Strategic public M&A & shareholder activism advisory
We are proud to be trusted to provide advice to buyers, sellers, boards and other market participants across every aspect of public takeovers and shareholder activism. Our focus is to drive execution, deliver outcome certainty and achieve clients’ objectives.
finnCap’s reputation and strategic advisory capabilities recognised by rare invitation to propose a secondee to Takeover Panel
Market leading transaction flow in core growth company market
- Strong record of acting for bidders and targets alike – assisting buyers to identify targets and refine their strategies informs work assisting companies with vulnerability assessments and defence preparations
- Many of our most successful defence mandates are successful because they do not become public
- Experience of working within cross-border advisory teams or alongside specialist advisory practices, assisting some of the world’s largest companies to achieve their ambitions in the UK market
- We work seamlessly with colleagues leveraging the firm’s broader advisory capabilities and network resources, sector expertise and financing product teams:
- Transaction execution team backed by a team of 28 experienced public transaction professionals
- Close cooperation and integration with specialist professionals in M&A division to provide regulatory assistance for public company sales processes
- Advice and strategies informed by the real-time intelligence from equity capital markets and sales desks can provide on market conditions and trends, shareholder and investor views
- Bidders benefit from experience and integration of financing experts
Latest Transactions
Ambition Delivered
IQGeo
Sector: Technology
Acquisition of Comsof NV and £3.5m fundraise
August 2022
Photo-Me
Sector: Consumer
Financial Adviser and Rule 3 Adviser to the Independent Directors, in relation to £284.5m offer from Serge Crasnianski, CEO
February 2022
Universe Group Plc
Sector: Technology
Adviser on takeover by PDI Software, a US-based and private equity-backed software group
January 2022