Finn Partners has acquired London-based Johnson King with plans to integrate the European tech PR firm over the next year.
 Finn, Bowman-Boyles, King |
Tech journalist Mike King founded JK in 1992, later expanding to France and Germany with clients like Silver Peak, Gigamon and Kaseya. Ingrid Daschner, Claire Ayles and Flora Haslam are partners of the firm, which posted annual fees of about $3M with 20 staffers.
FP president Peter Finn said tech is one of his firm's largest practices and the move strengthens its global team in the space, adding staff in Paris, Munich and London. He said JK had been in talks with agencies for the past year about a deal.
FP London chief Chantal Bowman-Boyles will now head Europe for the firm.
Finn Partners spun off from Ruder Finn in 2011 and counts 350 staffers in seven US offices and four outposts overseas. FP acquired travel specialist M Silver in 2012 and Widmeyer Communications last year.
Laura Anderson, who rose to VP/GM of global communications and events in a nearly 20 year stint at Intel, will take on the Americas technology chair at Burson following the completion of the BCW and H+K merger on July 1.
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