Shaw and Co appoints new partner

Shaw and Co, the specialist corporate finance advisory firm, has continued its expansion with the appointment of Dan Martin as partner head of Deal Origination.

Martin, who joins from Shawbrook Bank, has over 15 years’ experience in the financial services industry and will oversee the further development of Shaw and Co’s deal origination activities across the UK.

He will be tasked with building a new Deal Origination team that will provide the company with a platform for its expansion plans. These include growing the business to become a “leading” player in the lower mid-market (deal sizes £10m to £100m) and with offices across the country.

At Shawbrook, Martin was a senior director for four years, leading numerous leverage and asset-based lending deals for debt mandates ranging between £2m-£50m.

Working on a variety of deals including recapitalisations, MBOs, MBIs, PE buyouts, EOTs, refinancing, acquisitions and share buybacks, he delivered over £350m worth of both owner-managed and private equity backed lending transactions across a wide variety of businesses and sectors.

His major deals included a £17m acquisition facility for Software Circles; the Panoramic Private Equities acquisition of Full Circle; a super-senior facility for Inflexion-backed CNX Therapeutics; a share buyback for Proximo Limited; NVM’s acquisition of Inprova Group; the refinancing of Key Capital Partners-backed Commhoist; Harwood Private Equity-backed Medica Packaging’s acquisition of FG Curtis; recapitalisation and growth funding for Secure Retail; Think Print’s transition to EOT; Nimbus Private Equities’s acquisition of Hawthorn Timber; and the VIMBO of Carnaby Caravans.

Before joining Shawbrook he was a director at OakNorth Bank where he played an integral role in establishing the business in the SME market across the North of England.

Prior to this Martin spent almost 12 years with the NatWest Group.

Jim Shaw, founder and CEO at Shaw and Co, said: “Over the years we have worked extremely hard to demystify the complexity of corporate finance so more business owners and SMEs can achieve their ambitions and realise their company’s maximum value.

“Our unique approach has proved to be highly successful and we’re currently in the midst of an extraordinary period of growth. There is burgeoning demand for our services across the UK and Dan will have a pivotal role to play in building a new Deal Origination team that will provide the company with a solid platform from which to successfully fulfil our ambitious plans.”