Simon Davies

CapFive Member

Simon Davies

Partner

FRP Corporate Finance

 

Simon is an experienced (old!) corporate finance adviser who has held previous senior roles at EY (including one year in Singapore), Bank of Scotland (structured lending), PwC and Grant Thornton, as well as establishing two CF boutiques; DHD in 1997, selling in 2001 to RSM, and Spectrum CF in 2010 which was sold to FRP Advisory Group plc in 2021. The business is now a national CF boutique alongside FRP’s other service lines (Recovery/Administration) and is c.90 people in Lead Advisory and Debt Advisory, having recently made acquisitions of CF boutiques in Cardiff, Wales (Lexington CF) and Newcastle (Williams Ali CF).

Based
United Kingdom, EMEA
Member since
November 2010
Phone
+44 (0)118 902 7102
Email
simon.davies@frpadvisory.com
Website
frpadvisory.com

Simon Davies’s Deals

Sell-side advisory

Trust Property Management Group (Trust Group) was sold to PHM Group.

Where
United Kingdom
Year
2026
Sell-side advisory

Encore was sold to Odevo, a portfolio company of Fidelio Capital.

Where
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Sell-side advisory

Gob2b was sold to ClearCourse.

Where
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Equity advisory

Twenty7tec received investment from Business Growth Fund (BGF).

Where
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Equity advisory

MML invested in Cosegic.

Where
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Sell-side advisory

Identicare Ltd was sold to Bridgepoint.

Where
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Sell-side advisory

InterQuest Group was sold to Morson Group.

Where
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Sell-side advisory

March Foods was sold to The Delightful Food Group.

Where
United Kingdom
Year
2023
Abu Ali RolePartner FirmFRP Corporate Finance Abu joined FRP in 2024 as a Partner in the Corporate Finance team, following the acquisition of WilliamsAli Corporate Finance, which he co-founded in 2019. View profile
Adrian Alexander RoleCorporate Finance Partner FirmFRP Corporate Finance Adrian has over 35 years’ corporate finance experience advising on buying and selling companies, management buyouts, raising finance and deal support services including valuations. He also specialises in alternative exit strategies such as ‘Two Step Exits’. He has worked on numerous mandates in the South East of the United Kingdom. Adrian was awarded ‘Corporate Finance Adviser of the year ’ in 2019 and 2024’ at the South East Insider Deal Awards. View profile
Alex Hunton RoleAssociate Director FirmFRP Corporate Finance Chartered accountant focused on sell side and buyside lead advisory services across the lower and mid markets. View profile
Alex Starling RoleDirector FirmFRP Corporate Finance View profile
Alexander Griffiths RoleManager FirmFRP Corporate Finance View profile
Amelia King RoleResearch Analyst FirmFRP Corporate Finance View profile
Amy Murphy RoleCorporate Finance Manager FirmFRP Corporate Finance ACA Qualified accountant working in the Corporate Finance team in FRP Advisory Manchester. View profile
Ben Hughes RolePartner FirmFRP Corporate Finance View profile
Beth Warner RoleSenior Manager FirmFRP Corporate Finance View profile
Bilal Hasan RolePartner FirmFRP Corporate Finance Bilal joined Spectrum Corporate Finance in 2014 prior to which he was at BDO. View profile

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