Quayle Munro is pleased to announce that it has established a dedicated financial services team through the hiring of Lawrence Guthrie, Christian Kent and Paul Tracey.
Joining from Canaccord Genuity (formerly Hawkpoint), Lawrence, Christian and Paul have an unrivalled track record in the specialist areas of financial services. In the last three years, members of the team have completed 26 transactions in the UK, Europe and North America, worth more than US$10bn.
The team has developed a deep and specialist knowledge of the financial services industry, with experience advising on transactions in credit and specialist finance, insurance, asset and wealth management and fintech. They have achieved a consistently high success rate for their clients through their highly analytical approach and wide-spread industry relationships.
Notable transactions include;
- The sale of ULTIMO in Poland to Norwegian debt purchase business, B2 Holdings
- The sale of Marlin to Cabot Credit Management
- The sale of Moneycorp to Bridgepoint
- The IPOs of OneSavings Bank and Secure Trust Bank
- The purchase of Cabot Credit Management by Encore Capital Group Inc and JC Flowers
- The sale of Burdale to Wells Fargo & Co.
- The sale of Cashzone to Cardtronics, Inc
- The merger of Windsor Partners and Hyperion Insurance Group
- The sale of FirstAssist to Cigna Corporation
- The sale of a £1bn mortgage book to Nationwide
- Inflexion’s investment in Succession Group
Andrew Adams, Quayle Munro CEO, said: “We’re pleased to have Lawrence, Christian and Paul on board. Together they bring over 40 years’ combined industry experience and nearly 10 years operating as a team. They have a well-deserved reputation for their high-quality work, dedication and specialist knowledge in their chosen sub-sectors of the industry.
“Quayle Munro has established a significant presence in the data & analytics space and is expanding its focus to allied sectors, supporting growth through a number of key hires.
“This Financial Services franchise shares a strong overlap with our existing work in Fintech, allowing us to leverage skills and relationships underpinned by our core focus of data & analytics, content, software, and services.”
Christian Kent, Director, said: “We are delighted to join Quayle Munro. The company operates with a similar ethos and culture to our own – independent, straightforward advice, supported by deep sector knowledge within our core areas of focus.
“We see a very strong pipeline of opportunities within the financial services sector driven by dislocation within the credit environment, regulatory change and an increasing use of technology, playing to the strengths of Quayle Munro’s capabilities in data & analytics and technology.”
Quayle Munro continues to grow and strengthen its position in market-leading sectors. Over the past 12 months the company has hired two additional Managing Directors, Mark Fisher and Simon Gluckstein, both well established and respected in Software and Services, and Education, Academic & Training, respectively.
Quayle Munro has advised on over 50 transactions over the past five years with parties including Bloomberg, Platts (McGraw Hill Financial), Thomson Reuters, Virgin Group, Dow Jones, Reed Elsevier.