Key Takeaways
- • H/Advisors was named PR & Communications Firm of the Year at the Private Equity Wire U.S. Awards 2026 Gala in New York, its third consecutive year receiving the recognition.
- • The award honors the firm's communications counsel to private capital firms and their portfolio companies, a practice that advises U.S. managers collectively overseeing more than $500 billion in AUM.
- • Winners are selected through a peer review system in which Private Equity Wire readers, including institutional and high net worth investors and industry professionals, vote in an online survey of more than 500 GPs and other industry participants, informed by an allocator board, editorial expertise and data analysis.
- • Dana Gorman, Managing Director and head of the Private Capital practice at H/Advisors in the U.S., attributed the win to the firm's bespoke strategic communications counsel for respected private capital firms.
Summary
H/Advisors, a strategic communications consultancy, announced that it has been named PR & Communications Firm of the Year at the Private Equity Wire U.S. Awards 2026 Gala in New York, according to a Business Wire release. The recognition marks the third consecutive year the H/Advisors team has earned the honor for its counsel to private capital firms and their portfolio companies.
The firm's Private Capital team advises leading U.S. private capital firms that collectively manage more than $500 billion in AUM. Its clients span buyout, infrastructure, private credit, real estate and secondaries investors, and the team works to align communications with portfolio companies' value-creation initiatives.
The Private Equity Wire U.S. Awards recognize excellence among private equity fund managers and service providers in the United States. Per the release, the awards draw on an allocator board, peer surveys, editorial expertise and data analysis. Voting follows a peer review system in which Private Equity Wire readers, including institutional and high net worth investors as well as managers and professionals at fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians and advisers, elect the best-in-class providers through an online survey of more than 500 GPs and other key industry participants.
Dana Gorman, Managing Director and head of the Private Capital practice at H/Advisors in the U.S., said the win reflects the firm's sophisticated and bespoke strategic communications counsel to leading private capital firms.
The Private Capital team supports fundraising, transaction communications, profile raising and thought leadership, crisis communications, executive transitions, litigation communications, public affairs, media relations and emerging AI issues. Founded in 2001, H/Advisors employs more than 1,500 professionals across more than 40 offices and is part of Havas.
The firm's Private Capital team advises leading U.S. private capital firms that collectively manage more than $500 billion in AUM. Its clients span buyout, infrastructure, private credit, real estate and secondaries investors, and the team works to align communications with portfolio companies' value-creation initiatives.
The Private Equity Wire U.S. Awards recognize excellence among private equity fund managers and service providers in the United States. Per the release, the awards draw on an allocator board, peer surveys, editorial expertise and data analysis. Voting follows a peer review system in which Private Equity Wire readers, including institutional and high net worth investors as well as managers and professionals at fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians and advisers, elect the best-in-class providers through an online survey of more than 500 GPs and other key industry participants.
Dana Gorman, Managing Director and head of the Private Capital practice at H/Advisors in the U.S., said the win reflects the firm's sophisticated and bespoke strategic communications counsel to leading private capital firms.
The Private Capital team supports fundraising, transaction communications, profile raising and thought leadership, crisis communications, executive transitions, litigation communications, public affairs, media relations and emerging AI issues. Founded in 2001, H/Advisors employs more than 1,500 professionals across more than 40 offices and is part of Havas.
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