Nick Lamplough has advised on some of the largest mergers in history and defended companies against Wall Street’s most high-profile activists for nearly two decades. He has counseled companies on communications and investor relations strategy in connection with dozens of friendly, unsolicited and contested M&A transactions, over 100 shareholder activism situations and countless crises. Nick began his career in 2007 at Joele Frank and was named partner in 2018. He is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and was named to the 2022 class of NIRI’s Rising Leaders Under 40 and recognized by the 2023 M&A Advisor Emerging Leader Awards.