Stephen Miles
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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Steve leads Livingstone’s Business Services & Environmental Services practices. He has 20 years of experience advising middle market companies on M&A transactions, financial restructurings, and debt and equity raises. Before co-founding Livingstone USA, Steve was a Managing Director at both Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. and Goldsmith Agio Helms & Co. (Lazard Middle Market). He previously worked with middle market companies in a variety of advisory capacities at Bank of America and Morgan Keegan, and via principal activities at Harbour Group and Foundation Partners.
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MBA, Washington University / BS, University of Missouri
Jeremy Furniss
Partner
Livingstone London
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Following graduation from Cambridge University and law school, Jeremy joined Clifford Chance, the international corporate law firm. Since qualifying as a lawyer in 1991 Jeremy has specialised in M&A in the public and private company arenas.
Jeremy joined Livingstone in 1993, he has led deals in a variety of sectors including defence and automotive engineering, printing and packaging, building products and consultancy.
Jeremy is primarily responsible for leading the firm's Business Services sector team but is also active in the Defence and Security sectors. Jeremy has played an active role in developing Livingstone's international M&A capability.
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Patrick Groarke
Partner
Livingstone London
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Patrick qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in Dublin. He then joined multinational fruit distributor The Fyffes Group in London as Special Projects Accountant where he gained extensive operational and corporate finance experience working in the UK, USA and Spain.
Patrick has led a significant number of management buy-outs/buy-ins, acquisition and disposal assignments since joining in 1994. He has extensive experience in the Food, Print & Packaging, Manufacturing and Home and Building Products sectors.
He heads up Livingstone's Private Equity practise and co-heads Livingstone's Consumer team.
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Kristian Gavan
Director
Livingstone London
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Kristian joined BDO Stoy Hayward in 1998, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, working with entrepreneurial and owner-managed businesses.
In 2004 he joined KPMG's mid-market Corporate Finance team, where he focused on private equity transactions with clients including Candover, Exponent, Trinity Mirror and National Accident Helpline.
He was a member of the Healthcare and Support Services teams at KPMG prior to joining Livingstone in 2007.
Kristian now focuses on the Business Services sector team.
Christopher Jones
Director
Livingstone London
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Christopher has nearly ten years of M&A advisory experience and is Co-Head of Livingstone’s Consumer sector team.
Christopher joined Livingstone in 2005, prior to which he spent five years at Ernst & Young in London where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Christopher has advised on over 25 transactions, including company disposals, fundraisings, acquisitions and a large number of private equity backed deals. Christopher has a specialist focus on the Travel, Leisure, Retail and Consumer Products sectors.
Christopher’s recent transactions include the £47m sale of cinema group City Screen to Cineworld plc, the (2009) recapitalisation and subsequent (2012) £19m sale of online travel agent Iglu.com, and the £50m sale of leading business travel management group Reed & Mackay.
Christopher graduated from Durham University in 1999.
Eleanor Wilkinson
Director
Livingstone London
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After graduating from Lancaster University with a BA in philosophy, Eleanor joined KPMG in London where she qualified as a chartered accountant.
Eleanor transferred to the Corporate Finance arm of KPMG in 2004 where she completed a significant number of transactions focusing mainly on financial services businesses and private equity exits. She joined Livingstone in 2007 and works across a variety of sectors.
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Simon Cooper
Deal Leader
Livingstone London
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Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Ernst & Young after joining the firm from the University of Nottingham where he studied Economics. During his time at Ernst & Young, Simon was part of the corporate finance rotation programme, spending time in the M&A, restructuring, commercial and financial due diligence teams. He gained experience across a broad spectrum of sectors, with a particular emphasis on retail and media. Simon joined Livingstone in April 2010, and works across a variety of sectors.
Roshan Doostdar
Deal Leader
Livingstone London
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After graduating from the University of York, where he studied Economics & Finance, Roshan qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young in London. During his 4 years at Ernst & Young, he gained extensive experience of the financial services industry, working within the Assurance, Transaction Support and Business Modelling teams. Roshan has worked on buy-side, sell-side, carve-out, and model build assignments for a range of corporates and PE clients.
Roshan joined Livingstone in 2011 and works within Livingstone’s Business Services team, and he is also actively involved in the Debt Advisory practice.
Jo Penny
Analyst
Livingstone London
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After graduating from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Modern Languages, Jo gained commercial experience working for a number of companies prior to joining Livingstone in 1998 as a Research Assistant. Jo has extensive knowledge of the Business Services sector, including Consultancies, Facilities Management, Support Services and Logistics sectors.
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Neil Collen
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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After graduating from Durham University, Neil joined his family business, and was actively involved in the sale of that groups of companies in a cross-border deal. Neil has lived in Spain since 1985, and working in M&A since 1991. He was the founding partner of what is now Livingstone Spain. He has led deals in a variety of sectors, including construction products, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics, food and healthcare, many of which have been international in nature. He has been responsible for a significant amount of leverage buy-outs. Neil currently heads the Consumer and Healthcare sectors at Livingstone Spain. He speaks at several prestigious conferences in Spain and also teaches at the IE Business School (Madrid).
Ralph Hagelgans
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Ralph began his career in the international audit and transaction services departments of KPMG.
He then spent four years with a large German bank as a project manager and later as head of equity financing for mid-cap technology companies.
From 2002 until the end of 2008 he worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz, from 2006 as a Partner.
Ralph is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has gained expert knowledge in cross-border transactions with strategic buyers as well as leveraged buy-outs with financial investors. He has specific transaction experience in automotive, metal and plastic processing, packaging, specialty chemicals, the aviation industry and industrial services.
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Philipp Jeremias
Senior Consultant
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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During his Bachelor studies in International Financial Management at the European School of Finance Nürtingen, the California State University Fullerton in the US and the Ajou University in Korea, he gained expertise in financial markets and corporate finance. Whilst attending the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, for his Masters in Finance in 2008 and 2009, he specialised in Investments and International Business Finance.
He completed internships with an investment bank and an insurance company and gained practical experience in the field of international acquisitions.
His analysis of the influence of the international venture capital valuation guidelines on the valuation process was published in a renowned journal.
Philipp joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 as a Consultant.
Master of Science, Universität Leeds
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