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Strategy & Growth
Where to build, where to retire, and where to commit capital over the coming cycle. Patient, board-ready recommendations grounded in deep commercial fieldwork.
A quiet practice, now in its twenty-second year
Patient counsel for owner-led firms entering consequential decades.
We advise families and founders on strategy, M&A and succession. Our work is private, our methods considered, and our partners personally accountable on every engagement.
Practice
Four disciplines, one shared conviction.
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M&A Advisory
Quiet representation of founder-led firms on both sides of the table. Measured diligence, realistic deal architecture, and integration planning that protects the culture.
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Succession Planning
Multi-year planning for families navigating intergenerational transfer. We help boards make the difficult decisions early so the transition feels inevitable.
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Operational Finance
Controller-grade hands-on support for boards who expect their numbers to tell a fuller story. FP&A refresh, working capital, and board reporting fit for adult discussions.
Selected Work
Mandates, in chronological order.
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Staged carve-out of industrial cleaning division
Ingram Holdings · Industrial services
Five-year succession plan for a third-generation firm
Marlow & Ash · Family business
Commercial diligence on £42m bolt-on acquisition
Caldecott Labs · Life sciences
Board-level FP&A reset following rapid expansion
Bewley Transport · Logistics
Employee-ownership trust transition for a specialist publisher
Ashcroft Editions · Media
Our Partners
Four principals. No junior bench.
Helena Varga
Managing Partner
Formerly strategy director at a FTSE-250 retailer.
Douglas Merritt
M&A Partner
40+ transactions across family and PE deals.
Anya Okafor
Finance Partner
CFO experience in logistics and consumer.
Rafael Cordeiro
Succession Partner
Exclusively family-led intergenerational work.
Enquire
A private introduction, handled personally.
Chambers
- London
- 42 Bedford Row, WC1R 4JL
- Edinburgh
- 11 Charlotte Square, EH2 4DR
- Telephone
- +44 20 7000 0000
- Enquiries
- [email protected]
- Hours
- Mon–Fri, 08:30–18:30 BST