Jim Golden spent the first half of 2023 advising financial institutions on the bank crisis, including First Republic and PacWest. Over his 18-year career, Jim has counseled hundreds of public companies with high-stakes crises, contested annual elections, management turnover, and M&A, including Emerson Electric, Syneos Health, Red Hat, and dozens of bank mergers. Jim regularly advises companies on short attacks and shareholder activism threats; he spent two years defending the short attack against Herbalife. Jim, a former partner at Joele Frank and a member of the firm since 2005, is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and was named to PR Week’s 40 Under 40 list in 2019.