Driving growth and realising value for media businesses
We offer a unique, full-service approach to M&A and due diligence from our dedicated office of over 100 media specialists that exclusively supports the extensive range of needs of independent media businesses – covering marketing services, film, TV, entertainment, theatre, and gaming.
As corporate finance specialists for the media sector, we offer comprehensive sell-side and buy-side advisory services tailored to companies with valuations between £5m and £50m.
Dedicated
media office in the West End
£762m
total deal value advised on since 2020
57
media deals completed since 2020
With over 30 years’ experience in the media and marketing services sectors, we have a well-established network from which to find the right buyer for your business. For cross-border M&A transactions, we are at the centre of a global network of advisers through Moore Global, ensuring all international nuances are covered by the best support and advice.
Recent deals
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Our approach
As each project and organisation is unique, we tailor our approach to optimise results, whether you’re selling or acquiring a media or marketing services business.
Our team excels in connecting you with the right buyers, getting you the best price, navigating deal complexities and preparing your business for sale.
We’re skilled at identifying key issues, pro-actively mitigating them when acting for sellers, or recommending pragmatic solutions to protect acquirers when acting on the buyside.
Sell-side advisory
We specialise in working with owner-managers and founder-led media businesses to realise the value of your business.
This involves:
- Marketing the business to potential acquirers
- Negotiating the transaction to maximise value
- Managing the sale process from start to finish
- Working alongside our M&A tax and accounting colleagues throughout
Buy-side advisory and transaction services
We support acquirers, private equity houses, banks and other lenders at every stage of the transaction, conducting due diligence with a scope tailored to your objectives and providing insightful, commercial advice throughout.
We specialise in advising companies pursuing a buy-and-build strategy, working with you to formulate your strategic criteria to achieve acquisition targets.
This includes:
- Raising funding including debt
- Identifying potential acquisition targets
- Due diligence on targets
- Advising on the best timing for exit
- Helping you to achieve your ambitions and business goals – whether that be a full exit or taking on private equity investment
Market intelligence
In addition to our flagship annual survey event, which presents the financial performance of companies within the marketing services sector, we also publish a quarterly M&A report, that analyses M&A activity in the media and marketing services sectors, as well as hold regular webinars and seminars with expert speakers from the sector joining us.
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Corporate finance – media insights
NewShore Partners and Moore Kingston Smith advise multi award-winning sports media group The Overlap on its sale to Global 09.01.2026
Snapshot: Annual Survey on the Financial Performance of Marketing Services Companies 2025 03.12.2025
