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With 65 deals and a value of over 71 billion dollars, the company founded by Auro Palomba and today part of the Excellera Group, confirms its position as a leader in financial communication consultancy and reputation management.

Community, a reputation management group founded and led by Auro Palomba, positioned as Italy's leading financial communication adviser (by total value of managed deals)also climbing all the European and international rankings compiled by Mergermaket, a privileged observatory of financial intelligence that compiles the most authoritative monitor of M& A (mergers and acquisitions) transactions worldwide and surveys financial, legal and communications advisers. The ranking considers the number and value of transactions followed in 2023: the company reported 65 transactions worldwide with a countervalue of USD 71.460 billion.

In international rankings Community has rightfully entered the world's top ten (10th place), the only Italian company present in the ranking by value, in Europe reaches 4th place with 62 deals under management and a value of USD 66.5 billion and confirms Italian leadership by reaching first place of the ranking by value with 57 credited deals.

Global ranking
EMEA Ranking

This is further recognition and confirmation of Community's global leadership, which once again tops the international rankings one year after the birth of Excellera Advisory Groupthe largest Italian corporate affairs consultancy. The group from over 31 million euro turnover in 2023 born from the union with Cattaneo Zanetto Pomposo & Co., which then saw the entry of Value Relations and thanks to the support of Xenon Private Equity.

Auro Palomba, CEO and founder of Community, said: "The rankings drawn up by Mergermarket honour the work of the great Community team, recognising and certifying our leadership in economic-financial communication alongside companies - large and small - which, thanks to M&A operations, undertake paths of growth and strengthening in their reference markets. Being able to support them in these crucial moments of their lives by ensuring strategic vision and operational support in relations with all market players is the objective we pursue together with our colleagues at Excellera".

With offices in Milan, Rome, Treviso and a network of partnerships that extends to several other countries, Community is a multidisciplinary group active in the creation, management and defence of the reputation of companies and financial institutions. Founded in 2001, Community today counts 60 professionals located in the various locations and coordinated by Managing Partners Roberto PatriarcaMarco Rubinoby Senior Partner Giuliano Pasini and the Partners Pasquo Cicchini e Giovanna Benvenuti.