Casie Connolly advises alternative asset managers, fintech firms, financial institutions, real estate entities, and publicly-traded companies on their most critical communications needs. She specializes in digital reputation management, corporate positioning, crisis management, and special situations.

Casie has a decade of experience building and implementing brand-building and reputation management programs that span message development, content creation, media relations, and digital and social engagement. She has significant experience advising investors and financial institutions involved in strategic transactions, bankruptcies, proxy contests and complex legal and regulatory disputes.

As the head of the firm’s digital communications offering, Casie provides strategic, integrated programs designed to advance overall communications objectives. Her existing client base includes leading asset management firms, real estate entities, and publicly traded companies. Representations of note include:

• GameStop (NYSE: GME) on corporate affairs, investor relations and strategic initiatives
• L3 Technologies and its $34 billion merger with Harris Corporation
• Barneys New York on its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
• Conagra Brands on its $10.9 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Foods
• The Meet Group, Inc.’s $500M sale to General Atlantic and ProSiebenSa.1
• Shiseido Americas Corporation’s $845 Million acquisition of Drunk Elephant
• Macellum Advisors in multiple activism engagements, including its proxy contest at Kohl’s

Prior to joining Longacre Square Partners, Casie held senior roles at Profile Advisors and Sard Verbinnen & Co. where she advised some of the firm’s top private equity clients and global financial institutions. She began her career at Edelman where she spent time in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York City offices. She holds a B.A. from Old Dominion University.