FGS Global

Overview

FGS Global operates as a strategic communications consultancy, formed through the merger of Finsbury, The Glover Park Group, and Hering Schuppener. The firm advises clients on complex corporate, financial, and political matters, serving as a trusted advisor to boards, executives, and institutions facing critical reputational, transactional, or regulatory challenges. Its roots lie in the 1994 founding of Finsbury in London, which built a reputation advising on contested M&A, sovereign advisory, and crisis situations. The firm's work spans financial communications, public affairs, and crisis management. It has advised on some of the largest and most sensitive global transactions, restructuring mandates, and regulatory investigations. FGS Global maintains a highly conflict-sensitive model, often counseling only one major party in any sector or transaction, which limits public disclosure of its full client list. Known engagements include roles supporting large-cap corporations and financial institutions during cross-border merger negotiations and proxy contests. Headquartered in New York, FGS Global employs a significant professional staff across offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. In May 2023, private investment firm KKR announced a definitive agreement to acquire a significant interest in FGS Global, a move designed to support the advisory firm's long-term growth and partnership structure. This transaction marked a rare structural development in the partnership-heavy strategic communications industry. FGS Global's structural differentiator is its partnership model embedded inside a consolidating industry. While peers in the strategic communications sector have trended toward conglomerate ownership under holding companies, FGS Global has maintained a fiercely defended partner-led culture, insisting on principal-level attention to every matter. The KKR investment introduced an external capital partner while the firm reportedly preserved operational independence, partnership governance, and long-term advisory discretion.