Exhibition organizers Other business event organizers (corporate event agencies, PCOs, conference organizers, 1:1 organizers) Consumer events (theatre production, festivals, concert promoters)

Strategy support for owners and/or operators of event venues. This includes venues for different event types such as exhibitions, conferences, live consumer events and others. Project types include expansion, subvention, and M&A strategy.

Event Related Service Providers

Event services (stand design & construction, exhibition fittings, trussing & rigging, hosts/esses & registration) Event technology: AV and event software (registration, social marketing, matchmaking, event production, event marketing, and virtual events)

Marketing agencies Digital agencies Experiential agencies

Events Ecosystem

Grant Thornton Stax provides industry-leading insights in the events industry given tenured experience, particularly in Europe, and increasingly on a global scale.

Grant Thornton Stax supports every aspect of event transformation, from group and market entry strategy, acquisition search, commercial due diligence, and performance improvement to pricing, digital strategy, and data analytics.

Recent Work

Stax Advises Alaris Equity Partners on Investment in Kubik

Grant Thornton Stax Advises Alaris Equity Partners on its Strategic Investment in Kubik

April 2, 2026

Grant Thornton Stax congratulates Alaris Equity Partners on its recent strategic investment into Kubik, a full-service designer and fabricator for events and exhibits. Read more.

Grant Thornton Stax Provides Sell-side Support to Czarnowski on its Acquisition by Platinum Equity

January 23, 2026

Grant Thornton Stax supported event and live experience provider, Czarnowski, on its recent acquisition by Platinum Equity. Read more about the deal here.

Expertise

Event Organizers
- Exhibition organizers
- Other business event organizers (corporate event agencies, PCOs, conference organizers, 1:1 organizers)
- Consumer events (theatre production, festivals, concert promoters)
Venue Operators

Strategy support for owners and/or operators of event venues. This includes venues for different event types such as exhibitions, conferences, live consumer events and others. Project types include expansion, subvention, and M&A strategy.
Event Related Service Providers
- Event services (stand design & construction, exhibition fittings, trussing & rigging, hosts/esses & registration)
- Event technology: AV and event software (registration, social marketing, matchmaking, event production, event marketing, and virtual events)
Marketing Services
- Marketing agencies
- Digital agencies
- Experiential agencies