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The award-winning Corporate Financier magazine is published ten times a year for members, stakeholders and key associates of the Corporate Finance Faculty.

June 2025

This month we look at how companies are gaining liquidity through secondary share sales. Plus: what's on the horizon for agriculture; making deals in the West Midlands; Nick Thompson on his meteoric rise at MKS, and Matt Williams of Corbett Keeling on swapping rugby boots for M&A.

May 2025

In this month’s Corporate Financier, we reveal the mid-market firms busiest in buyouts, take the temperature of debt markets and look at M&A in the fashion sector. We also examine the latest investment in a British institution - amplifier business Marshall Group - by Chinese private equity.

April 2025

This month we look at co-investments and their deployment in the mid-market. EY’s Lucy McKelvey talks about her career and Andrew Frame of Grant Thornton discusses a complex trade sale. Plus: 3i’s €145m investment in WaterWipes, and why interest in M&A across the accountancy profession is so high.

March 2025

This month we look at life sciences M&A – will 2025 see a pick-up? Plus: Pearson’s Sally Johnson on the education company’s approach to M&A; Tom Rowe-Jones of LAVA Advisory Partners on the challenges of advising in an accountancy firm takeover; and private equity investment in Scotland.

February 2025

This month we look at the progress women have made in M&A advisory. Plus: utilities are facing challenges, many of their own making, so what does that mean for dealmaking? And EOTs are an increasingly popular exit route – what are the responsibilities of the trustees?