About Collected Strategies
Built by practitioners.
For the situations that matter most.
We combine decades of financial communications experience with unique journalist insight — to give clients the kind of direct, senior-led counsel that changes outcomes.
Our StoryA firm built differently.
Collected Strategies launched in July 2023, founded by five partners who left Joele Frank and joined by Ed Hammond, then a senior deals reporter at Bloomberg who had broken some of the biggest M&A stories of the prior decade.The thesis was simple: the best communications counsel comes from people who are willing to dig into their clients' businesses, who have seen all corners of corporate event-driven work, and who have actually sat on the other side of the table and know what reporters need to make a story stick.
“The unspoken truth of the PR industry is that it has very few practitioners who actually know what journalists do all day.”— Ed Hammond, Founding Partner
In three years, the firm has grown to approximately 30 professionals, doubled its office space in Gramercy, and ranked among the top IR/PR advisers in U.S. M&A and for companies facing shareholder activists.Meet Our Founders
Scott BisangFounding Partner
Tali EpsteinFounding Managing Director
Clayton ErwinFounding Managing Director
Jim GoldenFounding Partner
Jude GormanFounding Partner
Ed HammondFounding Partner
Jack KelleherFounding Managing Director
Nick LamploughFounding Partner
Dan MooreFounding Partner
3.7TIn transactions advised over 15+ years
400+Activist engagements, public and private
80+In- and out-of-court restructurings
30+Hostile and contested transactions
300+Executive management transitions
100+Collective years of senior experience
Our ValuesA world-class advisory firm needs a world-class culture.
IntegrityThe backbone of everything we do. We give clients our honest assessment, not the answer they want to hear. That sometimes means delivering uncomfortable advice.
AccountabilityTo our clients and to each other. We own outcomes — good and bad — and hold ourselves to a high standard of excellence and follow-through.
PracticalityEfficient, common-sense solutions over theoretical frameworks. We focus on what actually moves the needle for clients in high-stakes situations.
AdaptabilityTo markets, to technology, and to our clients. The communications landscape changes constantly. Our counsel keeps pace.
CivilityRespect at the heart of every interaction — with clients, colleagues, reporters, and counterparts, regardless of circumstance.
CommunityWe give back 1% of annual profits to organizations fostering a strong, free press. Independent journalism matters to functioning markets and democracy.
1%Of annual profits committed
The Collected Giving PledgeSince our founding, we have committed 1% of annual profits to organizations that foster a strong, free press. We believe independent journalism is essential to a functioning democracy and a well-informed market. We publish an annual update on our contributions and the organizations we support.
Press Freedom FoundationLocal journalism initiativesStudent press organizations