Mumbai: Havas has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Gauly Advisors (“Gauly”), a leading corporate and financial communications consultancy based in Germany. With this acquisition, Gauly will join H/Advisors, Havas’s global strategic communications network, marking a significant expansion of its advisory platform across Germany, the broader DACH region, and Europe. The move further strengthens H/Advisors’ position as a leader in strategic and financial communications across major global business hubs.
Founded in 2012, Gauly has built a reputation as a trusted advisor to both listed and privately held companies — from large caps to mid-sized enterprises — providing counsel on corporate strategy, financial communication, and reputation management. Under its new name, H/Advisors Gauly, the firm becomes part of the H/Advisors global organization, uniting more than 1,500 professionals across 20 countries.
Gauly’s leadership team — Marcus Brans, Alexander Cordes, Sandra Fabian, Vanessa Haumberger, Helge Hoffmeister, and Andreas Martin — will retain significant equity in the company and continue to lead operations, ensuring continuity and long-term commitment. As a full member of the H/Advisors network, Gauly will gain access to expanded global resources, while enhancing H/Advisors’ strength in financial and corporate communications, crisis and issues management, public affairs, and transformation consulting.
Together, H/Advisors Gauly and H/Advisors Deekeling Arndt will now provide complete market coverage in Germany, with offices in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin. Additionally, Gauly will collaborate closely with H/Advisors’ partners in Zurich and Vienna, further consolidating H/Advisors’ presence across the DACH region and strengthening its public affairs capabilities in Brussels.
Yannick Bolloré, Chief Executive Officer, Havas said, “H/Advisors has become a key pillar of Havas’s global strategy, reflecting our conviction that strategic communication is indispensable to leadership, trust, and performance. I am delighted to welcome the talented team at Gauly to the Havas family. Their addition reinforces our ambition to build a truly global consultancy capable of guiding clients through the most complex reputational and business challenges.”
Stéphane Fouks, Executive Chairman of H/Advisors and Executive Vice President of Havas, added, “The acquisition of a majority stake in Gauly reflects what defines H/Advisors: collaboration, creativity, and a commitment to making an impact. Together with H/Advisors Deekeling Arndt, Hirzel.Neef.Schmid.Konsulenten, and Pantarhei, it strengthens our leadership across Germany and the DACH region, reinforces our leadership in Europe, and supports our ambition to build a bold, modern, and European-rooted strategic communications consultancy for a changing world.”
Alexander Cordes, speaking on behalf of Gauly’s Managing Partners, said, “We are thrilled to be joining H/Advisors. Over the years, we have built a strong partnership founded on shared values, collaborative culture, and high standards. Moving from a trusted partnership to full membership within H/Advisors is a natural next step in Gauly’s journey. It allows us to remain an owner-managed, entrepreneurial, and quality-driven consultancy deeply rooted in the DACH region, while giving our clients and teams access to global reach and world-class expertise through our 1,500 new colleagues across the H/Advisors organization.”
This acquisition marks another milestone in Havas’s ongoing global expansion strategy, underlining its commitment to building a world-class communications ecosystem that integrates strategic, creative, and data-driven expertise for clients worldwide.
