Sydney Gever
Vice President
Sydney Gever provides strategic counsel to public and private corporations operating across a variety of industries. She advises on matters including M&A, shareholder activism, leadership changes and sensitive crisis scenarios in which effective communication across stakeholder groups is critical. Sydney also counsels clients on strategic planning and corporate positioning initiatives and works extensively with hedge funds and other asset managers on media relations, investor communications and reputation management.
Sydney is particularly skilled in transaction and investor-focused communications, media relations, corporate reputation management and executive positioning programs. She brings significant experience in helping clients achieve their business objectives, while protecting their reputations during pivotal times of change.
Representative Experience
• Cerner Corporation on its $28.3 billion merger with Oracle
• International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) on its $45 billion Reverse Morris
Trust combination with DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences business
• Realty Income on its $11 billion merger with VEREIT
• SEAKR Engineering on its sale to Raytheon Technologies
• Medline Industries on its majority stake sale to Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman for approximately $30 billion
• A global long/short equity manager on its wind down and return of investor capital
• A global biopharmaceutical company on executive communications, ESG initiatives, philanthropy and public commentary surrounding topical socioeconomic issues
Education
• Tulane University, B.A. in Public Health