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Hurst has announced that it has promoted Isabelle Bennett and Matthew Taylor in its corporate finance team.
Bennett joined Hurst in 2016 and has been part of its corporate finance team since 2021. She advises on a range of projects, including business valuations, exit strategies and
acquisitions.
Over the years, she has played a key role in a string of major transactions, including artisan speciality food group Panicium’s acquisition of The Bury Black Pudding Company and the sale of Stockport-based Red Rose Packaging to Logson Group, the UK’s largest independent supplier of corrugated packaging.
Taylor joined Hurst for a six-week work placement after university in 2021 and immediately earned a place on its graduate trainee programme.
He has led a number of significant projects at Hurst Corporate Finance across
sectors including energy, legal and property, and is currently working on numerous
high-value transactions across various sectors, including acquisitions, buy-and-build
strategies and company disposals.
Nigel Barratt, head of Hurst corporate finance, said: “Promotion for Isabelle and Matthew is well-deserved, given their hard work and commitment to developing their corporate finance skills, and they always get great client feedback. They will undoubtedly help us to carry on building an increasingly successful corporate finance business and I look forward to continuing to work with them over the coming years.”
Earlier this year, Hurst unveiled plans to double in size amid rapid expansion across the practice. It aims to become a £20m-turnover practice in 2028, fuelled by a growing national client base, extensive recruitment and new service lines to support its ambitions, alongside a multimillion-pound investment in technology.
