Danielle Berg

Danielle Berg is a Director in the New York office. She advises a wide range of clients on complex transactions and special situations, including contested and friendly M&A transactions, proxy contests and shareholder activist defense, public offerings, spin-offs and divestitures, and ongoing media and investor relations programs.

Danielle’s notable assignments include advising: Zendesk on its terminated acquisition of Momentive, shareholder agitation by JANA Partners, and sale to Hellman & Friedman and Permira; Bed Bath & Beyond on shareholder agitation by RC Ventures (Ryan Cohen); Dollar Tree on its investor relations program and shareholder agitation by Mantle Ridge; Clear Channel on its executive transition and investor relations program; Activision Blizzard on employee relations; Durational Capital on its take private of Casper Sleep; Starwood Capital on its bid to acquire Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation; Leslie’s Pool Supply on its IPO on the Nasdaq; LATAM Air Lines Group on its joint venture with Delta Air Lines; the Rice Team on its successful proxy contest against EQT and today supporting EQT's new leadership team on strategic communications; media and investor relations support for multiple companies; and other confidential crisis matters.

Danielle started her career at Sard Verbinnen & Co, one of FGS Global's predecessor firms, based in Houston. She grew up in Dallas, TX and holds a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from Tulane University.