M&A Deal Summary

FTI Consulting Acquires Financial Dynamics

On September 11, 2006, FTI Consulting acquired business services company Financial Dynamics from Advent International for 260M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is FTI Consulting’s 7th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is FTI Consulting’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is FTI Consulting’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-09-11
Target Financial Dynamics
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) FTI Consulting
Sellers(s) Advent International
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 260M USD

Target

Financial Dynamics

London, United Kingdom
Financial Dynamics Ltd., services include financial PR, investor relations, crisis and issues management and corporate, business-to-business and business-to-consumer communications. FD is also a market leader in M&A advisory work. FD is unique within its industry in that it is structured around specialist sector teams operating on an international basis, covering consumer industries, financial services, basic industries, business services, life sciences and healthcare, media, technology and telecommunications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

FTI Consulting

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Business Services
Employees8,055
Revenue 3.5B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

FTI Consulting is a business advisory firm with a worldwide network. The Company offers business services in corporate finance and restructuring, economic consulting, forensic and litigation consulting, strategic communications and technology. FTI Consulting was founded in 1982 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 23
Sector (Business Services) 7 of 17
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 21
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 3
Year (2006) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-06 Dittus Communications

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Dittus Communications is an independent public affairs firm focused on serving national and international clients and provides issues management and advocacy work, crisis communications, coalition building, grassroots organizing, and government-sector marketing communications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-11 G3 Consulting

London, United Kingdom

G3 Consulting Ltd., delivers technology and business consulting to UK clients facing corporate litigation, electronic disclosure and public inquiries.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 76.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 76 of 222
Sector (Business Services) 4 of 15
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 32 of 82
Country (United Kingdom) 8 of 28
Year (2006) 11 of 15
Size (of disclosed) 37 of 52
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-09-01 GFI Group

New York, New York, United States

GFI Group, Inc. is a brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets. Products include fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commercial real estate, commodities, futures, and structured products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-01 Americus Dental Labs

Jamaica, New York, United States

Americus Dental Labs, Inc was formed in 1994 through the consolidation of three NewYork based Dental laboratories including McAndrews Northern Dental Laboratories, Inc.Restor-a-Dent Dental laboratories, Inc and So-mar Dental Studios, Inc.

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