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James Golden provides communications counsel for clients across a wide spectrum of industries involved in friendly mergers and acquisitions, unsolicited approaches, dissident shareholder campaigns, proxy contests, earnings restatements, restructurings, litigation support and other special situations.
Mr. Golden�s transaction experience includes, Metal Management�s merger with Sims Group; Topps� acquisition by Michael Eisner�s Tornante Company and Madison Dearborn Partners; CommScope�s acquisition of Andrew Corp.; The Finish Line�s acquisition of Genesco; Basic Element�s/Russian Machines� strategic investment in Magna International; Clear Channel�s acquisition by Thomas H. Lee and Bain Capital; US Airways� unsolicited takeover proposal for Delta Air Lines; NRG Energy�s defense against an unsolicited proposal from Mirant; Public Storage�s acquisition of Shurgard Storage; adidas-Salomon�s acquisition of Reebok; and Sovereign Bancorp�s acquisition of Independence Community Bank.
He has advised numerous companies facing dissident shareholders and proxy contests, including Sybase�s and Fair Isaac�s responses to Sandell Asset Management; Topps in its responses to Pembridge and Crescendo; GenCorp�s proxy contest with Pirate Capital; and K Capital Partners� contest with OfficeMax. In addition, Mr. Golden also spent time in South Korea during KT&G�s defense against Icahn Partners� and Steel Partners� proxy solicitation, and also assisted Tesoro Corp. in its response to Tracinda�s/ Kirk Kerkorian�s bid for a 20 percent stake in the Company.
Mr. Golden�s crisis assignments include The Mills Corp. in its financial restatements, and Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp. in which he served as investor- and public relations spokesperson during the Company�s two-year financial restatement process. He currently serves in an ongoing investor relations capacity to Metal Management, NRG Energy, Snap-On Tools, Sun Trust Banks and TIAA-CREF.
Mr. Golden joined Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher in March 2005. Previously he worked in Deutsche Bank�s Institutional Client Sales Group, and prior to that he was with Standish Mellon Asset Management of Boston on its fixed income trading desk. Mr. Golden graduated from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Organizational Communications. | 