of the IPO road show and the engagement with all critical audiences. Most importantly, we help companies establish the communications infrastructure needed to operate successfully as a public company. Rely on our support for:

• Sharpening the equity story and preparing management team to ensure they are battle-tested for investor engagement
• Preparing management and company for the new communications paradigm as a public company
• Integrating communications to ensure consistency of message across stakeholders and influencers
• Anticipating, planning for, and mitigating potential risks that can impact the business and management credibility
• Managing the transition in the shareholder base following the IPO to drive the optimal ownership mix