Raft of hires to Big Four deals teams
BIG FOUR firm KPMG has expanded its transaction services team following a year in which it advised on more than 83 transactions worth £6.3bn.
The Leeds transaction services team will be expanded with the appointment of Jonathan Steed and transfer of director Lawrence Pomeroy (pictured below).
They will join alongside partner Chris Stott and director Sue Richardson. They will support clients throughout the lifecycle of a transaction, including due diligence and deal execution.
Chulanga Jayawardana has also joined the team as associate director and Laura Sisson as associate.
This year the team has advised on the sale of Go Outdoors to JD Sports, as well as the sale of Sheffield’s Sumo Digital to Perwin.
The Leeds-based corporate finance team has also recruited Nick Commandeur as an associate.
Jonathan Boyers, head of deal advisory at KPMG for the North, said: “The Northern dealmaking scene is vibrant and reflects the quality community of investors, corporates and advisors that is long established and continues to thrive on both sides of the Pennines. For us, we’ve had a really strong year and have relished the opportunity to lead the market and get some incredible deals over the line.
“With a healthy pipeline already for the new year, we are committed to investing in our team, strengthening the depth of talent we have here on the ground to make sure that management teams have access to the capital to take advantage of growth opportunities, whether they are organic or acquisitive, domestic or international.”
Lawrence Pomeroy, transaction services director at KPMG, added: “Our deal advisory offering in the North is stronger than it’s ever been, supporting a variety of game-changing transactions. It has been great to see the outstanding work being done across our network of offices in the North and I’m looking forward to contributing my skill set to the Transaction Services team in Leeds to build on that success.”
In the North West the firm’s deal advisory practice in Manchester has appointed Claire Frangou as a corporate finance director. Phillip Sarthou joins KPMG’s corporate finance practice as associate in Liverpool.
Adam Dunin-Markiewitz, who originally joined KPMG’s corporate finance team as an associate in 2015 from Ares Management, has moved to the firm’s Manchester debt advisory practice.
KPMG’s Manchester Transaction Services practice has appointed Neave Patel while Siobhan Dunne joins the team as an associate.
