Corporate Finance & UK Capital Markets

Transaction Support & Consultancy

Helping companies and advisers get deals done


Transaction Support and Corporate Finance consultancy:

  • M&A and UK Takeover Code
  • Equity capital & IPOs, including 'IPO Manager' 
  • Listed company regulatory matters


Short or longer term projects – one day to several months


Across industry sectors


Additional internal resource, perspective and expertise:

  • independent reassurance on navigating through the rules and requirements
  • enabling more time for the CEO, CFO and client team to focus on running the business
  • assisting in meeting deal deadlines


Collaborative – working in partnership with all existing advisers


Efficient and cost-effective

  • enabling advisers to work more time- and cost-efficiently, and focus on what matters
  • ability to undertake work that might otherwise be outsourced at a higher cost


Full deal cycle: from commercial negotiation, structuring, due diligence, valuation, transaction documentation / communication, and shareholder interaction through to completion


Public market regulatory matters - Listing Rules, AIM Rules, Takeover Code

  • assisting in regulatory investigations
  • independent compliance and procedures audits



Feedback


“Michael…is an excellent corporate financier and project manager…I would have no hesitation in recommending him very highly.”


“The value you bring to management teams is invaluable – as not only may they have limited experience of such transactions, but also continued focus on trading is probably the ‘make or break’ aspect of any transaction. External advisers on IPOs can often be high level, without an appreciation of the detail that is required – so it helps being a middle man, to manage the bridge between the two.”

 

“Part of your role is as an insurance premium paid to ensure management can keep more focus on the business, which is required whether the deal completes or not.”


“Timing is key. And deal resourcing is key to timing. If you miss a date – a seller’s backstop, an ‘open’ equity market, a regulatory deadline – that could mean your deal is gone.”

 

“Good to have someone company-side speaking the same language as the advisers.”

 

“You get on with what’s necessary, with no interest in point scoring. You oil the wheels, rather than throw in grit!”


“Without you, our transaction would not have completed in the time available...and [since completion] I have missed your counsel.”