industry communications marketing public relations founded paris 1938 headquarters paris france area served worldwide key people guillaume herbette ceo website www.mslgroup.com mslgroup is a public relations pr network of companies . specialists in strategic communications and engagement the company is part of the french multinational publicis groupe . it evolved as a merger of publicis consultants and manning selvage & lee thus the msl in the name . 1 mslgroup offers the following services public relations financial communications experiential marketing live event management healthcare communications public affairs reputation management and social media marketing . it is the fourth largest pr conglomerate in the world following edelman weber shandwick and fleishman hillard . 2 mslgroup has over 100 offices in 22 countries and employs more than 3 100 people as of 2013 . contents 1 history 2 services 3 controversies 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1980 ms & l was acquired by the benton & bowles inc. ad agency who ended up merging with the leo burnett ad agency before the entire group was bought by france s publicis groupe to form the world s fourth largest communications company . 3 in october 2010 mslgroup acquired 20 20 an indian public relations firm specializing in technology and social media . 4 it acquired eastwei relations in the same year now integrated into msl china . 5 in december 2010 the group acquired andreoli brazil . in 2011 mslgroup made four acquisitions taiwan based interactive communications ltd icl genedigi group 6 technology pr agency schwartz communications 7 and ciszewski poland s largest independent public relations agency . 8 in 2012 mslgroup acquired two marketing firms king harvests and luminous . 9 cnc communications became part of mslgroup after publicis groupe acquired it in july 2012 . 10 brazilian digital and social media marketing agency espalhe joined mslgroup in august 2013 when publicis groupe acquired a majority stake in it . 11 d.c. based public affairs agency qorvis was acquired on january 10 2014 . 12 services edit mslgroup ranked fifth in the holmes report 250 global ranking of pr firms in 2011 . 13 controversies edit see also public executions in saudi arabia capital punishment in saudi arabia and human rights in saudi arabia qorvis mslgroup amid the execution of political protesters and opponents has been working with saudi arabia for more than a decade to whitewash its record on human rights . 14 15 references edit publicis omnicom mslgroup ponders post merger future top 10 global rankings 2013 . holmes report . 22 july 2013 . retrieved 8 august 2013 . 1 publicis to buy 20 20 media 2020 social . the hindu business line . 2 october 2010 . retrieved 10 february 2012 . mslgroup merges eastwei and mslchina . holmes report . 22 november 2011 . retrieved 10 february 2012 . agency report mslgroup . holmes report . 20 july 2011 . retrieved 10 february 2012 . publicis groupe s.a. acquires pr agency schwartz communications . reuters . 15 september 2011 . retrieved 16 april 2012 . news from the advertising industry . new york times . 4 december 2011 . retrieved 16 april 2012 . publicis groupe sa acquires king harvests and luminous . reuters . 8 march 2012 . retrieved 16 april 2012 . germany s cnc joins mslgroup after publicis groupe acquisition . holmes report . 11 july 2012 . retrieved 2 june 2013 . publicis groupe acquires espalhe pr and digital marketing agency in brazil wall street journal 29 august 2013 retrieved 11 october 2013 2 washingtonpost 20 january 2014 retrieved 8 may 2014 edelman climbs to number one in global rankings 2011 . holmes report . 5 september 2011 . retrieved 8 february 2013 . green chris 17 march 2016 . pr firm accused of helping saudi arabia whitewash its human rights record . the independent . retrieved 18 may 2016 . supplemental statement pursuant to the foreign agents registration act of 1938 pdf . fara.gov . foreign agents registration act . 5 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