M&A Deal Summary

Accenture Acquires Shackleton

On April 8, 2019, Accenture acquired marketing company Shackleton

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Accenture’s 15th transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Accenture’s 4th transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-04-08
Target Shackleton
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Accenture
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Shackleton

Madrid, Spain
Shackleton is a communications agency. Shackleton delivers brand-building campaigns that combine creative work with a dedicated focus on digital customer engagement. Shackleton was founded in 2004 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

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Buyer

Accenture

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1951
Sector Business Services
Employees791,000
Revenue 64.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Accenture is a global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions, Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. Accenture was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 147 of 355
Sector: Marketing M&A 15 of 23
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 127 of 311
Country: Spain M&A 4 of 11
Year: 2019 M&A 8 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-08 Cirruseo

Paris, France

Cirruseo is a pure-play Google cloud services provider. Cirruseo supports its customers in their digital transformation, from the experience collaborating around Chrome and G Suite solutions, to the professions with the services of Google Cloud Platform. Cirruseo was founded in 2011 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-30 Zielpuls

Munich, Germany

Zielpuls GmbH is a technology consultancy company provides architecture, development, engineering and management services for complex digital products and services. Work examples include an automated car parking system and development of the architecture for driver assistance systems.

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