Edelman Smithfield is a global financial communications boutique that specializes in the financial markets and strategic situations.
In Canada, Edelman Smithfield brings deep local knowledge and highly specialized expertise that enables us to help listed companies and privately-owned businesses navigate normal and strategic situations. Our offering includes:
- Financial services communications
- M&A and special situations
- ESG advisory
- Investor relations support
We work with companies and organizations to make sense of and navigate complex issues, including CEO transitions, restructurings and challenging M&A, while protecting, promoting and evolving their reputation with investors, employees, customers, government and other stakeholders.
Edelman Smithfield works closely with the broader Edelman network to bring integrated capabilities, including public affairs, digital, employee engagement, and data and analytics, to help achieve our clients’ objectives, whether for domestic or cross-border mandates.
To connect with Edelman Smithfield, email David Ryan, Managing Director and Head of Canada, at David.Ryan@edelmansmithfield.com.
David Ryan, Managing Director, Smithfield Canada
David bring over 25 years of experience in corporate and financial communications. He has provided counsel on range of complex mandates, including acute reputational challenges, operational crises, litigation, hostile and friendly takeovers, shareholder activism, restructurings and insolvency proceedings, and management changes, as well as normal course corporate profile building.