Headquartered in Montreal, RES PUBLICA is a holding and management company of leading professional services firms offering a wide array of communications services to a full range of businesses. RES PUBLICA’s business administration and management services for public relations firms include consultation with respect to mergers and acquisitions, human resources management and public relations consulting.

RES PUBLICA owns AVENIR GLOBAL, a global powerhouse of specialist communications firms with 1,000 staff and offices in 22 locations across Canada, the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, and ranking among the top 25 largest communication firms in the world. In Canada, AVENIR GLOBAL owns NATIONAL Public Relations, the country’s leading public relations firm, servicing clients across a wide range of sectors. In the United States, AVENIR GLOBAL owns SHIFT Communications, a data-driven integrated communications agency; and the public relations and communication company Padilla, which includes the brand consultancy Joe Smith and the food and nutrition experts at FoodMinds. In Europe, AVENIR GLOBAL owns the London-based strategic communications consultancy Madano and Hanover, one of the EMEA’s leading strategic communications and public affairs consultancies, with offices in London, Brussels, Dublin, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Hanover Group also includes creative communications agency The Playbook. The AVENIR GLOBAL network also includes healthcare specialists AXON Communications, with offices in Toronto, the U.S., the U.K. and Europe and healthcare creative agency Cherry, based in London.