LEWIS PR today announced the acquisition
of one of Europe’s best known communications firms, Leads United. LEWIS is
acquiring a 100 per cent stake. The company will continue to operate under its
brand name, but will be fully integrated into the LEWIS Group and report into
the LEWIS Western European HQ operation,
located in Eindhoven.
Leads
United is a full-service agency, specialising in internal communications,
crisis communications and media relations, with a strong high-tech and Internet
portfolio. The agency works with major-league clients in a wide range of
sectors, government bodies and non-profit organisations. Together, Leads United
and LEWIS form one of the largest and most experienced agencies in the region.
The
new LEWIS Group company will continue to be run out of Antwerp by Dian Wahlen,
founding director of the agency. Yvonne
van Bokhoven, VP Western Europe at LEWIS, will coordinate the Benelux
businesses to ensure maximum synergy.