Principals: Alan Parker, group chairman; Susan Gilchrist, US managing partner; Steve Lipin, US senior partner
Ownership: Independent
Offices: Global: 19; US: 4
Headcount: Global: 600; US: 140

Brunswick has handled communications for some of the most high-profile business transactions in the past year, including Kraft Foods' announcement that it will create two new independent companies, Skype's $8.5 billion sale to Microsoft, Express Scripts' $29 billion acquisition of Medco Health Solutions, and Autonomy's nearly $11.5 billion sale to Hewlett-Packard. ...