Danya Al-Qattan
Partner
Life at FGS Global
Co-Head of the North America Transaction and Financial Communications practice. Advises clients on complex M&A, activist defense, IPOs, and crisis situations as well as ongoing media relations and investor relations programs.
Life Pre-FGS Global
Supported clients across a range of industries at Sard Verbinnen & Co.
Life Beyond FGS Global
NYC transplant via London who fills her free time traveling, exploring new restaurants and spending time with family and friends – usually at the same time.
Danya Al-Qattan is a Partner and co-leads the firm’s Transactions & Financial Communications practice. She advises clients on complex financial communications matters and special situations including contested and friendly M&A transactions, shareholder activism campaigns, spin-offs, IPOs, litigation matters and crises, as well as ongoing strategic media and investor communications programs.
Notable engagements include:
_Wyndham Hotels on its successful defense of a $8 billion hostile takeover and full slate proxy contest by Choice Hotels
_HPE on its $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks
_Chime on its public listing on the NASDAQ
_International Paper on its acquisition of DS Smith and spin-off of Sylvamo
_Arm on its public listing on the NASDAQ
_NI on its defense against and subsequent $8.2 billion transaction with Emerson
_Yelp on its proxy defense against TCS Capital and SQN
_Stanley Black & Decker on various acquisition and divestiture announcements
_Avid Technology on its transaction with STG
_Rover on its take private by Blackstone
_UserTesting on its take private by Thoma Bravo
_Genesco on its successful proxy defense against Legion Partners
_Becton Dickinson on various acquisitions, spin-offs and divestitures
_21st Century Fox on its acquisition by Disney
_ADP on its successful proxy defense against Pershing Square
_DISH Network Corporation on its transaction with EchoStar Corporation
_Shiseido on various acquisitions and divestitures
_L3 on its $34 billion merger of equals with Harris Corporation
_Barneys New York in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
_Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on its merger with Groupe PSA
Danya graduated from Tufts University with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Art History.