Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSII), a provider of executive search and leadership consulting services worldwide, has announced the acquisition of Senn Delaney Leadership Consulting Group, LLC (Senn Delaney), a company which for 34 years has assisted Global 1000 and Fortune 500 companies and other major non-profit organizations, institutions and government entities with shaping their cultures. Steptoe advised Senn Delaney in the transaction, with Greif & Co., a Los Angeles-based middle-market investment bank, acting as exclusive financial advisor to Senn Delaney. The deal closed on December 31, and Senn Delaney will now operate as a subsidiary of Chicago-based Heidrick & Struggles from its Huntington Beach, California headquarters.
The multi-office Steptoe team was led by partner Jeff Weiner and of counsel Armen Martin, with assistance from partner Michelle Cooke and associates Danielle Fern and Charlene Minx (all in the firm’s Century City office); partner Don Wellington and associate Hayley Kondon (Los Angeles); partners Kevin Olson and Nancy White (Phoenix); partners Harold Freilich, Aaron Nocjar and Tim Walsh, and special counsel Misty Leon and associate Henry Smith (Washington); partner Michael Rennock (New York); and partners Alison Wallace and Andrew Bloom (London).
