Chris Grove

Partner

Chris specialises in:

• Corporate Finance

And has sector experience in:

• Retail and Wholesale

Biography

Current role

Chris leads the Transaction Services team in London. This is a specialist team of Chartered Accountants, focused on transactions in the £10m – £500m range. Chris also chairs the International Corporate Finance Group and has been a member of the firm’s Partnership Council for the last six years.

Experience

Chris joined the corporate finance team in 1995, having previously worked within business recovery where he handled corporate receiverships across a variety of sectors.

Recent transactions include:

• CPA Global LLP (global patent renewal and outsourcing business) - vendor due diligence re:  ICG’s £440m acquisition
• Darwin Capital – acquisition of Hampson Aerospace
• FiveTen Group:
  
  • £undisclosed acquisition of Antal International Russia Limited
  • acquisition of EMR Search & Selection Ltd 
  • acquisition of EMR Holdings and refinancing
  • acquisition of Lawrence Simons
  • acquisition of Marks Sattin and refinancing

• Group NBT plc – £18m acquisition of Ascio Technologies Holding A/S
• GI Partners UK Ltd – £560m acquisition of part of the Punch Taverns Plc Group
• H Bauer publishing − £1.14bn acquisition of Emap Consumer Magazines & Radio
• Lee Cooper – due diligence for Emerisque Capital, Sun Capital and 180 on the acquisition from Matalan
• Maximuscle Holdings Limited − £75m SBO
• National Fostering Agency Ltd (NFA) – acquisition by Sovereign Capital
• Woolworths Group plc – £41m acquisition of Bertram Group

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