# Brunswick Group

> Brunswick Group is a privately held global advisory partnership that helps large organizations handle reputation-defining moments - from mergers, IPOs and activist campaigns to litigation, cyber incidents, political pressure and leadership transitions. Founded in London in 1987, it now operates 27 offices and combines senior counsel with research, creative, digital and AI capabilities.

- **Founded:** 1987
- **Headquarters:** London, United Kingdom
- **Founders:** Sir Alan Parker (Chair and co-founder), Andrew Fenwick (Chief Financial Officer and co-founder), Louise Charlton (Vice Chair and co-founder)
- **Products:** Financial communications, Crisis and litigation, Public affairs, regulation and geopolitical counsel, Cybersecurity, data and privacy, The Foundry
- **Notable:** Expanded from a three-founder London firm in 1987 to 27 offices across six continents., Advised on $735 billion in announced M&A transactions during 2024, according to the firm., Worked on shareholder-activism engagements involving companies with an aggregate market capitalization of $370 billion during 2024, according to the firm.

## Products & services

- **Financial communications** — Investor relations and counsel for M&A, spin-offs, shareholder activism, IPOs and restructuring.
- **Crisis and litigation** — Preparedness, rapid response and recovery communications for disputes, investigations, fraud, product liability and other enterprise threats.
- **Public affairs, regulation and geopolitical counsel** — Stakeholder analysis, policy strategy, foreign-investment and antitrust counsel, investigations, tariffs and multi-jurisdiction campaigns.
- **Cybersecurity, data and privacy** — Cyber-crisis playbooks, simulations, incident response, regulatory coordination and reputation recovery.
- **The Foundry** — An integrated research, creative, digital and AI practice covering data-driven insight, brand strategy, campaigns and digital amplification.
- **Algorithmic Relations** — Audits, optimization and ongoing monitoring designed to improve how a corporate narrative appears across search, social and generative AI systems.
- **Net Defender Score** — Research-led consultancy that measures who is likely to criticize or defend a company under pressure.
- **Investor Brand** — A discipline joining financial communications, corporate brand and strategic events for investor-facing moments.

## Achievements

- Expanded from a three-founder London firm in 1987 to 27 offices across six continents.
- Advised on $735 billion in announced M&A transactions during 2024, according to the firm.
- Worked on shareholder-activism engagements involving companies with an aggregate market capitalization of $370 billion during 2024, according to the firm.
- Recognized by Mergermarket for global M&A communications and by Bloomberg for shareholder-activism defense in key regions in 2025.
- Ranked Band 1 for crisis and risk management by Chambers and Partners, as stated by Brunswick.
- Reported £424.2 million in 2024 turnover and an average workforce of 1,366 in filed group accounts.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Former Estée Lauder CFO Tracey Travis joined Brunswick's board as a non-executive director.
- **2025-05** — Brunswick published new work on reputation defense in the digital-threat environment, tied to its Net Defender Score and Algorithmic Relations offers.
- **2025** — The firm said it was again recognized for M&A communications and shareholder-activism defense, citing $735 billion in announced M&A advice in the prior year.
- **2024-08** — Henry Timms became CEO, succeeding Neal Wolin, who moved to vice chair.
- **2024-08** — Brunswick hired technology communications executive Christine Schirmer as a San Francisco partner and Reuters deals editor Greg Roumeliotis as a New York director.

## Links

- Website: https://www.brunswickgroup.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brunswick-group/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/brunswickgroup
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brunswickgroup/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brunswickgroupllp/

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Last updated: 2026-09-23