Mercury Public Affairs to acquire Serafin & Associates.

Mercury Public Affairs, a bipartisan public strategy firm, agreed to acquire Serafin & Associates, a public affairs communications company. Financial terms were not disclosed. "Mercury-Illinois is fast becoming the premier public affairs firm in the Midwest, and joining with Serafin & Associates will accelerate that. Our clients require strategic communications counsel and execution, and Serafin has been a leader in this space. Mercury-Illinois will be full service in every sense in the public affairs world," Cheri Bustos, Mercury Partner and Co-Chair.