Alistair Hay

EC’s strategic acquisition of Liad Electronics in the Netherlands represents an exciting opportunity to accelerate growth in mainland Europe. It is fantastic to have once again collaborated with the Cavendish Debt Advisory team who quickly understood the EC platform and ensured the most appropriate debt financing solution was put in place. We are delighted to be partnering with Shawbrook Bank on this acquisition and we look forward to continuing the buy and build strategy.

“We are delighted with the assistance and guidance provided by the finnCap Debt Advisory team to support this hugely important acquisition. The key for us was to find a strategic lending partner in the UK; therefore, the team’s intimate knowledge of the UK debt market and network of lending partners proved essential in achieving this successful outcome.”

“Given the financial strength of iomart, lender appetite levels in participating in the debt facility were high.  However, this was the first time that a bank club was established and our incumbent lender was potentially being replaced. Therefore, we needed support in ensuring we ran a diligent and professional process and this is exactly what the finnCap Debt Advisory team delivered.   I was delighted with the outcome in terms of the new lenders and banking arrangements, which underpins our growth plans for the business.”

“We backed the MBO of Improve during a global pandemic and opted to equity underwrite the full value of the deal at completion. Having performed well since the MBO, the business was in a strong position to be recapitalised and allow us to return a significant portion of the invested capital to our investors. We mandated finnCap and were very pleased with the range of deliverable options that they presented.”

“We are delighted to have been able to deliver this carefully selected acquisition which is a key part of our growth plan. The support and funding put in place by finnCap and provided by ThinCats allows us to pursue other potential acquisitions with like-minded wealth and financial planning firms and we expect further deals to be agreed during the next year as we continue our growth strategy. We are building a financial planning and wealth management business that retains the depth of understanding and relationship that comes with being a client focussed business whilst providing the range of services normally associated with a Private Bank. finnCap provided us with the knowledge of market and debt structure expertise that we didn’t have in house and we very much look forward to working together on future acquisitions.”

“We are delighted to have worked closely with finnCap Group to create a funding solution to support HFMC with its growth plans. Wealth management is a long-term growth sector and HFMC is well-placed to benefit. We look forward to supporting them in the years ahead.”

“This acquisition demonstrates Chiltern’s desire to support its portfolio companies in delivering both organic and inorganic growth. finnCap brought a number of financing options to the table to fund the acquisition and we are delighted with Arcmont as our partner going forward.”

“We want to give a huge thank you to the finnCap Debt Advisory team for their support and advice with the refinancing. Whilst we were confident there would be bank appetite to support the Group’s M&A aspirations, the dynamic of bouncing ideas off Alistair and Graham proved incredibly useful. We have now secured enlarged debt facilities with a new partner on board, strong commercial terms and with the desired flexibility to support the next phase of growth.”

“We are delighted with the support of the finnCap Debt Advisory team in securing our maiden debt facility with a new banking partner. To date, the Group has been supported by its shareholders and its own cash generation in delivering the Board’s vision. The new debt facility represents an important evolution of our capital structure, creating more flexible funding options as we consider further strategic acquisitions, in line with our ongoing growth strategy.”

“This deal represents a fantastic opportunity for our investors to support an established and well managed business with an excellent reputation in the facilities management sector. We are delighted with the debt financing package arranged by finnCap, which was a critical element to the completion of the transaction. We were extremely pleased with how the process was managed by the finnCap Debt Advisory Team, which provided us with optionality to select the most appropriate banking partner for CMS.”