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Begbies Traynor Group PLC
16 September 2019
16 September 2019
BTG Advisory APPOINTS four new Partners to its London office
BTG Advisory, the boutique advisory arm of Begbies Traynor Group
that provides commercial, strategic and partner-led advice to
companies, investors, lenders and other stakeholders, today
announces the appointment of four new partners to its London Canary
Wharf office, as the advisory firm delivers on its growth ambitions
and expands its corporate finance offering to meet growing client
demand for its services.
The new BTG Advisory partners include two high profile external
appointments, with Anthony Brennan joining from CameronBarney LLP
and Paul Davies from Menzies, as well as the senior internal
promotions of both Andrew Dalton and Sorca Hunt, effective
immediately.
These appointments will support BTG Advisory's growth strategy
and its commitment to further expanding its service delivery while
broadening its client offering into new specialist areas. Over
recent years, the business has significantly invested in service
diversification, bolstering its debt advisory, due diligence,
transaction support, valuations and litigation offerings.
Mark Fry, National Head of Advisory and Restructuring at BTG
Advisory, said:
"I am delighted to welcome Anthony and Paul to our growing team,
while congratulating both Andrew and Sorca on their very
well-deserved promotions today. Our business continues to go from
strength to strength, gathering momentum as our service
diversification strategy continues to bear fruit, underpinned by
consistently outstanding commercial, strategic and partner-led
advice.
"In today's fast-moving economy, UK businesses are facing more
challenges than ever before. From growing technological and
political issues, including Brexit, to tougher regulations and ever
more stringent transparency and corporate governance standards to
adhere to, management teams need to be at the forefront of
understanding and addressing these challenges head on. Because of
this, we are seeing growing demand from corporates, investors and
lenders alike, seeking expert advice to support them through one of
the biggest economic changes we've seen in recent years.
"Each of these four highly-skilled professionals has significant
and specialist experience that will be invaluable to both new and
existing clients alike, and as such we look forward to the future
with great confidence."
Anthony Brennan
Anthony brings more than 24 years' experience in corporate
finance and debt advisory to the new role, having previously been a
Partner at CameronBarney LLP (2018-19), Partner at Praesidian
Capital Europe LLP (2012-17) and Head of Debt Advisory at Peel Hunt
(2008-12). Prior to these positions, Anthony was a Managing
Director and Head of EMEA Leveraged Loan Capital Markets at Bank of
America (2005-07), Head of the Capital Structuring Group within
Commerzbank AG (2000-05) and Co-Head Europe of Acquisition Finance
at ABN AMRO Bank in London (1995-2000). At BTG Advisory, Anthony's
key focus will be on debt advisory and private capital advice for
clients, particularly in the area of raising finance for
corporates.
Paul Davies
After starting his career in restructuring at Begbies Traynor
Group in 1999, Paul today re-joins the Group, bringing his
extensive restructuring expertise to the BTG Advisory brand. A
current Board member of the Turnaround Management Association UK
and winner of Turnaround Professional of the Year at the 2017 TRI
Awards, over the past 17 years Paul has held senior positions at
Menzies (2015-19), ReSolve Partners LLP (2013-15) and Mazars
(2009-12), Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander and Grant Thornton
UK. A specialist in risk banking, distressed investing and
turnaround situations, at BTG Advisory his role will include
Diagnostic Business Reviews, Accelerated M&A, interim
management, debt advisory (particularly via the alternative finance
market) and stakeholder negotiations, while leading the expansion
of the firm's restructuring offering.
Andrew Dalton
Andrew's promotion to Partner follows a 15-year career at
Begbies Traynor Group, the last 10 of which as part of its growing
London Advisory team (renamed BTG Advisory in December 2017).
Andrew's experience includes a wide range of corporate finance and
turnaround services for investors, lenders and key stakeholders,
including financial due diligence, Mergers and Acquisitions
(including AMAs), deal structuring and exit optimisation, corporate
simplifications and Independent Business Reviews (IBRs). He has
also acted for a number of landlords in some of the recent
high-profile retail CVAs and, in 2018, Andrew managed the
successful restructuring of Ark Home Healthcare that involved an
accelerated sale of this UK domiciliary care provider to three
separate purchasers via solvent sales.
Sorca Hunt
Sorca becomes a Partner today following eight years at the firm,
having previously worked in the banking sector at AIB as a
Corporate Manager (2004-11) and at Bank of Ireland as a Management
Accountant (1997-2004), gaining significant experience in
management accounting, credit, corporate banking and restructuring.
Throughout her career, Sorca has been heavily involved in turn
arounds, due diligence and litigation support. She has particular
specialisms in property, contracting, healthcare, hotels and
leisure. In 2018, Sorca undertook a substantial finance
transformation project working for a private equity group in the
payment services sector. She also has strong restructuring
experience, recently working alongside Mark Fry on Amicus Finance
Plc and the implementation of a complex trading run off of its loan
portfolio worth GBP0.6bn.
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Notes to Editors
About BTG Advisory
BTG Advisory is a boutique practice providing commercial,
strategic and partner-led advice, instructed by companies,
investors, lenders and other stakeholders. As a trusted advisor to
its clients, BTG Advisory's multidisciplinary teams offer advice in
the areas of corporate finance (M&A, debt advisory and
valuations), litigation support, forensic accounting and
technology, financial consulting and restructuring and turnaround,
providing viable and effective solutions to businesses.
BTG Advisory delivers all services nationally across the UK via
six offices - London, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham and
Bristol. It also has the capability to undertake international
assignments through BTG Advisory in the UK and BTG Global Advisory
(BTG GA). BTG GA covers all continents as well as multiple offshore
centres and acts as a trusted advisor to many leading banks, law
firms, private equity and other funds, bankruptcy debtors, creditor
committees and operating companies.
Further information on BTG Advisory can be found here
https://www.btgadvisory.com/.
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