Brunswick Group retained its grip as the top global M&A PR advisor in 2015 by number of deals and deal value, representing 209 transactions worth nearly $1T in a year dubbed the biggest for M&A ever.
Brunswick surpassed FTI Consulting (188), Sard Verbinnen & Co (137), Joele Frank (133) and Kekst and Company (124) by deal count, according to mergermarket's league tables.
By value, Brunswicks' nearly $974B total was up 80 percent over the prior year and easily surpassed Joele Frank ($558B), Finsbury ($408B), Kekst ($401B), and Sard Verbinnen ($358B).
Making strong gains by deal value were No. 6 Edelman ( up from No. 17 in 2014 with $299B across 84 deals), No. 9 Tulchan Communications (up from No. 27 with $72.3B and 60 deals), No. 11 Citigate (up from 19 with $41.6B and 87 deals), No. 12 Weber Shandwick (up from 20 with $39.4B and 39 deals, No. 13 Prosek Partners (up from 55 with $30.4B and 36 deals), and No. 14 Hill+Knowlton Strategies (up from 26 with $29B and 23 deals).
Brunswick senior partner Steve Lipin called 2015 a "strong year for M&A as many of our clients engaged in important strategic transactions." He added that 2016 is off to a strong start, as well.
M&A activity in 2015 topped $5B, a record for deals according to Dealogic.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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