Mirabaud is adding a new capability to its intermediation service with the formation of the Mirabaud M&A Advisory Group. The group will provide advice on corporate acquisitions and disposals, as well as related financing and strategic advice.

Mirabaud has appointed, as partners of Mirabaud Securities LLP, four senior M&A practitioners, Maneksh Dattani, Ian Macfarlane, Paul Schultz and Nicolas Thum, previously partners at Europa Partners, to spearhead the new initiative. They each have more than 20 years’ experience in international mergers and acquisitions. Their existing clients range from FTSE 100 companies (and their equivalents) to financial sponsors and family-owned businesses. The team’s expertise covers a range of sectors and their transactions have been across four continents.

The team will be based in London and will work closely with Mirabaud’s existing equity capital markets, debt capital markets and alternative capital teams, as well as Asset Management and Private Banking, throughout Mirabaud’s network.

Giles Morland, Mirabaud Managing Partner, said: “Mirabaud already has very strong and highly rated corporate finance capabilities and this M&A Advisory Group is a natural addition to the offering. The team fits very neatly into Mirabaud, both culturally and strategically, and we are optimistic about prospects in the space.”

Ian Macfarlane, partner at Mirabaud Securities, added on behalf of the team: “We are delighted to be asked to build an international M&A advisory business for Mirabaud. We see a compelling combination of our international M&A deal experience and client relationships with Mirabaud’s geographical reach across 40 markets and extensive client base which could benefit from the addition of an M&A advisory service. Crucially, we believe that with Mirabaud's focus on long-term relationships and discreet, conflict-free services, the cultural fit is excellent. It will serve well both our existing and new clients.”

Maneksh Dattani
Dattani specialises in real estate and private equity related transactions, including financings. Prior to joining Mirabaud, Dattani was a partner at Europa Partners. Formerly he was a partner of UBS Capital, the European Private Equity arm of UBS and a director of Morgan Grenfell Development Capital, where he was a founding director of its Asian operations. He started his career at Arthur Andersen. Dattani has advised on many cross-border M&A transactions, acting particularly for private equity firms, and has provided restructuring advice to banks and their portfolio companies in the real estate sector. He has served on the boards of a number of real estate companies as CFO, CRO and non-executive director. Dattani has a BSc. in Mathematics and Management Studies from the University of London and is a qualified chartered accountant.

Ian Macfarlane
Macfarlane specialises in financial institutions and industrials as well as the Nordic Region. Prior to joining Mirabaud, Macfarlane was a partner at Europa Partners. Previously he was a senior director at Enskilda Securities where he set up and managed the investment banking operations in Finland. While at Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS) he established and managed a fixed-income business in New York. He started his career at Schroders in London. Macfarlane has more than 25 years of corporate finance experience including arranging equity capital markets offerings and originating and executing cross-border M&A transactions across many sectors including chemicals, engineering, financials and media in countries such as France, Germany, Italy, the Nordic countries, the UK and the US. He graduated from the University of Oxford with an MA in Classics and speaks fluent French.

Paul Schultz
Schultz specialises in the financial institutions sector. Prior to joining Mirabaud, Schultz was a partner at Europa Partners. He was previously a Managing Director in investment banking at Citigroup in London and before that held a number of investment banking roles internationally at Schroders. He started his career at Coopers & Lybrand. Schultz has more than 20 years of corporate finance experience across a broad range of assignments, encompassing strategic, financial and capital structuring advice; execution of cross-border and domestic M&A transactions; capital raising; and risk management. His assignments have been widely spread across Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. He holds a BCom from the University of Queensland, Australia, and qualified as a chartered accountant.

Nicolas Thum
Thum specialises in the transportation & logistics sector. Prior to joining Mirabaud, he was a partner at Europa Partners. Earlier in his career, Thum led Bear Stearns’ activities for the transportation & logistics sector in Europe. He was a founder director of the European division of GE Capital Corporate Finance and held senior investment banking positions at Merrill Lynch and Rabobank International. Thum has worked exclusively on M&A and corporate finance for the transportation & logistics sector for more than 20 years during which time he has completed corporate finance advisory assignments for a wide range of public and private companies, including many of the leading logistics and transportation groups in Europe and North America. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MA in Engineering & Economics from Brasenose College, Oxford.

Mirabaud Intermediation
Mirabaud has built up its intermediation business in London since 1990. Mirabaud Securities LLP is a member of the London Stock Exchange and specialises in trading securities for institutional investors. Its credentials include advisory services, corporate finance and debt capital markets.
Mirabaud United Kingdom was, according to Dealogic, ranked:
• No.1 in 2012 for London Oil & Gas equity issues by gross amount raised
• No.1 in 2012 for London Natural Resources equity issues by number of deals & No.3 by amount raised
• No.1 broker on AIM since 2010 both by market share (12.9%) and by gross amount (US$2,872m)

Mirabaud in brief
Mirabaud & Cie was founded in Geneva in 1819. Over the course of time, it has developed into a multi-national firm with a presence on four continents. Mirabaud offers its clients customised advice and financial services in three areas of activity: private banking (portfolio management, investment advice and services to independent asset managers), asset management (institutional management, fund management and distribution) and intermediation (brokerage, corporate finance and debt capital management). The group employs around 650 staff and has offices in Switzerland (Geneva, Basel, and Zurich), Europe (London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Luxembourg) and the rest of the world (Montreal, Hong Kong and Dubai).

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