Clayton Erwin
Managing Director
New York
clayton@collectedstrategies.comClayton Erwin has provided strategic communications advice and support to public and private companies in the U.S. and abroad in a variety of complex special situations for the past nine years. Navigating the intersection of business, media and the investment community, Clayton has generated and executed on tailored ideas and delivered tangible results. His areas of expertise include friendly and hostile mergers and acquisitions, corporate crises and issues management, and shareholder activism, in addition to ongoing public and investor relations. Prior to joining Collected, Clayton was a Managing Director at Joele Frank.
Recent & Notable Assignments
- Red Lobster in its Chapter 11 restructuring
- Veradigm in its $140 million acquisition of ScienceIO
- Sekisui House in its $4.9 billion acquisition of MDC Holdings
- The Cigna Group in its $3.7B sale of its Medicare Advantage, Cigna Supplemental Benefits, Medicare Part D and CareAllies businesses to Health Care Service Corporation
- Hudson Valley Credit Union in its $28.6 million acquisition of Catskill Hudson Bank
- Uphealth in its $180 million sale of Cloudbreak to GTCR
- Iveric Bio in its $5.9 billion sale to Astellas Pharma
- Sumo Logic in its $1.7 billion sale to Francisco Partners
- Jack in the Box in its $585 million acquisition of Del Taco
- Huntsman in its successful proxy contest against Starboard Value
Areas of Expertise
- Media Relations
- Investor Relations
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Shareholder Activism
- Issues Management and Corporate Crisis
- Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
- Healthcare & MedTech
- Energy & Utilities
- Media & Entertainment