DGAP-Media: CNC AND CAPITAL MSL MERGE TO STRENGTHEN ADVISORY TEAM AND INTERNATIONAL REACH

(DGAP-Media / 18.11.2014 / 10:00)

CNC AND CAPITAL MSL MERGE TO STRENGTHEN ADVISORY TEAM 
AND INTERNATIONAL REACH

London, Munich, November 18 2014:  CNC Communications & Network Consulting
and Capital MSL, two leading international strategic communications
consultancies within MSLGROUP, have today announced their intention to
merge. The combined consultancy will adopt the CNC name and offer clients a
stronger international network and broader advisory capabilities.  This
step considerably strengthens the overall London offering, and will also
add a prominent Middle East and emerging markets presence, including
offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, to CNC's network.

The new CNC will begin operations on January 1st 2015 with 11 offices in 8
countries, currently working on more than 200 mandates around the world.  
It will continue to offer a broad range of integrated strategic
communications services including financial and corporate communications,
reputation management, crisis and issues management, internal and change
communications and public affairs. As part of the MSLGROUP network, the
combined operation will leverage the skills of leading strategic and
financial communications sister consultancies, such as Kekst & Company in
the US and JKL in the Nordic Region, and will expand its presence in Asia
and Latin-America.

Richard Campbell, Founder and CEO of Capital MSL and Roland Klein,
currently the Managing Partner of CNC London, will be joint Managing
Partners in London, also overseeing the growth in the Middle East. Claire
Maloney and Nick Bastin, both shareholders and Managing Directors of
Capital MSL, will join Kevin Soady as London-based CNC Partners and will
take the overall number of Partners in the CNC Group to 13.

Dr. Christoph Walther, CEO of CNC said today:

"When we joined Publicis two years ago, it was our primary goal to offer
our clients the same level of service internationally as has been valued in
Germany for many years. Through the merger with Capital MSL we are creating
a strong and competitive presence in the strategically important London
market and extending our network into the Middle East. Increasing
collaboration on large cross border mandates with our US partner Kekst and
JKL in Scandinavia demonstrates that our strategy to become increasingly
international is working, and that we can add significantly more value to
our clients today than we could a few years ago."

Richard Campbell, Founder and CEO of Capital MSL said today:

"Since Publicis Groupe's acquisition of CNC in 2012 it was clear that not
only did we advise clients around similar issues, but that we also had the
same vision for the future. It makes strong strategic sense to combine the
two networks to create an impressive international organisation of real
scale, serving our clients as their most trusted advisor. After a
successful and highly enjoyable thirteen years' of growth as Capital MSL,
we are convinced that this is the right step for our colleagues and
clients, helping them to realise their own ambitions on a more
international stage and in a more complex communications environment."

Anders Kempe, EMEA President, MSLGROUP, said:

"MSLGROUP's financial and related speciality communications teams together
generate well over EUR100m euros in revenue, making us a top-three player
in the space globally, and one with an impressive and growing hub in the
important London market."

MSLGROUP's dedicated offering includes CNC in 8 markets, Kekst & Company in
New York, Qorvis in Washington DC, JKL in the Nordic region, and Publicis
Consultants in France.

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For further information, please contact:

CNC 
Oliver Mann
Director, London 
T: +44 20 311 668 11 | E: Oliver.Mann@cnc-communications.com
 
Capital MSL 
Richard Campbell
CEO
T: +44 20 3221 988 01 | E: Richard.campbell@capitalmsl.com

 

About CNC 

CNC - Communications & Network Consulting AG is an international strategic
communications consultancy group which advises large corporations, mid-cap
companies, institutions and individuals on all aspects of strategic
communications within their specific markets, focusing particularly on
cross-border mandates. With around 100 employees at 9 offices, CNC is one
of the world's leading international strategic communications
consultancies. CNC is part of MSLGROUP, Publicis Groupe's flagship
strategic communications and engagement network.
Learn more about us at www.cnc-communications.com


About Capital MSL 

Capital MSL is an international corporate and financial communications
consultancy that builds value enhancing leadership positions for its
clients. The firm offers corporate and financial public relations, investor
relations, transaction support and talent communications to a range of
ambitious, international companies. Capital MSL is part of MSLGROUP,
Publicis Groupe's flagship strategic communications and engagement network.
Learn more about us at www.capitalmsl.com or follow us on twitter at
@Capital_MSL

About MSLGROUP 

MSLGROUP is Publicis Groupe's strategic communications and engagement
group, advisors in all aspects of communication strategy: from consumer PR
to financial communications, from public affairs to reputation management
and from crisis communications to experiential marketing and events. With
more than 3,500 people across more than 100 offices worldwide, MSLGROUP is
also the largest PR network in fast-growing China and India, as well as
Europe. The group offers strategic planning and counsel, insight-guided
thinking and big, compelling ideas - followed by thorough execution.

About Publicis Groupe 

Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] is one of the world's
leading communications groups. It offers the full range of services and
skills: digital (DigitasLBi, Razorfish, Rosetta, VivaKi), creative services
(BBH, Leo Burnett, Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi), public affairs,
corporate communications and events (MSLGROUP), media strategy, planning
and buying (Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia) and healthcare
communications, with Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG).
Present in 108 countries, the Groupe employs 62,000 professionals.

www.publicisgroupe.com | Twitter:@PublicisGroupe | Facebook: 

www.facebook.com/publicisgroupe | Linkedin: Publicis Groupe | 

http://www.youtube.com/user/PublicisGroupe |


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