James Goldfarb is a Vice President at Sloane & Company and has been with the firm since 2018. He is a member of the firm’s financial and crisis communications practice, advising a range of public and private companies on media and investor communications strategies.

James has worked on numerous special situations including mergers and acquisitions, SPACs and de-SPACs, restructurings, litigation matters, crisis management, shareholder activism and ongoing reputation positioning.

Recent Engagements of Note Include:

• Companies and boards in several confidential litigation assignments.
• American Express Global Business Travel in its $5.3bn deal with Apollo Strategic Growth Capital.
• Liberty Media with ongoing financial communications support, including its planned split-off of the Atlanta Braves and its associated real estate development project.
• IMAX with ongoing financial communications and investor relations support, including its acquisition of streaming technology company SSIMWAVE Inc.
• Meta with ongoing financial communications and investor relations support.
• PG&E’s equity holders in the Company’s restructuring.
• Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation in their $1.4bn acquisition by Wise Road Capital.
• NextNav in its $1.2bn deal with Spartacus Acquisition Corporation.
• Ouster Inc. in its $1.9bn deal with SPAC Colonnade Acquisition Corp.
• Issuers and investors in numerous shareholder activism situations including:
  • Cubic in its acquisition defense against Elliott Management and successful acquisition by Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital.
  • MDC Partners in its reverse merger with The Stagwell Group and defense campaign against activist Indaba Capital.
  • Companies and boards in several confidential activist preparedness assignments.

Prior to joining Sloane, James interned with strategic communications firms Joele Frank |Wilkinson| Brimmer | Katcher and Abernathy MacGregor, working on their mergers and acquisitions teams.

James graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Contact James

jgoldfarb@SloanePR.com

212.446.1869