# Alliance Advisors

> Alliance Advisors is an independent, employee-owned proxy solicitation and shareholder advisory firm that helps public companies and funds understand who owns their shares, forecast how those holders may vote, run annual and special meetings, engage retail and institutional investors, and navigate mergers, activism and governance disputes. Its differentiator is the combination of hands-on solicitation with proprietary ownership and voting intelligence delivered through the Invictus platform.

- **Founded:** 2005
- **Headquarters:** Little Falls, United States
- **Founders:** Joseph Caruso (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)
- **Products:** Shareholder meeting advisory and proxy solicitation, M&A, activism and special situations, Mutual fund proxy solicitation, Compensation, governance and sustainability advisory, Proxy logistics and virtual meetings
- **Notable:** Built a client base of more than 1,000 active public companies., Completed more than 1,400 assignments for public companies in 2025, according to the company., Named No. 3,562 on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list.

## Products & services

- **Shareholder meeting advisory and proxy solicitation** — Vote projections, campaign strategy and institutional and retail solicitation for annual and special meetings.
- **M&A, activism and special situations** — Rapid-response advice, vote strategy and outreach for mergers, proxy contests, activist campaigns and restructurings.
- **Mutual fund proxy solicitation** — Population analysis, communications and retail outreach for mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds and other investment vehicles.
- **Compensation, governance and sustainability advisory** — Policy analysis, benchmarking, proxy statement review, proposal preparation and engagement planning.
- **Proxy logistics and virtual meetings** — Production and distribution of proxy materials, meeting technology, compliance timelines and tabulation support.
- **Invictus** — A web portal for meeting logistics, real-time vote reporting, institutional voting histories, ownership insight and engagement records.
- **Invictus Sentinel** — Stock-surveillance software and analyst service intended to identify ownership changes and possible activist accumulation before conventional public filings.
- **Investor relations** — Investor targeting, messaging, corporate access, communications and strategic IR programs assembled through acquisitions of LHA, irlabs and Kei Advisors.
- **Retail shareholder engagement** — Phone, text, email, mail and digital outreach designed to improve participation among individual investors.

## Achievements

- Built a client base of more than 1,000 active public companies.
- Completed more than 1,400 assignments for public companies in 2025, according to the company.
- Named No. 3,562 on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list.
- In the Riverview-Westrock Coffee SPAC case, reached 50% favorable outstanding shares within two weeks and finished with 78% quorum and 75% of outstanding shares voting for all proposals.
- Across six regional-bank proxy campaigns in the first quarter of 2026, reported an average 80.5% quorum and 73.2% of outstanding shares in favor.
- Expanded investor relations through acquisitions of LHA Investor Relations, irlabs and Kei Advisors.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Reported six completed proxy solicitation campaigns for regional banks in the first quarter, including four major U.S. merger processes.
- **2025-12** — Reported more than 1,400 assignments completed during 2025 across 20 countries.
- **2024-10** — Launched Alliance Advisors Investor Relations, unifying capabilities acquired through LHA Investor Relations, irlabs and Kei Advisors.
- **2024** — Ranked No. 3,562 on the Inc. 5000.
- **2024** — Acquired Canadian investor-relations agency irlabs and appointed co-founder Alyssa Barry to lead the IR practice.
- **2024-09** — Announced the acquisition of Kei Advisors, expanding the investor-relations footprint in Buffalo, New York.

## Links

- Website: https://allianceadvisors.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alliance-advisors
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/allianceproxy
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/people/Alliance-Advisors/100070742533149/

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Last updated: 2026-09-24