Nominated in the Financial Advisory category, marcusbrewster was one of 15 South African firms honoured including Pricewaterhouse Coopers (SA Financial Due Diligence Provider), Maitland (SA Fund Administrator of the Year) and Bernardt Vukic Potash and Getz (SA Boutique Law Firm of the Year). Adams & Adams was a double winner, earning its stripes as SA Intellectual Property Firm of the Year and SA Franchise Law Firm of the Year.

Comments company founder and chairman Marcus Brewster: “So much of our best work happens unheralded and behind the scenes. Due to the confidential nature of the assignments, we never get to share case study best practice with the industry, or even enter the work for award ceremonies. It is thus very satisfying and gratifying to get the M&A Award for SA Financial PR Firm of the Year, as the shortlisting evolves through peer nomination and the award is given on merit.”

Earlier this year, marcusbrewster won the Business-to-business category at the 2012 PRISA PRISM Awards for its work with the Rezidor Hotel Group’s Business Development division, the third year in a row to be honoured in this category. The agency also took the Gold Award for Corporate Communication in 2010 and 2011 (one of 14 trophies it received last year for PR Excellence).

In 2010 marcusbrewster was named FinWeek AdReview PR Consultancy of the Year, as well as the UK-based PRCA’s Global PR Consultancy of the Year: South Africa.

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