Following a period of aggressive financial expansion, high-profile corporate takeover battles, and boardroom disputes during the early 1990s, the founding Saatchi brothers departed the company they built, subsequently launching M&C Saatchi. Meanwhile, the original Saatchi & Saatchi network underwent structural reorganizations, leadership changes, and financial restructuring. It was eventually acquired by the French multinational advertising holding corporation Publicis Groupe, under whose umbrella it continues to operate today as a prominent global creative agency network.