Key team members
Jamie Lane
Head of Professional Practices and Financial Services National Practice Group, Partner T: +44 (0)12 0220 4723 E: jamie.lane@saffery.com
Jamie works with owner-managed businesses, private equity backed businesses, international groups, professional practices and AIM listed companies.
Jamie is focused foremost on providing a high level of personal service to his clients and prides himself on staying close to his clients all year round. With a background in providing audit and transactional services, Jamie enjoys working alongside clients to help them realise their ambitions.
He has experience of dealing with a wide range of UK GAAP and IFRS issues, SRA Accounts Rules as well as supporting clients through the acquisition and disposal process and other transactional support services.
Niraj Patel
Head of Corporate Finance T: +44 (0)20 7841 4244 E: niraj.patel@saffery.com
Niraj is the head of the Corporate Finance Team at Saffery and handles a variety of corporate finance assignments, including transaction support, covering a broad range of sectors including professional practices. Transaction size will typically be between £5m and £50m and usually involves working with owner-managed businesses.
Niraj has been with the firm for over 23 years. He joined the corporate finance team shortly after gaining his ACA and later obtained his CF qualification.
Niraj has considerable experience in advising clients on a range of transaction support and advisory assignments, including financial due diligence, AIM admissions and pre-lending reviews for banks.
Andrew Fraser
Senior Manager – Corporate Finance T: +44 (0)33 0094 2059 E: andrew.fraser@saffery.com
Andrew is a Senior Manager in the London based Corporate Finance team and advises a mixture of private equity, corporate and private clients on businesses ranging from SMEs to AIM listed groups.
His role primarily focuses on corporate acquisitions/disposals, management buy-outs/ins and other general M&A and transaction services advice, working regularly on cross-border transactions with the firm’s Nexia associates. Andrew is also experienced in the provision of SPA advisory services.
Additionally, Andrew focuses on valuations, both corporate and single joint expert in nature, and provides reporting accountant services for both AIM and Main Market.
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