Havas is pleased to announce the acquisition of a majority stake in Gauly Advisors (“Gauly”), a leading corporate and financial communications firm based in Germany. The firm will join H/Advisors, Havas’s global strategic communications consultancy. This acquisition strengthens the group’s advisory platform across Germany, the wider DACH region and Europe, combining deep expertise and experience to better serve clients. It also reinforces H/Advisors’ leadership in strategic and financial communications across major international financial centers.
Established in 2012, Gauly is a trusted advisor to leading international companies, providing strategic and communications counsel to both listed and privately held businesses, from large caps to SMEs. Operating under its new name, H/Advisors Gauly, the firm becomes part of the H/Advisors global organization, which brings together more than 1,500 professionals across 20 countries.
Gauly’s management will retain a significant equity stake in the company, ensuring continuity and long-term commitment from its leadership team. Equity partners Marcus Brans, Alexander Cordes, Sandra Fabian, Vanessa Haumberger, Helge Hoffmeister, and Andreas Martin will continue to lead the firm and play an integral role within H/Advisors. Gauly’s transition from a trusted partner to a full member of the H/Advisors global network unlocks access to enhanced resources while significantly strengthening H/Advisors’ position in Germany, alongside its existing agency H/Advisors Deekeling Arndt, expanding its capabilities in financial and corporate communications, crisis and issues management, public affairs, corporate performance, and change and transformation.
Together, H/Advisors Gauly and H/Advisors Deekeling Arndt will provide full geographic coverage of the German market, with offices in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin. In addition, Gauly will work closely with H/Advisors’ partners in Zurich and Vienna to deliver seamless support across the DACH region and further strengthen H/Advisors’ public affairs expertise in Brussels. Collectively, these strengths will further enhance H/Advisors’ global advisory platform, offering clients broader expertise, integrated capabilities, and a stronger strategic proposition across key European markets and beyond.