Lewis Silkin advises 3 Monkeys on sale to Zeno Group
17 February 2016
Lewis Silkin has advised 3 Monkeys Communications Limited, one of the UK's biggest independent PR agencies, on its sale to global consultancy network Zeno Group, the sister agency of Edelman.
Lewis Silkin has advised 3 Monkeys Communications Limited, one of the UK's biggest independent PR agencies, on its sale to global consultancy network Zeno Group, the sister agency of Edelman.
3 Monkeys and Zeno’s other UK operations will be merged to create 3 Monkeys | Zeno. The combined agency will have 75 staff.
Lewis Silkin acted as legal advisers to the shareholders of 3 Monkeys on the sale of the agency.
The Lewis Silkin deal team was led by corporate partner Jo Evans and tax partner Matthew Rowbotham, with corporate associate Susie Jarrold also working on the deal. Lewis Silkin is one of the leading M&A practices in the advertising and communications sector. The team has an enviable track record in buy and sell side transactions, advising advertising and marketing services businesses across the spectrum from creative agencies to data analytics and covering all forms of digital media, user experience technologies, media buying and planning and out-of-home.
Jo said:
“We are delighted to have successfully advised 3 Monkeys, Chief Monkey Angie and all of the leadership team on the successful sale to and integration with Zeno UK. The transaction reinforces our position of M&A experts in the creative economies and committed long term advisors to some of the most energetic and imaginative companies in that space.”
Angie Moxham, Chief Monkey, 3 Monkeys | Zeno Europe said
“Lewis Silkin, with Jo Evans as our primary partner, were chosen as our legal advisors because of their deep knowledge and experience of deals in our sector. We’ve worked with Jo and her team for some years and when it came to negotiating our sale, they helped us through a long and complex process and did a fantastic job to get the deal completed.”
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