Our Services
Investor Relations Services
Public Companies
- Develop buy-side strategy that aligns with management’s goals
- Arrange non-deal roadshows with institutional investors and obtain feedback to ensure accurate corporate positioning
- Facilitate introductions to a targeted list of sell-side analysts and investment bankers
- Develop, review and update investor presentation to reflect progress and feedback from ‘the Street’
- Provide strategic guidance on various issues that may arise, such as crisis communications and activist investor activity
- Evaluate financial model and consensus analyst estimates
- Target and advise on appropriate investor and industry conferences and obtain speaking invitations, where desirable
- Manage quarterly reporting cycles, including writing conference call announcements, scripts and earnings press releases
- Develop messaging and write all press releases, website content, fact sheets and other IR-related material
- Create strategic plan ahead of critical data readouts, including, where appropriate, coordination and hosting of R&D days and KOL events
- Gather and provide intelligence on peers, industry and the broader markets
Private Companies
M&A Advisory
- Assist with merger messaging strategy and press release preparation
- Work hand-in-hand with board of directors, attorneys and/or accountants on merger execution issues (e.g. SEC and proxy filings, shareholder meetings and approvals, etc.)
- Arrange meetings with sell-side analysts to create awareness among potential strategics; conduct follow-up and provide feedback
- Prepare merger Q&A, FAQs and presentation documents
- If merging into a public company, assist with messaging and script development for roadshow and shareholder meeting
- Handle incoming investor and media inquiries
IPO Advisory
Pre IPO-Advisory
- Assist in the selection of investment banking team by providing insight on sell-side coverage and ratings, reputation of investor conferences and financial transaction history
- Prepare management for the Analyst Teach-In session
- Coordinate messaging for IPO organizational meeting and subsequent S-1 drafting sessions
- Advise on press releases announcing registration, pricing, and completion of over-allotment for offering
- Coordinate with ECM teams to supplement list of target institutional investors
- Develop a list of peer companies to gauge valuation, institutional ownership and appropriate sell-side analysts
- Work with appropriate vendors to establish investor section of the website, to be ready to go live once the deal is priced
- Ensure Quiet Period compliance
Post-IPO Support Services
- Proactively cultivate relationships with IPO investors
- Revise corporate presentation to reflect public company status
- Prepare for expiration of lock-up agreement through potential new investor introductions
- Consistently target new investors (institutional, retail and family offices)
- Work to expand analyst coverage beyond banking support
- Manage quarterly earnings release activities (conference call alert, press release and script)
- Ensure fulfillment of disclosure requirements (management, IR and attorneys need to work together)
- Expand awareness among appropriate financial media outlets
Public Relations
- Provide counsel on guidelines for communications during quiet periods
- Define corporate message points and craft potential story lines
- Target and reach out to appropriate financial and trade media; create VIP blast email lists, when needed
- Monitor company media placements and those of comparable industry peers
- Develop and execute social media strategy to amplify web presence
- Conceive and implement thought leadership strategy for CEO, inclusive of LinkedIn presence, targeted conference speaking opportunities, possible blog development, etc.
- Conduct media coaching/training (message coaching at a minimum) for spokespeople, as needed
- Explore existing strategic partnerships to fully leverage value (cultivate communications relationships)
- Draft audience-specific Q&As and speaker briefing documents
- Cultivate relationships with patient advocacy groups