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John Kiely

John Kiely

John has over 30 years of experience advising companies on all aspects of their financial communications.

John has worked extensively on cross border and domestic M&A, restructuring as well as a number of IPOs and spinoffs. He is an expert on advising pension scheme trustees in relation to transactions and has also advised on activism and shareholder disputes around the world.

He co-founded Smithfield, which was acquired by Edelman in 2015.

John is a graduate of University College London and a guest lecturer on Financial Communications, M&A and crisis communications at the London Business School.