Jonathan Steed Email & Phone Number

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Transaction Services Partner at Dow Schofield Watts, specialist in financial due diligence.Significant recent completed transactions include:- LDC’s investment in The 55 Group,- Bond International’s acquisition of three tyre distribution businesses from Halfords Group,- eComplete’s investment in Give Me Cosmetics,- Keysource Group’s acquisition of 2bm,- Mobeus Equity Partners’ investment in The Boundary;- Pricoa Capital's investment in Nixon Hire;- SIG plc's acquisitions of Miers Construction Products and F30 Building Products;- CitNOW’s acquisition of Real Time Communications, backed by Livingbridge and Tenzing.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Key transactions at KPMG included:- Sale of SIG plc’s multinational Air Handling Division to France Air;- LDC’s significant minority investment in NBS, alongside The Royal Institute of British Architects;- Three Hills Capital Partners’ investment in Trak Global Group;- Sale of GEV Group to Bridges Fund Management;- Sale of Three Sixty non-household water & sewerage business by Kelda Group to Scottish Water Business Stream;- CBPE Capital’s investment in IDEAL Networks;- Sale of Northumbrian Fine Foods to Biscuit International;- Secondary buyout of Mandata, backed by LDC;- Proactis Holdings plc's £102 million reverse takeover of Perfect Commerce LLC;- Sale of Butterkist popcorn by Tangerine Confectionery to Intersnack; and- Ansell Limited's £57 million acquisition of Nitritex Limited.

Leeds

Significant completed transactions at Deloitte included:- the secondary MBO of Kitwave, backed by Pricoa Capital and Allstate;- the secondary MBO of Nexus Vehicle Management, backed by Bowmark Capital;- the secondary MBO of Camira Fabrics, backed by Pricoa Capital;- NCC Group plc's acquisition of the internet domain services business OpenRegistry SA;- NCC Group plc's recommended offer to acquire the IT security group Accumuli plc;- the MBO of the computer games developer Sumo Digital, backed by NorthEdge Capital;- the refinancing of the education and care business Witherslack Group, backed by LivingBridge;- Servelec Group plc's acquisition of the social care software business Abacus eSolutions.

Leeds, United Kingdom

I was a Director in Grant Thornton's Transaction Advisory Services team from September 2008 to May 2014. I played a significant role in the development of Grant Thornton's Transaction Advisory Services offering across the North of England. I advised private equity, large corporates and other 'transaction active' corporates on their strategic acquisitions and disposals. This included a number of inward and outward cross-border transactions.My private equity clients whilst at Grant Thornton included Gresham, RJD Partners, NorthEdge Capital, NVM Private Equity, Mobeus Equity Partners, ISIS Equity Partners, Key Capital Partners and Business Growth Fund. My corporate transactions included the IPO of Flowtech Fluidpower plc, advising a division of VINCI SA on a complex UK acquisition, advising various US corporates on their strategic UK acquisitions, and working with Yorkshire-based clients such as Damartex, Vp plc, Emerald Group Publishing, CSE-Global (UK) and Cepac on their acquisitions.

Leeds, United Kingdom

I was a Director at Barclays Leveraged Finance in Leeds for nearly three years, where I was responsible for providing debt facilities in support of private equity transactions.My key clients at Barclays included Gresham Private Equity and Spirit Capital Partners. A key transaction was the successful management buyout of the coachbuilder Plaxton Limited.My time at Barclays Leveraged Finance provided me with a good understanding of the specific due diligence requirements of debt funders, which I apply to good effect in my current role.

Leeds, United Kingdom

I worked for PwC in Leeds and London for 16 years, including nearly 10 years as a Transaction Services specialist.I worked on a wide range of buy-side and sell-side transactions for private equity and corporate clients in Leeds. I then moved to London for my final two years with PwC, to focus on larger, cross-border private equity and corporate transactions. My private equity clients at PwC included 3i, LDC, Duke Street Capital, Apax Partners, Alchemy Partners, BC Partners and Cinven. My key corporate clients included Intercare Group, Watson Wyatt and Premier Foods.I also spent an enjoyable one year secondment in Copenhagen,.

Beng (Hons), Civil Engineering, First

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