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Mid-tier accounting and advisory firm Gerald Edelman has appointed Will Abell, Paul Twydell and Paul Attridge as partners.
Their appointment brings the total number of Gerald Edelman partners to 22.
Abell, who joined Gerald Edelman in 2017 and in the firm’s growing Corporate Finance department, has been promoted to the role of partner.
After graduating in 2015 from Newcastle University’s ‘Flying Start’ Programme in collaboration with PwC, Abell joined the Big Four firm in their assurance department in Cardiff. In late 2016, he qualified as an ICAEW Chartered Accountant.
Since Abell joined Gerald Edelman, he has advised many businesses of different sizes and sectors across many practice areas. His primary areas of expertise include buy-side transaction advisory, financial due diligence, business valuations and IPO and capital markets support.
Meanwhile, Twydell and Attridge have been appointed as partners in the firm’s tax team.
A chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser, it said Twydell brings a wealth of experience to the team in corporate tax matters with over 20 years’ experience in the profession.
Having trained at a top 10 firm and with a wealth of experience in firms of a similar size to Gerald Edelman, Twydell brings a clear understanding of its clients’ needs and requirements as well as providing technical insight to the rest of the tax team.
Twydell joins the firm following a short career break after leaving Simmons Gainsford as partner at the end of 2023.
Additionally, Attridge, a chartered tax adviser and trusts and estates practitioner, brings nearly two decades of experience to the team in a range of tax matters to benefit owner-managed businesses, their owners and high net worth individuals.
Attridge has a wealth of experience in a variety of firms including those in the mid-tier and top 10. Paul will work with our clients to bring solutions to both corporate and individual tax issues that will both improve their business and their family life.
Abell said: “I am delighted to join the partnership at Gerald Edelman, which has been a long-term ambition of mine. Over the past couple of years, we have been building an exceptional Corporate Finance team at the Firm, proven by our recent win at the South East Dealmakers Awards for Best Transaction Services Team. I’ve enjoyed every moment of my time at Gerald Edelman and I’m incredibly excited to see where the future will take us.”
Twydell added: “I am very excited to be joining Gerald Edelman for this new chapter of my career and can’t wait to get started. What attracted me to Gerald Edelman was its long-term growth objectives whilst staying true to its partnership model and firm commitments to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion together with its focus on prioritising mental wellbeing.”
Attridge concluded: “I am excited to be joining Gerald Edelman for this next stage of my career and I am looking forward to meeting the whole team and starting work on a wide range of clients. A mid-tier partnership environment is where I can really use my strengths and I was very impressed by Gerald Edelman’s focus on positive interactions with clients, colleagues and the wider community.”
