David Feldman provides strategic communications counsel to companies, financial sponsors, and senior leaders navigating complex and high-profile matters. He has advised on transactions across stages and lifecycles, including friendly and contested M&A, carveouts, strategic investments, and venture capital.
David has also supported boards and management teams in developing communications strategies to defend against activist investors and address crises involving litigation, regulatory scrutiny and inquiries, and unplanned leadership transitions. In recent years, he has worked extensively on situations relating to public-private partnerships and high-stakes reputational issues, as well as partnering with venture investors to position early-stage companies in the marketplace.
Most recently, David was a Vice President at Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., where he helped manage the Firm’s communications across its global platform and strategies, and previously worked at Joele Frank for four years. Earlier, David spent time working in the Office of the Mayor of Jerusalem, where he focused on international affairs and English language media.
- USA Rare Earth in its $2.8B acquisition of Serra Verde
- Tri Pointe Homes in its $4.5B acquisition of Sumitomo Forest Co.
- NCR Atleos in its $6.6B sale to Brink's
- Heritage Commerce Bank in its $811M sale to CVB Financial
- Numerous investments and acquisitions by affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
- HP in its successful defense against Xerox’s $34B unsolicited takeover bid
- Noble Energy in matters relating to its Middle Eastern gas fields and in its $5B sale to Chevron Corporation
- Perspecta in its $7.1B go-private sale to Veritas Capital
- Marriott Vacations Worldwide in its $4.7B acquisition of ILG
- Brookdale Senior Living in its successful defense against activist investor Land & Buildings
- Lightsynq Technologies Inc. in its emergence from stealth, Series A financing, and sale to IonQ
- Electrical Components International in its $1.9B sale to Rosebank Industries PLC
- The carveout of Calspan’s hypersonics and defense test systems business units from TransDigm Group, and the subsequent formation of North Wind as an independent company