Jack Kelleher
Managing Director
New York
jack@collectedstrategies.comJack Kelleher has helped clients develop and implement thoughtful communications strategies around key strategic and financial matters. His experience includes having supported some of the largest and most complex M&A and spinoff transactions in recent years and he has advised dozens of companies in engaging with and defending against activist investors, including Starboard, Trian, JANA, Carl Icahn, and Third Point. With unique expertise in media engagement, Jack has supported companies facing a variety of crises, including reputational issues, defense against short-sellers, data breaches, earnings surprises, SEC investigations, regulatory actions, litigation, unplanned leadership changes, closures and workforce reductions. Prior to joining Collected, Jack was a Managing Director at Joele Frank.
Recent & Notable Assignments
- Alumis in its pending merger with ACELYRIN
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals in its defense of an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Future Pak
- Viad Corp in its $535 million divestiture of its GES business, and relaunch as Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality
- ContextLogic in the divestiture of the Wish brand business
- Star Bulk Carriers in its $610 million acquisition of Eagle Bulk Shipping
- Standard BioTools in its $563 million acquisition of SomaLogic
- Maxar Technologies in its $6.4 billion acquisition by Advent International
- FREIT New Jersey in its defense of a $163 million unsolicited proposal from K Corp Acquisitions
- TravelCenters of America in its $1.3 billion sale to BP
- Newmont Mining in its $10 billion acquisition of Goldcorp, $16.8 billion acquisition of Newcrest, and its defense against an $18 billion unsolicited proposal from Barrick Gold
- Square (now Block) in its $29 billion acquisition of Afterpay
- Lyft in its $22 billion IPO
Areas of Expertise
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Shareholder Activism
- Media Relations
- Investor Relations
- Crisis Communications
- Spin-offs and Initial Public Offerings
- Real Estate
- Private Equity
- Financial Services
- Mining
- Media & Entertainment
- Energy & Utilities