Transactions
Cell Division selected assets acquired by Euro RSCG Life, a member of HAVAS Health
November, 2011 – PALAZZO advises Cell Division, a digital life science agency (FKA CCG Metamedia and Quicksilver Science) on the sale of selected assets to Euro RSCG Life, a member of HAVAS Health.
Luckie & Company Acquires Integrative Logic Data Analytics Marketing Firm
July 12, 2011 – PALAZZO advises Luckie & Company on acquisition of data analytics firm Integrative Logic. The combination of IL’s business intelligence expertise and Luckie’s brand-building practice will give consumer and B2B brands a true market differentiator and a stronger competitive advantage.
St. John & Partners selected assets acquired by Team Detroit, a member of WPP
April 1, 2011 – PALAZZO advises St. John & Partners on the sale of selected assets to Team Detroit, a member of WPP.
Seidler Bernstein Healthcare Marketing Agency acquired by KHJ
February 14, 2011 — PALAZZO advises healthcare marketing communications firm Seidler Bernstein in its sale to Kelley Habib John (KHJ). The move creates a healthcare brand powerhouse by joining extensive business and consumer marketing know-how in every segment of the new healthcare economy.
ENGINE Acquires Youth Marketing Agency Noise
December 10, 2010 — PALAZZO acts as financial advisor to Engine USA, the newly formed communications and marketing services group, in its acquisition of young-adult marketing agency, Noise. The purchase of Noise represents Engine’s second transaction of 2010 and brings to Engine crucial expertise in the 18 to 34 year-old market.
Grupo Gallegos Acquires Promotional Marketing Agency
Nine Two
November 8, 2010 — PALAZZO represents Grupo Gallegos, an independent, creatively driven, marketing solutions company in its acquisition of Nine Two, a general market advertising and marketing agency with a specialty in promotions. This deal for Grupo Gallegos is part of the agency’s effort to respond to and anticipate its clients’ needs for integrated campaigns with targeted messages that play across many countries, cultures and subcultures. Nine Two will allow Grupo Gallegos to offer a broader spectrum of services to its growing client roster.
ENGINE Acquires Social Media & Digital Marketing Deep Focus
October 20, 2010 — PALAZZO acts as financial advisor to Engine USA, the newly formed communications and marketing services group, in its acquisition of Deep Focus, the New York-based full-service interactive marketing agency. Deep Focus' culture and reputation for break-through digital solutions make it a great fit for Engine USA. This deal reflects a determined effort by Engine USA, part of the Engine Group, London’s largest independent communications and marketing company, to transplant the same culture of innovation and collaborations been so remarkably successful in London.
ENGINE Forms Partnership with puris.bernbach.partners to create ENGINE USA
February 18, 2010 — PALAZZO announced it acted as financial advisor to ENGINE, the UK's leading independent communications company, in its partnership with puris.bernbach.partners, to create ENGINE USA.
TargetCast tcm Acquires Digital Marketing Agency Triumph 360
January 12, 2010 — PALAZZO acts as exclusive financial advisor to TargetCast tcm in its acquisition of Triumph360, a full-service digital shop. The move marks TargetCast tcm’s first major acquisition since its inception in 2002 and comes as the agency seeks to broaden the breadth and scope of its services in anticipation of clients’ increasingly digital focus.
Middleberg Communications Acquires Public Relations Firm The Dowd Agency
November 4, 2009 — PALAZZO advises Middleberg Communications in transaction with The Dowd Agency. Don Middleberg, a widely recognized leader in public relations and CEO of Middleberg Communications, and Jim Dowd, CEO of The Dowd Agency, today announced the combination of their two firms. The new, full-service agency will operate as Middleberg Communications, with The Dowd Agency as its consumer division.
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Grupo Gallegos
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Chandler Chicco
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