Brunswick Group and FTI Consulting led global M&A PR advisors for the first half of 2016, according to mergermarket.
Brunswick topped deal advisors by volume, advising 79 transactions worth $150.3B. Its credits include Symantec's $4.65B acquisition of Blue Coat Systems,
FTI was the leading deal advisor by number of transactions, counseling 83 worth a total of $87.8B during the period.
Sard Verbinnen (79, $150.3B), Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher (69, $134.6B) and Kekst and Company (49, $48.8B) were among the global leaders.
In the US, mergermarket reports Sard Verbinnen's 69 deals outpaced Joele Frank (68), Kekst (47), Brunswick (39) and ICR (35). By volume, Joele Frank ($116.2B) led Sard ($115.5B), FTI ($62.8B), Brunswick ($62.7B) and Kekst ($48.5B).
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Kekst CNC represents the DallasNews Corp. as it gets acquired by Hearst Corp. for about $75M. The 140-year-old Dallas Morning News will join Hearst's 28 dailies.
M&A transactions in the PR and marketing communications sectors were up 10 percent in 2024, according to Davis+Gilbert’s newly released M&A Activity Tracker.
Avoq has acquired SRA Communications, a Harrisburg-based PA shop focused on public health, banking, energy and public utilities.
