Archive for category: Media And Communication

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Translink Corporate Finance in France advised leading global business services company and rating agency, Leaders League, on the 100% sale to leading media group in the B2B field, Groupe Ficade.
Group Ficade has acquired Leaders League to create the 1st French B2B media and communications group. Representing its 9th acquisition, this transaction enables Group Ficade to strengthen its activities with a consolidated turnover of €25m, 250 employees and including 35 media and nearly 60 events each year.

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May 5, 2020

Translink acted as advisor to CEO and co-owner Jari Keskinen- A-lehdet Oy acquires a majority stake in E-commerce company Keskisen Kello Oy

Media group A-lehdet Oy acquires majority stake in E-commerce company Keskisen Kello Oy. Keskisen Kello is the largest Finnish online retailer of watches, smart watches and jewellery, reaching an astonishing revenue growth of app. 70 % during last year. The company has already established a foothold in Sweden and continues to expand into new markets with the aim of becoming a pan-European player during the next few years. The acquisition is well-aligned with A-lehdet’s strategy and the acquisition is expected to strengthen its E-commerce business already comprising Finnish Design Shop, a fast-growing online retailer of Nordic design and furniture to global markets.

Keskisen Kello’s revenue was approximately 16 million euro during the last fiscal year and is expected to surpass 20 million euro this year. The company was founded in Tuuri, Finland in 1982.

Translink acted as advisor to the sellers. CEO and co-owner Jari Keskinen comments on the process and working with Translink:

”We started to negotiate with the buyer without taking aboard an advisor and were struggling with the decision whether or not external help was needed in order to consummate the transaction. Fortunately, we heard about Translink at just the right moment and we decided to proceed with them. Without Translink’s robust way of handling the process, there would have been significant delays in the timetable and the outcome would have been far from what was achieved now. Translink added great value to each stage of the process. I would definitely recommend them!”

Translink predicts a high number of M&A deals to be seen over the coming years in the E-commerce segment due to industry consolidation and the increasing growth of E-commerce as a result of COVID-19.



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Translink Corporate Finance Finland, based in Helsinki, is one of the leading M&A boutiques in the Finnish market. Since its foundation more than 15 years ago, their partners completed more than 100 M&A transactions in different industries, worked closely together with a number of business partners and industry players, both locally and internationally. In addition Translink Finland is a Certified Adviser on NASDAQ OMX First North.


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Tero
Nummenpää


Managing Partner


tnummenpaa@translinkcf.com



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January 29, 2020

Translink advises the owners of 3st kommunikation on selling a majority stake to fazit communication, a portfolio company of F.A.Z.-Group

Translink Corporate Finance advises the owners of 3st kommunikation, a renowned agency for cross-media communication services, on the sale of a majority stake to fazit communication, the content agency of F.A.Z.-Group.

3st kommunikation GmbH, based in Mainz, is, together with its digital subsidiary 3st digital, one of the most prominent agencies for Branding, Content and Digital. With 80 employees, the company serves many well-known clients from the private sector.

As the content marketing specialist of the F.A.Z.-Group, fazit communication GmbH offers a wide range of cross-platform communication services, especially for social and political institutions.

The acquisition will leverage the complementary strengths of both companies to take advantage of additional growth opportunities in a dynamic market environment and to serve the challenges of digital communications more comprehensively for customers.



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Translink Corporate Finance GmbH & Co. KG with its offices in Frankfurt and Bremen covers Translink’s business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It is composed of seasoned finance and M&A professionals who have in-depth experience in a variety of sectors and disciplines.


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Christian
Hörner


Partner


choerner@translinkcf.com

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Mareike
Maas


Associate


mmaas@translinkcf.com



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December 10, 2018

Translink advises BTI Studios in the acquisition of La BiBi and Multimedia Network – two leading dubbing studios in Italy

Translink Corporate Finance announces the simultaneous acquisition of La BiBi.it Srl and Multimedia Network Srl by BTI Studios AB. Backed by Altor Equity Partners and Shamrock Capital, BTI Studios is a global leader in media localization with studios in over 20 countries.

Translink in Italy and Sweden acted as the exclusive M&A advisor of BTI Studios on this transaction which follows its acquisition of German dubbing studio Berliner Synchron last month, for which Translink was also the exclusive M&A advisor. Translink’s cross-border team on the Italian transaction was led by David Strempel (Managing Partner) for Translink Italy and Niklas Wilhelmsson Partner of Translink Sweden (Anecta).



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Translink Strempel & Co. is the partner firm of Translink Corporate Finance in Italy composed of seasoned finance professionals who have matured extensive experience in a variety of sectors and disciplines within some of the most important players both nationally and internationally in industry, finance and management consulting.


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David
Strempel


Vice Chairman Translink International


dstrempel@translinkcf.com



Anecta Translink, our partner in Sweden, is a M&A-advisor working with national and cross-border transactions. The company’s success in this segment is based on a wide industrial network and the fact that many of the team members have backgrounds as executives in Swedish industrials.


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Per-Olof
Eurell


Partner


poeurell@translinkcf.com



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November 6, 2018

BTI Studios, has acquired the German dubbing studio Berliner Synchron GmbH

Translink Corporate Finance announces the acquisition of 100% of shares in Berliner Synchron GmbH by BTI Studios AB. Backed by Altor Equity Partners and Shamrock Capital, BTI Studios is one of the leading companies for the localization of media content with studios in over 20 countries. Anecta and Translink Corporate Finance advised BTI Studios as it’s exclusive M&A advisors on this transaction.



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Translink Corporate Finance GmbH & Co. KG with its offices in Frankfurt and Bremen covers Translink’s business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It is composed of seasoned finance and M&A professionals who have in-depth experience in a variety of sectors and disciplines


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Christian
Hörner


Partner


choerner@translinkcf.com



Anecta Translink, our partner in Sweden, is a M&A-advisor working with national and cross-border transactions. The company’s success in this segment is based on a wide industrial network and the fact that many of the team members have backgrounds as executives in Swedish industria


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Per-Olof
Eurell


Partner


poeurell@translinkcf.com



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Translink Corporate Finance announces the acquisition of three companies from listed Portuguese IT company Novabase, namely; Novabase Digitial TV EURL (France), DTV Research (Portugal) as well as 49% stake in Novabase Digitial IT GmbH, by Russian “GS-Group”, an investment and industry holding. Translink acted as financial adviser to Novabase.