With 65 deals and a total value of over USD71 billion, the company founded by Auro Palomba and now part of the Excellera Group has consolidated its leadership in financial communications consultancy and reputation management.
Community, the reputation management group founded and led by Auro Palomba is ranked as the leading financial communications adviser in Italy (by total value of deals handled), topping all the European and international rankings compiled by Mergermaket, a leading financial intelligence platform that produces the world’s most influential M&A (mergers and acquisitions) deal monitor and lists financial, legal and communications advisers. The ranking is based on the Number and value of deals handled in 2023: the company reported 65 deals worldwide worth USD71.460 billion.
Community has entered the global top ten (ranked 10thth), as the only Italian player in the value ranking. In Europe, the company came fourthth with 62 deals completed and a total value of USD 66.5 billion, consolidating Italy’s leadership and reaching the top spot in the value ranking, with 57 deals.
This is yet another acknowledgement and recognition of Community’s global leadership, as the firm has once again topped the international rankings just one year after the founding of Excellera Advisory Group, Italy’s largest corporate affairs consultancy. The group, with a turnover of over EUR 31 million in 2023, was established as a result of the merger with Cattaneo Zanetto Pomposo & Co., and was later joined by Value Relations, and supported by Xenon Private Equity.
Auro Palomba, CEO and founder of Community, said: “Mergermarket’s rankings pay tribute to the excellent work of the Community team, recognising and confirming our leadership in business and finance media relations, as we work alongside companies – both large and small – that are pursuing growth and consolidation strategies in their target markets through M&A. Our mission, which we pursue together with our colleagues at Excellera, is to act as a partner to these companies at these pivotal moments in their business development by providing strategic insights and operational support in their dealings with all market stakeholders.”
With offices in Milan, Rome and Treviso, and a network of partnerships extending into several other countries, Community is a multidisciplinary group working in the creation, management and protection of the reputation of companies and financial institutions. Founded in 2001, Community currently employs 60 professionals spread across the various locations and coordinated by the Managing Partners Roberto Patriarca and Marco Rubino, Senior Partner Giuliano Pasini, and Partners Pasquo Cicchini and Giovanna Benvenuti.
