Transaction Support

With today’s operating environment increasingly scrutinised by multiple stakeholders, we believe that corporate transactions are as much communications events as they are financial ones. Clear and compelling communications can help build momentum and confidence, remove doubt, and therefore help drive value for investors and other stakeholders.

At Cardew, we have advised companies through some of the most complex and sensitive transactions in the UK market as well as internationally. We believe that the companies which navigate these moments well are those that treat communications as a strategic necessity from the outset.

Our integrated approach ensures that we can help shape the narrative with journalists, analysts, regulators, customers, employees and politicians. Our role is to ensure that our clients engage with their key stakeholders with the right story at the right time.

Contact: financial@cardewgroup.com

Services we offer

Mergers and acquisitions

We have supported on some of the largest and most complex transactions in recent years, helping businesses on both sides of transactions protect and enhance their reputations amongst their key stakeholders. Our team is used to working alongside clients and their other advisors, shaping the narrative from day one, and influencing the key decision makers during a transaction, including investors, analysts, the media, regulator and government.

Initial public offerings

We believe the most valuable IPO communications work happens before the formal process is announced: putting in place the communications building blocks that will allow the company to list in a receptive market and thrive once listed. We help shape the equity story, manage the communications complexities during the offer period, and critically, we ensure that our clients are fully prepared for life as listed entities.

Activist investors

When a shareholder goes public with demands, the company's credibility with its broader shareholder base depends on the speed and coherency of its response. The breadth of the issues raised by activists is increasingly complex and we work with clients to create the response strategy, draft the public statements, and can help activate supportive voices in the investor base before the activist defines the terms of the debate.

Taking private

“Take private” deals are increasingly scrutinised, not just by investors and the media, but also by regulators and politicians. The communications strategy needs explain the transaction but also build acceptance of the rationale, anticipate concerns, manage competing stakeholder interests and protect the company’s reputation. We use our expertise across a wide range of disciplines to protect the value of the business and its reputation as it moves from public to private ownership.