Back to People
Jack Kelleher
Managing Director
New York
jack@collectedstrategies.com

Jack 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
  • Ara Partners in its sale of Priority Power to I Squared
  • GRIID Infrastructure in its $155 million sale to CleanSpark
  • Vanda Pharmaceuticals in its defense of an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Future Pak
  • ContextLogic in the divestiture of the Wish brand business
  • First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey in its defense of a $163 million unsolicited proposal from K Corp Acquisitions
  • Star Bulk Carriers in its $610 million acquisition of Eagle Bulk Shipping
  • StandardBio in its $563 million acquisition of SomaLogic
  • Newmont Mining in it $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