Ben Spicehandler
Partner
Life at FGS Global
Advises on communications strategies across a wide variety of M&A, shareholder activism defense and preparedness, investor relations, IPO and crisis situations.
Life Pre-FGS Global
Worked at predecessor firm for more than a decade. Lived in Hong Kong. Graduated from Colgate University.
Life Beyond FGS Global
Loves travel, hiking, cooking and New York sports. Can be found with his wife tending to their son Theo's (and dog Babka's) every need.
Ben Spicehandler is a Partner in the New York office where he co-leads FGS Global's shareholder activism defense and preparedness practice. He advises management teams and boards on communications strategies across a wide variety of domestic and cross-border M&A, shareholder activism defense and preparedness, investor relations, IPO and crisis situations. He also counsels financial sponsors involved in a wide range of ongoing and special situations.
Notable recent assignments include providing support to: The Wendy’s Company, ExxonMobil, SoftBank Group, Avis Budget Group, Toshiba, eBay, AG Growth International, and SINOVAC on shareholder activism defense; Hertz, Bowlero, Douglas Elliman, Millrose Properties, SoftBank, and The Wendy’s Company on investor relations and corporate positioning; Synopsys on its proposed combination with Ansys, DirecTV on its proposed combination with Dish Network, Summit Materials on its combination with Quikrete, Sprint on its merger with T-Mobile, and Duke Realty on its merger with Prologis; Arm and Uber on their IPOs; SoftBank on its launch of the Vision Fund, Latin America Funds and the SB Opportunity Fund, as well as its investments in WeWork, Arm and Deutsche Telekom; and Stonepeak and Atairos on various investments across the U.S., Asia, and Europe.
Ben graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University.