Firm Advises Financial Dynamics International in Acquisition of Kinesis Marketing
CLEVELAND, OH – July 28, 2008 – Baker Hostetler advised Financial Dynamics International Limited (FD) in the acquisition of Kinesis Marketing, a strategic online communications firm, which represents an important expansion of FD's interactive service offering. FD Kinesis, as the company will be known, will complement FD's media service unit and bring an expanded range of digital solutions to clients around the world to help them build their brands. The Baker Hostetler team was led by New York partner Steven Goldberg, along with Cleveland partners Emanuel Cotronakis, Ray Malone and Deborah Koerwitz, New York partner Elizabeth Ann Smith and associates Kelly Skeat and Michael Jacobson.
Founded in 1984, Financial Dynamics is a wholly owned subsidiary of FTI Consulting Inc. (NYSE: FCN), which Baker Hostetler also represented, and is one the most highly regarded consultancies in the communications industry. FD is a market leader in M&A advisory work and employs more than 550 staff and advises more than 750 clients through its hub offices in London and New York, as well as its network of wholly-owned offices in Bahrain, Beijing, Bogota, Boston, Cape Town, Chicago, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Manchester, Moscow, Panama City, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney and Washington, D.C.
Declan Kelly, CEO of FD US said that the addition of Kinesis is an important expansion of our interactive capabilities and will bring creative solutions and sophisticated counsel to clients looking to engage key constituencies online. Kinesis is an innovator in this area and we welcome Kinesis' team of experienced communications professionals to the FD team.
Established in 2001, Kinesis' core services include strategic, creative and tactical implementation of branding, marketing and corporate communications initiatives that use the internet and other digital channels as the primary delivery method. The firm has 22 employees in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as consultants abroad and a national client list that includes some of the world's most recognized brands.
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