Duff & Phelps, has appointed Paul Martin as a managing director and leader of the firm’s UK Transaction Advisory Services practice, based in London.
Martin has over 25 years of experience providing clients with financial and operational deal advice, with a focus on private equity and large corporates. Highly regarded in the private equity industry, Martin has led projects and teams across all aspects of the deal life cycle from origination, due diligence execution, post-deal control, performance improvement, exit readiness, sell-side support through to exit. In addition, he has worked with clients across the world and has advised on cross-border transactions in Europe, the US, Africa and Asia.
Ray Newman, Managing Director and Global Leader of Transaction Advisory Services at Duff & Phelps, says, “Paul is a recognised transaction leader who provides a hands-on, commercial approach and has a proven track record of maximising value for clients. As our practice continues to grow, having someone of Paul’s caliber on the ground in London is instrumental in expanding our transaction advisory service offerings in the UK and Europe as well as globally and I am thrilled to have him on our team.”
Martin joins Duff & Phelps from Grant Thornton where he was a Partner in the firm’s Transaction Advisory Services practice and drove the practice’s growth into the private equity and large corporate space. Prior to Grant Thornton, Martin was a Partner in the Transaction Support group at Ernst & Young.
