Bio

Gerard joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in 2016 after spending 13 years as a Corporate Finance Director at RSM and 3 years as a Finance Director at Sheard Packaging delivering an investment and growth strategy. Gerard has strong cross-border experience and specialises in providing strategic commercial advice and deal structuring to entrepreneurs and growing businesses, offering a perspective from both industry and practice. Recent transaction experience includes the sale of packaging machinery specialist Proseal to US-listed JBT Corporation for £220m, the sale of premium bicycle retailer Leisure Lakes Bikes to JD Group, and the sale of Architectural Steel Limited to Arcelor Mittal Construction.