Corporate Finance

We offer a full range of corporate finance advisory services to media clients in the UK and internationally, focusing on transactions ranging from £5m to £150m. Our four key areas of activity comprise:

Trade sales - an intimate understanding of the universe of potential media buyers, their appetite and experience of their deal structures help drive value for our clients

Private equity - we have relationships with all the specialist mid-market UK media private equity investors, with an understanding of the business dynamics they seek and their financing structures

Public markets - we have experience both of floating companies on the UK stockmarket and taking listed companies private

Buyside advisory - we have a track record of working with clients on a series of acquisitions as part of a buy and build growth strategy

N/D Acquisition of a minority stake in MediaPro Advised CME	N/D Acquisition of a majority stake in Pro TV SA Advised CME	N/D Acquisition of a majority stake in Markiza/STS Advised CME	£120m Take private backed by Warner Bros Advised Mgt & Bidco

£100m Sale to CKX Advised shareholders	£49m AIM flotation Advised shareholders	N/D Sale to Huntsworth Advised management	N/D Sale to Coolabi Advised shareholder

N/D Sale to Zodiak Advised shareholders	£25m Sale to Shed Media Advised shareholders	£30m Sale to Shed Media Advised shareholders	£36m Private equity transaction Advised shareholder

N/D New earn-out  structure Advised founders	£35m Sale to ITV Advised Hat Trick	£50m Sale to All3Media Advised shareholders	N/D Sale to BMG Rights Advised shareholders	£44m AIM Flotation Advised shareholders