David Kirkpatrick Bio

David has over 15 years corporate finance experience and has completed over 100 management advisory projects since joining the firm in 2013. David is currently head of our UK mid-market practice. Recently he has advised management teams on transactions including Anthesis (buyout backed by The Carlyle Group), Acuity Knowledge Partners (Permira), CFC Underwriting (Vitruvian Partners & EQT Partners), Optegra (Mid-Europa) and Vixio (Perwyn). He is also experienced in M&A lead advisory and has acted for founder shareholders on the sale of several mid-market UK businesses to private equity including Anthesis (Palatine minority investment in 2021) and Endeavour Insurance Services (JC Flowers buyout in 2019). He is a qualified chartered accountant and previously worked at Barclays Capital and Cavendish Corporate Finance.